Transport needs European style solved

[Robo McDuff]

Thought I put a heads-up in this forum on transporting an M51 through Europe (you know, this strange continent where the ancestors of so many of you came from).

The complete story is told in the 5-ton section, but maybe others who mostly skip 5-ton stuff like to read about this as well. Only two pics here, the rest is here

 

[two.fiveM35]

Thanks for the link over. Nice pictures

 

[hndrsonj]

That looks expensive!

 

[silverstate55]

I didn't realize that Scanias were that large...WOW.

 

[pctrans]

Straps instead of chains ???

 

[Robo McDuff]

These guys are professionals and know what they are doing. Actually, the company doing the international transport also works in collecting accident cars and trucks for the "golden angels" (European equivalent of AAA) throughout the whole of Europe. Besides, they transport crazy things like the wings for wind mills. Their largest trailer is extendable to 45 meters (or about 135 feet!).



Their driver spent over two hours in fastening the stuff to the trailer. His main concern was that the German highway police had even higher standards than him concerning safety and stability, so everything had to be tip top OK.



In the end, he used something like 3 sets of chains on each side, and another 13 straps and the side poles to keep everything fixed and stable. Everything got there in one piece, so he seems to know what he is doing and the highway police agrees with him.

 

[two.fiveM35]

Robo, I enjoyed the link to the museum. Good luck with the restoration

 

[Robo McDuff]

Robo, I enjoyed the link to the museum. Good luck with the restoration

Thanks. With the summer being our main working season, completely restoring the truck will have to wait till autumn. I do hope that at least we can repair the steering and braking problem sooner and get her on the road "as is" in August already.