Heavy Haulage in Action A Steel Giant On The Road (2021)

50 meters long 65 meters wide and 45 meters high a 130ton giant consisting of a drive station for conveyor belts and transport vehicles has to be brought to the site 13 kilometers away The route an obstacle course Power lines lead to a forced stop Tight curves and steep descents require filigree work A real tough job for heavy haulage professional Randolf Peters Schleenhain in Saxony around 40 kilometers south of Leipzig Here lignite is mined in opencast mining on a large scale If a digging point is exhausted the heavy equipment must be relocated to the next excavation site Since the drive station with its enormous dimensions does not simply fit on a normal lowloader Randolf Peters relies on two SPMT Self Propelled Modular Transporter socalled selfpropelled vehicles which are driven by radio remote control for the transport