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My second upload today for a weekly challenge I'm doing with a group of Flickr friends. This week's theme is Anything On Wheels.
This so-called "super load" was travelling from Port Melbourne to Loy Yang, carrying a transformer that had been shipped to Australia from South Korea.
I have no idea of the total number of wheels, but the following stats were published:
640 tonnes
101m long
4.5m wide
5.3m high
making it one of the largest loads ever to be moved on Victorian roads.
It was pulled by three prime movers and pushed by another two, each coupled by a rigid steel connector .
I took this time-lapse video whilst the super load was parked at Yarragon, as it was impossible to capture it in one still image. It only travelled at night in what must have been a logistical challenge, with some traffic signals and signs having to be temporarily relocated, as well as traffic diversions for the entire length. On Day 1 it travelled from Port Melbourne to Dandenong South; Day 2 from Dandenong South to Yarragon; and Day 3 it concluded its journey at Loy Yang.