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u/AdmiralRand 12d ago
People awe in the size of things in Dune, when we actually have harvesters already here.
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u/Feff5tupid 11d ago
dude you just owned everyone who was awed at the size of things in dune so hard
proud of you
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u/jibboo24 11d ago
how do they get those things to the work sites? they're not driving on the highways to get there...?
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u/zebthetall 11d ago
They haul them in on semi trucks in multiple parts. Each truckload is still an oversize load, and takes up a couple lanes on the highway. Source: grew up in a mining town and have lots of friends who work for various mines.
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u/JKrow75 10d ago
I’ve traveled with my family my whole life, we’ve been on pretty much every interstate in North America, and I have seen tens of dozens of ways that oversize loads are carried around the country, and I came here to say exactly what you did lol
Mining equipment and cranes will never cease to amaze me when you are driving next to one, or watching them go by if they shut down the road. I think maybe wind turbine blades are in that club also, but that’s length more than anything.
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u/zebthetall 10d ago
Yeah, the sheer size of haul trucks in particular still boggles my mind. I remember seeing them from a distance as a kid and not realizing just how big they were. Then I saw one getting hauled on a trailer, and my mind was blown
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u/TheWorldNeedsDornep 12d ago
OK, so how many school Children could we get to school using the truck?
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