A picture for all the truck drivers to see.

[Big Frank]

It's not a 4-wheeler, 6-wheeler, or even an 18-wheeler. It's a 70-wheeler. I tried finding pics before and finally found one of the Press Express. This is what delivered 6 transfer presses to the tank plant in Grand Blanc while I worked there. I don't remember what city or state they started in, but they drove this rig down the interstate. ONLY between midnight and 5 am so they weren't blocking traffic all day. One of the posts says the trailer has a capacity of 289k. If they mean 289,000 pounds, that's 144.5 tons, more than 2 M1A2 Abrams tanks. But if they meant 289,000 kilograms, it's ~318.6 tons, or more than 3 whales. Either way it can haul a lot of weight. The transfer presses are each the size of a 3-4 story building that's buried halfway under the floor. A coil of steel goes in the front and parts like car doors some out the back. When the last part comes out, it takes 5-10 minutes to start making completely different parts. Each transfer press takes the place of a whole line of presses, and when it's running, there's another set of dies on a bolster on the side. They open the doors and the whole thing slides over. Then when they're making a new part, die setters can take the old dies off the bolster that slid out and set it up to run yet another part. This video will give you some idea how they work. This is a far cry from the 5-ton semi-tractors that were common in the army, used to tow semi-trailers up to 37,500 pounds, less than 19 tons.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hC1aHFc4q0