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Offline dave-trx

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Amazing things
« on: Oct 27, 2006, 02:00PM »
The other morning at about 4.30am in the morning I was driving around my town Maitland and I look up and coming toward me were 6 heavy haulage trucks, 4 carrying concrete support beams for my guess a bridge about 26-30m in length, on the trailers was a driver steering the trailer around the round abouts because they were to long for the truck to steer only. It was one of the most amazing sites I have seen for a while.

The other 2 trucks where carrying about 6 catapillar 973 tyres which probably about 4-6 tonne each. The tyres on the trucks are a common site because the Hunter Valley is all about coal mining. But its just insane seeing all the money from these mines coming down the highway.

Post anything that you found very interesting, cause I am sure other people will find it interesting as well.
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #1 on: Oct 27, 2006, 02:08PM »
I saw a few months ago at 4am, Silverwater road turnoff at the M4, the worlds largest pressure vessle being transported.

Easily 20m in diameter and 45m+ in length, trying to go around a roundabout, but i think it was stuck because it was collecting both street lights (on other sides of the road). Traffic was backed up beyond belief, and there were at least 25 engineers standing around thinking about what to do!!

It was crazy!  :o
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #2 on: Oct 27, 2006, 02:14PM »
Its bullshit, the size of the shit heading down highways.
I had a kenworth heavy haulage truck come flying out of no where the other day, look out my window GCM 150t, *shake my head* look again 150t, thats crazy from a CAT C16 600HP 2200NM.
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Your car may be able to go faster.
But I can go any where. except into a garage, underground carpark, bridge...

2 sticks and manual locking hubs. have to get out to drive it around
Good old Nissan.

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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #3 on: Oct 27, 2006, 05:19PM »
Quote from: dave-trx on Oct 27, 2006, 02:00PM
Post anything that you found very interesting, cause I am sure other people will find it interesting as well.

Since you specify anything, here's something totally unrelated to your comments, but equally cool:

http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php

Hover over the 'Navigation' panel to the left, then click "Imagining the Ten Dimensions".  It's a decent length flash animation explaining a conception of the first ten dimensions, and if you can understand it, it's devilishly simple.  I'm thinking about buying the book!
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #4 on: Oct 27, 2006, 05:22PM »
the absolute stupidity of some people in the engineering industry...

how can 35 + 70 - 23 = 78?? >:(.

stupid retard...


Edit: Sorry... probably should have gone in Flames i know, but it amazes me how these people get degree's and still are as stupid as they are.
« Last Edit: Oct 27, 2006, 05:31PM by Jecks »
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #5 on: Oct 27, 2006, 06:36PM »
one night about 1.30am we had an entire house moved down my street. which i thought was unusual cos i thought that they hey to cut them in half. maybe thats why they were moving it in the dead of night. sneaky :P

but yeah it was pretty cool seeing an entire house going at a snails pace past my house :)
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #6 on: Oct 28, 2006, 07:58AM »
Why is that so unusual tack?






People move their vans in and out of caravan parks all the time! ;)
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #7 on: Oct 28, 2006, 10:24AM »
rofl
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #8 on: Oct 28, 2006, 12:21PM »
haha cheeky bugger :P you know what i mean
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Arguments raged for years as to what to call the timezone
Moscow Time?
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In the end they all agreed.
Hammer Time.

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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #9 on: Oct 28, 2006, 05:42PM »
The biggest  thing i seen carried by a truck was being towed by three trucks all linked up and two behind, it also had steering on the trailor, it was about four years ago. Also seen in a mag a mack truck pulling about 1.4km's of trailors for a world record attempt, the pulled it 100 meters and got the record.
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #10 on: Oct 28, 2006, 08:32PM »

Kenworth T404ST. Hard at work.


A picture of my STR Navara.



Short wheelbase base GU.
« Last Edit: Oct 28, 2006, 09:05PM by dave-trx »
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Your car may be able to go faster.
But I can go any where. except into a garage, underground carpark, bridge...

2 sticks and manual locking hubs. have to get out to drive it around
Good old Nissan.

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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #11 on: Oct 29, 2006, 11:23PM »

I drove under a plane this arvo!

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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #12 on: Oct 30, 2006, 03:13PM »
spoke to ryan on the phone
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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #13 on: Oct 30, 2006, 03:50PM »
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Lol. You have some good calls at times chris.

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Since you specify anything, here's something totally unrelated to your comments, but equally cool:

http://www.tenthdimension.com/flash2.php

Narxysus: That was pretty cool. I did find that interesting.
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Your car may be able to go faster.
But I can go any where. except into a garage, underground carpark, bridge...

2 sticks and manual locking hubs. have to get out to drive it around
Good old Nissan.

KA's are the shit. According to all the info on the site, they are better then sliced bread and thats saying something.

I Got Baned for being a Total Assclown, Wanker, Tool, etc...

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Re: Amazing things
« Reply #14 on: Nov 19, 2006, 02:16PM »
this was a while ago, i woke up to go to the toilet it was bout 3 or 4 in the morning looked out the window and the sky was bright red. i found it quite weird so i went out the front and looked up and there was a metior shower is was pretty awsome ay.
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