At first, I thought they were shells for motor homes or RV's - complete with a roof hatch and A/C unit. But they are really oversized, about 12' wide. And the round opening on the end is like nothing I had ever seen on an RV. Usually, there are 2-3 of these units being transported, and they always come from the west side of town, across the top-end of the city, and north on I-85. They're always the same gray color. One other thought I had was that this was some sort of storage tank, laying on the trailer on its side. Nope. The A/C unit wouldn't make sense for that, and I finally got behind one and saw inside - there are shop lights mounted to the inside.So - what is it? Anybody have any ideas?
I finally got my answer about a year ago, watching a show on Discovery Channel called "Really Big Things." Here's a hint - they are made for a product sold by General Electric (GE).
I'll give y'all some time to think it over and comment, and then I'll post the answer after I get back from my trip to Montreal this week.
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Those are actualy air generators. When you see the news pictures about wind farms one of those boxes has about a 150 foot proelar on it stuck on a tower. They each weigh about 120,000 lbs. they are huge.
sorry about the spelling should have been propelar but they are realy turbines anywaty because they drive the thing. Propelars are driven.
I don't know but I'll go with what superdave said. ;) Very interesting cargo for sure.
They're underground bunkers that they're taking to the underground location I bought after we talked about what we'd do in the event of a catastrophe. I was going to keep it a secret and surprise all of y'all, but oh well... :)
All I could think of is what happens if those things fall off the truck while being transported. There must be a formula to calculate the size of a traffic jam generated by any given truck accident.
Okay, after I got past that obsession I thought of hydroelectric plants. Like maybe these were some kind of access space. I lack engineering imagination.
Dang! I need to get one of the oversized, industrial washing machines! :)
It's an MRI machine for the Jolly Green Giant.
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