Green Options » Superloads http://greenoptions.com/tag/superloads Posts tagged 'Superloads' Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:37:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Football Field Sized Trucks Head to Canadian Tar Sands with Superloads http://gas2.org/2009/02/01/football-field-sized-trucks-headed-to-canadian-tar-sands-with-superloads/ http://gas2.org/2009/02/01/football-field-sized-trucks-headed-to-canadian-tar-sands-with-superloads/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:37:08 +0000 Jennifer Lance http://gas2.org/2009/02/01/football-field-sized-trucks-headed-to-canadian-tar-sands-with-superloads/ Superload truck headed to Canadian tar sands

People in Montana have been noticing some big rigs on their highways, really big rigs.

Special trucks the size of a football field are carrying equipment cargo in “superloads” to the Canadian Tar Sands for oil extraction.

The Billings Gazette reports on the massive size of the trucks:

How big? One load that is coming up from the port of Houston and began its passage through Montana on Wednesday is 20 feet wide, slightly more than 20 feet tall and 290 feet long. It has 90 tires on 24 axles and weighs 917,000 pounds - so heavy that two trucks are attached to the rear to help push it along.

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