26-2138 Heavy Haulage and Abnormal Loads, Volume 3 - David Lee

Title: Heavy Haulage and Abnormal Loads, Volume 3
Number of pages: 176
Author: David Lee
Publisher: ROUNDOAK PUBLISHING

This third volume is an illustrated collection of vehicles and support equipment used to transport difficult and unique loads. Introducing another aspect of the world of exceptional transport - the mobile heavy-lift crane - the author seeks to capture these impressive machines both on the road and performing their own contractual missions.

For over twenty years, David Lee has photographed various models of tractor-trailer combinations engaged in arduous transport operations in Britain. Among the remarkable shots in this volume is the largest and most powerful truck built by a British manufacturer at the time of publication. This is an Alvis Unipower MH8875 8×8 tractor with its TST 70 MD 6/2 trailer, designed and assembled by Nicolas. It is shown undergoing reliability tests with a Challenger tank.

Many other exceptional loads are presented in this book, not forgetting mobile cranes.