Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour.
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Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]@LaChasseuse Hmm. They must be very careful to pick a not-windy day for such operations.
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@LaChasseuse I love wind turbines, and seeing them perform their ballet across a moor, but this photo does an amazing job of capturing the scale of these elegant machines.
@drgeraint @LaChasseuse This is a particularly big one, at least for onshore wind. 7 MW? At the time they were permitted there weren't any that size or larger in the UK on land. Some offshore are similar size and more recent ones are larger.
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@LaChasseuse That's bad ass! I've only ever seen them being transported horizontally. Thank you for sharing!
A couple of weeks ago I saw a short video of a very large one being transported, where it was horizontal, but then to get round tight bends, the blade was tilted up like this *and* the trailer telescoped down to under half its original length.
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Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]@LaChasseuse It always suprises me how massive these things are
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Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]@LaChasseuse One thing you absolutely do not want while transporting wind turbine blades is wind.
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Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]@LaChasseuse Is there anything up at the top end to hold it there (can’t spot one), or is there merely (‘merely' he says!) a massive counter-balance on the bottom to keep the thing at that angle? I’m confused as to how it stays in that position.
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Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]@LaChasseuse
Someone has put drone footage on Youtube -but maybe mute the awful music they've used
https://youtu.be/VaBEbEWSIdI -
Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]@LaChasseuse These ETS2 mods are getting unreal.
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@LaChasseuse Is there anything up at the top end to hold it there (can’t spot one), or is there merely (‘merely' he says!) a massive counter-balance on the bottom to keep the thing at that angle? I’m confused as to how it stays in that position.
@IanAMartin @LaChasseuse you see those "small" bolts/screws at the bottom? It should be enough as that's the same condition of being held in place as it is once installed. However the vehicle definitely has to be heavy/weighted as those beauties weigh between 10-25t (depending on size of turbine of course)
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Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]@LaChasseuse Fantastic!
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Wind turbine blade being transported inland from the harbour. Only way to do it without knocking down all the buildings in town is to carry them *vertically*. This is in Wick, in Caithness.
(the seagulls seem quite intrigued by this big white wing!) [photo by Alan Hendry]This is beauty itself. Humans, they're something.
I think the sheer competence is heart lifting.
People have a lust for competence right now. Every example like this strips away cobwebs.
Humans. Wonderful.
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@IanAMartin @LaChasseuse you see those "small" bolts/screws at the bottom? It should be enough as that's the same condition of being held in place as it is once installed. However the vehicle definitely has to be heavy/weighted as those beauties weigh between 10-25t (depending on size of turbine of course)
@Bruchpunkt @IanAMartin Indeed. In fact the first transport had to be delayed by a few days due to high winds, and warnings went out well ahead of the transport to avoid travel on those days, because certain roads were closed.
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@LaChasseuse
Someone has put drone footage on Youtube -but maybe mute the awful music they've used
https://youtu.be/VaBEbEWSIdI@HighlandLawyer Cool! Hadn't seen that.
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@LaChasseuse Is there anything up at the top end to hold it there (can’t spot one), or is there merely (‘merely' he says!) a massive counter-balance on the bottom to keep the thing at that angle? I’m confused as to how it stays in that position.
@IanAMartin The info they sent out locally said something about the blades being considerably heavier at the thick end - and the vehicle is very heavy.
But they had to shoot up the transport by a couple of days because of high winds. -
@LaChasseuse One thing you absolutely do not want while transporting wind turbine blades is wind.
@dshan Correct! In fact they had to delay the first transport by a few days due to high winds.
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A couple of weeks ago I saw a short video of a very large one being transported, where it was horizontal, but then to get round tight bends, the blade was tilted up like this *and* the trailer telescoped down to under half its original length.
@electropict Same thing with this one - once it is out of town and onto the highway, where there are no buildings or curves in the road, it is lowered to a horizontal position.
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