TRANSPORT
SITEREPORT
55
DECEMBER 2014
ACT
the bridgewas 17 feet tall andwewere
18 feet tall.Our dual lane transporter’s
suspension allowedus to lower the
height of the load enough to clear the
bridge. To ensure safetywehadour team
triple checkheights, clearances and road
conditions.We cleared itwithout any
contact, but itwas tight.”
Throughout the journeyNorthwest
gained support from thepublic and
localmedia by giving live status updates
of the load’s progress on socialmedia.
Northwest shared livepictures, videos
andposted facts about the loadon
theNorthwest LogisticsHeavyHaul
Facebookpage.During thehaul,
Northwest’s Facebookpage garnered
over 3,000 likes, and generatednumerous
news articles.
“Itwas a lot of fun to seehow excited
and involved that everyonewas along the
journey. Itwas a greatmoral boost toour
crew to seehowmanypeoplewereproud
ofwhatweweredoing.” saidMefferd.
Thedemethanizer arrived at thenatural
gas processingplant onOctober 31, 2014
without any incident.NorthwestCrane
Service unloaded the demethanizer and
planned to set it inplace at the plant at a
later date.
“TheUnited States is now theworld’s
largest producer of natural gas and
Northwest LogisticsHeavyHaul is
proud tobe transportingour energy
independence,” saidAndyHodges,
owner,Northwest LogisticsHeavyHaul
andNorthwestCrane Service.
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Northwest’s team utilized 22 lines of their
dual-lane Goldhofer transporter system.
The terrain throughout the routewas constantly changing and included countless hills,
major cities and extremely narrow turns. Prior to departure, Northwest’s engineering team
performed an in-depth analysis of all critical turns and railroad crossings, while the field
crew ran out route surveys.
