From:
Richard Emmans <r_emmans@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
Fri, 8 Dec 2000 17:20:28 +0000 (GMT)
Subject:
how are huge very heavy stone pieces shipped?
--- BROPER3 wrote:
Quoted text begins.Hello everybody, I would like to ask how are these
huge very heavy stone
pieces shipped?
End of quote.
Hi,
I've had the chance of visiting the Carara quarries a
couple of years ago, where these big blocks originate,
at least some of them. The beauty about the transport
is, that once you see it it's somehow self explanatory,
yet you just can't believe it because of it. Yes, every
single block is simply put individually on a truck with
cranes. There are gigantic trucks up in the mountains
that load 'just one block'. It looks kind of comical
until you understand the actual size of the blocks. Some
of them weigh twenty to thirty tons, I'm not sure,
whether they manage anything above that.
The fun element starts at the descend. If you ignore the
continuing grumble from the machinery in the quarries
and the mason's yards in the valleys you'd hear a never
ending screaching of breaks. One of the drivers told us,
that if their breaks failed at the descend the drivers
are obliged to steer off the road, and in the mountains
this usually means off the cliff face of the mountain
itself. The reason being that once your breaks fail it's
too late for you anyhow, what with twenty tons pushing
you downwards. But at least you can try and save the
oncomming trafic.
What I think I'm trying to say is that big blocks are
transported the same way as small blocks, only that the
means of transport grows accordingly. If you get a
chance to see it, do it by all means, it's impressive.
Have fun
Richard
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