How much horse power(vehicle) needed to pull 1000 tons weight trailer?

[Fuddy1952]

Also that's 184.4 miles!!!!!
It just doesn't make sense. A joke maybe?
Are we talking moving ONE 2+ MILLION pound stone over 184 miles?
That's 80 school buses or two Union Pacific Big Boy trains.

 

[nikerret]

If this is real, it would be in the top five of the heaviest loads moved, in modern times. To safely move that much weight would take several trucks. The funny part, they don’t make that much horsepower, 500-600 is all, but they’ll have over 2,000 torques. You’re also looking at a custom built trailer and a crew of Dozens, just to get it moveable. I’d guess you’re looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars. For example, it takes $25-50k to move a house. Houses are simple, weight-wise, but tougher width-wise. Only one truck needed to pull, none to push.

 

[nikerret]

Heaviest load ever hits Alberta highways

This load was 930 tons. Took four puller trucks and four pusher trucks. Roughly 4,000 horsepower.

 

[ultrarunner]

Heaviest load ever hits Alberta highways

This load was 930 tons. Took four puller trucks and four pusher trucks. Roughly 4,000 horsepower.

And it happened in winter... I would think the ice would be dicey... also noted the guy standing under the load on one of the trucks.

The biggest load I followed was the Spruce Goose... it was quite a sight and later I visited it at the Queen Mary in Long Beach... don't here much about it anymore.

 

[Aung Thu]

The simple answer is, "enough".

The question in my mind is, are you moving one stone that weighs 1,000 tons or many stones that total up to 1,000 tons?

Yes, sir.

 

[Aung Thu]

Thankfully, it weighs less than the Great Pyramid at Giza...

It would be difficult driving something like that through town with all the overhead street lights, stop lights & signs getting in the weigh... (see what I did there)

Yes, we will use highway road.

 

[Aung Thu]

A little fun calculations with the pocket ref book indicates that this rock would be equivalent to a 50 x 15 x 15 mass, roughly four full size shipping containers bunched together.
It wouldn't take all that much power with the right gearing and traction, but getting it on a suitable trailer is a different matter.

Yes, about this size.

 

[ruffdog]

Picture of this large rock?

 

[quicksandfarmer]

And it happened in winter... I would think the ice would be dicey... also noted the guy standing under the load on one of the trucks.

In winter the ground is frozen and has more bearing capacity.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

Some places call a ton (metric ton) 2200 lbs.

Isn't that a tonne?