Interesting Facts
Logistics Fact of the Week: Sometimes a Road Is Built for a Single Shipment
What happens when a transformer weighing more than 200 tonnes needs to reach a site, but the final kilometres of the journey simply cannot accommodate it?
Sometimes, a temporary road is the solution.
Transporting transformers, turbines, reactors and other abnormal loads begins long before the cargo is placed on a trailer. Specialists first conduct a route survey, checking road widths, turns, gradients, bridges, structural capacity, overhead lines and access to the final site.
Sometimes, a suitable road simply does not exist.
🚧 A project may therefore require:
- temporary access or haul roads;
- widening existing roads;
- temporary turning areas and hardstanding;
- strengthening surfaces for heavy vehicles;
- temporary diversions;
- removal and reinstatement of roadside infrastructure.
This happens on real infrastructure projects. UK planning documents specifically include haul roads and road widening or improvement works to provide access for HGVs and Abnormal Indivisible Loads.
One route study for Gate Burton Energy Park assessed the delivery of a transformer measuring approximately 7.8 × 3.6 × 4.4 metres and weighing around 210 tonnes. The loaded transport configuration was more than 65 metres long.
This is why abnormal-load logistics is much more than selecting a suitable trailer. Sometimes the route itself becomes part of the engineering project.
At LOADSTAR, we organise oversized and heavy transport with careful consideration of cargo specifications, equipment, permits and route restrictions.
Sometimes, a temporary road is the solution.
Transporting transformers, turbines, reactors and other abnormal loads begins long before the cargo is placed on a trailer. Specialists first conduct a route survey, checking road widths, turns, gradients, bridges, structural capacity, overhead lines and access to the final site.
Sometimes, a suitable road simply does not exist.
🚧 A project may therefore require:
- temporary access or haul roads;
- widening existing roads;
- temporary turning areas and hardstanding;
- strengthening surfaces for heavy vehicles;
- temporary diversions;
- removal and reinstatement of roadside infrastructure.
This happens on real infrastructure projects. UK planning documents specifically include haul roads and road widening or improvement works to provide access for HGVs and Abnormal Indivisible Loads.
One route study for Gate Burton Energy Park assessed the delivery of a transformer measuring approximately 7.8 × 3.6 × 4.4 metres and weighing around 210 tonnes. The loaded transport configuration was more than 65 metres long.
This is why abnormal-load logistics is much more than selecting a suitable trailer. Sometimes the route itself becomes part of the engineering project.
At LOADSTAR, we organise oversized and heavy transport with careful consideration of cargo specifications, equipment, permits and route restrictions.
