Amazing Oil Rig Move

[NIsaacs]

I had no clue....

 

[DavidC]

That looks to be slightly top heavy

 

[mfurrh55]

Wow that's crazy, I was a driller in oil field for 15 yrs, we moved a rig without dismantling it once and that only a 25' move, we had 2 D 9 cats in front pulling and 2 in back pushing, could you imagine what damage that would do if it flipped over?

 

[GAmes]

Don't slam on the brakes!!!

 

[TFucili]

Surprising they didn't use a Toyota Tundra for that.

 

[SnoKing]

Yeah, where is the Toyota?

 

[Jim W]

Don't show that to the weight police on the RV forums!

 

[Wayne M.]

I don’t understand the purpose of the grader and pickup out back. Looks like they were being towed, unless there were stiff links they were pushing with.

 

[BSeyler]

The blade was following to slow the rig on declining roadway.

 

[NIsaacs]

This is what an oil rig looked like in my day. The platform was modular and was assembled and dis-assembled at every site. Sometimes if the move was short, they would haul the Derrick in one piece, one truck in the front and one at the rear, backing up. Some were two drill stems tall and some were three. Note the platform at the top, a derrick hand worked there (Crows Nest). Talk about cold in the winter time.

 

[HPSimpson]

Were's the Ford truck pulling this rig, down the road.

 

[DavidC]

Were's the Ford truck pulling this rig, down the road.

It's in the back holding on for dear life alongside the blade

 

[BSeyler]

When I first went to work in the oil patch in 1980, one of the Amaco field foremen told of working in Saudi Arabia. Moving rigs in one piece was common there, according to him. They mostly had Kenworth 953 trucks.
https://www.kenworth.com/news/news-releases/2013/december/br-eckels/
If you've never seen a rig move, it's pretty fascinating to watch. Tear down and setup are amazing.

 

[slowmover]

More than a million pounds. The walking rigs even worse once broken down.

 

[Wiredawg]

Seeing this down at Rockport and Port Aransas TX is amazing.... hard to keep eyes on the road.

https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage...-05-mar-2017-oil-drilling-platform-being-towe

There's some pics I took of larger ones being overhauled and transported, but can't find them.

Cheers, Ron

 

[mfurrh55]

This is what an oil rig looked like in my day. The platform was modular and was assembled and dis-assembled at every site. Sometimes if the move was short, they would haul the Derrick in one piece, one truck in the front and one at the rear, backing up. Some were two drill stems tall and some were three. Note the platform at the top, a derrick hand worked there (Crows Nest). Talk about cold in the winter time.

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Now this looks like what i drilled with

 

[Wiredawg]

The blade was following to slow the rig on declining roadway.

I was checking the blade out... figured it was HD brake. Maybe a new option for 2020 Ram...blade brake.

 

[JR]

Whadya think his pin weight was?


Those purpose built heavy haul rigs are incredible if you ever get up and close on one. Extra heavy frames, live front axle, BIG HP and LOW gearing. When we built an air separation plant a few years ago an outfit came in out of Canada to move the cold box a mile from the Penny Dock to the build site. It took 3 trucks, two pulling and one pushing. Incredible power when they were all hooked and pulling in unison. Notice the more than 30k lbs of counter weight on the back for traction. similar to the lead truck in Nicks video.

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[TFucili]

Used to see heavy haul rigs with double reduction axles, but not so much anymore.

 

[AKDoug]

A buddy of mine is a shop foreman for an oilfield contractor in Alaska that supplies trucks and services for rig moves. I was surprised to find out that most of their engines are only 600hp. It's all in the gears and gearing.

The trucks in that video look like Peak trucks in Alaska.