Moves: Transformer, Idaho to Ohio
150,000 lb Transformer Move, Pocatello, ID to Akron, OH
In early 2024 we moved a 150,000 lb power transformer from Pocatello, Idaho to Akron, Ohio, at 240,000 lbs gross and 16'H loaded. The Ohio State Highway Patrol helped us take wider turns to avoid overpasses and low cables, and the customer's crane crew handled the offload.
Quick facts
Early 2024- Freight
- Power transformer, 150,000 lbs
- Gross weight
- 240,000 lbs
- Loaded height
- 16'H
- Route
- Pocatello, ID to Akron, OH
- Support
- The Ohio State Highway Patrol helped with wider turns to avoid overpasses and low cables
- Offload
- The customer's crane crew
- When
- Early 2024
The challenge
Tall, heavy and bound for Ohio
The move weighed 240,000 lbs gross and stood 16'H loaded. Ohio's legal height limit is 13'6"H, and Ohio's permit rules say any load over 14'10"H has to be coordinated with the owners of overhead signs, signals and utilities before it moves.
In Ohio, some turns had to be taken wide to avoid overpasses and low cables. The Ohio State Highway Patrol helped us make those wider turns.
Sources: ODOT permit conditions (OS 1A); ODOT legal limits (OS 8).
How we did it
Plan the height, then the route
Permits and routing
Our in house team handles the permits and routing for every state on the route, and every route is reviewed turn by turn with the driver before the move.
Routing for the height
At 16'H loaded, the route had to avoid overpasses and low cables.
Wider turns in Ohio
The Ohio State Highway Patrol helped us take wider turns in Ohio to avoid overpasses and low cables.
Offload in Akron
The customer's crane crew handled the offload.
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