It was on the 15th June 2013 when we carried out another over-size project for the yachting trade. This time we transported a luxurious yacht from the yacht shipyard in Gdańsk to the place of its launching at Nabrzeże Zbożowe.
The load’s parameters (21.5 m long x 5.5 m wide x 6.10m high / weight approx 35 tons / very high value) combined with narrow and difficult passages (inside gates and access roads without level surface adjusted for normal traffic) required incredible precision of the driver while manoeuvring the whole set, fantastic radio communication with pilots and perfect application of specialist equipment.
The technological solution applied by Scandinavian Express for the purposes of the project was a 3-axle truck VOLVO FH16 with the horse power of 660 and a special NOOTEBOOM tele-trailer manufactured to special order and equipped with hydraulically controlled 6 axles providing small turning radius and optimum manoeuvrability.
Incredibly precise manouevres with the entire set (centimeter clearances on both sides of the load at crucial points of the transport route) were facilitated by the possibility of applying wireless control of the turning axles of the trailer monitored by the pilot remaining in permanent radio communication with the driver.
The execution of the order went as a model and was completed with delivering the load safely to the place of solemn launching of the unit.