English - Nooteboom Giants on the Road Magazine English - Nr. 5 - 2018 | Page 27
TECHNOLOGY
Transporting 67-meter-long rotor
blades along the narrow roads
through the Scottish Highlands is
a great achievement, preceded by
a lot of preparation.
Below are a number of key figures
about the wing transport to
Stronelairg Windfarm that were
carried out by McFadyens.
If you have not seen the video,
you can watch it using the QR
code attached.
1250
600
820
70
100+
63
10
300.000
60.000.000
MM maximum clearance under
the central beam
MM Stroke of the
pendle axles
MM Stroke of the hydraulically
adjustable gooseneck
M Maximum length of the rotor
blades to be transported
X The number of Super Wing
Carriers worldwide
M Total length of the SWC
4 x extended
M Length of the rear overhang that can
be adjusted on the loaded trailer
KM Life of the tyres of SWC
with pendle axles
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october 2017
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