Moodie's ups the ante

 Moodie's Crane Rentals is one of the three main crane operators in Nova Scotia, along with Irving Equipment Ltd and A.W.Leil  Cranes and Equipment Ltd (a Seafort Capital partner company). Moddie's has offices in Halifax (Burnside) and Pictou. What may be its largest crane recently posed for a photo op on the waterfront.

It is a Grove ( by Manitowoc) GMK 5250L,  which is a 5 axle, 250 tonne capacity unit with a 110 ft reach. It is also equipped with a three axle dolly to comply with Nova Scotia road weight regulations.

Grove brochures show the boom nested over the cab (where the roof is depressed) however that would place too much weight on the axles so the dolly is used to distribute the load.

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Kenworth hauls a pig

 We don't see livestock hauled by truck very much in my area, so perhaps this load will be a close as I come. 

T-Lane Nation is an Edmonton, AB based carrier with offices across the country from Saint John, NB, to Mission, BC. This beefy Kenworth is typical of the trucks they run.

The KW is hauling a big Aspen trailer with dollies front and rear and the payload is a container carrying a pipeline inspection tool called a "pig". These torpedo like units can be equipped with cameras or x-ray devices to investigate and record the condition of some types of pipelines. The container presumably contains the pig and all the control equipment required to operate it.

Quest Integrity is an inspection company based in Seattle and is noted for pigging technology. The schematic on the door of the container implies they work world wide. It features a cutaway drawing of a pipe complete with pig.

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New Sandviks

 The Swedish conglomerate Sandvik is one of the world's largest manufacturers of mining machinery. Among their many lines are numerous trucks and loaders for use in underground mining. They are usually identifiable by their low profile, to fit the restricted overheads of mining tunnels. A trio of units arrived by ship in Halifax recently and have now been loaded on rail cars for delivery to end users.

Two of the units are TH545i articulated dump trucks. These rigs have a 45 tonne payload capacity in their 22 cubic meter dump box, and are powered by a 6 cylinder Volvo of 603 bhp.

The third unit is a Toro underground loader with a 17 tonne capacity.

It is available with buckets ranging in size from 7 to 9.1 cubic meters. There was no indication that I could see as to which this was. It is also powered with a Volvo engine, this one generating 310 kW.

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Unusual load in town

 Loads of wood are certainly common enough on Nova Scotia highways, but it is rare to see a load "in town" as it were. On Saturday I did see a log truck at the Cardlock in the Burnside Industrial Park which was quite typical of those seen on the roads.

Hauled by an impressive Navistar International HX, this B-train was well loaded. The wood was fairly small diameter, so it is difficult to say what its end use will be. However, as it was cut in eight foot lengths, it is likely that it will be sawn for lumber.

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Ford F650

 This is the first F-650 Ford pickup I have ever seen, and it is an XLT Harley Davidson special edition too.

I spotted the truck where it has parked before being shipped overseas. The running boards have been removed for some reason.

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A Demag for Sarens

 Sarens Canada Inc (formerly Canada Crane Services Inc) has been the Canadian branch of the large Belgian crane and heavy lift operator since 2014. It has branches in Ontario and Alberta with a huge fleet of equipment.

This 220 tonne SWL Demag, which was being loaded onto a rail car yesterday is the newest addition.

I like to catch these imports before the windows are boarded up for transport, so my timing was good.

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New Liebherr for DeSantis

DeSantis Crane Service Inc of Stoney Creek, ON will soon be taking delivery of a new Liebherr mobile crane. The unit arrived in Halifax by ship recently and riggers are currently securing it to a rail car.

Most cranes that I have seen arriving in Halifax may have been painted in company colours, such as Mammoet, but rarely display any identifying graphics such as names, so this one is a bit of a rarity.

Yes that is one of the riggers reclining under the cab while making fast some of attachments.

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