Something strange seen while caching

[+RIclimber]

I took this picture a few years ago on a geocaching road trip. I just found it while making a backup of my photos, and now I want to know what it is!

Has anyone ever seen a truck this large? Can anyone tell me what that is?

Edited July 10, 2010 by Downy288

[+bittsen]

A giant erector set?

 

Looks like part of a tunel boring machine?

Maybe some sort of specialized storage tank?

[DarthJustice]

Oh, that's Optimus Prime. Those morons were supposed to keep it a secret. I'll get a line into headquarters.

 

Just kidding. I honestly don't know.

[+Minimike2]

An incoming Mexican ICBM.

[+RatRunCrew]

I'm English, but it looks like a Peterbilt to me

[+Fianccetto]

My guess is part of an oil rig/drill...Mr F says checmical processing equipment.

[DannyCaffeine]

Mabey they are going to stuff it in the leaking oil pipe? lol idk.

[+Harry Dolphin]

Looks like a spotlight to me.

[+Zarya.]

I'd guess oil/gas equipment, possibly on the refining end. Precision atomic or chemical industry equipment shouldn't be that exposed to the elements or unsecured, methinks.

 

Oil industry truck convoys with oversize loads are pretty common around Alberta, they hold up traffic all the time. It's a pretty cool picture, nonetheless. Thanks for sharing.

[+Klatch]

I'm English, but it looks like a Peterbilt to me

Nope. Kenworth.

 

[+sapboiler]

big conversation piece?

[+Colonial Cats]

Don't have a clue. Maybe someone with platinum membership might know.

[+bittsen]

Hmmm...

 

Rhode island....

 

Maybe the base of an ocean mounted wind turbine?

 

We get a lot of the white ones around here but they are land based.

 

Edited July 14, 2010 by bittsen

[+bittsen]

Nevermind my last post.

 

It's a part from "Davenport Dryer, LLC".

They are a "Mfr. of rotary dryers & coolers, dewatering presses, foundry molding machines rotary foundry equipment, sand screens & shakeouts" and they operate out of Davenport, Iowa.

 

It must be a rotary dryer component.

[+mrlaughingman]

its the worlds largest light saber

[+genegene]

Very odd how its transported from the top with nothing underneath. Looks like cables, and chains holding it off the ground.

[+IBcrashen]

looks like a thermos I use on my coffee break, its over when its empty.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

I would agree with Bittsen. Looks like it may be part of a soil incinerator. Tumbling contaminated soil to burn off the impurities. The finished sterile soil can then be recycled back to the environment.

It does however, make for "sterile" soil as nothing can grow in it.

[+Darren V]

My friend saw something like that one the road the other day and followed it till it parked. He ask the driver What it was and he said it was a Space Shuttle engine... no joke! He took some pictures and It looked simular to the one you have

[+bittsen]

Speculate all you want, folks. I know that I'm correct. The logo on the tank is a dead giveaway.

[Difficult Run]

Bittsen's right. Here's a webpage with a nearly identical load:

Wide Load

 

~ Mitch ~

[+RIclimber]

Bittsen's right. Here's a webpage with a nearly identical load:

Wide Load

 

~ Mitch ~

That's it! thanks! I saw the same truck, my pic was taken on the 1st, so that website was from four days later. You can even see the broken part in my pic.

Edited July 16, 2010 by Downy288

[Difficult Run]

That's it! thanks! I saw the same truck, my pic was taken on the 1st, so that website was from four days later. You can even see the broken part in my pic.

Ain't that cool??

Kudos to Bittsen for recognizing the logo. From there it was a simple Google photo search.

Glad to help.

~ Mitch ~