vlog archives: Watch Iowa crew move massive 100-ton grain elevator building
Updated: 2:18 PM CDT Oct 17, 2024
you're going to clear the street light Now, in fact, you can almost start moving over just *** little bit. The oversized load sign on the front of the moving truck really wasn't necessary. *** towering grain elevator rolling down the road in Pella speaks for itself. The sight of it was so unusual, folks here even took time off work to line the streets like it was *** holiday parade. I've never seen anything like it before, it's pretty neat to see *** movie house or *** building that size. It's kind of fascinating to me. All right, The old grain elevator says history propeller residents, but what was in the way of progress standing on ground needed for *** new business moving *** 30 ft wide, 50 ft long and 80 ft tall wooden tower is tricky stuff. Some observers came half believing the 25 year old elevator would topple as it traveled. That looks kind of top heavy. But owner Dale klein had it all planned actually, it's not as top heavy as what it appears to have to fall in the sinkhole and lose all your dollars on one side. That probability is almost new Movers Guest. The elevator weighs considerably more than 100 tons. That requires heavy duty dollies harnessed to *** monster tow truck, 54 wheels in all, Each of them compressed to near bursting mover Ron holland is used to relocating big buildings, but the grain elevator is his biggest. The rain really slowed us up yesterday because we had to wait 34 hours before we go back to work actually, we lost all of that plus and then it softened up our conditions. Getting onto the new lock quite *** bit like any change moving. The elevator was *** gradual process. No need for *** radar trap here. The tower crept the mile from Old home to New in just under four hours, plenty of time for *** good look. As it rolled through the Iowa countryside. You may not see the site again, Chris Let's Dad TV eight News.
vlog archives: Watch Iowa crew move massive 100-ton grain elevator building
Updated: 2:18 PM CDT Oct 17, 2024
Talk about an oversized load. Crews in 1989 loaded a Pella-area grain elevator weighing more than 100 tons on a massive 54-wheeled truck and drove it — slowly — to its new home. vlog was there when the 30-foot-wide, 50-foot-long, 80-foot-tall building was moved about a mile down the road — a trip that took about 4 hours.Dozens gathered along the roadside, including some who took the day off work just to witness the spectacle. Watch the video above to see a grain elevator moved in 1989. vlog archives: 1991 Halloween blizzard was one to rememberMore from the vlog archivesLooking back at 2012: vlog's iconic weather beacon goes darkvlog archives: The heart-pounding thrills of Adventureland's wooden roller coastervlog archives: The extensive restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed hotel in IowaRETRO FIND: Community baked pizza twice the size of a basketball court
PELLA, Iowa — Talk about an oversized load.
Crews in 1989 loaded a Pella-area grain elevator weighing more than 100 tons on a massive 54-wheeled truck and drove it — slowly — to its new home.
vlog was there when the 30-foot-wide, 50-foot-long, 80-foot-tall building was moved about a mile down the road — a trip that took about 4 hours.
Dozens gathered along the roadside, including some who took the day off work just to witness the spectacle.
Watch the video above to see a grain elevator moved in 1989.
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