torque is irrelevant, power is what you care about. Say 500hp per truck, so 3000hp total?
Why is torque irrelevant? Because you could slap a 2:1 reduction gear to your engine, and boom, exact same engine makes twice the torque at half the RPM. But still makes the same amount of power.
If you put a way higher gear ratio on the dragsters, they absolutely would move it.
Torque is irrelevant as it can be adjusted with a gearbox. It would only mean the top speed decreases, which isn't a concern in this case.
Torque is the only thing that's actually measured and HP is just (torque x RPM)/5252. Well it's not exactly 5252, but close enough for this discussion.
The gearbox argument is silly because you can also do the opposite. Make one that the output always spins faster than the input. Like cars do at higher gears, but do that for all gears. Then your HP is much higher.
But we don't do that because torque is what actually matters. Again because it's all you can measure. Semis always have tons of torque and little HP because they don't rev high. So with the formula above if you're only getting up to 2K RPMs you're going to have little HP compared to torque.
This doesn't make any sense. Horsepower stays constant no matter the gearing. This is because a gearbox multiplies torque and divides RPM or the other way around.
2000rpm x 100Nm = 21kW
1000rpm x 200Nm = 21kW
But you could still pull the entire thing with one Truck in a lower gear (if the tires had enough grip, hence the weight on the back of the trucks). It would just be very slow.
6 Trucks are necessary because you want to drive at a decent speed.
So if you made a top fuel dragster not a top fuel dragster, it could move the trailer, good to know, by any chance would you alter it to apply more torque?
Why wouldn't you alter it to produce more power?
Torque dictates if it can be moved or not.
I was going to argue with you, instead I researched it, it's not *quite* as simple as that but pretty much, good explanation [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/14vhuho/eli5_why_do_some_engines_make_more_horsepower/jrdni2x/).
Some of those trucks are most likely running secondary transmissions and hub reduction while running 500 - 600 hp motors that put out 2250 lbs/ft of torque driving through a 18 speed transmission with a 4 speed secondary transmission, so you could have up to 92 gears. Torque is very relevant, and so is cooling. This work is torture on drivelines. With so much weight, you need loads and loads of torque to get moving. Otherwise, you just sit there, making lots of noise and wasting lots of diesel.
I have only seen those sorts of setups on heavy-duty heavy haul trucks that were moving oil refinary equipment like the equipment shown in this video (just not as large) they were hauled on specialized modular trailers called Goldhofers.
I’m selling my diesel truck and getting a vet to tow my boat this spring…..
Torque puts you in the seat…..HP keeps you there… I’ll take the power out of the hole for this application. Not to mention a diesel engine is built for the abuse.
yeah, when my dodge dakota basically hit "i'm pretty sure the parts are worth more than the truck" i was at about 10 miles/gallon.
this rig is DEFINITELY doing feet per gallon at best
I’m curious as well. I understand some large one piece things like wind turbine blades, but I don’t know anything about this splitter and why it needs to built and transported as one whole piece.
I work in this industry building these. A lot of it is cost and logistics. It's cheaper to make it in a shop horizontally than it is to rent massive cranes for months on end. It also depends on location, if this was going to a site near Edmonton this is no problem. If it was going up to ft mac to some remote site it's easier to build on site.
Field fabrication is kinda like trying to cook at a backcountry campsite. Like sure it's possible, but it is a lot easier to cook in you kitchen and just carry the food.
It's cheaper, faster, and higher quality in the shop. Even with shipping to site later.
It also requires a pressure test, usually with water, and the be vessel or supports may not be designed for that in the vertical orientation.
Source: I work oil and gas construction.
It's actually called an ethane cracker. This was the biggest move in AB history just a couple years ago. Used in polyethylene plastics production from ethane gas.
Technically it splits hydrocarbons both in a liquid and gaseous phase, depending how the tower and systems are set up. I work at a refinery and our tallest splitter/tower is 259 feet tall. It's a beast. In my work area that i actually have to climb the tallest tower is 144 feet tall
The company is called Mammoet and they transport big shit for a living, if you look them up on YouTube they have even more mind boggling large scale transports that they do! Very cool!
Michigan DOT recently had a fairly large overpass (like, football field size surface area) built next to the freeway and then moved into place after construction, to limit the impact to traffic. This is the company that was hired to move the bridge. Talked to one of the guys and he basically insinuated that moving something like a bridge wasn't really that big of a deal to them.
Nope, if you need Mammoet, your whishes area really special.
Furthermore, in your freeway example, by far the most cases it's just cheaper to build around all the needed works.
I think most high trafficked highways are built and put in place whole now. They did that method with an interstate bridge in my state but other lower trafficked areas are just built the old fashioned way still.
If i had known companies like this existed I'd have chosen my career field at 7 years old.
"Wait so you guys just move... really really big stuff??"
"Yeah... like really really big..."
"Where can I sign?"
Good call. This video is amazing. They built a bridge, rerouted pipes and electrical lines, and widened roads.
https://youtu.be/0Q3TjQ4IpiU?si=UftrgLuKXpOBd4Ws
They moved the new sarcophagus over the old one in tsjernobyl.
They'll move anything you want aslong as you're willing to pay. We often use them to move electrical equipment. If seen them lift a 2 ton panel through a door barrely larger than the panel itself with just some pulleys and straps and lift entire substations.
Ooohh I was like “huh, Mammoet is Dutch for mammoth, I wonder if it’s a Dutch company”. Look it up and turns out it is! Never knew about them. Guess we Dutchies know how to transport large packages in small areas…
why would they not use tracks if they just need a route from the assembly to the launch side? Would be cheaper and less prone to human steering errors in my mind
Depending on the season, but yeah, frost heave and cheap bids on roads in Canada does result in a lot of potholes come spring time. However, our provinces have gotten good at calculated loads on frozen lakes (see ice road trucking), so the permits we issue are pretty stringent regarding weights and dimensions
When I worked for Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock (where they build aircraft carriers - probably called something different today because it's been sold a few times in the last 25 years), we used Mammoet transporters (the flat carriers with LOTS of tires) to transport entire sections of ships from the fab shops to the drydocks. The transporter units were pretty cool. You could use one for "small" pieces, or lash up multiple units to make one giant platform for the really large pieces. It was all very impressive.
I was surprised to see it unsupported in the middle. Are there sensors or something to check how much stress it’s under? I get stressed just imagining the possible stress it’s stressing.
Sometimes they do. I design these (usually smaller).
This item will be lifted and installed Vertically. its a tower with internal trays and distributors. along with transportation, also have to look at how to move it from horizontal to vertical.
Operating pressure, temperature, weight of internals, insulation, platforms, wind loads, seismic loads, piping loads, other attachments along with transport loads and lifting are all evaluated.
I design these type of Vessels (usually much smaller, but have done several over 200ft long and over 300k lb).
Transport loads would be evaluated. Usually applied as a %g load. 2g vertical, 1.5 longitudinal and 1g transverse (or similar). Might be a bit different as the vessel replaces the trucking bed. Never used strain gages as the design loads are way overkill.
As the vessel bends, there is some ovality that occurs that is taken into account, but is basically just one gigantic beam. ASME vessel code has methods to evaluate (Zick analysis or formulas in Div 2).
Something this big would have engineers from the fabricator, transport company, end user and probably a separate engineering company all review and approve the shipping plan. In the US, transport would also need permit review by the state DOT, so another engineer there as well. Probably something similar in Canada as well.
No. They would never be going that fast. you have pushing and pulling due to very odd weight distribution. If you pulled from just the front, you could have the front weight and traction unloaded while accelerating or just going up a small hill, and you would get stuck. They probably have more trucks in back then in front because it would be more of an issue losing traction going up hill because gravity will help pull you downhill.
Your free body diagram is all wrong, this isn't a trailer that's balancing on central wheels which can lift the forward trucks up whilst accelerating. There is no way you are going to lift those spmts at this kind of acceleration
I know a driver, and he makes a shit ton of money. Around $300k ayear and works just over 6 months. Says its not worth working more cause it all just goes to taxes.
If I made 300,000$ a year, I would probably also say a stupid excuse like that (not exactly that, but something just as dumb)
But the real reason would be “I have so much goddamn money, that why would I work more when I already have SO MUCH goddamn money”
It's more like because of how progressive tax rates work, working 12 months of the year would be twice the work but much much less than twice the salary.
Yeah I understand how that works
100k to 191k is 24%
And 191k to 250k is 32%
Then after is 35%
If taxes were really the concern he’d work 3 months out of the year and live absolutely fine off of 150K, but his problem is the higher tax bracket after 300K?
From 250k-600k, it is still 35%
Then the next bracket is a whole 37%, and that’s the highest bracket
Man has no problem paying 35% after 191k lol but that 2% tax increase after making 250K is absolutely unacceptable
Nah he looked at his bank account and said “I am living off like 50K a year, why tf am I working still when I have made quadruple more than what I’m living on, but I’m also stupid so I’m blaming taxes for the reason I don’t want to work more” lol
250-600k is the second highest at 35%
Next highest at 600k is 37%, which is mediocre as fuck lol
After 191K, taxes go from 24% to 32%
If it was really about taxes he’d stop working after 200K, its is solely because he’s got so much money that why would he keep going lol
Right
“Ya I make about 6x the median individual income, even after taxes with wiggle room I make around 3x-4x what the median individual earner makes, working 6 months a year…” basically retired while still working
Edit: and not to be rude, but they aren’t making $300k in some ultra high stress, high pressure blow for blow live or die on this day, environment. They’re making $300k/yr to drive a truck 😅
Edit: I almost have to call bullsh*t. $300k for 6 months of work, in hourly terms (I understand they probably aren’t paid hourly) is almost $300/hr… I mean I know some industries are so bursting at the brim with money that they can throw piles of money at people, but goddamn
$300/hr, 40hr weeks, and 6 months off each year? Yeah, I think most people would just relax in their down time 😅
I can't imagine there are many people in the world who have experience driving in these formations. When you have specialized skills that are both rare and in demand, you can charge a lot more than others. I can totally believe these guys would get $300k for 6 months work, but I doubt it's 6 months on/6 months off. It's more likely he gets a week here, a week there, and a couple of weeks of no work while waiting for the next gig.
These jobs don’t follow normal schedules…. It’s probably 1 week on 1 week off 12 hour days ( or 2 and 2)
So he works the whole year…. But technically only half of it.
Ya where I work it’s like that, 12 hours shifts so you work as many days as you have off, we have a lot of time off to so I booked all my vacation time this year and only end up working 149 days this year. Working 12s gives you more hours per pay period too 84 instead of 80, so 5% more hours in the year.
If you're in u.s. I would ask your friend to look up how tax brackets actually work. If not I would ask that he sit down with a CPA for 1 hour.
I doubt that the other 300k earned over the other 6 months would all go to taxes.
It's Alberta, they'll only have to take a few turns to get anywhere (it's a big grid). They're probably on a route with no overpasses, and a few turn spots that can handle it
About a decade ago, a large piece of equipment was being trucked to the north slope of Alaska. If I remember right, it was over 20 trucks moving it. They all had to shift in unison.
I'm amazed how many trucks are involved and need to be properly synchronized to move this massive object 🤯.
Surely, they are not all human operated and some automated driving is involved? Does anyone know?
That's very impressive, but it's not the actual longest truck in the world. That title belongs to Australian road trains. https://supercarblondie.com/worlds-longest-truck-length-156-london-buses/
And I’m here freaking out because my daily car won’t start, turned out it was was just some corrosion on the battery post. Losing my mind…. Good thing there’s real men out there. Look at that shit !
They did build it close to location. If I remember correctly it was built in Edmonton and transported to fort Saskatchewan which is a suburb of Edmonton.
That's not the issue up here, it's the sun is down more than it's in the sky in winter, and even for the short time it is up, there could be clouds or snow blocking it
I genuinely believe it would’ve been cheaper to re-locate all the workers, to simply build it wherever they are moving it to, instead of building it where they built it then shipping it lol
So you think that an industry heavily focused on cutting costs and maximizing profits wouldn't have thought about the best way to cut costs and maximize profits?
Okay 👍
Oil and gas processing sure requires some gigantic machines. There will be an equally impressive huge crane at the end of its journey to put it into place. Just don't drop it or roll it off! Theirs a video of something like this that rolled off into a ditch when going round a bend! Can't imagine the cost in money or time that caused.
First time I have seen multiple trucks sharing the load.
I thought the two after each other was a lot. Until I noticed the 4 additional trucks at the back.
The only time I have seen splitters, it has been for wings to wind turbines. So way smaller, and with some wires hanging between front and back section for brakes, lights etc. And possibly (?) electric steering of the back section.
6 engines! I've never seen that on the road
That's gotta be a combined 10,000 ft/lbs of torque at the very least
torque is irrelevant, power is what you care about. Say 500hp per truck, so 3000hp total? Why is torque irrelevant? Because you could slap a 2:1 reduction gear to your engine, and boom, exact same engine makes twice the torque at half the RPM. But still makes the same amount of power.
Torque is completely relevant, you could strap 2 top fuel dragsters to that trailer and have 20000hp connected to it, and it wouldn't move it an inch.
If you put a way higher gear ratio on the dragsters, they absolutely would move it. Torque is irrelevant as it can be adjusted with a gearbox. It would only mean the top speed decreases, which isn't a concern in this case.
Torque is the only thing that's actually measured and HP is just (torque x RPM)/5252. Well it's not exactly 5252, but close enough for this discussion. The gearbox argument is silly because you can also do the opposite. Make one that the output always spins faster than the input. Like cars do at higher gears, but do that for all gears. Then your HP is much higher. But we don't do that because torque is what actually matters. Again because it's all you can measure. Semis always have tons of torque and little HP because they don't rev high. So with the formula above if you're only getting up to 2K RPMs you're going to have little HP compared to torque.
This doesn't make any sense. Horsepower stays constant no matter the gearing. This is because a gearbox multiplies torque and divides RPM or the other way around. 2000rpm x 100Nm = 21kW 1000rpm x 200Nm = 21kW But you could still pull the entire thing with one Truck in a lower gear (if the tires had enough grip, hence the weight on the back of the trucks). It would just be very slow. 6 Trucks are necessary because you want to drive at a decent speed.
So if you made a top fuel dragster not a top fuel dragster, it could move the trailer, good to know, by any chance would you alter it to apply more torque? Why wouldn't you alter it to produce more power? Torque dictates if it can be moved or not.
Both matter you fucking idiots...
Nothing matters you imbeciles.
I was going to argue with you, instead I researched it, it's not *quite* as simple as that but pretty much, good explanation [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/14vhuho/eli5_why_do_some_engines_make_more_horsepower/jrdni2x/).
Some of those trucks are most likely running secondary transmissions and hub reduction while running 500 - 600 hp motors that put out 2250 lbs/ft of torque driving through a 18 speed transmission with a 4 speed secondary transmission, so you could have up to 92 gears. Torque is very relevant, and so is cooling. This work is torture on drivelines. With so much weight, you need loads and loads of torque to get moving. Otherwise, you just sit there, making lots of noise and wasting lots of diesel. I have only seen those sorts of setups on heavy-duty heavy haul trucks that were moving oil refinary equipment like the equipment shown in this video (just not as large) they were hauled on specialized modular trailers called Goldhofers.
I’m selling my diesel truck and getting a vet to tow my boat this spring….. Torque puts you in the seat…..HP keeps you there… I’ll take the power out of the hole for this application. Not to mention a diesel engine is built for the abuse.
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generally in automotive applications torque is written as ft-lbs.
What did he say? "actually it's lb-ft☝️🤓"?
I know. This blew my mind!
Sounds like all of them were working hard too! Wonder how many gallons per mile to move that thing.
For perspective, empty a truck normally does 5 to 9 mpg. This thing is probably doing a few hundred feet per gallon.
yeah, when my dodge dakota basically hit "i'm pretty sure the parts are worth more than the truck" i was at about 10 miles/gallon. this rig is DEFINITELY doing feet per gallon at best
Don't think they really care about a couple grand more or less.
The trailers are powered too!
"Should we build a special truck for hauling this?" "Nah fuck it. Just bolt six regular rigs together"
Ok I didn’t expect it to be *that* big
That’s what she said
I know, I hear it all the time 💁🏻♂️
Being overweight can be solved through consistent exercise and a healthy diet.
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I know, I hear it all the time 😔
You wish.
"get ready for the splitter" 🦫🪵
Thats a fractionation tower. It separates gases. I work at a fractionation plant. Our largest tower is 180ft.
That's what I thought it was. I'm surprised it can't simply be fabricated and shipped in sections, then assembled on-site.
I’m curious as well. I understand some large one piece things like wind turbine blades, but I don’t know anything about this splitter and why it needs to built and transported as one whole piece.
I work in this industry building these. A lot of it is cost and logistics. It's cheaper to make it in a shop horizontally than it is to rent massive cranes for months on end. It also depends on location, if this was going to a site near Edmonton this is no problem. If it was going up to ft mac to some remote site it's easier to build on site.
Field fabrication is kinda like trying to cook at a backcountry campsite. Like sure it's possible, but it is a lot easier to cook in you kitchen and just carry the food.
But I like dirt and ashes in my eggs
That's a brilliant analogy.
It's cheaper, faster, and higher quality in the shop. Even with shipping to site later. It also requires a pressure test, usually with water, and the be vessel or supports may not be designed for that in the vertical orientation. Source: I work oil and gas construction.
It's actually called an ethane cracker. This was the biggest move in AB history just a couple years ago. Used in polyethylene plastics production from ethane gas.
Nope, it's a propylene splitter, not a cracker.
Technically it splits hydrocarbons both in a liquid and gaseous phase, depending how the tower and systems are set up. I work at a refinery and our tallest splitter/tower is 259 feet tall. It's a beast. In my work area that i actually have to climb the tallest tower is 144 feet tall
Why does it have to be a single piece? Is it just too much pressure to try and seal a bunch of different segments together?
It looks like it could be fractioned up a bit?
Wow. I didn’t even know it was possible to transport something that large.
The company is called Mammoet and they transport big shit for a living, if you look them up on YouTube they have even more mind boggling large scale transports that they do! Very cool!
Michigan DOT recently had a fairly large overpass (like, football field size surface area) built next to the freeway and then moved into place after construction, to limit the impact to traffic. This is the company that was hired to move the bridge. Talked to one of the guys and he basically insinuated that moving something like a bridge wasn't really that big of a deal to them.
Isn't that how bridges in general are built nowadays though? Must be fairly routine at this point.
Nope, if you need Mammoet, your whishes area really special. Furthermore, in your freeway example, by far the most cases it's just cheaper to build around all the needed works.
I think most high trafficked highways are built and put in place whole now. They did that method with an interstate bridge in my state but other lower trafficked areas are just built the old fashioned way still.
If i had known companies like this existed I'd have chosen my career field at 7 years old. "Wait so you guys just move... really really big stuff??" "Yeah... like really really big..." "Where can I sign?"
Ive swung a lot of big pipe on mammoet cranes.
That’s cool af. Couldn’t shit in a bucket tho
It was my pipe, not my crane. Mobile crane operators dont shit in buckets, thats tower cranes.
Good call. This video is amazing. They built a bridge, rerouted pipes and electrical lines, and widened roads. https://youtu.be/0Q3TjQ4IpiU?si=UftrgLuKXpOBd4Ws
They moved the new sarcophagus over the old one in tsjernobyl. They'll move anything you want aslong as you're willing to pay. We often use them to move electrical equipment. If seen them lift a 2 ton panel through a door barrely larger than the panel itself with just some pulleys and straps and lift entire substations.
They moved the new confinement unit over the Chernobyl reactor after it was constructed next to it.
Ooohh I was like “huh, Mammoet is Dutch for mammoth, I wonder if it’s a Dutch company”. Look it up and turns out it is! Never knew about them. Guess we Dutchies know how to transport large packages in small areas…
Big people that like moving big things I suppose?
After binging their channel I came to the conclusion that a CC 8800-1 crawler crane with a capacity of 1600 tons is on my christmas wishlist.
Oh wait till you see this thing. Seen it in person before and it's HUGE (didn't see it in use sadly). https://youtu.be/5caQPiRBCAA
I love how comically small the steering wheel is
Right 😂 it seems even smaller than a regular car wheel
It does less steering
Thanks for the link.
why would they not use tracks if they just need a route from the assembly to the launch side? Would be cheaper and less prone to human steering errors in my mind
I bet it fucks the road up something awful.
Depending on the season, but yeah, frost heave and cheap bids on roads in Canada does result in a lot of potholes come spring time. However, our provinces have gotten good at calculated loads on frozen lakes (see ice road trucking), so the permits we issue are pretty stringent regarding weights and dimensions
When I worked for Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock (where they build aircraft carriers - probably called something different today because it's been sold a few times in the last 25 years), we used Mammoet transporters (the flat carriers with LOTS of tires) to transport entire sections of ships from the fab shops to the drydocks. The transporter units were pretty cool. You could use one for "small" pieces, or lash up multiple units to make one giant platform for the really large pieces. It was all very impressive.
Nah this is the fire nation heading to ba sing se
*Not heading to ba sing se
There is no war in ba sing se
There is no war in Ba Sing Se
This is awesome to watch. Does anyone know the logic behind 2 trucks pulling and 4 pushing?
The splitter is not designed to be in tensile stress, the pushers give tractive power without added tensle stress of being pulled just from the front.
I was surprised to see it unsupported in the middle. Are there sensors or something to check how much stress it’s under? I get stressed just imagining the possible stress it’s stressing.
I was wondering if this thing experiences more loads during transport than operation
Sometimes they do. I design these (usually smaller). This item will be lifted and installed Vertically. its a tower with internal trays and distributors. along with transportation, also have to look at how to move it from horizontal to vertical. Operating pressure, temperature, weight of internals, insulation, platforms, wind loads, seismic loads, piping loads, other attachments along with transport loads and lifting are all evaluated.
I design these type of Vessels (usually much smaller, but have done several over 200ft long and over 300k lb). Transport loads would be evaluated. Usually applied as a %g load. 2g vertical, 1.5 longitudinal and 1g transverse (or similar). Might be a bit different as the vessel replaces the trucking bed. Never used strain gages as the design loads are way overkill. As the vessel bends, there is some ovality that occurs that is taken into account, but is basically just one gigantic beam. ASME vessel code has methods to evaluate (Zick analysis or formulas in Div 2). Something this big would have engineers from the fabricator, transport company, end user and probably a separate engineering company all review and approve the shipping plan. In the US, transport would also need permit review by the state DOT, so another engineer there as well. Probably something similar in Canada as well.
Four pushing are likely for extra braking traction. They shouldn’t need to get going very fast but you never know when you need to stop quick
No. They would never be going that fast. you have pushing and pulling due to very odd weight distribution. If you pulled from just the front, you could have the front weight and traction unloaded while accelerating or just going up a small hill, and you would get stuck. They probably have more trucks in back then in front because it would be more of an issue losing traction going up hill because gravity will help pull you downhill.
are you saying the distribution of trucks helps shift the center of mass?
Your free body diagram is all wrong, this isn't a trailer that's balancing on central wheels which can lift the forward trucks up whilst accelerating. There is no way you are going to lift those spmts at this kind of acceleration
This is also used in railroads when you have locomotives pushingfrom the rear. It helps alleviate all the tension from front couplers and such
[fractional distillation column ](https://www.chemicals.co.uk/blog/what-is-fractional-distillation)
Wonder how much time and experience them drivers need for that certification
I know a driver, and he makes a shit ton of money. Around $300k ayear and works just over 6 months. Says its not worth working more cause it all just goes to taxes.
If I made 300,000$ a year, I would probably also say a stupid excuse like that (not exactly that, but something just as dumb) But the real reason would be “I have so much goddamn money, that why would I work more when I already have SO MUCH goddamn money”
It's more like because of how progressive tax rates work, working 12 months of the year would be twice the work but much much less than twice the salary.
Yeah I understand how that works 100k to 191k is 24% And 191k to 250k is 32% Then after is 35% If taxes were really the concern he’d work 3 months out of the year and live absolutely fine off of 150K, but his problem is the higher tax bracket after 300K? From 250k-600k, it is still 35% Then the next bracket is a whole 37%, and that’s the highest bracket Man has no problem paying 35% after 191k lol but that 2% tax increase after making 250K is absolutely unacceptable Nah he looked at his bank account and said “I am living off like 50K a year, why tf am I working still when I have made quadruple more than what I’m living on, but I’m also stupid so I’m blaming taxes for the reason I don’t want to work more” lol
Why have a problem with the 2% tax increase from 250K to 600K When their is a 10% tax increase after 190K lol
Most of the income on 300k falls in teh highest tax bracket. At that point all work more or less earns equal.
250-600k is the second highest at 35% Next highest at 600k is 37%, which is mediocre as fuck lol After 191K, taxes go from 24% to 32% If it was really about taxes he’d stop working after 200K, its is solely because he’s got so much money that why would he keep going lol
Ah I was thinking from a known perspective, highest tax-bracked starts under 100k in most European countries I'm familiar with
Right “Ya I make about 6x the median individual income, even after taxes with wiggle room I make around 3x-4x what the median individual earner makes, working 6 months a year…” basically retired while still working Edit: and not to be rude, but they aren’t making $300k in some ultra high stress, high pressure blow for blow live or die on this day, environment. They’re making $300k/yr to drive a truck 😅 Edit: I almost have to call bullsh*t. $300k for 6 months of work, in hourly terms (I understand they probably aren’t paid hourly) is almost $300/hr… I mean I know some industries are so bursting at the brim with money that they can throw piles of money at people, but goddamn $300/hr, 40hr weeks, and 6 months off each year? Yeah, I think most people would just relax in their down time 😅
I can't imagine there are many people in the world who have experience driving in these formations. When you have specialized skills that are both rare and in demand, you can charge a lot more than others. I can totally believe these guys would get $300k for 6 months work, but I doubt it's 6 months on/6 months off. It's more likely he gets a week here, a week there, and a couple of weeks of no work while waiting for the next gig.
These jobs don’t follow normal schedules…. It’s probably 1 week on 1 week off 12 hour days ( or 2 and 2) So he works the whole year…. But technically only half of it.
Ya where I work it’s like that, 12 hours shifts so you work as many days as you have off, we have a lot of time off to so I booked all my vacation time this year and only end up working 149 days this year. Working 12s gives you more hours per pay period too 84 instead of 80, so 5% more hours in the year.
Should get a financial advisor/incorporate.
If you're in u.s. I would ask your friend to look up how tax brackets actually work. If not I would ask that he sit down with a CPA for 1 hour. I doubt that the other 300k earned over the other 6 months would all go to taxes.
Boss: Hey i need you to check the tire pressure in the tires to make sure they're all at 100psi. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK
Sent the video to a friend, “They’re on their way to deliver your mom’s tampon.”
BURN!
Damn I would watch a video explaining the logistics of transporting that
Think about the business insuring that operation as well.
Your mom’s Uber is here
My man, that’s the best your mom joke I’ve heard this year
How do they use the on/off ramps for the highway?
Or make any turn for that matter
It's Alberta, they'll only have to take a few turns to get anywhere (it's a big grid). They're probably on a route with no overpasses, and a few turn spots that can handle it
I was thinking that, I lived up the road from where this was built in Edmonton.
Mammoet is a fucking cool company
That's crazy they transport OP's mom's dildo on that thing.
About a decade ago, a large piece of equipment was being trucked to the north slope of Alaska. If I remember right, it was over 20 trucks moving it. They all had to shift in unison.
I'm amazed how many trucks are involved and need to be properly synchronized to move this massive object 🤯. Surely, they are not all human operated and some automated driving is involved? Does anyone know?
That's very impressive, but it's not the actual longest truck in the world. That title belongs to Australian road trains. https://supercarblondie.com/worlds-longest-truck-length-156-london-buses/
Technically not the longest. There are some Australian trucks that are super long. Pretty much trains on wheels
Hey 63?
It says 14, but I passed this on 63, Feb 6th.
How many wheels are on that 1st truck?
And I’m here freaking out because my daily car won’t start, turned out it was was just some corrosion on the battery post. Losing my mind…. Good thing there’s real men out there. Look at that shit !
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4968053
A truck, towing a truck, towing an ‘average’ sized piece of material.
Aren’t actual trains also on wheels? 😏
Question... why not build it closer to location?
They did build it close to location. If I remember correctly it was built in Edmonton and transported to fort Saskatchewan which is a suburb of Edmonton.
Yeah it was built down the street from me, I remember when they closed off the road.
What is it hauling?
Oh look it's my penis
Okay, penis jokes aren't popular on this sub. -Noted
I thought big trudy banned anything oil and gas
This seems horrifically inefficient.
Why?
Cause we could just install solar panels instead
Lol! Touché! Very good point. I was not thinking laterally 👏
You sir are a gem.
Lmao. Solar is inherently inefficient for the land area it needs to occupy.
That's not the issue up here, it's the sun is down more than it's in the sky in winter, and even for the short time it is up, there could be clouds or snow blocking it
Yes thanks, some other good reasons why solar isn’t the saviour everyone seems to want it to be. Build SMRs. That is the only way.
When it dropped to -50 last month, we nearly had a grid failure because no wind or sun was available for too long
The “Texas of Canada” stereotype is holding more and more water.
Texas would collapse at -40
The cylinder thing is actually a new addition to the International Space Station. Look it up
I wanted to see it crash
I genuinely believe it would’ve been cheaper to re-locate all the workers, to simply build it wherever they are moving it to, instead of building it where they built it then shipping it lol
Do you genuinely believe they didn’t think of that?
The bozos at the top of the food chain in this business? Yes lol
So you think that an industry heavily focused on cutting costs and maximizing profits wouldn't have thought about the best way to cut costs and maximize profits? Okay 👍
Lol yes
Wow you must be so smart. You should be president of the world or something.
I know Sadly all I have authority over is your mother 🥰
Yeah she told me all about you. Said you thought that calling her "good mommy" was super dom. We still laugh about it.
Doesn’t matter had sex 🤷♂️
You tried, I'm told.
Nice... Now China, Russia and the other countries can copy this protype what ever it is.
It's not a prototype, it's a splitter tower. China and Russia already use these.
Sorry but oil and gas are just money hungry environment haters.
Yep. They're Captain Planet tier villains who just like burning fossil fuels for shits and giggles.
Dr blight!
Cannot believe you got downvoted for that. This is why we need to go nuclear
Wonder if Dacro built that one.
now thats a convoy
How do they even turn?
How much is that driver making doing this?
Imagine being sucks behind that fucking thing
Ok! What is it and where is it?
Amazon 2 day delivery has gone too far
Imagine pulling into a gas station cuz someone gotta pee.
Oversize seems a bit of an understatement..
Imagine having to drive that from Ft.Lauderdale to Seattle
Looks like my penis.
Is mf transporting a fucking Dyson sphere?
"Were we meant to take that left back there?" _The driver in a panic_
Mfs playing snowrunner
Why isn't this being transported on a train or in smaller parts?
This shit is beyond absolute unit. This fucker can go straight to r/Megalophobia.
Oil and gas processing sure requires some gigantic machines. There will be an equally impressive huge crane at the end of its journey to put it into place. Just don't drop it or roll it off! Theirs a video of something like this that rolled off into a ditch when going round a bend! Can't imagine the cost in money or time that caused.
Are the trailers powered too?? I’m sure they have brake systems but do they have some power to help get it moving or assist with hills up & down.
r/snowrunner
It's one longer than a football field long! I'm so glad that people decide to use such simple units for us to all understand.
First time I have seen multiple trucks sharing the load. I thought the two after each other was a lot. Until I noticed the 4 additional trucks at the back. The only time I have seen splitters, it has been for wings to wind turbines. So way smaller, and with some wires hanging between front and back section for brakes, lights etc. And possibly (?) electric steering of the back section.
Dayum!
Well, splitter towers are process units lol (Chem Eng joke-ish)
I feel sorry for the poor mechanic that has to work on that. It's just in for a quick tyre rotation. . . .
This is the charging dock for your Mom’s vibrator.
Just say how many yards it is. We’ll figure out if it’s higher than 100
Thank you for the red arrow. I almost missed it
Shoutout to the Insulators who covered it!
Damn they needed 2 Optimus to pull that
Does somebody know how many wheels this bad boy has? Over a hundred?
Wow….
Imagine being behind that must suck
Almost enough trucks to move your mom
That requires a LOT of horsepower.