TRANSFORMER RELOCATION
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HEAVY HAUL TRANSFORMER DELIVERY, JOHNSTOWN, PA | Just after Thanksgiving 2018, Wolfe House Movers / Buckingham Transport met this Transformer at a rail siding, trans-loaded it onto 12 lines of Goldhofer, hauled it 5 miles to the substation, and set it onto its new foundation pad. With a significant incline in the route, the ADDrive Powerpack on the Goldhofer was hooked up and used to power the load slowly up the mountain to the substation. Once there, we used our Synchronized Hydraulic Jack & Slide System to off-load the transformer and lower it to the pad.
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NEWARK, DELEWARE | Buckingham Transport delivered this 318,000 lb transformer from an on-site rail spur to the new pad using a 6-Line Goldhofer Hydraulic Platform Trailer. The unit was loaded to the Goldhofer with a Jack & Slide, transported across the site, and lowered onto the new foundation pad.
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SANDUSKY, OHIO | Buckingham Transport was contracted to move this 157,600 lb transformer from its location as a spare in one substation, to a new substation 10 miles away where it will be put into use. With the Dual-Lane Beam & Dolly System, Wolfe was able to carry the transformer only 16″ above the road and keep the load under most of the wires and under the overpass in the route. Once at the new substation, the transformer was driven right over the slab foundation and lowered onto dunnage with the hydraulic cylinders of the Dollies. Then, once the trailer was disassembled from around the transformer, it could be lifted slightly with hydraulic jacks, the dunnage removed and the unit lowered onto the slab foundation. This negated the need for a crane and saved time over using a Jack & Slide System as well.
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PONTIAC, MICHIGAN | Buckingham Transport / Wolfe House Movers transported this 432,820 lb transformer from Flat Rock, MI to a new substation in Pontiac, MI. The transformer was too tall to make the 50-mile move by road so we moved it from its original substation where it sat in storage, to a rail siding 2 miles away and loaded it onto a rail car. This move was done with 12 lines of Goldhofer E-Steer SPMT trailers. Once the rail car arrived at a rail siding in Pontiac, we trans-loaded it to 14 lines of Goldhofer THP/SL and THP/ADDrive trailers, bringing the permitted load to 110’ long and 615,600 lbs overall. The second move was close to 10 miles and needed quite a few bucket trucks to lift the utility lines and traffic signals while we slipped the unit underneath. Once we arrived at the new site, we unloaded the transformer with our Hydraulic Jack & Slide System.
