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That would be Kirscher Transport out of Virginia, MN. This kind of move is between mines around the "Iron Range" & are generally short mileage moves. They have a lot of pictures on their website.
We did this with drill rigs and buildings with short cross country shifts . . . hook a chain between the bull bars and try and keep it tight. If the front of the trucks are tracking the rest seems to follow, it wasn't really that hard.
No tight turns of course. LOL
With all that rubber on the deck--and the weight--I'd imagine those trucks in the photo would stay pretty much in line.
Well I'll be! Seems like the shorter turning radius of th inside truck would make nearly impossible to match with the outside. I suppose with a bit of experience one might feel the bind and be able to adjust.
Yair . . . Oxbow Yes mate, in a situation with gear like in the original photo you can feel the binding.
Not so much with light structures like buildings . . . we used to sit them on a couple of pallets and no chains of course so they had a bit of come and go, and a couple of ground men of course we'd be going prety slow.
Always thought that was a photoshopped pic but apparently I was wrong, There has definitely gotta be a little give and take but when there's a while there's a way!