Ballast tractor
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A ballast tractor is a specially weighted tractor unit of a heavy hauler combination. It is designed to utilize a drawbar to pull or push heavy or exceptionally large trailer loads which are loaded in a hydraulic modular trailer. When feasible, lowboy-style semi-trailers are used to minimize the height of a load's center of mass. Typical drivetrains are 6×4 and 6×6, but 8×6 and 8×8 are also available. Typical ballast tractor loads include oil rig modules, bridge sections, buildings, ship sections, and industrial machinery such as generators and turbines.
Hayes WHDX 70-170 6×6 tractor
MAN ballast tractor hooked via drawbar to 92,000 kg (203,000 lb) transformer on Nicolas modular axles
Titan Spezialfahrzeugbau GmbH ballast tractors with Mercedes-Benz Actros cabs
Three ballast tractors from JB Rawcliffe & Sons (two MAN pulling and one Mercedes pushing) with 100,000 kg (220,000 lb) transformer on Nicolas modular-5 Greiner bed 5-axle trailer en route to a wind farm substation
Mammoet
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Mammoet is a privately held Dutch company specializing in engineered heavy lifting and transport of large objects.
Mammoet loading one of its own cars after a job in Utrecht.
Mammoet Office Building 'The Bollard' in Schiedam
Mammoet gantry system