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Heavy Haulage and Out-of-Gauge Transport

The right vehicle and the right route for oversized cargo. Transport of oversized and overweight cargo with hydraulic modular trailers and low-beds.

Services

What we do

Hydraulic modular trailers (52 axles in total, platforms up to 78 m)

Hydraulic and standard low-beds

Volvo FH16 heavy-duty tractors

Axle load and load distribution calculations

Road permits and escort coordination

When cargo stops being ordinary freight

Standard freight travels on an ordinary trailer within the road's legal size and weight limits. Heavy haulage starts where a load's weight exceeds those limits; out-of-gauge (OOG) transport covers cargo that is too wide, too tall or too long for standard vehicles and routes. Many loads are both, which is why the vehicle, the route and the permits have to be planned as one job.

We moved heavy cargo in Türkiye before hydraulic transport systems were in common use, on low-beds built by our group company Ultırsan Makina. Heavy transport and general cargo haulage are part of the activities covered by our ISO 9001 certification.

Machinery and plant equipment
Steel structure modules and large fabricated items
Long or cylindrical items such as tanks, columns and tower sections

Low-bed or hydraulic modular trailer?

A low-bed's deck sits close to the road, which keeps tall cargo under bridges and overpasses; its axle count is fixed and it is a quick option for medium loads. On a hydraulic modular trailer, axle lines are coupled to suit the weight and length of the cargo, the load is spread over more axles and the deck height can be adjusted hydraulically. The choice depends on dimensions and on the axle-load limits of the route as much as on weight.

Our fleet includes a Goldhofer hydraulic modular system with 52 axles in total that can be set up to 78 m long, Goldhofer and Faymonville hydraulic low-beds, and Volvo FH16 heavy tractor units rated at 750, 700 and 660 hp.

Route, axle loads and permits

For heavy and out-of-gauge cargo the route is defined by bridge capacities, bend radii, gradients, overpass clearances, power lines and roadside obstacles. The load is spread over the road according to the number of axles and the trailer layout, and every axle has to stay within the limits of the road and its bridges. These checks, and the road permits that follow from them, are completed before the cargo moves.

Our road survey team assesses the route, reports any modifications it needs to the client and, when asked, carries them out with our own partners.

Loading, unloading and the site interface

The most delicate moments of a heavy move are often not on the road but at loading and delivery. The ground the vehicle stands on, the space it has to manoeuvre and the way the cargo will come off have to be known in advance: lifted by crane, skidded into position, or set down to wait in a laydown area.

At delivery we can hand the cargo straight to our own crane crew or set it in place with the skidding equipment in our fleet.

How the work runs

We began heavy haulage before hydraulic transport systems were common in Türkiye, using low-beds built by our group company Ultırsan Makina. Today we move plant equipment, steel structures, tower sections and machinery with 52 axles of Goldhofer hydraulic modular equipment, 8-axle hydraulic low-beds and heavy-duty tractor units.

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