- [Narrator] Mankind has
built huge structures for the sea, land, and for the air. For every massive object,
you need another one to transport it. And some of these
constructions are the most awe-inspiring of all. - [Title Voice] Amazing! - [Narrator] Number Ten. Slag Pot Transporter Kamag's Slag Pot Transporter
may not sound like the most glamorous vehicle on the list. But, it packs tons of its own tech and toughness into its iron hide. The unique challenge
Kamag faced when designing the titanic transporter was enabling it to carry super-hot 1300
degree centigrade molten slag from the smelting process
safely and efficiently from the incinerators to coolers. Special vehicle manufacturer
Kamag rose to the task of constructing a new leading
vehicle in this field. And the 82-ton transporter
they created measures 11.9 meters long by 7.7 meters wide and 4.3 meters high. With a capacity of no less than 130 tons, it can carry a good portion
more than its own weight. Maneuvering a truck like
this is a highly responsible and complex task. And therefore, the Kamag
truck is packed full of technical innovations, in that it has a state of the art, automatic,
smooth and reliable gearbox, digital monitoring systems, and highly flexible steering systems. Number nine. Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
transported through LA. Space shuttle Endeavor's
final journey was, perhaps, insignificant compared to its missions to the International Space Station. In its awesome history,
it completed 25 missions with a total of 299 days
spent orbiting Earth a total of 4,671 times. Even so, it's last
voyage, dubbed mission 26, presented an insane logistical
challenge in its own right. Endeavor was retired to the
California Science Center where it's become the
museum's center piece set to inspire new generations
of astronauts and explorers. Its final journey began on
the back of the Boeing 747, a famous sight in itself. And the aircraft's pilots Jeff Moultrie and Bill Reich flew the
shuttle over California's landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and
NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field. After landing at Los Angeles,
the spacecraft's journey to the museum took three days to complete for a distance of just 14 kilometers. The shuttle, its fuel
tank and other parts, weighed in at 144 tons. And it took a 160-wheeled carrying device to transport it through LA streets. Trees, lamp posts and
many other obstacles had to be removed as the
shuttle was tentatively driven to its final
resting place surrounded by a vast entourage of spectators. Number eight. Huge Boulder. Many weird and wonderful tasks have been carried out in the name of art. But moving a 340-ton
boulder wasn't at the top of anyone's list until Michael Heizer designed Levitated Mass,
where visitors could walk through a large, concrete trough under a huge suspended boulder. The boulder, located in
Riverside County, California, was transported to the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art almost 100 miles away. It was loaded onto a
176-wheeled transporter which then navigated the
huge distance at night whilst roads were temporarily closed. Number 7. Transporting The World's Biggest Turbine. If you've ever looked
at a jumbo jet's turbine and marveled at its size, then Harriet trumps it in
every way, shape and form. It's the world's largest and
most efficient gas turbine, and converts gas to electricity with an astounding efficiency
rate of 61% when combined with a steam turbine. It achieves its amazing
efficiency through technology originally developed for jet engines. Harriet weighs in at 400
tons, a world champion that people in France
turned out to see roadside much akin to their Tour de France. But this world champion only reached a top speed of 10 miles per hour. It was transported from
Belfort to Bouchain over 330 miles away. And such a complex, vastly expensive and tremendously important construction had to be transported
to absolute perfection. The convoy was 109 meters in length, 6.6 meters wide, and 6 meters high, weighing in at 800 tons in total. The turbine was carried on 14 rows of triple-tired axles and every element of its construction was scrutinized over the three years it
took to plan the journey. So fine was the planning that computer models were generated to assess bridges and bypasses as well as nuances in the road's camber, its elevation, and its surface quality. Local councils were even instructed to improve many roads to prepare for it. From Strasbourg, the turbine
was taken down rivers until it reached the energy
plant for installation. And once it was running,
it created 600 megawatts of power to power 700,000 french homes. Number 6. 1,048 Tonne Reactor One name which will be cropping up when discussing super-heavy haulage and transportation is Mammoet, who are the world's
super-heavy transport elites. They've been taking on board all manner of near-impossible haulage task. And one such mega challenge was shifting Samsung's Saudi Arabia's 1,048-ton reactor from its factory in Dammam to a petrochemical plant in Shaybah. The journey is 1,080 miles, a huge distance in itself. But the real brutality of this task lies in the terrain that Mammoet had to navigate to achieve their goal. The Rub' al Khali desert is the largest continuous sand desert in the world. And in summer, the temperature can swing between 50 degrees centigrade to zero, sub-zero. Not to mention frequent,
vicious sandstorms. Mammoet's huge convoy set off with a crew nearing the hundreds. Ten trucks and a huge,
hydraulic trailer system which would carry the reactor itself. They navigated roads which were barely seven meters wide, had to remove many low power lines and coordinate the vast convoy over the crest of sand dunes which had slopes of up to eight percent. To top it all off, 500 kilomters of the journey was completed void of human settlement meaning the entire convoy had
to be self sufficient on water, food and other provisions. Number five. Hotel. Moving buildings has never been an easy proposition. How do you uproot the foundations and carry a building intact? It seems like an impossible
task for anything. But San Antonio made history in the 80s when they moved the Fairmount Hotel half a mile downtown to a new location, even crossing a bridge in the process. The hotel, once built as
a luxury-boutique hotel for railroad passengers was ordered to be conserved rather than demolished and relocation seemed like the best way to preserve the hotel's historical value. The hotel, which weighed 1,360 tons was gutted, beamed together and locked into one large shell before the structure was heaved by a cable and pulley system with hydraulic lifts, cranes and trucks. It took six days, a
world-record-breaking feat which was big news in over 30 countries. Number 4. NASA Crawler Transporter. NASA's crawler transporter
is an awe-inspiring form with its huge, lumbering,
caterpillar tracks. When it's loaded with a shuttle it looks even more imposing. And the staggering
weight these have carried extends all the way up to 5,500 tons for the mighty Saturn V rocket. The transporter itself has
a weight of 2,721 tons. The crawler, as of 2003, is powered by 16 traction motors which are powered by four 1,000 kW generators in turn, driven by two 2,750 hp V-16 diesel engines. Its fuel tanks hold
19,000 liters of diesel and it burns an outrageous
296 liters per kilometer. At a speed of 1.6 kilometers per hour, these take three hours
to get from the hangars to the launch complexes and since 1965, they've traveled a total
of 5,500 kilometers which is enough to get
from Miami to Seattle. Number three. Largest Land Vehicle Ever, Bagger 293. The Bagger 293 is a
ridiculously large vehicle. It really makes you double take because it's just so damn large. In fact, it weighs no
less than 14,000 tons, requiring a staggering 16.56 megawatts to power from a huge
external power source. This behemoth has a top speed of one third of a mile per hour. The Bagger destroyed
NASA's crawler's record for the biggest land vehicle and currently holds the
Guinness world record. So, why was there a need to
build such a might machine? The Bagger wasn't initially intended to be a mobile machine. It was instead made mobile as it was considered cheaper than deconstructing the machine to just reconstruct it
at another mining site. Its construction cost $100 million and took five years to
design and manufacture. And then five years to assemble. The amazing stats don't end there. It requires a crew of five and it can move 240,000 cubic meters. That's 218,880 tons of soil per day amounting to 2,500 full truckloads or the equivalent of an entire full-size football field dug to a hundred feet deep each day. Number 2. Goliat Oil Rig Platform. So far, we've looked
at land transportation. But this example looks
at sea transportation. And though it's obvious that
far more can be pulled at sea, 64,000 tons is still a mean feat. In fact, this is an
entire oil rig platform which was transported
15,600 nautical miles from South Korea to the remote
Norwegian city Hammerfest. The platform was transported over 63 days on one of the largest vehicles ever built, A semi-submersible ship
named the Dockwise Vanguard, able to carry up to 117,000 tons. That's eight Bagger 293's which are the world's
largest land vehicles. The Dockwise Vanguard is a behemoth with a length of 275 meters. It cost a staggering 250
million dollars to build. And it's the largest,
heavy-lift ship ever built. The Goliat platform itself is
a feat of modern engineering, designed to withstand the
Bering Sea's icy storms and extreme weathering while keeping its
operators perfectly safe. The complete oil field will yield up to 100,000 oil
barrels every single day. Number one. Cargo Ships. The battle of the seas biggest ship is a real clash of the titans. There are so many absolutely
huge vessels out there and many really are hard
to get your head around. Perhaps none more than the OOCL Germany and the CSCL Globe which
both nearly measure a breathtaking 400 meters and weigh in at almost 200,000 tons. They can both carry over
200,000 tons of cargo or over 20,000 20-foot shipping units. However, there is one
ship that beats these by a shocking 88 meters. The Prelude FLNG, a liquified,
natural gas platform which currently holds the record for the biggest offshore
construction ever. It's almost twice as long as the Titanic and two and a half times wider, dwarfing just about
every other construction on earth besides the largest skyscrapers. Even then, it's still taller
than the Empire State Building, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Petronas Towers. With a gross tonnage of 310,000 tons and a construction cost of
10 billion dollars or more, it's going to take something
truly out of this world to beat this absolute
monster of a vehicle. The huge feats we've accomplished are a testament to our
iron will as humans. Which one amazed you the most? Do you know of any more? Let me know in the comment
section down below. Thanks for watching.
