A purple FT&L Peterbilt hauling a long oversize load with pilot escort past a fabrication plant

Moves other carriers turn down.

Vessels, flare stacks and super loads routed, permitted and delivered without incident.

Aerial view of an over-dimensional vessel crossing a rail line and concrete median with escorts

June 2019 · Tulsa, OK to Wando, SC

BP vessel move

FT&L Specialized was contacted by one of its dedicated customers to make a difficult transport from Tulsa, OK to Wando, SC. The vessel weighed 80,000 pounds with a transport height of 18 ft 10 in, a width of 17 ft 10 in and an overall length of 128 ft. We used our 40 ton perimeter frame trailer coupled with one of our 605 hp Peterbilt 389s.

The journey ran from Tulsa through southern Texas into Louisiana, zig zagging through the southern states for a total of 30 days before reaching the final destination. At the peak of the transport there were as many as 30 support vehicles, including state police, pilot vehicles, bucket trucks, various utility companies and private security. Pictured is a sensitive wrong-way rail crossing where the vessel height exceeded the height of the rail warning system. The precision maneuver to cross the rails and concrete median while avoiding the warning system took days of planning and contingencies. It was completed in less than 12 minutes.

Weight80,000 lb
Height18 ft 10 in
Width17 ft 10 in
Length128 ft

A long escorted convoy carrying a flare stack on a two-lane highway

April 2019 · Cincinnati, OH to Denver, CO

Sexton vessel Colorado flare stack

FT&L Specialized transported a 64 ft long, 15 ft tall and 15 ft 8 in wide flare stack from Cincinnati, OH to Denver, CO. This unique move was completed in less than 7 days, meandering through the central US with a four person team and meeting our customer's time sensitive requirements with three days to spare.

Length64 ft
Height15 ft
Width15 ft 8 in
TransitUnder 7 days

Wind division · Double schnabel

80 meter tower base

Staged with an 80 meter base on the Kaylan Seibert double schnabel, getting ready to roll. Loads at this scale are planned around crane sequence on site, so the base arrives exactly when the erection crew needs it. FT&L Specialized works these projects alongside High Heels Pilot Car Services.

Project Pictures

A purple FT&L tractor hauling a large single-piece load across open prairie — Prairie run · single piece

An FT&L pilot car leading an over-dimensional load through a small town — Pilot car · surface street

Aerial view of an extended wind tower load turning through a town intersection with escorts — Intersection swing

A long escorted convoy holding traffic on a two-lane rural highway — Two-lane clearance

A wind tower section on an extended trailer sweeping through a highway curve — Highway sweep · tower section

A turbine blade being guided beneath a highway overpass — Overpass clearance · blade

A purple FT&L tractor hauling a turbine blade out of a gravel staging yard — Yard · turbine blade

Crane crew offloading a tower section during a winter operation — Winter offload · crane crew

A purple tractor with a blade root secured on a lowboy trailer at a wet staging lot — Wet lot · blade root

Aerial view of a turbine blade moving through a city street grid — Urban route · blade

Front three-quarter view of a purple FT&L Peterbilt under load — Load secured · ready to roll

A purple FT&L tractor with a tower section staged on a roadside shoulder — Roadside hold · tower section

A purple FT&L tractor sweeping a wind tower section through a highway curve

“To Whom Much Is Given, Much Is Required”