Barnhart was hired to receive and transport several turbine components to a powerhouse at a hydroelectric plant in Georgia. But first they had to invert the pieces to a vertical position using a 110' crane and a 40K Versalift to accommodate the width of the powerhouse door.
Barnhart’s engineering team designed and fabricated a frame to safely transport the pieces upright.
The components were transported 2.3 miles on a 6-Line PST Goldhofer trailer down a gravel road with a 12% grade to the powerhouse.
The transport method provided sufficient clearance through the narrow powerhouse door opening.
Once inside the powerhouse, the components were tailed back to a horizontal/assembly orientation using a rough terrain crane and the customer’s overhead crane.