聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Passing through Carlyle at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 26, was a super load, a metal pod 鈥� used in the oil industry within the refining and extraction section of oil sands operations 鈥� being transported from Oxbow to Whitewood. The massive unit would continue on to Fort MacMurray.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Mike Banting, the Operations Manager, with Sarens Canada Inc. was excited by the project, which saw two semi tractors hauling the two-part metal pod.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The metal pod, which was fabricated by Saskarc, stands 9 metres tall, 7.4 metres wide, and 65 metres long, while it weighs in at 600,000 lbs; thus, making it quite the sight on the road.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淚t鈥檚 quite something to see on the road, something that large,鈥� Banting said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A unit of that size brings with it challenges along the route including power lines, but Banting said that SaskPower ensured safe passage.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淪askPower is helping in Saskatchewan with getting under power lines, they鈥檝e been very good,鈥� Banting said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sarens specializes in heavy lifting and engineered transport, which is why Banting was particularly excited about the project.
