900 Tonnes on Public Roads: The Weirdest Cargo Moves
What does it take to move a 900-tonne industrial vessel, a Space Shuttle orbiter, and a live elephant across ordinary public roads? This episode digs into the obscure logistics industry behind the world's strangest cargo movements — the axle-load physics that make them possible, the months of route surveys and utility crews, and the specialized haulers who've turned it into a career. From a 138-metre splitter crawling out of Tofield, Alberta at 4 a.m. to nine Asian elephants moved 40 kilometres over five days, we ask how any of this actually gets organized — and whether there's a whole…
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