After 5 days of transporting the giant coil reaches Amezketa
100 tons is the weight of this massive piece of steel having dimensions of 7.40 meters high by 6.20 wide. The part is used to glaze and dry the paper in a paper company Amezketa.
Metal coil
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This is a huge piece of steel
He arrived on Day 3 at the port of Pasajes on board a merchant and Gipuzkoa crossed from north to south in recent days. All steps have been made at night to have a minimal effect on traffic because the truck that transports it can hardly exceed the speed of passage of a person. The first two-stage-tickets through San Sebastian and Hernani Hernani-Urnieta-were covered seamlessly thanks to the removal of dozens of traffic lights and traffic signals, but Tuesday night was scared.
The operation was to begin at ten in the top of Urdaneta, in Urnieta, but some problems when a traffic Andoain turn caused a delay of an hour was not a good omen. A dozen agents and five traffic Usabiaga Crane operators, the company that handles the transport of the coil, closing the last details of the operation while battling the extreme cold. "We still have snow," joked the head of Traffic Ertzaintza while some of his colleagues were taking pictures next time the coil, more than seven feet high.
The night before the passage by Urnieta had been quite a spectacle. "We crossed the village and in a curve the piece became a yard short of some of the houses. It was one morning, but was curious to see all the people on the balconies watching the convoy passed. " Asked if there had been no story in the previous days, the head of the device shook his head and added: "And please do not occur, because as these anecdotes transfers would not be very positive ...."
He was right, as seen a few miles ahead. After traveling Andoain without mishap and access to NI, came the first great test. At the height of Baztardo district, a pedestrian walkway on the NI became a seemingly insurmountable barrier for the convoy. He who raised walkway that six meters above the ground never imagined that one day there would appear a part of seven meters. But it appeared. So the solution was to remove the truck before departure, place next to the catwalk in an adjacent road, raise the piece with a large crane tonnage unloaded the truck passed under the bridge and replace the part about him to continue the march.
The plan was studied by heart, but when working with pieces of this size always unforeseen problems will arise. By taking the output of the OR, the 'bed' in which he was holding the coil between the two sides of the truck touched the ground and broke the hydraulics. The operation could not continue and had to stop crossing the bridge to the next night.
Patxi Usabiaga, who continued the work on site, lamented the failure a few feet from where the transfer should occur. "The three-meter gap in the output of the NI has condemned us. If the piece gets to go on the truck nothing had happened, but to bring the 'bed' the front touched the ground and broken. It's a shame, but the 'bed' was necessary for the stretch-Andoain Urnieta the convoy could pass without breaking trees on both sides of the road. "
It was about 00.30 and there was no time for sorrow. "It's okay, go with the job, for tonight we'll leave the piece here, but tomorrow at ten in the evening will be prepared to put in the truck and follow the path. This is not going to slow down, tomorrow we'll do the leg was scheduled for today and tomorrow. The piece will be on Thursday as planned Amezketa "he said with determination Usabiaga.
Said and done. Yesterday at ten o'clock at night was again operating at the foot of the canyon. The action was made to wait more than three hours, but as the agents gave the go ahead, cut the NI and a crane proceeded to put the huge package on the truck, and no 'bed' because the trees no NI hinder progress. It was 2.00 and the convoy could continue its route. Location, Anoeta.
Ribbon "insurmountable?
At the same NI, at the height of Irura, Cranes Usabiaga had to face another huge challenge. Another bridge appeared to be a insurmountable bar for the part. This time the solution was even more bold: nothing less than lifting the runway with a crane to allow passage of the convoy before returning to his place. From there to Anoeta and all would be easier.
Tonight, if all goes well, come the end of the ordeal. The truck will leave the NI Ikaztegieta and back up by the former route of the NI itself to Alegi. In this town will go through the streets and Erberto Bideberrieta. At the end of the latter, turn right to reach and achieve the end Amezketa paper company.
Patxi Usabiaga, whose company, Crane has also been in charge of rescue and scrapping of the 'Motxo', commented that "it is no coincidence that in just a week have been two cases of this kind in Gipuzkoa, but we're used to this work because blocks have moved up to 800 tons. Anyway, this coil is the largest piece being transported on roads never Gipuzkoa and in the end everything went pretty well. "
Patxi Usabiaga
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