Granite is nearing completion of a major asphalt plant relocation, with the facility now approximately 95% reassembled at its new site in Magna, Utah. Originally constructed at the Cottonwood site between 1994 and 1995, the plant includes six asphalt silos, each weighing 70,000 pounds. Dismantling operations began on December 1 and required extensive coordination, detailed […]
Mountain continues to make strong progress on a large-scale blade replacement project involving Vestas V120 turbines at a 92-meter hub height. Our team also spent a day on site recently to watch the operation in action and see the coordination and execution firsthand. This job includes removing and replacing blades, as well as complete offloading, […]
Transporting 200-foot wind turbine blades through the narrow, winding roads of High Prairie is a serious logistical challenge. Each move requires specialized trailers, spotters, police escorts, and at times, temporary road closures just to navigate tight turns and restrictive routes. Once on site, our seasoned crane operator uses one of our six Liebherr LTM 1750’s […]
Our Special Projects Team transported massive wind turbine blades from Casper, Wyoming, to Lexington, Oregon. Using our three-axle Fayville trailers with Peterbilt tractors, we transported blades that stretched 205 feet from root to tip and weighed over 32,000 pounds each. We had three pilot vehicles: a lead pilot, a rear pilot, and a rear steersman […]
Recently Mountain Crane service received a call to participate in a very large task… 1,179,600 pounds to be exact! When Energy Solutions needed to move a pair of decommissioned steam generators from the Crystal River nuclear facility in Florida to their containment in Clive, UT they contracted Mountain Crane Service and Mountain Heavy Transport to […]
When South Jordan City needed a 300,000 lb bridge removed and demolished, they called Mountain Heavy Transport to get the job done. But this job took a last minute turn when a neighboring city realized an opportunity to save residents thousands of dollars by buying the bridge for a future location. The two cities came […]
MHT transporting 350,000 lb. crawler crane on our Goldhofer modular platform trailer. Allowing a the crane to quickly mobilize between towers on a wind farm without having to completely disassemble for each move. Thus, helping the job get done efficiently. Our trailer is self-propelled and does not require any tow assist. As always, MHT packs […]
Hauling across 2 states 14 large tanks, 15' wide and 17' tall. The load requires two pilot trucks including a height pole to identify low hanging cable, phone, and power lines. The job involves a lot of coordination and planning. Kudos to team MHT for planning the route and executing the work safely and quickly!
Mountain Crane's signature pick and roll is just what it sounds like! We pick the item and transport it to its new home! This job was something out of a children’s story book. Once used as a hosptial rail car, this poor, old thing had spent the last 50+ years rusting away at the Smith […]
Mountain Heavy Transport participated in the largest ever pick and transport at Energy Solutions in Clive, UT. The piece was a 1.2 million pound steam generator that was offloaded from rail, transported to a containment cell, and set on to sand saddles. We utilized a 700 ton gantry and 20 lines of Goldhofer SPMT for […]
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