A Year in the Making After nearly a year of work, Mountain's rebuilt M1070 project is officially back in service — transformed into a fully refurbished, multi-purpose heavy haul unit ready for the demands of the industry. The project centered around rebuilding and redesigning the M1070 into a more versatile asset capable of supporting multiple […]
Repowering the Ocotillo Express Wind Farm Mountain recently partnered with Pattern Energy to complete a major repower project at the Ocotillo Express Wind Farm in Southern California. The multi-phase project included full blade replacements across 105 towers, along with generator upgrades on select turbines to help extend the life and performance of the facility. Heavy […]
Mountain Crane Supports Yellowstone Bridge Replacement A major infrastructure milestone has been reached in Yellowstone National Park as the new Yellowstone River bridge now carries traffic across one of the park’s most critical corridors. With the new crossing officially open, crews have shifted focus to the final phase of the project: demolition of the original […]
The Nuclear Microreactor Mission A historic nuclear microreactor mission reached Hill Air Force Base—marking the first time one has ever been transported by military aircraft. The reactor, built by Valar Atomics, was flown from March Air Reserve Base to Hill Air Force Base aboard three Boeing C‑17 Globemaster III cargo planes. The mission—part of a […]
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 […]
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