What is this???
 

O.K. I tried this question in The Bilge, but no one knew what it was. I am assuming it is boat related until someone tells me it isn't.

I see these going down the highway all the time on flatbeds. WTF are they? I asked an engeeneer friend of mine when we saw one and he didn't know either. It is about 30 - 40 feet long and about 8-10 feet wide. The gray represents an opening in the back (or front or whatever way it goes).

Looks like fiberglass. It looks like it could go in something. Notice the front(?) looks designed to possibly fit over a cab of something. The hole in the back looks like a door or a hatch or something.

WTF??? :cool:

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Looks like an APACHE with a swim step and a cut out for a turbine. :eek: :evilb: :D

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Maybe a fiberglass pool?

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I vote for the pool.

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I am glad your not my lawyer, you cant describe things for shet :rolleyes: :D


storm shelter ?

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Wow great detail work. Could it possible be an underground storage tank?

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Its the new swimming pool offered by Fountain Powerboats; hence the beak that looks like a parrot.

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Those are Quad coupling's for street sewers . They are installed at road intersections .They used to be concrete ,now they are fiber Glass .The hangover is as in case Storm water gets under it it wont push its way up .

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Any ?'s. Let it B known that it is not a new model Beak Boat! :p :evilb:

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Can't be a new boat model- no steps. Doesn't everybody know... a boat won't even move forward without steps. ;)

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TTT Got a picture of one going down the interstate. :evilb: Saw it coming, grabbed the cell phone, got to the camera function and rolled down the window... This was the best I could get.

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Follow them and ask em.

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new fema homes for chocolate city residents that wont leave so they float out with the next storm? :D

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That must be a helluva lot of fiberglass to need a trailer that heavy :cool:

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My thought exactly! :drink:

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Clark, that there is an RV.

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My thoughts exactly. That trailer would haul some of the biggest Heat Exchangers made. Could probably haul Parker #176

Don't we wish. Seal it up and leave 'em in it. :evilb: :evilb:

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lmao, ****ters full:evilb:

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The heavy trailer is probally used to grab a backhaul w/ something heavy on board.

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Actually, I didn't remember them being on heavy haul trailers, so I called my engineering buddy that has been wondering too. He remembered them being on traditional flatbeds as well.

Seriously, folks. I wanna know what this thing is, DAMMIT!!! Ask your friends. I see them going up and down I-20 all the time. WTF??? :cool:

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Looks like a septic tank.

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that would be for a big shetter :D

I still say storm shelter

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Does'nt look that heavy & think Brian is correct on that trailer. I'll ask some of my drivers & we will find out exactly what that is. Question....where are they normally spotted ?

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I-20 - normally going east, but the one in the pic was going west. All sightings I have had were in NE Louisiana. :cool:

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Question...are there windmills out there ?

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Ding Ding Ding

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No, we have no windmills anywhere around here that I know of.

Best answer I have so far, but I still don't think so. What would this be for, then...

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Supposedly thats what they are. I emailed a pic to one of my drivers & knew exactly what it was. It may be possible they are manufactured close by or are enroute to where thier being delivered. The blades are something like 175' long & that "thing" mounts on the top. The pic I posted was the closest I could find. The front beak (no pun intended) may be for cooling or venting purposes. It looks as if there are holes under the beak.

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Confirmed, showed the pic to another driver. It is the top of a wind mill but a freakin huge one.

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That's what I said in the original thread, where's my prize.

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They are part of the huge wind generators. I see them all the time. There are several wind farms under construction in this area. It is common to see that part along with the blades and the base being transported around here.

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Each turbine is approximately 230 feet tall so yes they are BIG!