MAN TGS 40.540 - Bok Seng
This is the second MAN TGS 40.540 of Bok Seng, that was used together with the Scania R 620 to transport heavy cable reels to the port.
The vehicles are almost identical. They are used with all kinds of trailers. This truck was attached to a 10-axle Scheuerle K25 platform trailer.
After the combination had left the yard is the trailer leveled.
The truck is powered by a MAN D2676, a 12.4-liter 6-cylinder diesel engine with a power of 397 kW (540 hp). The truck has a reinforced bumper to push or brake transports from behind, but in praxis this is not happinging very often. The truck is admited for transports up to 250 tonnes.
On the driver's side are behind the front axle the Euro 5 muffler, the large diesel tank and the AdBlue tank installed.
The truck has a wheel base of 3.9 + 1.4 meters. In the large opening behind the front axle are the battery, compressed-air tanks and a diesel tank installed.
The ballast box has a self-weight of 5 tonnes and is loaded with a 10-tonne counterweight block.
The combination is loaded with two cable reels with each a mass of approx. 65 tonnes, the cable reels would be transported to the port.
Both combination are due to their mass and dimensions escorted by the Auxilairy Police.
Here are both MAN TGS 40.540 of Bok Seng used for a large transport in the night. Photos of the other transport are here visible.
This combination is so huge that the turn to the left (on the photo at the right side) can't be taken directly. Therefore is the transport first moving forward.
Then the combination will take a reverse turn to the right (on the photo to the left side).
The cargo is a cold box, the cargo is 38.1 meters long, 4.7 meters wide and 4.15 meters tall. The mass is 150 tonnes.
The transport will now drive forward for a few kilometers.
The cargo will be stored for a few days on Bok Seng's yard. Because of the length of the combination is it required to drive in reverse at the last road.
Arrival on Bok Seng's yard.
A few days later was this sharp MAN used to deliver a large turbine on a 10-axle trailer to a shipyard. A sharp combination of Bok Seng!
Here was the sharp MAN TGS 40.540 of Bok Seng used to transport an oversized hydraulic hammer between two ports.
Pulled is a 12-axle Scheuerle K25 platformtrailer, composed out of two 6-axle modules.
The cargo is a Menck MHU 1200S hammer, which is mainly used for offshore piling. The hammer has a transport mass of approx. 150 tonnes.
Here has the combination arrived at the other port.
A few days later was the MAN used for an internal transport at the port area. Here was again an hydraulic hammer moved.
Here was an 18-axle Scheuerle K25 trailer pulled.
This time was a Menck MHU 1900S hydraulic hammer moved, the cargo is 24.1 meters long, 4.175 meters wide and 4.392 meters tall. The total mass of the cargo is 287 tonnes!
The hydraulic hammer would be unloaded by two cranes into storage.
The ballast box has a mass of 5 tonnes and is reinforced with a ballast block of 15 tonnes to give enough pressure on the driven axles.
A very sharp and impressive cargo with a mass of 287 tonnes!
Again a few days later was the truck with an 18-axle Scheuerle K25 trailer used to transport a large column from the port to the construction site.
Under escort of the auxilairy police is the combination leaving the port area.
The combination can't take the left turn directly (too long) and needs to make a three-pointer at the large junction. After driving forwards, the combination is reversing in a right turn and will then continue driving forwards to the job site. Sharp transports by Bok Seng!