Last month, the Schoones hauling company from the south of the Netherlands celebrated their 35th anniversary with an open house. They specialize in heavy haulage, the top level of on-road transport. The low loaders displayed at the event all carried an intriguing piece of equipment, for which the family business and their staff deserve credit.
Episode one of the series features a Volvo and Nooteboom couple, transporting a Kleemann tracked -thus mobile- impact crusher.
It takes a monster to haul a monster; a 750 DIN-hp, 2018 Volvo FH16 tractor with a 10×4/*6 drivetrain, which means the drive axles are positioned between a steering pusher axle and a counter-steering tag axle.
The low loader is a 2022 Nooteboom 1-bed-5 combination, that is one axle at the front, then the cargo bed, and five axles at the rear.
According to the website of the owner, this must be one of their Kleemann MR 130 Z(i) EVO2 impact crushers. A complete unit -and it certainly looks complete to me- has a transport weight of approximately 64.5 tonnes (142,200 lbs).
Everything added up, the whole Volvo-Nooteboom-Kleemann traveling circus must weigh around 112 tonnes (246,900 lbs).
‘Staring into the mouth of the beast’ is this video’s alternative title. More Schoones business cases will follow in due time.
RE: Rock Crusher I cannot imagine where it could be used other than a quarries where noise is acceptable. The noise must be terrible, probably as loud as a jet engine. And, I am sure there are strict noise ordinances everywhere in Europe,
Actually, these mobile crushers are never used in quarries. The company that owns this Kleemann (their website is on the machine) has three other mobile crushers, all of them get a low loader trip to a temporary job site. So that’s just one local company that already has four of them. These are used all over the continent.
Yes – that model eats old industrial sites/city centres before they’re turned into the inevitable housing estates.
Impressive to watch.
It saves a lot of dump truck runs to feed such beasts, given their digestive capacity. So better bring the crushers to the job.
Wow, 750 DIN-hp – those Volvo FH16’s are impressive.
They’ve raised the bar, 780 DIN-hp from a new 17.3 liter engine (the D17). The biggest and most powerful truck diesel on our market these days. Available in a 4×2 chassis trim level and up.