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end-to-end jacking as in conventional
systems.
This, combined with the easy-to-handle
Ekki timbers, made for a safe and simple
operation, according to Hydra-Slide’s
Don Mahnke. Once near ground level,
the LP400 skid system was put in place
and the transformer was just as easily slid
into place.
The Goldhofer trailer returned
to Reykjavik, loaded the second
transformer, and the operation was
repeated.
Jon Arnar Emilsson, project manager
at Landsvirkjun, was pleased with the
successful operation.
“The equipment worked perfectly
and has already changed our thinking
regarding heavy transport and all design
around heavy equipment,” he says.
The LP400 Skidding System is a fully-
engineered low-profile skid system that
is only 2-inches high and completely
hand-portable. It has an automatically
resetting ratchet track to safely push loads
with no need for personnel to be close
by. The track can be leap-frogged to go
longer distances and is so compact it can
be loaded into a pick-up truck to move
from job to job.
The 20-2-4E 4-port 10,000 psi
Synchronous Hydraulic Pump unit
provides synchronous control for up to
four lift points with 0.5 gallon per minute
A close-up of the Hydra-Slide LP400
skidding an 82-ton transformer into place.
