650-tonne convoy begins slow journey from Gippsland to city

The massive generator longer than an A380 Airbus and weighing 256 tonnes has begun its long trip from Gippsland to the city.

Pulled by four trucks, making the convoy a total of 650 tonnes, the load left the Traralgon Loy Yang Power Plant last night and is making its way – at 20km at hour – to Port Melbourne.

The superload will be loaded onto a cargo ship, bound for Germany where it will be repaired.

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The 256 tonne generator has started it’s long and slow journey from Loy Yang Power Station to the Port of Melbourne! @RossAndJohn @3AW693 pic.twitter.com/8HCNoKMQK3

— Mikkayla Mossop (@MikkaylaMossop) February 1, 2018

Callers to Neil Mitchell say it was an incredible sight.

Blake Klister posted a video of the convoy moving through Gippsland and said 1500 people turned out to watch it.

“I used to work out at Loy Yang, I found it fascinating they were carting this generator off to Melbourne, me and a few of the boys are all petrol heads, and just came out to watch this truck power up the hill,” he said.

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