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In 2012 a Saudi Arabian logistics company smashed the record for the 'heaviest item moved by road freight', when it delivered a water desalination unit weighing in excess of 4,800 tonnes and covering more ground than a football field.
And over in the UK a power station transformer weighing an earth-shattering 640 tonnes claimed the title for being Britain's heaviest load. After being removed from Didcot power station in 2013 it was loaded on to a truck and slowly hauled along at speeds of 4mph, which caused a 13-mile tailback on the motorway.
Meanwhile, in America, when the retired space shuttle Endeavour rolled into its retirement home at the California Science Center in 2012, thousands of spectators turned out to see its creeping procession.
The shuttle - which spanned six highway lanes - made stop-and-go progress, with some halts to check its balance on its 160-wheeled carrier. Crew were also on hand to prune trees in its path as it rolled past strip malls, storefronts, apartment buildings and front lawns.