Patent ID: 8500378
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: B60P,B61D

Abstract:
1. A system for transporting a tower sections having various circumferences, including a first tower section having a smaller circumference than a second tower section having a larger circumference, wherein each tower section has a first end, a second end, and an elongated portion therebetween, on a railcar having a deck for carrying a load, the system comprising: a first support means for disposition between the railcar and the first tower section at a first location, and adapted to support the first tower section above the deck; a first saddle assembly having a base configured to rest upon the deck of the railcar at a second location along the elongated portion of the first tower section, and a saddle that conforms to the shape of the larger circumference of the second tower section, and a plastic spacer assembly, for disposition between said saddle of said first saddle assembly at a second location along the elongated portion of the first tower section, and having a saddle rest that conforms to the shaped of said saddle, and a spacer saddle that conforms to the shape of the smaller circumference of the first tower section at said second location.