“They say it was a distillation tower was 217 feet long and it was hauled on two trailers with each trailer having 40 tires.”
Yet only one column support on each trailer. Not enough support for such a massive column. I would’ve had 3 supports per trailer but I tend to over-engineer.
The trailers need to be able to negotiate turns. Single center pivot points allow this.
It still looks just plain wrong...
There is only one ‘support’ per trailer so the load can make corners. It has to pivot at that point and more than one would not let that happen. No difference in application that the fifth wheel tractor to trailer attachment on every semi on the road.