Tower sections arriving at Maui from Korea.

Note the shipboard cranes. No facilities in Kahului for unloading this size of equipment.

The Maui pilot comes out to guide the ship into harbor.

Should helicopters be this low over water?

Unloaded and heading out to sea.

Unloading and transporting at night.

Lower tower section, special trailer from mainland.

Turbine blades; there are 60 on this ship.

Blades are 117 feet long and weigh about 14,000 pounds each.

The crew is ready to come into port, but is waiting for dock space in our crowded harbor.

Stretch trailer waiting to be loaded.

Blades come off, while the cruise passengers watch.

Tower section moving through town.

A hub being transported up the access road.

Hubs waiting transport in the “lay down” yard off Waiko road.

Hubs and towers waiting. The site had no room for these components.

The “Jean Ann” could be used for components already on trailers.

A Nacelle coming off the Jean Ann. Just fits!

A single blade rolling through town.

Blades moving to the lay down yard.

Due to space limitations each blade had to be unloaded and then reloaded.

Road design had to accommodate the length of the loads. Note the tight fit.

The road was kept narrow to minimize disturbance to the terrain, so only one vehicle at a time!

The Oshkosh M911 is a M1 tank hauler utilized to tow our heavy loads.

Ten-wheel drive and it still wasn’t easy!

Extra weight was added to the front bumper to assist front drive traction.

Even the Oshkosh needed to rest.

In fact, the Oshkosh needed a little help from time to time.

Note the CAT acting as a failsafe break. Going down was as difficult as going up.