Moving the Endeavor Space Shuttle? How does that work? The folks at Commercial Truck Trader can help you with that.
The Virginia-based company rents vehicles of all shapes and sizes, particularly when the task involves moving something on the road that requires special needs.
Amanda Ayala, vice president Commercial Truck & Equipment Trader, is our guest in Episode #88 of The Weekly Driver Podcast. Co-hosts Bruce Aldrich and James Raia interview Ayala and examine what’s involved moving the famous shuttle.
It’s only 12 miles from the Los Angles International Airport to the California Science Center. But as Ayala explains, the move required the use of six freeway lanes. The moving crew was also required to trim trees as the move progressed.
Ayala, whose father owned a trucking company, provides insight into how Commercial Truck Trader makes recommendations to companies for their moving needs.
In addition to the Endeavor, Commercial Truck Trader has been involved in transporting projects from moving 340-ton boulders to wind turbine blades and a power station transformer to a custom-built trailer with 192 wheels.
Ayala fills us in on all of the details of the company’s massive projects in a wide-ranging episode.
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Article Last Updated: June 6, 2019.
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A sports, travel and business journalist for more than 45 years, James has written the new car review column The Weekly Driver since 2004.
In addition to founding this site in 2004, James writes a Sunday automotive column for The San Jose Mercury and East Bay Times in Walnut Creek, Calif., and monthly auto review and wellness columns for Gulfshore Business, a magazine in Southwest Florida.
An author and contributor to many newspapers, magazines and online publications, co-hosted The Weekly Driver Podcast from 2017 to 2024.