{"id":7734,"date":"2018-12-07T15:43:19","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/news\/buitenprofiel-transport-silos-met-bijzondere-assistentie\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T09:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:05:47","slug":"oversized-silo-transport-pax-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/news\/oversized-silo-transport-pax-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Oversized silo transport with very special assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Last Wednesday and Thursday, two silos were transported from Drachten to Heerenveen. This transport wasn\u2019t just special because of the massive size of the cargo\u2014it also had a very special assistant on board.<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"> <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A dream<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Jonas (7 years old) has a huge fascination with low-loaders. In his eyes, no vehicle can match the power and precision of a low-loader. And no matter how many excavator operators, police officers, or firefighters try to change his mind\u2014Jonas stays true to his dream: he\u2019s going to be a low-loader driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That passion led Jonas\u2019s parents to contact PAX Construction and Industrial Services.<br>\u201cWe immediately thought of PAX\u2014transporters of the impossible. PAX responded enthusiastically to our message. Wow! On November 23rd, we got an email saying Jonas could join an evening ride from Drachten to Heerenveen. The late time (9:00 PM) didn\u2019t bother him one bit. When we told him the news that afternoon, he could hardly wait. Overalls on, boots laced up, and off we went!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">  <\/pre>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"339\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/MG_7627.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-980\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A lasting impression<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On Wednesday afternoon, two large silos were unloaded from a ship at De Lier in Drachten. The first silo hit the road that evening, the second followed on Thursday night. Because it was an oversized load, the transport had to take place after dark. In Drachten, Jonas and his father were invited into the cab with the \u201csuper friendly\u201d driver, Jappie. Before the convoy set off, Jonas even got to switch on the escort vehicle\u2019s flashing lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Jonas\u2019s parents, the experience left a serious impression:<br>\u201cJonas is hardly ever quiet, but that night, he barely said a word. Maybe it was the late hour, but we think it just hit him so hard he couldn\u2019t find the words. Driving slowly, going against traffic, the flashing lights, radio chatter, the cars pulled over\u2014it was an incredible ride we\u2019ll be talking about for a long time. Thank you, PAX, for this unforgettable experience!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jonas, thank <em>you<\/em> for your help! Just a few more years till you&#8217;re 18, then get that license, because we\u2019d love to see a future driver like you behind the wheel at PAX Group!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Wednesday and Thursday, two silos were transported from Drachten to Heerenveen. This transport wasn\u2019t just special because of the massive size of the cargo\u2014it also had a very special assistant on board. A dream Jonas (7 years old) has a huge fascination with low-loaders. In his eyes, no vehicle can match the power and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7735,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8350,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7734\/revisions\/8350"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pax.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}