http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/me...aska-sets-record-as-heaviest-production-ever/
It's difficult to fathom just what sort of weight that really is. 240,000lbs dead weight is bloody heavy and a roof holding that would probably need to be rated at double that to allow for a 'safety factor' but even seeing the gig set up makes it difficult to figure out just how much shit weighs that.
In this country a single log truck (18 wheeler) like I used to drive was allowed 42 tonne (about 92,000 lbs) without extra permits. The biggest load I have carried was part of a generator for one of the power stations and it came in at 87 tonne (190,000 lbs) and it needed a prime mover front and back for the hills. Metallica's dead weight off the roof was 108 tonne.
Comparing the hunk of steel I was towing to lights, speakers, rigging and screens is still difficult.