Why these mega-haul vehicles won’t tumble over?

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Watching starship rollout and I can’t help but think this must be extremely dangerous and easy to tip over [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB_QrA-w6Gs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB_QrA-w6Gs)

Also when they haul a giant windmill blade:
[https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/vpdqb2tnzcsaccild9yz.png](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/vpdqb2tnzcsaccild9yz.png)

Almost looks physically impossible. Is the trick just that the vehicle itself is insanely heavy so it keeps the center of gravity low? Are they doing some extra trickery to keep them safe?

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The vehicle drives very slowly on flat ground. They use hydraulics to keep the bed level at all times. Iirc, the saturn v’s hauler had a bigger engine for its hydraulic pumps than it did to actually move its wheels.

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