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Only in Australia will you see this…..
Only in Australia will you see this
Road Trains
This is a recent email sent regarding the cattle trains at Helen Springs Station.
There are interesting statistics.
There are 17 trucks with 3 trailers and 2 decks per trailer;
Therefore there are 102 decks of cattle and there would be approximately
28 cattle per deck; This totals 2,856 head of cattle
The cattle will weigh approximately 500kg each
The sale price for cattle at Longreach is approx. 165c/kg
Each animal will therefore be sold at $825.
Total revenue from this analysis is $2,356,200
Another interesting fact:
Each trailer has 24 tyres plus a dolly with 8 tyres
The truck plus lead trailer have 12 tyres plus a dolly with 8 tyres and 10 tyres on the truck
For the 72 truck/trailer combos there are 6,192 tyres on the road
Road trains loading cattle at Helen Springs Station, north of Tennant Creek NT.
Now that’s a Road Train!!
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