ok round up time in the australian outback

[wombat52]

ok guys & gals this is trucking australian style it is that time of the year to get the beef to the market & the world from the land down under that i did for 27 yrs ...

 

[wombat52]

ok guys & gals this is trucking australian style it is that time of the year to get the beef to the market & the world from the land down under that i did for 27 yrs ...View attachment 5434


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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 (1102.3 lbs.)

The sale price for cattle at Longreach is approx. 165c/kg (75c/lb.)

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

For the 72 trucks there are 4,464 tyres on the road

Road trains loading cattle at Helen Springs Station, north of Tennant Creek NT .

 

[Opel2010]

Some trucks are pulling even 10 trailers...