Spardo:
Some pictures sent to me by DIG of my old boss, Noel Buntine’s fleet loading cattle at Helen Springs station in the Northern Territory. Noel sold out to some city slickers from Sydney in the early 80s, a decade or so after I left, but when they went bust he bought the job lot back again but, for legal reasons had to rename it. So RTA, Road Trains of Australia was born.Before the pics, a few statistics supplied by DIg and big thanks to him and some sympathy while he swelters in 40C.
I have recommended a summer holiday in Chicago where he might not need the aircon at the moment.Interesting statistics on the cattle trains at Helen Springs Station NT.
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 road3
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How would you fancy overtaking that lot?
Cheers Spardo… and as for overtaking the lot, I reckon it’s easier to park up and try again the next day 