[BITList] Fwd: MOVING CATTLE IN AUSTRALIA

[M.j. Feltham]

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>                    MOVING CATTLE IN AUSTRALIA
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>                                                   Only  in   Australia  will you see  this... 
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> Road  Trains 
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> These are recent  pictures of the cattle trains at Helen Springs  Station. 
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> There  are interesting statistics.    
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> There  are 17 trucks with 3 trailers and 2 decks per  trailer; 
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> Therefore  there are 102 decks of cattle and there would be  approximately 
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> 28  cattle per deck; This totals 2,856 head of  cattle 
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> The  cattle will weigh approximately 500kg each (1102.3  lbs.) 
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> The  sale price for cattle at Longreach is approx. 165c/kg  (75c/lb.) 
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> Each  animal will therefore be sold at  $825. 
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> Total  revenue from this analysis is  $2,356,200 
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> Another  interesting  fact: 
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> Each 2nd and 3rd trailer has 20 tyres on the road;
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> The 1st only 12 as it rests on the prime mover which itself rests on 10 wheels
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> There is an additional 8 wheel "dolly carried for the independent stand of the 1st trailer
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> This gives a total of 70 tyres per rig.
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> Therefore 17 such rigs put 1190 wheels /tyres to the road every trip, not counting 6 essential spares per vehicle which should be carried!
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> Total: 1280 tyres!
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> Road  trains loading cattle at Helen Springs Station, north  of   Tennant Creek    NT  . 
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>                                                                    Now  that's a Road  Train!
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