A ‘Road Train’ leaves on its 1,300km trip. There are 17 trucks with 3 trailers and 2 decks per trailer; that’s 102 decks of cattle. *Approximately 28 cattle per deck; A total of 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 *TYRES; Each truck has 2 front and 8 rear tyres, first trailer has 12 tyres and is dollied to the truck. *2nd & 3rd trailers have 8 tyres at the front and 12 at the rear, that’s 20 tyres each. *Each truck has 62 tyres, that’s a total of 1.054 on the road. A lot of tyres!!!
Uploaded by Paul Lousick on 23/05/2015 12:52:46
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