The cattle are loaded onto the road train for their journey to Longreach.
* 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 500 kg (1102 lbs.) each
* The sale price for cattle at Longreach is approximately 165c/kg (75c/lb.)
* Each animal will therefore be sold at about $825.
* Total revenue from this shipment is $2,356,200
* Each truck has 2 front and 8 rear tyres (tires), the first trailer has 12 tyres and is dollied to the truck.
* The 2nd and 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!
(Thanks to Cliff for sending this in)
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