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* Australia - A heavyweight conundrum
Between Geraldton and Cue run 150 tonne trucks which are carting 100 tonne payloads of iron ore
Cue,WA,Australia -Frenemy (New Zealand) -Oct.26, 2009: -- Here in West Australia the earth is being dug up and exported. Mines of all variety are dotted around the landscape. Nickel, zinc, lead, tantalum, copper, gold, silver iron and even talc. Talc? Yes they even mine talc from a mine near a town called Three Springs. Apparently it is a very good industrial lubricant as well as being used in the cosmetic industry. However all this activity means that there are a lot of very large trucks on the roads... Between Geraldton and Cue run 150 tonne trucks which are carting 100 tonne payloads of iron ore. Of interest to the truck fans amongst you will be that the fuel is a mix of LNG (methane) and diesel. But what really intrigues me is that the roads are in damn fine shape. They are not hammered into submission by all this activity and the weight being carried. Indeed some Shire (county) roads in West Australia have 90 tonne behemoths carting wheat on them... So how can this be when every expert and their poodle has told Kiwis for years that the trucks are damaging their roads, that the trucking industry is not “paying its share” or that the world will end if bigger than 40 tonne trucks were allowed on the roads? A conundrum if ever I saw one... And yes I am aware that the ground conditions are totally different, but the lack of damaged roads, makes a great statement...Labels: overweight trucks
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