Being a complete ignorant about logistics, this simple fact amazes me to no end. Not to talk about the photo. Is this the most efficient way to do it? Apparently so.
Being a complete ignorant about logistics, this simple fact amazes me to no end. Not to talk about the photo. Is this the most efficient way to do it? Apparently so.
Matthew Rodgers
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 12:56 PMthis is actually an 18 wheel truck, unless it is some kind of awesome new motorcycle truck hybrid from the future!
Im_a_pc
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 4:43 PMConsidering the rig itself has 10, you might want to recalculate your own ‘actual’ figures. Probably closer to 34.
Nathan
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 6:09 PMI believe when he said 9 wheeler truck he meant 9 axle, usually how you refer to the big rigs is by number of axles not tires, much easier :P
So 9 axles, 4 tires per axle. 36 tires total.
Jim
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 12:59 PMIv heard that when they load it they have another left hand ramp with a massive funnel and a conveyer :-)
Wade Hextell
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 1:20 PMI was going to ask about that :D
Ads
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 3:13 PMI’d assume they use a blower to load it?
Nick
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 8:06 PMI’m no expert but im guessing the top of the trailer can be pulled back so that you can load in a conventional method…. of course i could be wrong… so so very wrong :P
Daniel
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 2:04 PMColleague at work said that is probably Tasmania given the truck configuration.
Could be right…
http://tasbushblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/woodchip-pile-cam-18th-and-19th-feb.html
david
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 2:37 PMLOL I really can’t see someone standing there with 100 tonnes of wood chip and a shovel.
Rick
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 3:04 PMSomething about that massive truck at that angle makes my stomach uneasy. It just looks wrong.
Stewart Walker
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 3:23 PMYep, I work for an agricultural place that deals in stock feed, but yes, this is a fairly normal site. Only difference is that the trucks usually have the lifting mechanism.
Just so you know, a truck that size would hold about 60 – 80 tonnes of Wheat, and would typically take about 1-2 hours to empty.
There are some very impressive sights to be seen in manufacturing!
Stewy
Goanna
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 3:36 PM34 wheels actually
Nodeity
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 3:47 PMAhh, you’re all wrong,.. this is a next-gen rocket launcher… Not too stable on the return trip though :)
Kent
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 3:52 PMIt does actually seem like the most efficient method, unless you made some sort of wall which would push the contents from the start of the trailer to the back which ran along the walls of it…
GLH
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 4:35 PMI might have posted the wrong address. It should have been
http://www.porthaul.com.au/Content.aspx?contentK=19
Rodney
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 11:58 PMPerhaps 9 axles was what was meant not 9 wheels.