Road Trains West Australia Wyndham May 2011

Road trains with 86 wheels at Wyndham Western Australia May 2011. These road trains of 170 ton gross loaded transport iron ore some 160 kilometres from the KMG Ridges Mine near Turkey Creek, to the port of Wyndham where it is stockpiled and a conveyor belt then takes it out to barges for loading onto ships anchored in deeper water. Some 50,000 tons is exported to China in each ship and it was reported that one ship every two weeks was hoped to be able to loaded. The first road trains in this video, although with three trailers, and a few less wheels than the later shown ones, are heading to the ship, the 'Ocean Outback' at Wyndham wharf with live export cattle. It seems there have been a few problems in the live cattle export industry since these videos were taken. Cattle raised in the top of the Northern Territory were once slaughtered at the now closed Katherine meat works; and those raised in the top of Western Australia were slaughtered in the Wyndham meat processing works which have also been closed. The Wyndham meat works were near the location at which these videos were taken. The drainage from the meatworks once ran into Cambridge Gulf and there was a crocodile lookout there at which the dozens of large salt water crocodiles that congregated around the drain could be viewed. It was quite an attraction.

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[seekingasordered]

pitty you couldnt have got footage of some of Goulds (from Kalgoorlie). They run some very interesting combinations up into the Northwest of Australia..... B Tripple Roadtrains etc. to carry Nickle concentrates HUNDREDS of Kilometers back to the refinery.

[reidgck]

@seekingasordered ...took lots of pictures, mainly stills of many combinations of many companies we saw on that recent trip across the top of Aus and down the West coast returning via the Kalgoolie area and over the Nullabor. There were chances to get many more pics too but let them go. I'll upload a selection eventually. There are lots of new iron ore mines in the west and more are opening - even way down south. Will try to snap more next trip . Olympic dam project trucks are interesting too

[mattyjh69]

Must be a big fleet alright! I know the combinations, they vary in name from state to state but usually called an AB Quad and the prime movers are called "Tri Drive" bloody awesome bits of gear, wasn't being nasty about the dog, thought it was funny how much he kept barking at them, and the fact that a dog thinks he can scare a 180+ ton road train!

[reidgck]

@mattyjh69 That's OK. He barked in more than one scene but he just doesn't like trains of any sort especially if they blow the whistle. Can even be heard at 100 metres. The trucking scene is an eye opener in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. The variety and size of loads is astounding as is the speed and power of the units. Monstrous earth moving machinery, railway rolling stock and almost completed large buildings are just a few examples of loads. Hard to stop with just a bark!

[Lapune]

86 wheelers *(%^*&

[reidgck]

@Lapune I think you're right; and all turning in unism. I didn't count them until you mentioned it.

[mattyjh69]

Some good footage there, though it was mostly the same truck...and the dog barking ruined it!!! If you could stop that dog barking so we could hear a big engine slowing then trying to accelerate! Otherwise, great pics and footage :)