Re: B-Doubles

[Stephen <sjba@bigpond.com>]

Dave, no probs there, the perth run for rail freight is by far the best way to
go, e.g. TNT contrans (now toll) own there own train for that purpose, but road
is by far the better way to go financially speaking to all other states.

Dave Proctor wrote:

> Stephen <sjba@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> 38324E08.AC705555@bigpond.com">news:38324E08.AC705555@bigpond.com...
> > Trains are great for people freight, but they lack the ability to go door
> to
> > door.
>
> Where trains have the advantage is on long distance. Fine, they cannot go
> door to door, but how many drivers and how many trucks would it take to move
> 200 containers from Perth to Adelaide? 8 train drivers will do the job,
> would take 200 truck drivers to do the same job (assuming 2 containers per
> B-double, and two drivers per truck running continuously) or 100 drivers
> over twice the time (assuming they obey the rules regarding driving hours
> (ROFL!)).
>
> Easy to see where the cost advantage lies.
>
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