Australian Truckies in Sweden!
Driving back from Gothenburg (G?teborg) to J?nk?ping we passed a?B-double I thought I was back in Australia for a moment. The B-double is the staple workhorse of the Australian haulage industry. Without doubt they are the most efficient and safest form of haulage transport. The B-triple version is actually more efficient in transporting goods than rail traffic. With B-doubles GVW 68t and B-triple 90t GVW. For reference B-Triple road trains can be GVW of 125t. These are heavy vehicles
30m span timber Allen truss in New south Wales Australia
In the early 2000’s when Australia moved to Higher Mass limits Integrity was there testing the existing bridge infrastructure proving this existing infrastructure was quite capable of carrying the increased loading. There was concern that these higher mass loadings from GVW 40t to 68t would damage the bridges. ?Saving highway authorities, a fortune so their budgets could be spent on critical structures and keep industry transporting. 20+ years later and over 1800 bridges tested. Integrity still continues to provide assistance to highway Authorities in Australia and now Europe to make their bridge assets go that further mile.
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3 年That’s a lot of bridges tested over the years John Higgs. Have you ever tried to calculate how much that has saved each client?