More on the 62 wheel monsters

I'm just about to hit 25,000 kilometres on my work car here, which means a lot of time spent on the Stuart Highway, which means even more of the 60 wheel monsters.
Actually, in the case above, there's 80 wheels stretched across four trailers, and according to its driver, Dave, moving a total of approximately 148 tonnes of ore for GBS Gold, some 290 kilometres south of Darwin.
Despite the delays they can cause (most of the highway remains two-way, and you'd never, ever think of overtaking one on the dirt), the novelty of seeing something so darn big lumbering along the road still hasn't worn off. I still smile when I follow one through traffic lights - seeing the truck on one side of the intersection, and the trailer on the other.
And if the cost of petrol has been getting you down lately, spare a thought for Dave. To fill up his truck above, it takes just over 1,800 litres of diesel (at an average of $1.90 a litre) and, on a good day without too much wind or too many hills, he'll get around half a kilometre to one litre...