That is a fine documentary image -- and one hell of a truck! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>*
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 4:23 AM Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Didn't go. Trying again > > Late yesterday afternoon, a fatigued driver fell asleep on the National > Road overpass across Phalaborwa about 2km from the Kruger Park gate, > crashed through the barriers & ended up against a Knoppiesdoorn (Acacia) > tree. The driver survived with minor head injuries. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51404013205/ > > K5 & DA 18-55 WR. > > A bit of history: > > A few years ago, Rio Tinto sold Palabora Mining Company (a copper mine) > to Chinese HBIS who bought it primarily for several million tons of > Magnetite (Fe3O4) accumulated as a waste by-product with the intention > of exporting to China for the steel industry. The railways had no spare > capacity so a sub-contracted fleet of about 400 of these trucks were > engaged to truck the Magnetite to Maputo. Each load is about 40 tons > wuth up to 8000 tons being moved daily. > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
