Troopy on The Ghan

Going from Darwin to Port Augusta

Ring around the truck companies in Darwin, you might get it on as a back load.
It will be dearer but a lot less hassel.
Cheers

Darwin to Port Augusta via Adelaide.
The only railways that will load/unload cars onto rail trucks at Port Augusta is Pichi Richi Railway which only runs between Quorn and Port Augusta.
GSR are not interested in loading/unloading at Port Augusta, so much so, you actually can't do it from their trains now anyway.

Cheers,
Dion.

can you measure the distance from the centre of the hub to the outer tread of the tyre please?

yes I thought of that also but at $99 Darwin to Adelaide that price would be hard to beat

u also have to remove all roofracks and 'other' protruding 'bits'

Imagine the gear ratios in 1st low with those size wheels and tyres!

Semi's with containers haven't been carted in thism manner for donkeys years. The only road vehicles currently transported on the CAR as freight are NTF (SHELL) tankers which are not chained down. They are loaded onto flat trucks which have shallow sides on them to contain the wheels of semi trailers, with the king pin on the skid plate held by a pneumatically raised turntable. Quick and easy.
The answer Disco Dave gave may have been applicable 25-30 years ago, but hasn't been practised since then.

Cheers,
Dion.

Also GSR psgr services don't run single level trucks, because they are uneconomical, if it don't fit on a bi-level car carrier truck, it won't go on a psgr service.

Cheers,
Dion.