Farmers in NSW and Queensland are calling it the worst drought in living memory. A week ago the NSW government said “100 per cent” of the state is now in drought with a quarter of the state in intense drought.

In response, 22 hay-loaded road trains headed east on Monday morning. They’re travelling towards Ceduna through to Port Augusta before stopping in Condoblin NSW. The hay was purchased through charitable donations from Australia and around the world.

Centurion’s Executive General Manager Operations West, Gary Nurick says the company was glad to be able to support the initiative.

“We were amazed by the relief operation organised by the Rapid Relief Team [RRT] in less than a week. A few of our drivers were quick to volunteer their time and they’ve done a fantastic job of supporting the effort to help out the farmers who are going through a tough time at the moment.”

Drivers Barrie Chilton and Peter Jewell both have a link to the farming community. “I’ve been involved with agriculture before and I know how hard it can be” said Peter. “Barrie also used to be a farmer so he knows first-hand what it’s like so we both were happy to volunteer.”

Barrie has been blown away by the support they’ve received along the journey.

“Everyone’s on the radio saying good job, people are waving and flashing their lights,” he said.

“We’re thankful to everyone along the way who’s helped us out and fed us. The RRT has run it really well, it’s been a great effort by everyone involved,” added Barrie.

The convoy is due to arrive on Friday. It will be distributed to farmers in Condoblin, Tullamore, Tottenham, Nymagee, and Lake Cargelligo and used to feed approximately 1000 cows or 20,000 sheep for 20 weeks.

The trucks are currently in Port Augusta.

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Working for major global mining services provider Thiess, the scope of Centurion’s work was to safely and efficiently relocate five CAT 793 Dump Trucks and two Liebherr 996 Excavators from Prominent Hill SA to the Mount Pleasant Mine in Muswellbrook NSW, and one 996 from Prominent Hill to Peak Downs in Queensland.

The project requirements also included the relocation of two large cranes to the Prominent Hill site; a 250T Crawler Crane from Western Australia and another 150T Crawler Crane from Darwin.

The decommissioning logistics included 62 loads in total covering a massive 260,400kms with more than 4,600 in cab hours worked.

Centurion used a variety of specialist equipment for the move including Kenworth, Mack and Freightliner Prime Movers, Drake Platform Trailers and Low Loaders as well as Centurion’s state of the art tyre trailers. A number of contractors were also used as part of the move.

Planning for the work was carried out by Jason Carnes, Centurion’s Divisional Manager Heavy Haulage East who liaised with relevant authorities and scheduled fleet requirements around each machine as it was stripped and decommissioned on site minimising trailer and truck downtime.

The moves were completed on time and within budget over an 8 week period with no injuries.

“This was a significant logistical exercise for us where we needed to work closely with both our clients and other contractors involved in the move to ensure delivery of the equipment on time and without any issues,” Mr Carnes said.

“Centurion only recently set up its east coast operation but the company has tapped into pre-existing industry expertise to ensure we are delivering the highest level of service to our valued customers.

“Feedback from our client in Prominent Hill was that they were very pleased with the professional way we managed this project, and the efforts of our supervisor, drivers and contractors involved were much appreciated,” Mr Carnes concluded.

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Centurion’s Queensland heavy haulage team has been in action again with the move of this massive Liebherr 996 mining excavator from Brisbane to the Bowen Basin.

When assembled, this excavator is around 10 metres high, 8 metres wide, 24 metres long and weighs in at a massive 676 tonnes.

The excavator was shipped part by part because of its size. Transport for a machine of this size requires hours of detailed logistics planning to ensure a safe and successful move.

The multiple 1,000km plus trips, which took more than 12 hours each, were completed without a hitch.

Centurion prides itself on the safe and reliable movement of goods across Australia and has specialised heavy haulage equipment capable of carrying loads in excess of 200 tonnes.

With experience in the resources, energy and civil construction industries Centurion is the leading heavy haulage provider across Australia.

Thanks to Nickolas Bantouvakis at Working iT Pilots for sharing this great video of the move.

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