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In Newfoundland, icebergs are harvested and the water used for things such as cosmetics, bottled water, beer, and Vodka.
The company Iceberg Vodka heads out in a boat in the late spring intent on bringing in the icebergs needed to make water for their Vodka in the coming year.
All business as usual, and the water is stored and used as needed. However this past weekend thieves made off with a tractor trailer tanker's worth of the company's iceberg water.
The crime itself would have been a complicated endeavour and it suggests the thief was familiar with the facility.
Those responsible would need access to the building and know just the right gear to pull off the heist.
Thieves drained and made off with the water from one of ten tanks the company keeps in its Port Union, N.L. warehouse.
The remarkable theft of about 30,000 litres of iceberg water...has bewildered the firm’s owners.
Iceberg Vodka's CEO David Meyers noted that:
“I’ve never even considered the possibility of somebody stealing our water … I guess we live in an interesting world.”
For perspective, that much water heading down the freeway carries the same momentum as 7.62 fully filled Zamboni model 545's (not counting the vehicle to haul it)
(Score: 4, Informative) by dwilson on Friday February 15 2019, @05:53PM (2 children)
In Canada, weight allowances vary from province to province, but are (usually) proportional to the number of tires under the load. More axles = more tires = heavier loads allowed without special permitting.
From the volumes you've provided (5,000 US gallons), I'm guessing your "typical tractor-trailer rig" is a tandem axle tractor with tandem-axle trailer.
A tri-drive tractor unit pulling a set of super-B's [tremcar.com] would easily move 30 cubes of water. In weight it would be well under the limit, and in volume 30 cubes is just less than half of what the trailers can hold.
Lastly, since I am an actual Canadian and not one of the fictional american's-impression-of-a-Canadian, I'll forgo the zamboni conversion and note that 30 cubes of water is 30 metric tonnes, those being the two units we actually use when moving fluid by truck or pipe. (We use 'cube' as shorthand for 'cubic metre', which is 1,000 litres but less cumbersome in conversation. One metric tonne is of course 1,000 kilograms. Volume and mass, respectively.)
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 15 2019, @06:39PM
I've used up all my mod points today, sorry. I should have thought of dual trailers. Never pulled them, but I've seen enough of them.
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Friday February 15 2019, @08:50PM
Hopefully I get renewed for another season.
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