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7 years 8 months ago #172260 by wouldyou
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That photo certainly has an Australian look about it.
Browns had the BP agency in Meekatharra, a wall of their shop had trucking photos, gone in later years hope someone values them, all dirt roads.
Diesel bowser was in the back lane, you would be given the key, fill up then back to the shop to pay for it.
No wool from that area now, most had gone to cattle and wild dogs put an end to sheep for the remaining ones.
Trapping of wild goats for export was a source of income also, have heard that dogs have had an effect on their numbers,
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7 years 8 months ago #172265 by hayseed
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Swishy wrote: Seed M80

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W.H.Brown,Meekatharra,WA at the Meeka railway yards.Sleeper cab was probably built by the owner.


Thanks Swishy.. (& wouldyou for the extra Info.).
I'm just trying to remember when those synthetic Woolpacks came into general use..

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7 years 8 months ago #172271 by wouldyou
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hayseed,
It's a long time since jute packs.
Wikipedia says polypropylene was introduced in 1960's, contamination from fibres resulted in Australian packs being required to be manufactured from nylon.
Would that truck be a Leyland?
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7 years 8 months ago #172279 by Mrsmackpaul
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Swishy wrote: Seed M80

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Az google az me friend ...... we say

W.H.Brown,Meekatharra,WA at the Meeka railway yards.Sleeper cab was probably built by the owner.


I understand the cab was built in Adelaide for that truck I have no idea were I read that now but did a bit of looking into that some time ago

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7 years 8 months ago #172330 by Thunder Down Under

wouldyou wrote: hayseed,
It's a long time since jute packs.
Wikipedia says polypropylene was introduced in 1960's, contamination from fibres resulted in Australian packs being required to be manufactured from nylon.
Would that truck be a Leyland?
David.


I'm thinking more AEC. Perhaps one of Ron Bell's of Meekatharra?
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7 years 8 months ago #172352 by Swishy
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Shows up @ Flikr az a Buffalo

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7 years 8 months ago #172370 by Dave_64
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Maybe slightly off topic, but someone asked if it could possibly have been an AEC. Every now and then a photo may turn up of a bonnetted AEC, most I have ever seen have been cab-overs. Would I be right in saying that bonnetted Leylands would have outweighed bonnetted AEC's??
Any of that type AEC's still in captivity, or in running condition??
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7 years 8 months ago #172375 by wouldyou
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Apologies Dima for straying from your topic and asking the make of that truck, looking at AEC photos very few bonneted ones, the ones that were looked to be dump trucks.
re Leyland Buffalo the name must have been associated with the running gear as they appear both bonneted and cab over.
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7 years 8 months ago #172376 by Dima Ukraine
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wouldyou wrote: Apologies Dima for straying from your topic and asking the make of that truck, looking at AEC photos very few bonneted ones, the ones that were looked to be dump trucks.
re Leyland Buffalo the name must have been associated with the running gear as they appear both bonneted and cab over.
David.

It's all right, my friend. And yet I hope that you will share photos of trucks with sleeper cab 1910-1950's. Sincerely, Dima, Ukraine!

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7 years 8 months ago #172377 by Swishy
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FWIW
AEC






Main difference from Buffalo = AEC haz slope n bonnet

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