Some EX Kwikasair / Comet 8 wheelers

g'day Billy .. there is a Kenny 8x4 set forward cab running around down here in Vic with ''TCB'' on the doors...same cab, red in colour with a big tray....just could be?

Well Detective ..... You know the drill .... Only one true way to find out

Was it a Goth suspension fitted in place of the torsion bars Billy

Jimbo, looking at the last set of photo's by BillyP, the rear suspension that has been added is made by "Goth".

You can see the suspension equalising rod very clearly.

Excellent suspension, as it keeps all wheels on the ground no matter what, that is until you jack up a wheel to change a flat tyre.

regards greenie [smiley=vrolijk_1.gif]

...i could be barking up the wrong tree Werk .. just spoke to the owner Don at TCB and he tells me it's a 1990 model with a Cat in it....very similar looking though

....they bought it off Shandleys in Dandenong about 13-14 years ago....cheers

Great stuff Billy . I used to work for Benedict sand and Gravel and one of the subbies from Marsden Park had a cab forward 8 wheeler truck and dog with a Cummins, he used to drive the snot out of it. Wonder if it was the same truck, red and white and immaculate...

Tec & Werk, .......Good effort.....



Greenie,................Thinking...thinking...Yes rear suspension by John Goth.
Same bloke that introduced pneumatic powder tankers into the country.
(as i recall) but ICBW.
They were a great gismo ,those suspensions, no axle hop, good traction off road,
& very low maintainance & good on road manners. ..........................


Cunning,
Not all that long after i left Alltrans 844 seized the donk (main bearings)
This was nearing the end of TNT etc so i believe it was just parked ,
Could have been sold as is , maybe with out crane & brick bodies ,(maybe)
So could have ended up anywhere , with anything powering it.
Benidict Haulage ????
Did you know a bloke , John Whitehorn , We lived near one another as kids ?
Back to 844.
When PGH bought Zacuba, the truck ,(still with Alltrans) was repainted
dark blue & white (looked good too). So it would have been blue & white when sold.
Not that that means too much i guess.
................Billy..................

A future driver no doubt, ( One of our grandsons along for the ride)

Hi Billy, when I worked there John was a driver for the guy with the said cabover. John drove the very clean T650 truck and dog. He was a gentleman to me, helped me a lot as a young fella starting out

...what was the go with the cab Billy? .. just a nice roomy slim, or a very narrow sleeper?....only reason i ask is that it appears not to have a back window ??....cheers mate

Reckon it's just the later version of the "day" cab .... Like Ansett used to use ... Not the standard slimline