WHERE ARE THESE TRUCKS NOW - FLEET EXPRESS

FLEET EXPRESS HAULING A 300 TONNE PAYLOAD INTO LOY YANG POWER STATION
KENWORTHS ARE FITTED WITH 12V DETROITS @ 495hp
TRANSPORTER HAS 192 WHEELS








regards from , Clarke .

BETTER PHOTOS THIS TIME .
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/highwheeler/fleetexpresskw.jpg?t=1253716169
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/highwheeler/File0053.jpg?t=1253716208
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/highwheeler/File0052.jpg?t=1253716240
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/highwheeler/File0051-1.jpg?t=1253716283
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/highwheeler/File0050.jpg?t=1253716328
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/highwheeler/File0049.jpg?t=1253716362
http://i808.photobucket.com/albums/zz7/highwheeler/File0054.jpg?t=1253716408

Hi Wheelr
Gr8 Pix
keep M Cummin

ALSO
Gotta have an also
LOL

Yellow Express still opeate in Sydney asa parcel delivery service
http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24629010-v





Fleetways carted off the wharf n also transported cars
I do remember they had REO Gold Comets of th@ era they were gray with a splash of red here n there

http://naa16.naa.gov.au/rs_images/ShowImage.php?B=11406303&T=P&S=1

the following pic is on the way to the Port of Melbourne for shipping to Malasia (me thinks)

may B MegaRig now

Cya

[ch9787]

Wonderful stuff, guys.

Yes, they're the trucks I asked about. Thanks so much for the pics! They look like early W925's judging by the shape of the front guards. Am I correct in assuming this? I thought they were WW2 vintage...

I think they are/were either LW925's or LW848's from memory

Thanks for the photos. My grandfather used to drive for Fleet Express and as a kid I used to love the photos he showed me of big loads like that one. They had a company newsletter that I used to pour over every time I visited him to look at the truck pics. I must find out if he ever kept any of them. That red and black logo is so familiar on seeing it again.

Well, I dunno .. but I reckon these blokes must have been the equivalent of Fleet Express in the 1940's .. get a look at the total lack of braking on the rear bogie, the bloke riding on the deck of the float .. and the bloke driving along with his door open.

I'd guess he was hanging out the door most of the time, probably making sure the rest was still coming .. 'cos I'll bet mirrors weren't high on his list of necessary adornments ..

JuanTrak
GuddayM8

Gr8 Pix
Keep m cummin

Twaz xplained 2 me a few years ago

" We wouldn't be doing what we do today
if it wasn't for them drivers doing what they did way back then"

If th@ makes sense

Just like me Olman doing this B 4 Extendable semis were invented probly late 40'z early 50'z (me thinks) Load looks like siting on 44 gallon drums



LOL

Cya

[ch9787]

Photographed this on Monday just on the Melb side of Geelong as i was travelling at 100k's i didn't get it all in a photo, there was 3 trucks hooked together at the front as seen in the first photo and another 3 behind.It must be bloody heavy.