Old Kwikasair SARs
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Will get back to you on that one Bigcam , still in contact with some of the old tnt fleet mech,i think 4 was for QLD, I drove 1PA213 in Sydney for Comet,they had 222 as well.I do believe the numbers just flowed allong with new additions to the fleet as all prime movers were owned by TNT fleet management and leased to each division ie comet and kaa or afe, rigids had a different system as well.
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Ill never forget seeing a bloke take a swan dive out of one of those sar's, it was at the depo in millers rd (i think ) I was droping wool at the VPC store next door and had wandered round to catch up with my uncle. I was walking past the truck when the driver opened the door steped onto the box then straight into mid air. Dont know wat he was on but it must av bin good
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Example: 1PA350
1 = State where vehicle originally based
PA = Comet
350 = Fleet Vehicle Number
The first digit relates to the State where the vehicle was originally based;
1 = NSW
3 = Vic
4 = QLD
5 = SA
At Comet we had trucks that started out in NSW and had '1' at the start of the fleet number, but when there became Victorian based that first number stayed as a '1'.
The second and third digits relate to the Company;
KT = TNT
KA = Kwikasair
PA = Comet
AA = Ansett Freight Express
QA = NQX (I think)
There are heaps more for divisions such as Contrans, Alltrans, Railfast, etc, etc. I just can't remember them.
The last three digits are the fleet vehicle numbers. These were spread across the entire TNT group of companies fleet. For example;
347 = Ansett Freight Express LTL
348 = Comet T600
349 and 350 = Comet LTL
351 and 352 = Kwikasair LTL
353 to 358 = Comet LTL
359 = Comet T600
Hope that sheds some light on the numbers. I'm sure there is a lot more to it than what I can remember.
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The reason for the question is, if the Roadboss in Richie's pics fleet number ends in 216, would it be the same truck I used to drive in Brisbane with a different prefix, but ending in the same 216?
We also had Carpentaria Transport up here which was QRX and NQX and tied up with TNT but not fully owned by them I thought.
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