Snowy Mtn trucks

This Rolls-Royce powered Antar built by Thornycroft was used on the hydro=electric project, as it was a Commonwealth Government project all trucks had to be of British manufacture, they did keep an old Diamond "T" tank carrier under wraps and secretly bought it out if the Antar ran out of breathe

Choc's get back to work, Billy's waiting for that twin steer to be ready after the rain stops. If you've got a little spare time though, maybe you could Paint your Antar. cya Tim

If you've got a little spare time though, maybe you could Paint your Antar. cya Tim

Worth more to you if you dont, I might be wrong Chocs but I reckon that thing would get a lot of interest to the die cast collectors on a website Of course sentimental value always outweighs any monetary value but it always good to know what something is worth.

Worth nutn coz it'z crummins powered
LOL
have n said th@ I'g give U scrap price 4 it
Cya
[ch9787]

not all trucks used by sma were pommy origin
I have 1952 dodge power wagon ex sma
LHd 4 x4. they had lots of them as no commonwealth 1 tonner 4wd available.
an uncle was an engineer on scheme and purchased it in 1957 .it been in family ever since
sorry dont know how to post pics here.
cheers
Howard

In the early days of the Snowy contracts the likes of Leyland Hippos were the biggest gear around, and brakes were probably more important than power, as was the ability to turn in very tight spaces. The Leylands and AECs had full air at a time when yankee stuff had feeble brakes, especially on the front. They used a lot of LeTournau gear so there was no directive to go British, just the best for the conditions.

I have a picture of a big truck carting pipes up to the snowies but until i find it here is a picture of a tank carrier

Thought I'd try and get this post going again.SMA had some good gear over the years like this L924R (GM 8V71, Allison HT70,rockwell FH901 (16,000lb) rockwell SFDD (55,000lb) @ 10.16 on KW split... Cheers James.

JotS
Gudday M8
had a phone call just last week about the SMA KW
he has it n want n sum info n pix
he B in Renmark
old 1967 # 107985 KW W924 X snowy Mountains

Your pix looks like KW @ Preston
Cya
[ch9786]

Hi Swishy, Yes that one was a W-model (W924),similar specs to the L924 above although it has a bigger front axle FL901 (18,000lb). Can you ask if it has a Allison HT70 and does it have LW924 on the ID plate????
Cheers JOTS.