Transport names from yesterday..

devito
higgs
cmrlec
robbinvale
harris
high speed
hi trans
archie wornock
brian mitchell
horry migga
lindsay knight
arthur kondoprias

all of the above were and are legends of the high way in our area (riverland) and operated and still operate some of the fastest trucks on the hi way manly adelaide sydney They wernt cowboys the just drove hard.

So did you get a chance to find the number??? LOL : : :

No ......and if I'd been interested back then and known what I know now I'd have a shedful of them :'(

Great photos jimbo51, pretty rare truck parked beside Ridolfo's KW-looks like a Hayes Clipper.-Hamish Petrie

...the Hayes in jimbo 51's set belonged to F K Kanny of Kewdale WA ...about 1/2 a mile down the road from Vince Ridolfo's outfit....who also had the other Hayes conventional....

Some off the top of my head appologies if there are repeats.
Western Transport
Western Bell
Kurtz Transport
Zarb Road Freigters
North Qld Road Freighters
McAleese Transport
Rasmussens
Emerald Carrying
Oppermans
Hudsons Transport
Richers
Fridgemobile
IPEC
REX
Tenex
Followmont
UTO
Priddles
Frasers

Tasmania, Blazely's Transport , Victoria, Banavas transport, Qld, T.A.&M.A Radke, McIntyre freightlines, Addison Haulage,Stevenson's Transport , Injune freighters , John Pidcock Transport , Barcoo Transport , Blackall freightlines , Baskett transport , Nev Reilly Transport , Sydney- Mt Isa Transport Brisbane , NSW , Walkers Transport

Ted Pimm Millmerran
Harts Millmerran

In elgindale's photo of Ted Pimm's Leyland Octopus it looks like it has a small motor under the tray. I wonder what this was for?-Hamish Petrie

EA Rocke (Mayne Nicks)
Vicstate Transport (Mayne Nicks)
Thomas Wallbridge
Coynes
Renfrey
Skidmore (EA Rocke)
East Coast
Newstrans (Pronto)
FG Strang
Coynes

Billy

Oh, and Smorgans who ran old pommie stuff carting paper.
Billy

Hi All

A coupe of notable exceptions are Co ord transport who used to run 3408 powered kenworths in the eighties - awesome trucks.

Bulls transport, Buntine roadways, Tanami transport, halkitos bros, Fawcett Cattle Company, Ceccon Transport, vrd transport are some of the top of my head

Regards Mark