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11 years 11 months ago #96882 by hummincummins
G'day Slowspeed,
Gee you blew us all away with your exellent restoration on the Inter now,"The List" we will have to call you Felix and see what other tricks you have in your bag.
Cheers. Ian. ;D ;D ;D

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11 years 11 months ago #96883 by Kenworth_10x6
A few from Queensland although I'm not 100% on the names so any clarification would be good.

West Moreton Transport - Bulk and coal Ipswich with grey macks.
FH Transport Rocklea - Green KW's and Louisvilles.
Nicolsons? - Rocklea or Ipswich, bulk haulage bottom dump trailers, mainly black macks, haven't seen them for a few years.
Rocklea Transport - recently bought out by North Queensland heavy Haulage, mainly green Macks
North Queensland Heavy Haulage - Mt Isa based white mainly KW's and floats still going.
Blackall Freighters - mainly livestock finished late 80's?
Porters Livestock Biggenden Qld - Started with UD's now run mainly Stars, with imaculate old 4 tonne UD used around town.
Simpson's Transport Bundaberg - small fleet bought out by Richers Maryborough
Doug Berendorf Transport Townsville - carried Coca Cola products to Townsville when Coke had a factory there. Mainly S Lines, one white 4000 and his first truck Inter 1800?
Australian Defense Department??? - Mainly T Line inters, white with yellow top - now defunct and done by TrOLL
RAAF or similar - white plastic Atkinsons before being taken over by Defense department and combined.
PMG/Telecom Transport- red to orange then white trucks mainly Macks - now defunct and done by TrOLL.
Beaumonts? - Bulk haulage SE Qld
Davis Stock Transport Cloncurry - small family business
Kiernan - Bulk haulage in Cloncurry hauling minerals around Cloncurry and Mt Isa now taken over by IES???

Just a few I can think of quickly, so please correct mistakes.

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11 years 11 months ago #96884 by BK
"Nicolsons? - Rocklea or Ipswich, bulk haulage bottom dump trailers, mainly black macks, haven't seen them for a few years"

That would be
Cavghners, that spelling is wrong cav..ners is the way it's said. JNN had green macks.

Trust me

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11 years 11 months ago #96885 by bigcam
Just another small correction as well, it's Rocklea Carrying.
Also Earthmovers Sherwood used to be a big semi tipper / tipper mob that was taken over by Boral I think.

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11 years 11 months ago #96886 by Raggsie
Wow it is turning in to a big list, here is a couple more hope they are not duplicates.
Aray Transport Horsham, bought out by Ryans
Roger Perry Bulk Haulage Horsham (not sure on the status haven`t seen any around for a while )

1956 International AR160&&196? International A414&&1988 Ford F250&&1982 FORD

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11 years 11 months ago #96887 by Mairjimmy
Berrigan had a few,
Jack Nolan, Commer Knocker mostly stock work
Lorry [Fargo] Way
Ken [Cannonball] Way [Fargo's son] Fords took over from Fargo
Fred Way {Fargo's son] started with Dodges 760 and then 1418s Green in colour,did have a ACCO with a dog.
Greame Dowsett,a few oldies would know him.He took over Fred Way
Clarrie Maple two Dodge 760
Roy Kortum Cobram then Berrigan [Hall of fame Alices]
Gorden Saunders, DT with GMs

Time to get up andd get going.......todays bad decisions aren't going to make themselves!!!

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11 years 11 months ago #96888 by 82cabover
certainly is turning into a big list :o

livin the dream oldskool is cool

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11 years 11 months ago - 11 years 11 months ago #96889 by
Just finished up to page 9, list now has 862 names.
With tomorrows 41+ temp and a total fire ban cannot work so may get the list finished.

Remember everyone this is your list, i am just pulling it all together.

Trevor

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11 years 11 months ago #96890 by kenny-mopar
vaughns
(not sure what the spelling was on the next one )
carss park transport

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11 years 11 months ago #96891 by tomcat
Don REID Tpt Stawell
John REPPER Tpt Stawell
Lin LEGGETT Stock Carrier Ararat
Fred's (Current?)
Finemore's (Current)
Lindsays Tpt (Current)
Rodney's Tpt (Current)
Bulmers Ararat
Frank LEGGETT Tpt Ararat
Kefferds

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