My favorite truck of all time.

[Ron W.]

[Jim B]

Well? Don't keep us in suspenders, man! Tell us about it!

Edited December 7, 2010 by Jim B

[scummy]

Argh yer a w model , i remember when i first drove one of those and looked out the windscreen and thought you could have the last supper on that bonnett !It was huge but got used to it real quick , yer i felt ten foot tall .

[Nick Winter]

What a beautiful Trailer.

[scummy]

G,day , i went through my photo's and found a couple of w's i took picks of ,

This one was streached to make a rigid and is used delivering gyprock around sydney ,

This one is used delivering gyprock and sydney as well ,

This one was takin in tumut and is retired and used to drive around to do local pickups and odd small trips ,

If i find more i'll post them .

[scummy]

Here's a couple more from dubbo vintage truck show .

Edited December 31, 2010 by scummy

[CDA]

I love ya'lls trucks! When I was a kid, a friend of my grand dad's went to Australia and brought back pics of Road trains! Love to ride in one! Got a couple questions. Can you back one? i've heard stories of people backing them, in America, if you tried to back doubles, it would look like a small train wreck. Some pics I see, the prime movers have floatation steer tires some don't. Si it a company or driver prefference? How do you couple multiple trailers? I found some pics of interiors or your trucks, WOW! Acouple had two sticks, not just a 3x4, or a 4x5, but a 13 spd stick next to a 4spd, then an 18, with a 13.Could see the red and grey splitter buttomns on the sides. Can that be explained? The headlights on yalls trucks are mostly four big round lights. Are they brighter? Last one, I swear, when turning, I imagine you need to make a WIDE turn, or are the dollies, and trailers made to track better?

CDA

[scummy]

Hey CDA ,here's a link to some photos you might like .

http://roadside-photography.forums-free.com/grants-aussie-photos-t14.html

[CDA]

Hey CDA ,here's a link to some photos you might like .

http://roadside-photography.forums-free.com/grants-aussie-photos-t14.html

Thanks a bunch! More eye candy! Say, an American tourist, came out to aoround Alice Springs, or another Road Train hub, What would be the chances of said tourist goin on a run in a road train? Not drivin of course.

[scummy]

Mate , road trains are pushed for time so unless you know someone in the industry there's no chance of you getting in one .The two trailer road trains start at a town called dubbo and head out west, then they turn right at nyngan head out to bourke and hook up the third trailer and then north-north west to the outback .Now if you go out to one of the companys in the alice ,( springs ) you MAY get to sit in one and just maybe get a ride if you are a trucker from where you are ? Australian truckies don't have alot of time to drive people around so we arnt rude just very busy .Hope this puts some light on your question mate ,cheer's mark , (scummy).

[CDA]

scummy,

I understand completely that time is money! My whole family on my dad's side is or were truckers. Don't wanna keep the wheels from turnin, just wonderin what the chances of goin on a run would be if one ever made it out there. I'm in the Army, as a truck driver, but the Army is all automatic. Alot of Americans never learned to drive a stick shift. Let alone even seen a 10 or more speed. Some guys an Army truck is the first thing they've ever driven! Thanks fpr the heads up!

CDA

[Ron W.]

Well? Don't keep us in suspenders, man! Tell us about it!

Jim,the picture I took in 1982 while working for a KW dealership. I had just parked it there,and had to run & get the camera before Tom left. The rig is owned by Tom Hoving from Hudsonville,Mich. Had a "400" Cummins,13sp.It took 11 days to paint just one side of the trailer ! His company was called "Chuck Wagon Express" He had two truck in his fleet at the time.

[Ron W.]

Well? Don't keep us in suspenders, man! Tell us about it!

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