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Members Section / Members Forum / Re: RFW Trucks
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on: June 06, 2009, 11:49:14 pm
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G'Day Jumbo, The reason we haven't got an RFW page is that I've only ever seen one or two and haven't got any pictures of any so if you or anyone else have any I'd be Glad to make an RFW page .
There are a lot of other makes that we don't have listed for exactly the same reason.
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Members Section / Members Forum / Re: Pacific Diesel Truck
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on: May 07, 2009, 10:04:49 am
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any body heard of Florentine Valley....................hell yeah it's all over the news at the moment there are protesters down there in the trees trying to stop the logging  And thats the first time I've ever seen a Pacific in Tasmania  maybe Danny might know more about it |
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Members Section / Introductions / Re: Hello from Germany!
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on: May 05, 2009, 08:53:54 am
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Welcome to our little forum Leo, great to see we have quite a few overseas members. Don't be shy with those pictures mate, I'm sure we would all love to see some the european "tuff stuff" you have over there.
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Members Section / Members Photo Albums / Re: Some Kiwi trucks from 2008
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on: April 27, 2009, 09:31:04 am
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Awesome stuff mate......You got a great mix there But I'd bet it'd be hard to find a more 'Old Skool' Rig than this one........painted rim's......steel bull bar.....old style pipe ends........what more could a person want  |
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Members Section / General Truck talk / Re: Welcome to TMP
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on: March 27, 2009, 08:00:47 am
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The only idea i have is to make a tranport fleet section...Members post pictures they have of a paticular fleet other then that i think this forum is looking great What do you all think?? good idea ?? let me know and if everyone thinks it's worth doing I'll set it up. |
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Members Section / General Truck talk / Re: Dunks photos
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on: March 25, 2009, 09:11:05 am
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G'day Dunks ol mate
Unfortunately all of the member's albums couldn't be changed over as this site uses a totally different set up but hopefully those who posted in the old site will post their albums in here again
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Members Section / Introductions / Re: Hello all
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on: March 21, 2009, 04:46:25 am
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Welcome King, to our website. We only have a few overseas member's but welcome anyone interested in Australian truck's. You've got quite a few great pic's of your own.
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Members Section / Introductions / Re: Howdy all
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on: March 13, 2009, 08:25:43 am
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G'Day Mal I know how you feel about lack of time ...........but then again what would we really do if we had all the time in the world aye  |
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Australian Trucking History / The Raymond Gilleland Collection / Ray's Book's for sale
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on: March 07, 2009, 07:01:42 am
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“My Way on the Highway”
author Ray Gilleland
A book of the start of interstate road transport in Australia in the 1950’s.
The remaining stock of this book is now being offered for sale at a reduced cost. It will never be released again in this form.
It may be a collector’s item one day. If you have one buy a present for someone, it’s a great read.
Prompt delivery.
$35.00
Price now reduced to
$29.99
Including postage in Australia
To order:
Send Money order or cheque to
GILLELAND FAMILY TRUST
PO box 759 Pacific Fair 4218
Queensland Australia
Email: nullarborkid@hotmail.com
It is planned for Credit card facilities to be available in the near future.
Ray Gilleland has set up a fund called “The Nullarbor Kid Trust”
Its objective is to help with school fees once a year for children who have lost their dad in the trucking industry. For every book sold a percentage will be added to to the existing fund. The interest earned each year from the fund will be divided with children whose names are submitted by anyone that knows of such cases.
It won’t be a great deal for each child but even a small amount will help a struggling mother in these tough times.
Donations are not asked for as this is not an accredited charity.
The distribution of monies will be administered by a Public Accountancy Firm around the beginning of each school year on the recommendation of interested parties.
Details and names of Administrators apart from Ray Gilleland will be posted here as soon as they are finalised. |
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Scale Models / Model Chat area / Rules of this chat area
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on: February 25, 2009, 08:09:02 am
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Hi Guys and Girls Danny pointed out to me that there was a need for a forum area for models so I have made this section just for that purpose. I ask that you chat away in here and not in the picture sections of the Model area, as I would like to have those areas for pictures only, which brings me to the other point of Danny's I have opened up the whole model section so as everyone can post their own pictures in there for display or discussion.
Any further wants/needs can be put forward through this forum.
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Members Section / Welcome / Re: Hello from ActrosMe
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on: February 20, 2009, 10:43:55 am
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G'Day Rita glad you made the transfer...lol.... I haven't had much time to check out your new site but i will chuck the link in the link's page on here for you.
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Members Section / Welcome / Re: Hello ! from me too.
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on: February 16, 2009, 07:46:08 am
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Hello Stucky. Welcome to what, I hope, will be an inspiring place for your 1:24 creation's. Danny is our main model man but as you say there are a lot of ideas floating around in here. Don't be shy, let us see some of your magic in the model section.
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Members Section / Welcome / Re: The New Site
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on: February 15, 2009, 05:18:02 am
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Hey John glad you like the new site. As far as the photo's all being moved over......well there is nearly 3 years worth to move so it might take a while yet as my work has picked up quite a bit lately and time isn't as free as i'd like. But that being said don't be shy in sending or posting any pics that you want to share.
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Members Section / Welcome / Re: Hi all
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on: January 30, 2009, 07:43:13 am
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Welcome ex Truckie glad you found us and like the place. We are only just getting it all together so hopefully it's true when they say "out of little thing's big thing's grow".
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Members Section / Welcome / Re: Hello from kp1gts
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on: January 22, 2009, 08:14:28 am
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Welcome Kerry I can't wait to see some of those great pictures I've been told about I've made a Model section in here for those of you that are into modelling so have a chat to Danny about what you would like to see in the model section and we would be more than happy to see some of you r fine examples. |
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Members Section / Introductions / Introducing your Admin staff
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on: January 13, 2009, 09:28:58 am
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Hello everyone, my name is Daniel, I'm 26 years old and I am a Truck driver in Sydney Australia. This site is for anyone who is MAD about TRUCKS . I've loved trucks since as long as I can remember and like to share this interest with other people, especially in other parts of the world as I am facinated by how many different types of trucks there are and how many different applications trucks have, here in Australia, and in other parts of the world.
Hi i'm Darren (Werkhorse) and I'm a 34 year old truckie from Tasmania and I have been into trucks all my life, or should I say, my life has been trucks. I work for a company that sibcontract's to Totalcare Logistic's and currently tow a sideloader trailer hauling container's around northeren Tasmania.
Hi everyone my name is Danny(cheyenne8v92tta) and round off the trio here at TMP. I am a 32 year old truck driver also from tassy but due to a serious back injury whilst loading back in 2004 i only drive on a casual basis now and now spend my spare time either building model trucks or out and about taking truck pics to share with you all.
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Members Section / General Truck talk / Re: Welcome to TMP
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on: January 12, 2009, 09:21:54 am
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thank's David it's only going to get bigger and better from herer.......I hope....lol Steve congratulations on being the first overseas member to post in here hope you enjoy it now §lushy ya ol bugga i'm workin on you latest request  |
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Members Section / General Truck talk / Re: Welcome to TMP
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on: January 11, 2009, 03:43:00 am
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Well fella's i can't do a lot with that other background as most colour's make it hard to read so what abou tthis new one??? some times you need to hover over the link with you cursor to see them as the coloured link's and some text change to the same when i change them i'm new to this style of forum/website so it'll be a bit of suck and see till i get the hang of it
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Australian Trucking History / Ray's Pictures / Ray's Pictures
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on: January 06, 2009, 09:01:58 am
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Courtesy of John Lambert, for his father Frank Lambert,
who was an early pioneer interstate driver. Click to EnlargeTown of Windsor WW2 petrol rationing, on left charcoal burner on truck switch motor to gas after hot from petrol start. Driver Bill Phillips middle 1950's start of Nullabor Plain, Sth Australia, heading west. Frank and Harry early 50's Standard Vanguard car new, note fly boots leather jackets, winter on the Hume. Driver Ron Andrews Albion Clydesdale 4cyl diesel 30ft s/axle trailer topspeed 50 km/h. International R190 petrol and early Pantech Breadalbane Plains south of Goulborn heavy fog Edmund T Lennon truck slowly finding way through fog R190 came up behind and too late clipped rear ETL truck about 1957-8, driver ok. I was first to drive it. Had trouble selling idea of closed van, customers wanted gate sides and Tarps, in case they needed an extra inch or two!!! Mercury Transport Albion, start of Nullabor Plain, Sth Australia , heading west. Platform behind cabin called "Hungry Board" to throw a little extra weight on steer axle. This time there are extra fuel drums to syphon into chassis tanks out in the middle of " no where". No fuel till Norseman WA. Note tyres on top of load, We had to be able to change our own tyres and tubes with compressor off gearbox. Only took extra over to the west. East Coast transport bonneted AEC in the Tarcutta Bog about 20 mile of flooded Hume highway disappeared.winter 1955-6? "Submarine Hiway" Gov put "temporary" 5 ton limit on alternative Wagga road to stop us going that way. highway closed for days. We were forced to wait till opened. I was driving burnt 190 at the time. Piggyback on Trans Continental "Tea and Sugar" freight train, stops all stops for supplies to the fettler camps. Coming east bound from Kalgoolie. Note empty car carrier, freight hard to get from west to east, took anything or empty about 1958 "Cover Girl" 1st goose neck low loader type car carrier in Australia,with a load of Standard Vanguard Sedans circa 1952. Commer model R7 six cyl. slant petrol motor, under seat,The trailer has Single wheel's only, not duels, fitted with Michelin Tyres, one each side of trailer. Known as "Quick silver" by it's driver (Ray),the "Bus" by the yard staff and the "Green Ghost" by the authorities, this was the fastest truck in Australia. built on an early 50's AEC Regal bus chassis. This is the truck featured in the Rockin sheep story.circa 1954 "The road to the Golden West" start of the Nullabor Plain heading west. c.1956. That was the best bit there was.It got progresively worse. Early 1950's Albion Clydsdale 4 cyl 32 mph top speed. Off to perth. The first of these trips was around 1952/3.This picture was donated by Marie Roberts. Eucla, 1955, This house was built for telegraph personel, when the line was run across the plain it was put in as a repeater station, as the telegraph signal was not strong enough to go all the way across. Remains of the telegraph station, a couple of hundred yards from the house. At different times it would be covered with sand completely maybe for 6 months. One of the gates on the Nullabor plain. SA &WA border sign post !!!! A couple of places these tanks were put on the plain but very seldom had water. The Nullarbor Kid and his trusty .45 Colt, we both had many funny stories in the book. Taken beside the old telegraph station wall at Eucla. c.1955. Rabbit for dinner?? 20th century covered wagons, Nullarbor Plain. 1955. Drivers are Jim Boler(in the Albion), Garry Freeman & Reg Shaw (in the AEC's). Below is a frontal shot of these three trucks The Albion and 2 AEC Matadors. Taken on the same trip as picture above. Summer, 1955. 315 Mercedes Benz, pictured are Ray Gilleland, Don Barnard and Frank Catlin. 1959 Sydney haulage terminal St. Peters. One of the better sections of Nullabor Plain, mid 1950's. My HD Albion. 1958. Home made sleeper cabin, with water and fuel tanks underneath bunk and early air cleaner on roof. I was wanted, so only moved at night mostly. I Called her "The Moonlight Gambler" 1955. Albion, HD model. The salt pans near Norseman, Western Australia. A wider picture showing sand around old telegraph office. 2nd from right Frank Lambert, others unknown.taken in the Kangaroo valley.c.1949. GMC 6x6 ex army. Late 1940's. Frank lambert with GMC 6x6 ex army. late 1940's. Peter Diprose, worked for father Bert, owned Flowerdale saw mill Liverpool.Late 1940's. The start of Balmain Transport, later part of Mercury Transport. Albion Clydsdale and Ford with Hercules Deisel. Note the horse and cart in back ground late 40's. Mercury Transport, Ingles St, Port. Melbourne c.1960. My fleet of from left Fuso, Ford D400, New Chev C60 (built in Mexico) and strorage wharehouse c.1975. The Green wall on front right next door building is Grace Bros. depot. Henchman Ave. Miami, Gold Coast. I was the founder of S.P. Removals and sold it in 1983. Freightliner FLC112 with 50th Anniversary trailer for Seaton's. Kenworth K100, Fleet No. 83. Part of Seatons shuttle fleet in the 1960's. 6 cyl Catetpillar engine. Jack Seaton Kenworth K100, No.83, with Caterpilar tractor on. Cover Girl waiting for load of vanguard cars in Melbourne with 1st low loader goose neck car carrier in Australia, Early 50's. |
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Members Section / General Truck talk / Welcome to TMP
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on: January 04, 2009, 01:13:12 am
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Hi everyone, welcome to the new improved TMP. At this stage we are still only setting this site up so if you have any suggestion's for this forum such as new section's for particular area's of interest within trucking please feel free to let me know. we wil start off with a general section and grow from there.
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Members Section / Forum rules / Forum rules
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on: January 04, 2009, 01:08:35 am
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The following rules are to be followed at all times to keep this site a pleasent and enjoyable site for all to use
1. Now swearing - the use of hard swearring word's will get you banned
2. Do not post pornagraphic images
3. This site is an all ages site so do not abuse or harrass any other member - anyone who feel's they are being treated unfairly please contact me via personal message or e mail
4. Play fair people and let's have a good time sharing all those great pictures and information we all have to give
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Members Section / Welcome / Posting pictures in this site
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on: January 04, 2009, 12:54:06 am
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To improve the general access for everone to this site I would ask all people who wish to post their own pictrues to use an outside hosting site such as Photobucket,Webshot's,Imageshack,etc.
This will allow everyone inclueding people who use Dail up services to have better access to the information displayed in this site.
I have restricted the full size of pictures to 800x600 so to be able to view large picture thumbnail's will be the only option.
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Trucks by Make and Model / Dodge / Other Model's
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on: December 03, 2008, 10:07:23 am
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Do you know the model number's of these truck's??? If so E mail me and i will add the informationClick to EnlargeKew  model 233 VK 62        
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lol ..............hmm i'll have to look into that might take a while 
