DIG:
This is the Super Pit Gold mine in Kalgoorlie Western Australia, the bucket shown takes 3 to 4 loads to fill the the haul trucks which hold a payload of 280 tonnes.Dig
Nice pics Dig, I hate to think how much money this lot cost ! 
jsutherland:
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A small history about Econofreight I came across.The firm of Econofreight was a specialist in the Heavy Haulage sector in the UK in the 1980s, and 90s before being sold off to ALE by the then owner, Brambles group of Australia.
Econofreight absorbed several well known names in the Heavy Haulage field over the years and a lot of well know trucks passed through there hands. Several are in preservation in the colours of either Econofreight or one of the other famous owners.
The firm of Wynns merged with Sunters in about 1986 to form United Heavy Transport, who then merged with Econofreight which then rebranded as Econofreight Heavy Transport Ltd. This was then brought by Brambles Group of Australia to add to there engineering divisons (which include some of GKN operations). Later they sold Econofreight off to ALE after splitting some operations off. Brambles sold a lot of the STGO cat2 Trucks and trailers to SARENS of Belgium UK subsidary, who had also acquired the well known heavy haulage firm of GE Curtis.
An interesting fact is that ALE’s boss Roger Harris started his life working for Wynns.
Source: Econofreight | Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki | Fandom
Interesting John when I arrived in WA in 1969 Brambles were a major player in road haulage here and ran a large fleet of general and freezer trailers, some company trucks and some sub contractors but their Heavy Haulage fleet of low loaders and Mack tractor units which included at least one Nicolas trailer exclusively company drivers.
I recall watching a team of their men loading a module for an off shore production well on to a dum barge in Onslow,it had to be done in the period before and after full tide with the barge being continuously ballasted with sea water being pumped into and out of ballast tanks below the decks.The R700 Macks had a 12 speed Mack box with a spicer under drive joey box and when in bog cog it would take a blade of grass 5mins to pass the length of a fuel tank.
An incredible feat of operation I thought at the time.Not sure of the weight but many hundreds of tons
A pity they have disappeared into the world of also rans in transport at least here in WA.
I didn’t know of their involvement in the Uk and Europe so interesting facts you have come up with, well done.
Thanks Deano your library of facts and photos is second to none.
Cheers Dig
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jsutherland:
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A small history about Econofreight I came across.The firm of Econofreight was a specialist in the Heavy Haulage sector in the UK in the 1980s, and 90s before being sold off to ALE by the then owner, Brambles group of Australia.
Econofreight absorbed several well known names in the Heavy Haulage field over the years and a lot of well know trucks passed through there hands. Several are in preservation in the colours of either Econofreight or one of the other famous owners.
The firm of Wynns merged with Sunters in about 1986 to form United Heavy Transport, who then merged with Econofreight which then rebranded as Econofreight Heavy Transport Ltd. This was then brought by Brambles Group of Australia to add to there engineering divisons (which include some of GKN operations). Later they sold Econofreight off to ALE after splitting some operations off. Brambles sold a lot of the STGO cat2 Trucks and trailers to SARENS of Belgium UK subsidary, who had also acquired the well known heavy haulage firm of GE Curtis.
An interesting fact is that ALE’s boss Roger Harris started his life working for Wynns.
Source: Econofreight | Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki | Fandom
Stroll on Johnny,i thought this was one of Patrick’s posts when i read it ! Nice one ! [emoji38] [emoji38]
Funny enough i have an article about Econofreight !
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Thanks Dean. Hopefully the young one, aka Patrick, won’t be offended with you putting my humble post in the same league as his. A nice compliment for me though
You seem to have an Aladdin’s cave of articles for all occasions!! Top man.
Regards
Johnny
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DIG:
jsutherland:
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A small history about Econofreight I came across.The firm of Econofreight was a specialist in the Heavy Haulage sector in the UK in the 1980s, and 90s before being sold off to ALE by the then owner, Brambles group of Australia.
Econofreight absorbed several well known names in the Heavy Haulage field over the years and a lot of well know trucks passed through there hands. Several are in preservation in the colours of either Econofreight or one of the other famous owners.
The firm of Wynns merged with Sunters in about 1986 to form United Heavy Transport, who then merged with Econofreight which then rebranded as Econofreight Heavy Transport Ltd. This was then brought by Brambles Group of Australia to add to there engineering divisons (which include some of GKN operations). Later they sold Econofreight off to ALE after splitting some operations off. Brambles sold a lot of the STGO cat2 Trucks and trailers to SARENS of Belgium UK subsidary, who had also acquired the well known heavy haulage firm of GE Curtis.
An interesting fact is that ALE’s boss Roger Harris started his life working for Wynns.
Source: Econofreight | Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki | Fandom
Interesting John when I arrived in WA in 1969 Brambles were a major player in road haulage here and ran a large fleet of general and freezer trailers, some company trucks and some sub contractors but their Heavy Haulage fleet of low loaders and Mack tractor units which included at least one Nicolas trailer exclusively company drivers.
I recall watching a team of their men loading a module for an off shore production well on to a dum barge in Onslow,it had to be done in the period before and after full tide with the barge being continuously ballasted with sea water being pumped into and out of ballast tanks below the decks.The R700 Macks had a 12 speed Mack box with a spicer under drive joey box and when in bog cog it would take a blade of grass 5mins to pass the length of a fuel tank.
An incredible feat of operation I thought at the time.Not sure of the weight but many hundreds of tons
A pity they have disappeared into the world of also rans in transport at least here in WA.
I didn’t know of their involvement in the Uk and Europe so interesting facts you have come up with, well done.
Thanks Deano your library of facts and photos is second to none.Cheers Dig
Thanks Dig. Very interesting information you have posted here.
Regards
Johnny
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DIG:
jsutherland:
A small history about Econofreight I came across.The firm of Econofreight was a specialist in the Heavy Haulage sector in the UK in the 1980s, and 90s before being sold off to ALE by the then owner, Brambles group of Australia.
Econofreight absorbed several well known names in the Heavy Haulage field over the years and a lot of well know trucks passed through there hands. Several are in preservation in the colours of either Econofreight or one of the other famous owners.
The firm of Wynns merged with Sunters in about 1986 to form United Heavy Transport, who then merged with Econofreight which then rebranded as Econofreight Heavy Transport Ltd. This was then brought by Brambles Group of Australia to add to there engineering divisons (which include some of GKN operations). Later they sold Econofreight off to ALE after splitting some operations off. Brambles sold a lot of the STGO cat2 Trucks and trailers to SARENS of Belgium UK subsidary, who had also acquired the well known heavy haulage firm of GE Curtis.
An interesting fact is that ALE’s boss Roger Harris started his life working for Wynns.
Source: Econofreight | Tractor & Construction Plant Wiki | Fandom
Interesting John when I arrived in WA in 1969 Brambles were a major player in road haulage here and ran a large fleet of general and freezer trailers, some company trucks and some sub contractors but their Heavy Haulage fleet of low loaders and Mack tractor units which included at least one Nicolas trailer exclusively company drivers.
I recall watching a team of their men loading a module for an off shore production well on to a dum barge in Onslow,it had to be done in the period before and after full tide with the barge being continuously ballasted with sea water being pumped into and out of ballast tanks below the decks.The R700 Macks had a 12 speed Mack box with a spicer under drive joey box and when in bog cog it would take a blade of grass 5mins to pass the length of a fuel tank.
An incredible feat of operation I thought at the time.Not sure of the weight but many hundreds of tons
A pity they have disappeared into the world of also rans in transport at least here in WA.
I didn’t know of their involvement in the Uk and Europe so interesting facts you have come up with, well done.
Thanks Deano your library of facts and photos is second to none.Cheers Dig
Always reckoned Brambles was some sort of investment company, regarding their history of what happened in the UK…
So had a wee search on the net and found all sorts of interesting pic’s, indeed a major player in the heavy haulage scene DIG.
Cheers Johnny for digging up the info And no, I’m not offended in any way, we all bring something to the table don’t we
Might be of interest to DIG, this with permission from Evan Richards along with his quote
“Here is quite an interesting truck. It’s an Australian built Leader Challenger. Leader went under in the late 80’s unfortunitly but you still see a few of their cabovers running around. Interestingly, the cabover shared the same cab as the F-series Mack. This Leader was photographed in about 1984. It has a Cat 3406, Spicer gearbox and was going serious heavy haulage for Brambles.”
Cheers Oily
oiltreader:
Might be of interest to DIG, this with permission from Evan Richards along with his quote
“Here is quite an interesting truck. It’s an Australian built Leader Challenger. Leader went under in the late 80’s unfortunitly but you still see a few of their cabovers running around. Interestingly, the cabover shared the same cab as the F-series Mack. This Leader was photographed in about 1984. It has a Cat 3406, Spicer gearbox and was going serious heavy haulage for Brambles.”
Cheers Oily
Cheers Oily! At first I thought it was some sort of upgraded International… 
Cheers Oily! That Hallet Silbermann Scanny is a tidy looking wagon eh
oiltreader:
Might be of interest to DIG, this with permission from Evan Richards along with his quote
“Here is quite an interesting truck. It’s an Australian built Leader Challenger. Leader went under in the late 80’s unfortunitly but you still see a few of their cabovers running around. Interestingly, the cabover shared the same cab as the F-series Mack. This Leader was photographed in about 1984. It has a Cat 3406, Spicer gearbox and was going serious heavy haulage for Brambles.”
Cheers Oily
Thanks Oily I do remember the Leader although the Challenger name dosent ring a bell and looking at the Pics I think that Brambles model was built for the heavy tractor freight with the sides vents above the wheel arches for better air flow through the engine etc at low speeds but they did produce a model for the road train industry with similar engine g/box diff specs,I have pictured below the units I remember.
I think competing with the large american trucks with similar specs wasn’t feasible here price wise and although a reasonable product was to expensive to buy and maintain.
Ford had a unit called an LNT 9000 which had similar looks to the Leader but Ford wouldn’t copy someone else surely.lol
Cheers Dig
Any idea of the make of HF 03 CEX? Maybe American?
pv83:
oiltreader:
Might be of interest to DIG, this with permission from Evan Richards along with his quote
“Here is quite an interesting truck. It’s an Australian built Leader Challenger. Leader went under in the late 80’s unfortunitly but you still see a few of their cabovers running around. Interestingly, the cabover shared the same cab as the F-series Mack. This Leader was photographed in about 1984. It has a Cat 3406, Spicer gearbox and was going serious heavy haulage for Brambles.”
Cheers OilyCheers Oily! At first I thought it was some sort of upgraded International…
Thanks Patrick you certainly kicked the Brambles door open good stuff.I did do a bit of checking on the net but failed dismally compared to your sleuthing but one thing I did unearth Brambles are still well and kicking here in Aus now operating mainly in the mining sector transport wise,mainly haul road on site operation but they do have a couple of on highway operations with at present Volvo prime movers and 2 and 3 side tipper bulk trailers here in WA.
They now operate under the name of BIS Industries,[Brambles industrial Services]
Cheers Dig
pv83:
Cheers Oily! That Hallet Silbermann Scanny is a tidy looking wagon eh
I notice a good percentage of the trucks have a row of driving lights across the roof which surprises me a tad as with your traffic volumes i would have thought it possibly something rarely used,when I took a new Crusader for its inspection for licensing here in Perth in 1973 they made me remove the lights we had mounted just below the windscreen as deemed to high and would cause problems to other road users,all the roos and cattle in the unfenced stations of the north of course didn’t count but even now I believe there is a maximum height of 4 feet from the ground although after licensing I have seen spots mounted on the top bar of bull bars.
Some nice looking units here though.
Cheers Dig
Froggy55:
Any idea of the make of HF 03 CEX? Maybe American?
Yes American, an Oshkosh.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshkosh_Corporation
Oily