Buzzer
peterm:
Nice pic’s Oily. The 66 is a bit different to the last time I saw it.
Thanks peterm 
Oily
Thanks to Buzzer for the photos … the bar stool 
Oily
Highland Road Run May 2023 Brilliant turnout well done to those who preserve these wagons and other motors.
I was snapping away when this Beaver pulled in the co-pilot jumps oot “ye widna hae a drop water wid ye” well having a campervan there’s always a flask o water for tea making so duly obliged, Beaver cooled a cheery wave and onwards.
Buzzer:
Buzzer
Buntine
Bit after my time, bogie drive and tri-axles, but Noel himself did drive one of those new fangled ones with enough traction, together with the destroyed anthills, to drag us out of the rivers.
Always did feel a bit sorry for all those ants though. 
Don’t fret about the ants David, between Cloncurry and Normanton, there are more ants than people in the world and that’s only what you can see from the road.
Star down under.:
Don’t fret about the ants David, between Cloncurry and Normanton, there are more ants than people in the world and that’s only what you can see from the road.
Ant’s are people too y’know, they all have Mummies and Daddies.
Spardo:
Star down under.:
Don’t fret about the ants David, between Cloncurry and Normanton, there are more ants than people in the world and that’s only what you can see from the road.Ant’s are people too y’know, they all have Mummies and Daddies.
I reckon where the ant beds were sheared off by dozers or graders the resulting patch of super hard pin down scattered along the roads/tracks down jolted the spine to half length and the ants surly had the last laugh.
I can’t quite make out the name on the bonnet but I believe that truck was called "Call of the Wild "I Noels wife named all the trucks of that era.I came across it quite a bit at times the trailers and crates were Haulmark build and were the first of the Volume crates where the chassis rails were on the outside of the crates allowing the floors to be sunk lower in the frames giving more height on the decks our crates built on standard chassis had less deck height plus a higher centre of gravity.
Dig
DIG:
Spardo:
Star down under.:
Don’t fret about the ants David, between Cloncurry and Normanton, there are more ants than people in the world and that’s only what you can see from the road.Ant’s are people too y’know, they all have Mummies and Daddies.
I reckon where the ant beds were sheared off by dozers or graders the resulting patch of super hard pin down scattered along the roads/tracks down jolted the spine to half length and the ants surly had the last laugh.
I can’t quite make out the name on the bonnet but I believe that truck was called "Call of the Wild "I Noels wife named all the trucks of that era.I came across it quite a bit at times the trailers and crates were Haulmark build and were the first of the Volume crates where the chassis rails were on the outside of the crates allowing the floors to be sunk lower in the frames giving more height on the decks our crates built on standard chassis had less deck height plus a higher centre of gravity.
Dig
You could be right, but I don’t remember any of the trucks being named in my time there, certainly mine wasn’t and I’m pretty sure that the only A motor, the one that Noel drove, wasn’t either. But I could be wrong, time and memory etc… What I do know is that one of the first, maybe the first, was named The High and the Mighty and I believe he named more than one with that name subsequently.
oiltreader:
Buntine on the Landsborough Highway Kynuna Cloncurry 1979.
Oily
On the left of that first picture is the iconic Blue Healer Hotel, noted for its great steaks and cold beer, of which I’ve sampled both on numerous occasions.
The photographer is looking south.
Good ones Oily , your finding some history there, the KW 8 wheeler body truck with single deck trailers was based at Wyndham depo and was driven Vi , the first time I saw the High and Mighty and its sister truck were Mack 8wheeler units with double decker crates and each truck had 3 dog trailers, the sister truck was named "The King and I.
Quite a spectacle coming towards me in the hills south of Timber Creek.
The KW below was called the Drifter when it was a Buntine truck it became the King Leopold when it joined our fleet.
Dig
DIG:
Good ones Oily , your finding some history there, the KW 8 wheeler body truck with single deck trailers was based at Wyndham depo and was driven Vi , the first time I saw the High and Mighty and its sister truck were Mack 8wheeler units with double decker crates and each truck had 3 dog trailers, the sister truck was named "The King and I.
Quite a spectacle coming towards me in the hills south of Timber Creek.The KW below was called the Drifter when it was a Buntine truck it became the King Leopold when it joined our fleet.
Dig
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The Mack driver would have earned his coin, best case scenario would be 320 Coolpower. We knew no better in the old days.
Thanks to DIG and Buzzer for the photos also Star down under for the link .
Oily
A few more from the Highland Road Run at the weekend close on 80 entries altogether.
Star down under.:
DIG:
Good ones Oily , your finding some history there, the KW 8 wheeler body truck with single deck trailers was based at Wyndham depo and was driven Vi , the first time I saw the High and Mighty and its sister truck were Mack 8wheeler units with double decker crates and each truck had 3 dog trailers, the sister truck was named "The King and I.
Quite a spectacle coming towards me in the hills south of Timber Creek.The KW below was called the Drifter when it was a Buntine truck it became the King Leopold when it joined our fleet.
Dig
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The Mack driver would have earned his coin, best case scenario would be 320 Coolpower. We knew no better in the old days.
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SDU the cab over Macks had a 370hp V8 under the hood I.m pretty sure they were a maxi dine engine.Dig
DIG:
Star down under.:
DIG:
Good ones Oily , your finding some history there, the KW 8 wheeler body truck with single deck trailers was based at Wyndham depo and was driven Vi , the first time I saw the High and Mighty and its sister truck were Mack 8wheeler units with double decker crates and each truck had 3 dog trailers, the sister truck was named "The King and I.
Quite a spectacle coming towards me in the hills south of Timber Creek.The KW below was called the Drifter when it was a Buntine truck it became the King Leopold when it joined our fleet.
Dig
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The Mack driver would have earned his coin, best case scenario would be 320 Coolpower. We knew no better in the old days.
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SDU the cab over Macks had a 370hp V8 under the hood I.m pretty sure they were a maxi dine engine.Dig
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Thanks Dig, I thought F models only went up to 320hp, bigger numbers only available in the later Cruiseliner. I bow to your superior knowledge of the marque.
I have to confess SDU I dived on google to clarify my remarks as I knew the V8 was in use at that time as a company I worked for at that time had 2 Super liner type units with V8s in and then Buntine purchased several some cab over and some bonneted types.
Its my belief Mack made these units available to the cattle industry to keep Kenworths at bay as they supplyied units with 350 ■■■■■■■ who then later the 400hp ■■■■■■■ with Mack bringing out the 400hp V8 EM9 series.
This Mack unit below was supplied in 1976ish with the V8 the photo was taken in 1979 when I drove the KW from new with a series 2 400hp ■■■■■■■
Dig
