Bill Baskett Transport. A couple of nicely restored Aussie old-timers including a rare beast for Biglorryblog

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've been chatting via e-mail with Cam McFayden, not least about Toowoomba, the town in Queensland where a lot of big transport and roadtrain companies are based including Bill Baskett, who I did a story on in Truck & Driver back in 2001. Well Cam tells me he knows Bill and he's sent me a couple of Bill's old-timers. So fo a pie what's this one above?It's not one I've seen before and looks a bit of a rare beast to Biglorryblog's untutored eyes.

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I've certainly seen this one before...but what is it? Now click through here for one more...

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One giving the other a lift..thanks Cam

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Can I cheat cause I was at that shop with my AACO Can I can I HUH???

Peter Lynch

Well I think the red one is a Magirus Deutz Jupiter.

Bob Tuck

I used to think that every bonneted Leyland six wheeler was a Super Hippo but I recall seeing something that Aus had a small batch of similar six wheelers called Buffalo. So now I'm a bit wary. It certainly has the look of being a lightweight Super Hippo - if there ever was such a thing.

Cam McFadyen

It`s a Buffalo Bob,I must admit I know five eigths of very little about Pommie Lorry names,but every one here calls it a Buffalo.It was a big truck in it`s day,very early sixty`s,and was one of Channel transport`s Road Trains.Channel Transport gets it`s name from the Channel country in far western Queensland.When they get a lot of rain in the gulf of Carpentaria it flows inland and eventually ends up in Lake Eyre,which is ussually dry.It`s a bit of a rare occurance,but it is a sight to see an arial photo of the channel country in flood.

Atkipete is correct on the Magirus - it is a Juptier because I am in touch with a bloke over in the UK who has a website dedicated to the Magirus Deutz brand... his name is Roland Sparling and I won't put the website here for fear of violating any posting rules! Roland is a pretty clued up guy when it comes to the Magirus Deutz - ask me and I will tell ya!

When driving 1972 in Oz the deutz were called flying primuses as they were supposed to overheat on the hills and run cool on the flat, being air cooled

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