PLAN B

New Truck Comes Home.

This 1989 Ford LTL prime mover was bought in May 1994 because of the total impossibility of getting work in this area. It had already travelled 1.05 million kilometres and weighed in at 8.9 tonnes. It had a 350 horsepower Caterpillar diesel motor.

Neil & Peter Checking out Truck.

The number plate of the prime mover was BAH and for the trailer it was QAQ so it was a real zoo. But the truck had to have a name and "PLAN B" was the obvious choice.

The Obvious Name for the Truck.

New Tarpaulin for PLAN B.

It went to work straight away carting mainly steel between Newcastle and Brisbane.

Amber & New Sign Writing.

The PUP and PLAN B

When it was sold in 1998, it had 1.9 million kilometres on the clock so it did a lot of running up and down the highway. PLAN B is still working but not under that name and with different sign writing. I was totally amazed that I saw the truck on the highway one day and actually recognised it.


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