Newbie from Dubbo, NSW Australia

[huppypuppy]

Mike,

There's two types of B-Double you have photographed - the 19m ones are unrestricted access while the 25/26m ones are restricted access.

The restricted access (25/26m) B-Doubles are not allowed east of Lithgow - they usually send semis down from Dubbo to Sydney anyway! The unrestricted access B-Doubles are allowed to use all roads in NSW while the restricted access B-Doubles are mainly restricted to the Newell and Hume Highways!

Joe

[Pat Bourke]

Greetings Joe, from Ireland. Welcome to T&B, good bunch of lads on here. Looking forward to your photos and chat.
Cheers Pat.

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Former T Cab Driver

[huppypuppy]

Originally Posted by Pat Bourke

Greetings Joe, from Ireland. Welcome to T&B, good bunch of lads on here. Looking forward to your photos and chat.
Cheers Pat. Former T Cab Driver

Howdy Pat,

Check out the gallery - I have been fairly busy putting some pics in! And thanks for the welcome!

Joe

[hilifta]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for your response.
I am very curious now. Surely all those long B-dubs that I shot heading to and from Lithgow were not all turning round at Lithgow. After all it's not that big. So where else would they be going. There seemed to be heaps of Finnemore's and Booth's long rigs, plus those big turd haulers, as you so sweetly call them!.
In Sydney I saw a lot of the long B-dubs also, check out those big Cootes tankers. (I assume that a b-dub hauling a 20 and a 40ft container constitutes a long truck).

I recently posted a photo of an Owens International that I labeled as an ACCO. A member told me that it was not an ACCO but a 2700. I did some checking and it appears to have an ACCO cab, but is a 2700 model. So surely it is still an ACCO.
Are you able to clarify this at all.

Sorry for all the questions, but you seem to be much more up with the play than me.

Rgds/Mike

[huppypuppy]

Mike,

I'm only too glad to help!

Re: 25/26m B-Doubles: They just split at Lithgow - another driver comes down with another truck and takes the other trailer into Sydney

Re: the ACCO/2700: If the truck in question looks like a T2670 with the more modern (at the time) International black and yellow badge, it will be a T2700 - if not, it would be a ACCO!

Have you got a link to the truck in question (ACCO/2700) so I can confirm what I have just said???

Joe

[hilifta]

Hi Joe,

I have just tried to add a link, but can't seem to make it work, I'm a bit thick when it comes to computors.
Just type in International ACCO and it should come up tho.

Mike

[G-CPTN]

http://www.truckandbusforum.com/gall...age.php?i=9101

[huppypuppy]

Thanks G-CPTN!

Mike, to actually confirm what I said in my earlier post about the truck, it (and this one: http://www.truckandbusforum.com/gall...php?i=9210&c=2) are both T2700 models!

Joe

[coastie]

A very warm welcome from the usually sunny Isle of Anglesey, Huppypuppy.

[audiman m6 aen]

Hello Joe
Welcome to the forum, I have had a look at your pictures and left a couple of comments. Look forward to seeing more.
All the best
Alan