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  1. BillyT

    Mrs mack Paul ,you mentioned the Hand built Hippo,Our freightliner was originally built by consolidated freightways mechanics in their Portland Oregon shop.they needed a short lightweight tractor that could pull longer trailers and haul more weight,hence the aluminum cab.this being the result of heavily enforced weight and length laws.The infamous DOT officers! I suspect they only wanted to get their cattle and freight hauled in Australia.

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    2. BillyT

      BillyT

      Are you talking about the laws they have today,or the ones when the Hippo was built? Did they pass a law against two engined trucks in general or did it affect only that one design?

    3. mrsmackpaul

      mrsmackpaul

      Rhodes Ridley was two wide you can have two engine trucks but not that wide 

      I think the laws were always there just not enforced gotta understand how remote that part of Australia was back then and even is today but the law is there these days well and truly 

       

       

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