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Model Speed Patrol grader that things started to
improve. However, it was when the larger AD3
and AD4 graders took over from the medium-
sized, and very popular, D Model graders in 1947
that things kicked into gear.
After the Second World War, Tutt Bryant
retrieved Caterpillar, Buckeye and Allis Chalmers
equipment from the American Armed Forces
in New Guinea by loading them onto the ship
Reynella and transporting them back to Australia
for refit, refurb and resale.
The American soldiers armed with the task
of selling and moving the war’s excess machinery
were overrun with cigarettes, of which they
freely gave to the Aussies involved in the
machinery purchases.Knowing full well that contraband was illegal and
in true Aussie spirit, a few of the boys decided
to run the risk with a quick grab for cash by
smuggling hundreds of cartons of cigarettes
into the tube of a Buckeye scraper.
Fully repaired and with the scraper clearly
marked with chalk for easy identification, the
boys sat back and only had to wait until the
machinery arrived in Australia to make a killing.
However, on the return voyage the captain of
the boat (although fully unaware of the Dirty
Deeds Done Dirt Cheap scheme) decided to
charter himself through the Reef, only to run
aground, decimating the front hold of the ship
and destroying the cargo and the contraband.
Bugger!Above: Waiting for a refurb
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2006 CAT14HVHP Srs II. Greatcond,trimble
ready,owner/operator. • QLD 0418774439$187,000 DIY956931
2010 CAT140K140H 140M 12H.Loadsof
options.•QLD 07 3073 8189$129,470 TA850158