At that time, Border Coaches operated an interstate service from Boggabilla to Brisbane, without a permit to pick up passengers within Queensland.
Skennar purchased the service and operated it using two newly acquired side-loading vehicles (an International and a Dodge).
The Warwick terminus moved in 1952 to the Shell Garage, and the service was later extended at its western end to Tenterfield.
One of these conversions utilised the lengthened chassis of a former fire engine, subsequently bodied (in timber) by Watt Brothers Coach builders in Brisbane.
[1][7] Skennars operated a fleet primarily of Denning and GBW bodied International coaches.