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Just undo the bung on the bottom of the tank until water turns to diesel and then put the bung back in Years ago blokes would build a levy bank arpund the trucks with shovels aetc while they are still flooded in They would then bail the water out and then slowly work their way back down shoveling the mud out from all the axles etc while waiting for the area to dry out They were stuck there for up to two weeks waiting and this filled in time I have a video of my mates tripple roadtrain flooded in, not quite this bad When I spoke to him he reckons the bearing suppliers liked hime after buying a lot of wheel bearings and seals lol I'll have to track it down one day Paul

Image only came my way yesterday A few years ago now someone took a happy snap of me heading off to couple up into a road train in north Queensland

You could probably start it and move it out of there but it’s probably stuck in mud as well

Shifted a Ford H47 CK excavator yesterday and today, had a crook final drive Was quite the challenge to load, had to winch one side and drive the other good side, a lot of slipping and sliding to get it on Came off easier First Ford excavator I have ever seen in the flesh Paul

Not my photo, but saw it and thought, why not ? So I did

Good luck on the progress! L's are my favorites.

Thank you,, It is a balancing act between time and money,, when business is good, no time to work on it,, It slows down and I worry about spending too much on it , it’s mostly super time consuming, I’ve had it 40, years, I should have not waited so long to restore it.

Is that a Ontario truck?

Someone spotted us heading tp Mildura today Does me ass really look this big ? Paul

Mrs Mack at Manangatang in Victorias wheet belt "The Mallee"

Sorry I tried to load a comment yesterday The photo is from the Mack Australia facebook page so shifted across for all to enjoy, even those without facebook Caption from the photo bellow #ThrowbackThursday to 1966 where this hardworking B61T Mack is ploughing through the bulldust near Surat in South Central Queensland. Bull dust on dirt roads was very common until the beef roads scheme in 70's started The dirt gets that pulverized it goes like talcum powder and feels like your driving thru deep water as pulls you from side to side Lots of speed is required and on long sections it is some times required to hook road trains together with "stiff bars" or towing poles to push and pull each other thru I haven't had Mrs Mack in bull dust like that in over ten years, its very hard on the truck, the driver and the load I will drive a few extra hundred miles around the road than push thru bull dust for miles Paul

man what a sloppy mess,,,,brand new trucks,,,but photo looks 80s,,,bob

Back when trucks were trucks

yes Paul, castrol brand is here in the states.

Man that shit is tight thanks for the post I haven’t seen one in a long time around here anyway .. bob

Clean air, not just from dirt but also from turbulance from the truck moving thru the air On cab over trucks of this vintage it was worked that the gap between the cab and trailer was under vacuum when traveling fast This sucked dirt in but also meant the engine was running like it would on high mountain Paul

Okay one more short clip of flood crossings in cool looking trucks Have a great day everyone Paul

That weould be the rare exception, not the rule for truck drivers I think like anywhere in the city or the country most times things go this wrong we probably shouldn't of even been there in the beginning if we had of used common sense Paul

That is what a real truck looks like!! .....Hippy

Not much more of a job than to give a bath to Miss Molly.

Miss Molly??

CE Jones Trucking in from Cuberland,VA had at least 4 in his fleet just like this. They were 350's with 9 speeds. The blue stripes really looked good. CF Marion has one of them now.

If the steer tires ain't on the road, they will never wear out. 😁

Starting to look good!

i fondly remember Nappi trucks rolling up and down RT#34. a funny story about the Nappi terminal. they used to let us do training with the fire department there. one day the call came in for a hazmat spill with men down in the tank wash bay. i pulled in with the 85 foot aerial ladder and was setting up when an OSHA man came over and slapped all of us on the truck with big red dead stickers. seems the front bumper of the truck was 2 inches over the "safe line". lesson learned. stay far back !!

Yes , I have it on a pallet now, and clamped down , I took the rear cab panel and other parts to my local sheet metal shop, should start putting some back on next week, I will send more pictures,, Thank you! The cab panel saved me Tons of work!

My friend had his MP10 605 Titan all deleted and it still had engine troubles. But that's just the way it is now, no matter the brand. I sure love your Superliner though. That was my favorite stripe scheme.

Long and sleek, very nice

The Hay plains are the flattest place on earth, literally the flattest spot The only place were you can see the curvature of the earth whilst standing on the earth I know people will talk about the Bonneville salt flats but you can only tell its curved by comparing it to telegraph poles etc The Hay plains can be seen with nothing more than the naked eye

And what a fleet, yes it is neat as pin and not over done as a lot of trucks appear to be these days Looks great to me Paul

Thank you, it's the pride of my fleet......wait, it IS my fleet, but it works everyday and does everything I expect of it. It's old and a little slow...just like me.

That is one nice looking R model!

Doesn't seem like that long ago every jobsite had tandem dumps on it

I see a Cobra float almost every time I drive thru Toronto That sure was a sharp looking R model.

180,000 lbs gvwc

Well I'm officially jealous 😁😆, how good is that ? 😛😍 Paul

man,,,,,thats really as hot looking rig you have there bud....bob

Dont worry Swishman I don't know two tenths of stuff all about them either I need one and I like the old McGrath trailers Their tough and seem to last, got me a chassis tipper as I reckon theres less chance of putting it on its side Then I passed one yesterday on a float that has well and truly been on its side Maybe my plan is flawed ??? Paul

thier both badass,,,thanks for sharing ....bob

LOL.. Yes!! I Love it.. It is a Family project. I found it on Ebay about a year ago where the guy was selling the hood and going to part it out. I begged, borrowed and stole to get the money and bout her. It is an early factory air conditioned truck too!! Build sheet from Mack says Kysor but it looks to be a RedDot unit. All original and I am the 3rd owner. We have been gathering parts and still need a few things. These Western trucks are very different and parts are weird.. The 1/32 trucks are a LOT cheaper to maintain and repair and I have a lot to catch up on.. LOL.. We have to decide if we should keep the original 290 Cummins in it or swap for an 8V71T Detroit. I am not sure what is involved, available, or needed as far as mounting, brackets etc. to convert it over. I will be looking for advice on here if we do decide.

You don't see the Uniroyal airfoils much anymore. .....Hippy

bought it from a friend of mine he bought it from the original owner

This LTL has a 5x2x3 total 27 forward, 6 reverse from Mack. It was not uncommon for West Coast trucks. Duplex into a 3 speed Brownie. As for something to actually drive and haul the Superliner is it. It will pull anything and not break a sweat. It dynoed at 1138hp to the wheels years back and had more to go, dyno quit reading! Have to have power steering, A/C, air ride suspension, air ride cab, air ride seat, to be a little comfortable. I drive the RW, Phoenix to Macungie, no way with the LTL or B-755. they would shake my guts out! Maybe the MH when I get that one together if it were close to stock. I'm going drag racing with it. Really turned up twin turbo E9, Diesel/alcohol, with an HT754 Allison 5 speed automatic. Yes the 4 that I got are the best looking of the Mack Pack. I am not getting any more. One more thing if you want something nice, you got to pay or scrounge for parts for years, and parts are getting harder to come by. It took 10 years to get all the parts together when the B was restored about 8 years ago. I bought the LTL complete for far less than what was in it and had to redo all the sheet metal. Putting another $25K and all my work in it for what you see. It is one of about three in the world that still has all 141 aluminum castings it was born with to make it an LTL.

we got the watch dogs at the gate

My Scania 142e and Mack Superliner E9 in the Netherlands

Rugers and Macks...2 quality products.

It’s either Australia or the surface of Mars.

think i saw this truck at a show,,in fontana,,california...bob

wow,,i have a model like that,,just tractor,,not together yet,,,nice job.bob