Brocky

Yes Paul, Sausage in Australia is very different from what we get up here. Tastes like Sawdust!!!!! Your bacon is also closer to the country ham we have . A couple of the breakfast buffets we ate at on the tour had both Aussie and American bacon on them.

That is a good oil, although I use Shell Rotella in all my vehicles.

Welcome to BMT!!! Pictures are always welcome also!!!! Please start another topic in the Antique and Classic section. What year and specs on the CH??? Being in the States I can not advise you on what the Aussie engineering and inspection people will have to say. I know they are stricter than what we have up here. Maybe Mrs Mack Paul can help you there?? You can PM him thru this website. I drove a 2006 Freightliner for 5 years with a factory air ride steering axle. To be honest I never looked it over close to see how it was assembled, but am pretty sure it had at least one leaf spring. When I first got it, when you hit a bump it seemed like it wanted to wander, go where it wanted, a lot like when we first got radial tires on the steering and still had bias on the drives. After while I guess I got used to it?? This was a sleeper operation and I believe it rode a little better than the 9600 Inter I got out of???

I am glad I am now in Rebel Territory!!! 30 right now with a high in the low 40's, BUT with a wind chill taking 10 to 15 degrees off that.

I may have posted these earlier, But here is the last R-700 model made in Australia:

We are in a crazy spell.. High 70's last Wed thru Fri, 50's today and 40's Sunday?? What is the spring opposite of an Indian Summer in the fall??

Two ways: First is the free Postimage.com website. Follow the directions, I know this works from a desktop, but not sure about from a phone??? Second is to join BMT.. Send Barry the $75(??) dollars and the system will work for you.

There should be a plate inside the passenger door, either on the door jam or near the seat.. Also it should be stamped in the right side frame rail near the steering axle rear spring hanger. There are others on here that may be able to get you closer. The first letters and numbers will be the model number, followed by a 5 or 6 digit number.

Welcome to BMT.. Personally I am an "Old Fart" who likes to keep things original, BUT I admire someone who is willing to take on a project like your thoughts are leaning toward.. Please send your serial number to the Mack museum and get the history of this truck first. If Mech's numbers are any where near right, this truck as is may be more valuable the you think and maybe you can find another more common truck for your project.

Great Progress!! Looking good!!

Thank you for the update.. Our prayers are with you and your family for a fast complete recovery.

Dawson, You are the engineer!!!! Keep up the good work.. I hope you can go on to college and become one.. Tom Millard of Brockway restoration fame is an electrical engineer by schooling and trade.

Bob means the Northeast of the USA. Since you are in Turkey, I have no idea of tariffs, import regulations, or shipping?? You might be better off going thru Vlad in Moscow or one of his Dutch contacts in the Netherlands????

G-Day Mates!!!! I have to agree with this man 100%!!! Thank You Hippy!!! All you have to do is You Tube the music of the late Slim Dusty to realize this commentator is correct. They did not nick name Slim "Mr. Australia" for spreading this kind of BS to the Aussie public.

TJC, Good luck with your operation. Our prayers will be with you. A urinary infection is bad enough without finding more problems, But at least you appear to have a good Doc that was willing to look you over good.

Yes, the men who work on power lines in terrible weather conditions do not get either the pay or the respect they deserve. My house heat system is the same as yours. I have a large Eden Air electric heater, which I can run off my generator, is enough to keep the house warm for short periods of time. Our local Electric Coop is very good at responding to calls quickly. For hurricane and ice storms they preposition trucks all over their system so they can respond better/quicker.

It would not be so much fun to be on BMT if everyone stayed on topic!!!

The Mack engineers designed the complete power train to accept the heaviest (and overweight) loads that a customer could put on the truck. As a hobby truck, bobtailing or with a light load of toys, this usage of the entire available power train is not necessary. I would first determine what YOU are going to use the truck for?? If NO heavy work is planned, you can play with the present duplex and enjoy yourself, with out going to the work and expense of swapping transmissions.

Be sure to check input shaft lengths and how it fits your bushing in the flywheel.. You may have to change the length of your drive shaft?? Then check U-joint angles..

We have survived this cold snap.. Down to 10 degrees yesterday and this morning and I still have water with no problems. Yesterday's sun did a great job of melting Saturday's snow. Our road is dry, but by the TV, north of us in Greenville they still have some on their roads. Today's predicted 45+ should cure that, and finish our snow cover.

Osterland in Carlisle PA used the Deutz air cooled engines in their Diamond REO Giants up until about 1990 when the Deutz would not pass EPA regulations anymore.

It has snowed all day here, hard at times.. We have only accumulated about 3-4 inches as the ground is still warm and it is melting from the bottom. Very little on the roads as they melted as it hit. BUT,BUT It is supposed to go down to 10 degrees with some wind chill factor tonight, So they will be a skating rink in the morning!! And thru Monday as well as it is not supposed to warm up enough to dry the roads.

Still NO headache rack or headboard on the trailer?? I will be that driver will insist on them in the future!!!

Just on the TV news. Supposed to start 0600 Saturday morning and by all day give us about 2 to 4 inches.. That will be a major blizzard for these people in the south.. Probably will not get any plows out until Monday??? I will sit home and laugh at them!!

Things have pretty well cleared up around her. BUT we are supposed to get more snow on Saturday.. Was 10*F this morning my pipes held OK.. Supposed to be in the 20's every morning into the middle of next week.