mrsmackpaul

I agree, big loads are exhausting for me as I'm on edge the whole time Even if I can drive okay, there's always a lot of people in a urgent hurry around me, and we only have a tiny population compared to the U.S. Paul

That is amazing that a diesel isn't offered, so much more fuel efficient I wonder if a truck called be purchased in a neighbouring state and then registered in California ? Paul

The Drake trailer shown is a 50 ton or 110,000 pound trailer with a dolly, or jeep or converter dolly or what ever it's called in the U.S. And thats a 50 ton load, so still a heavy duty trailer Our low loaders have a lot more ground clearance than the U.S. style and we don't get stuck on railway crossings but drivers occasionally hit a over head bridge as they seem to in the U.S. as well 5.4 meters (clearance sign on bridge in the video) is 17' 8" in the old measurements 4.6 or 15 feet is as tall as we can go with a normal permit, so old mate holding the steering wheel has some explaining to do I have shifted much higher than 15 feet but there's a lot more paperwork and I need to measure the route myself and check it myself and accept full responsibility myself I think near big cities in Australia the rules get even stricter, Swishman will have the good oil on that Paul

Swishy is talking about trailers like this Drake float Deck fully widens and axles are like the float mentioned in this thread I have seen these style of floats, swing wing types Also need to remember that the conditions in Australia are very different than the U.S. Higher axle limits, loads can be much higher and gross weights are a lot higher and from my experience, the U.S. roads are much smoother That been said, welding these axles together would then mean having to add pivots to the ends of the walking beams and the axles to allow them to oscillate Everything is doable, but I feel it's gunna be much cheaper to fix whats there than cut it all out and start again Paul

White smoke generally means air in the fuel So if it was getting air in through the leaky line back to the tank and the leak has been fixed, it would make sense it smokes less now Paul

The quickest and cheapest option by far is to repair what is already there Already have s cam brakes and thats most of the battle with older floats and smaller wheels I don't see fix this low loaders suspension up as a big drama I certainly wouldn't be reinventing the wheel here, just fix it up properly and it we ill out last any of us And it easily be capable of shifting a old D7 3T or 17 A Paul

I have never seen a axle ser up like this, however it should be all fixable I'm sure that line boring must be common in the U.S. like Australia We can get line boring people to come to site, whether it's your back yard or down paddock or on some building site in the middle of a big city They can weld the pivot bores up and then make them perfectly square with the trailer and then bore the holes out And then match the walking beams perfectly with the trunions, the bit welded to the trailer And presto, it's like new again, providing you keep it greased up ot will out last all of us Paul

Thankyou to all the veterans that were in Vietnam, both yours and mine Paul

Yes a lot depends on we're your respective country is in the workd and the lack of friendly waters to sail through The "tyranny of distance" still applies to Australia and NewZealand It really effects our countries when things like this happen That been said, I wouldn't live anywhere else but Australia Paul

Yep, tis turning into a mess really quick Dunno if the people that started this latest bun fight have fully thought it through Anyway, the joys of living in a global world Paul

I have done the conversion for you all U.S. dollars $8.28 per U.S. gallon for diesel nearest fuel place to me in Australia I guess it is all relative and good for us all NewZealand is even worse than Australia at the moment Paul

Well more productive than me, truck wise anyway Even work wise was a lot of cluster fuckery today Paul

Well we are just gunna have to wait for the next exciting chapter Stay tuned viewers 😉😉😉 Paul

Great stuff, always a big step forward getting it going Well done Paul