mrsmackpaul

No hoarding issue there I went to blokes place at Allora on the Darling Downs in south west QLD The Princess called me about something, I proudly annouced that I do not have a issue with hoarding as this bloke has 46 Cats under cover I didn't know then that he had a shed of "red stuff and blue stuff and green stuff" owners description His wife a had huge doll collection, he had shed of bakelite radios and the list went on and on Really good down to earth people that obviously had a bit behind them to have all this stuff, but spoke to me like I was just another person A good looking collection of little cats there And you can still get just about every single part for every cat built over the counter, a lesson for other manufacturers perhaps Even if cat don't have the parts they usually point you in the direction of were to get them Me on my old D7 with my lad giving me directions, maybe 20 years ago now He is much bigget than me now Paul

Most drums have part numbers cast into them They also normally have the maximum wear diameter cast into them So maybe drop some wheels off and have a look is the best option Paul

I still have a few Probar axles, very simple and well thought out axle One tool for the nut and for the cap, one spilt pin holds the whole show together Square axle that mounts easily on the springs and spring purchase Paul

Happy birthday Mackey

I would of called these Dana axles, thats what they are tagged in Australia Dana and Spicer I'm pretty sure are the same company I have been told that the U.S. axles dont have a bend in the middle for the road camber, the bend is noticeably to the naked eye as we have apparently fairly steep camber roads compared to the rest of the world Paul

Actual diagram drawn up by the officials ?? The joint is running by a lotta children by the looks of things lol Paul

As already said above, new drums are cheap as are shoes On a new to me, second trailer like this I go a little further S cams out and check and clean all the old grease off, last thing I want is a brake dragging and starting a fire And since the slack adjuster is off pump new grease into into until the old grease stops coming out and really wind it around and around Dunno how this works with automatic slack adjusters, I have never owned one I use diesel every where while cleaning and reassembling everything this, it doesn't dry like normal cleaning products and I believe gives a longer lasting result The locking clamp/dog on the slack adjuster should snap back into locking posistion when done Anyway I'm sure have this Drums and shoes and cleaning things up and lubricating everything is pretty cheap compared to having a issue on the side of the road Oh and I fimd most axles are the same with different hubs for each manufacturer, Im sure they aren't, but most share the sameshoes and drums these days Old Fruehauf and McGrath trailers have different drums but most are pretty common Paul

Gave me a chuckle

Before maxis were on trailers all the landing legs had wheels on them so when your backing in if the trailer rolled a bit the legs didn't get bent Another thing of the past thats long gone and a lot of drivers today wouldn't even know why older trailers had the landing leg wheels Paul

Is this height above sea level I ask because I don't know, our mountains are not mountains by world standards Australia is very flat and we have huge (distance wise) pulls, but not big mountain ranges Maybe 20 or 30 miles of full power and drop a couple of full gears over that distance Maybe 50 miles would be the longest gentle climbs but pulling big weight at slower speeds All very interesting to me Paul

Some blokes restoring old petrol IH trucks out here put a RTO 610 RoadRanger in They loose the transmission brake These trucks have hydraulic brakes They make a big band brake up for a transmission brake and fit a maxi can to that These pass inspection okay as I guess they do everything needed A long and large band brake or perhaps a modern disc brake with a maxi can mounted on the tail shaft would achieve the same result Think it was mid 80's when at least 1 trailer axle had to have maxi brakes fitted in Australia Only my low loader doesn't have maxis at all All my other trailers have them on all axles, I started doing this many years ago after a mate said "what happens if you break down on a big hill" This one statement and finding a road train stuck on the Carnavon gorge put the wind up me As every trailer since has had major works done I have put maxis on all axles, bigger air tanks, the lot, brand new airlines front to back I'm not worried about me or my trucks but I would hate to hurt someone by something as simple as maxi brakes Sort of light bulb moment for me and the low loader will get the treatment one day Paul

I don't think so, I would think you would want the turbo to spool as quick as you can to get the correct air fuel ratio as quick as you can Paul

On the R models out here they have propper bearings on the accelerator shaft on the fire will Dunno about B models, might have been a RHD conversion thing I'm thinking these all help to reduce movement Even propper rod ends I guess, get the basics spot on first Paul

Exactly what Geoff said If the motor has no turbo you can burn valves, but theres plenty of back pressure with a turbo Pulling lots of black smoke for long periods washes the oil off the cylinder walls and shortens the motors life All that unburnt diesel does do a lot of damage, some times not very long time, other times quite quickly A good driver should be trying to minimize the smoke Motors also run a lot hotter when worked like this for a long period of time, ask any broad acre farmer from years gone by, having a glowing exhaust manifold on a farm tractor and a 12 inch flame out the exhaust makes them run really hot after half a hour Paul

Does the injector pump have to levers on the shaft that the throttle linkage hooks to Mine does, the hand throttle linkage goes in one and the foot throttle in the other The foot throttle arm has a little spring doohickie in it, I wonder if yours is the same and spring has lost tension Paul

Bugger me, stay safe everyone Paul

Umm, yeah, ummm, Geoff ???? Trilex rims and the point is ?, I dunno how I got dragged into this mess Just lucky I guess Paul

I think a lot is gunna depend on what backend is in the truck I just assumed it was a Mack 44 as they are the most common out here Once you go to 58's and bigger the room to mount things gets pretty tight Paul

Looks like a work horse wanting to work We (99% of Australians) just put tubless rims on the spiders (daytons) This allows the use of 22.5 tubeless that are everywhere in Australia This makes them suitable for long distance on and off highway use Paul

I must get there one day for a look see They did ask for my old Federal truck maybe 20 years ago but I declined their offer By all reports it sounds like a good place to go and see Paul

Kurt Johansen, the builder of thIs road train Brocky has shown says in his autobiography book that Baldocks were before him I dunno as I wasn't alive then but I think Baldocks and Johansen were neck and neck Johansen was definitely the first propper modern style Baldocks joined a whole string of 20 foot ex army trailers together No matter which, these blokes were pioneers in every sense of the word Paul

This has been around a few times (maybe a lot more) on here So from memory Off set slack adjusters, there is such a thing And a plate the bolts onto the old bracket that offsets the can maybe a inch - inch a half Abd of course the plumbing Doing this means a 30/30 can bolts on and it is a really straight forward conversion Paul

I just watched that video for the first time in years, what a clown I am Paul

These Federal trucks came out to Australia either during or after WW2 aa they cleaned up the islands in the Pacific This truck was one of two Federals tank transporters that were operated by baldocks (google the company and you can see these two old buckets of bolts), they used these and big Diamond T transporters made into Australias first commercial sized road trains The Federal trucks would pull 3 or 4 trailers and the Diamond T trucks 7 or 8 trailers Very slow and a lot of time to reflect as you drove along Federals did about 22 - 24 MPH and Diamond T did 20 - 22 MPH Anyway a video if your at all interested These trucks were called "Dynah Mite" and "Dynah Will" As in "might make it over the hill" and "will make it over the hill" My truck in it's youth Anyway I learnt all of this after I haf owned it for many years from of the blokes and his mate that drove these back in their day Thats some dribble and history from me, I have hardly even started to go grey in these videos Happy days everyone Paul

Plenty of copied manuals that are of good enough quality But a R model is about as simple as you can get and manuals really aren't that necessary I think there's also a lot of options so finding the correct manuals maybe a challenge, but close enough ahould be fine for almost everything Paul