mrsmackpaul

Unloading the dolly at Kerang will chuck some fresh treads on the trailer in the morning seeya Paul

Returning back to Kerang with trailer and dolly

When is said events Swishy ?? Am heading further south to pick up a trailer and dolly then need to sort out some rego for them before heading even further south before heading back to the top of this wide brown land Heading south from home on the Burdekin river bridge Heading of the Barham bridge on the NSW Vic border near Kerang two two things of interest 1 it appears Molly never sleeps 2 no Pixy mirrors like on the Anthem sprouting out of the bonnet seeya Paul

Swish man I'm far enough south now Wheeled her into to the not so sunny Kerang Funny thing about them Steco wheels I had tightened them a few times but when I found this last crook tread I noticed it was as tight as I could get them and the inner rim still moved The fella at the tyre service said this is common with these old cast steel wheels Dunno ?? , but the bugger ain't shifted since the rod was added to the spacer

Well I would like to say all is going to plan but a few flat tyres on the float and here I sit at Coonabarrabran NSW waiting for the tyre place to weld a 3/8 ring on a spider spacer for the float Miss Molly thinks her seat is tad Small to lay down on

Interior turned out real good , the Princess and wife number 2 ( the Princess's friend who bosses the same and gives me no nookie LOL) did a real good job Did 900km today with only a few minor problems and all caused sort of by a bald clown that wears glasses 1 heading south of Prosipine it started bucketing down and flicked on my new wipers and bugger me the drivers side didn't work Turns some clown didn't line the clip up right in behind the centre of the dash , Miss Molly couldn't understand the problem as see could see fine out her side next problem some fool had the fuel tanks off the truck in recent times and after 500 km the truck went all quiet like because the said fool never turned both taps on between tanks The last problem was caused again by said fool he had just put me tyres brakes on the float (low bed , low loader , low boy ) and even though they were adjusted up right when he left home after a few 8 hours or so of driving they needed readjusting , but oh no the same said fool thought he would do it first thing in the morning when it's all nice and cool Never guess who rolled thru a red light in Rockhampton ?? Needless to say after this the brakes were adjusted as soon as some where safe was found armatures lol seeya Paul

Well it has been a little while since I have put other stuff up The truck is all pretty much finished ready to roll She passed rego not a problem I have meant to post some more stuff but havent had a chance to make a video so heres some short dribble Also been dicking around with the float and its back on the road I have lost a month or so with the weather of late so am a fare way behind at the moment and am about to head south to drop a lod and grab anoth trailer and dolly and head north to do a few loads south between now an Chrissy [ And some more with some gear chucked on the back ready to head south for a few days before heading back north seeya in a few weeks with any luck when Mrs Mack is hooked up to a road train for a month or so Paul

or that smart

Paris ????

done and done Swish

Yep it explains a lot Swish I wonder just how thick my glasses can get ???? Paul

Story of my life is everything takes a lot longer than I expected I learnt long ago just keep on plugging at it and I get there soon enough Keep taking small steps you'll be there soon enough Paul

its coming along nicely Sure has a long chassis, should ride as smooth as silk when done with that long wheel base Paul

for what they were at the time the only trucks to out do them would have been the IH ACCO tilt cabs I feel By the time the Jap trucks had a good foot hold the D series was just about done and dusted and got replaced with Cargo which I didnt think was abad truck either even though lots hate them Paul

I received a Australian vintage truck magazine yesterday and in one of the stories it had this photo Thought of KS straight away A bloke who seems pretty fond of both makes and might end up torn between the two LOL Back in the day Scania ran a whole series of adds about the benefits of their trucks as they were trying pretty hard to get a good size bite of the Australian market And in their adds they featured trucks with teeth painted on them as you can see in the lower half of the photo Mack was really well known for first it's Thermodyne and of course then the Maxidyne but when the coolpower was released onto the Australian market it was a game changer for Mack I feel the Mack Coolpowers were really what you felt like a Mack should be, they had balls and could out pull a 400 bigcam Crummins and do it for less fuel and also for millions of km This photo is all about the Econodyne which marked the end of the Coolpowered Macks out here Then again on this site Im no doubt preaching to the converted as we say out Anyway have laugh I know I did Seeya Paul

The little D series was a good little unit for its time and sold fairly well out here for a long time People liked them a lot and some liked them so much even as they started to loose ground in the power race Ford Australia Im pretty sure had a option were they could be repowered by the 3208 Cat motor as a dealer done upgrade When this was done they competed with everything around at the time Paul

you could buy the V8 Maxidyne 325 hp with a 5 speed and a lot of those had 4 speed spicer box behind those for heavy haulage and road train work I guess some Aussies had a chub a thon with quad box and this was similar I have been told and have seen 375 V8's with a quad box on road train work and seem to hold up ok not that has anything to do with the question As another side note I dont think there was any stock standard run of the mill Macks KW Peterbilt Autocar or whites ever sold out here as they were all and still are pretty much custom made for customer Paul

Some more R 800 stuff these first two I believe are the same truck I was told before in its working days and after restored in more recent times This truck and Im pretty sure the photo and the blurb that are attached were in a Australian Bulldog Bulliten These last two are Elliot Bros of Tasmania and sorry I dont know whos photos they or the rest of them either but full credit to who ever the y came from Paul

Seed didnt expect to see you here And I think this song is about me and Mrs Mack Sssshhhhh dont tell the Princess LOL Paul

they have those types of tyres for driving in sand I reckon as they dont bury them selves as easily Looks like you would need a footy oval to turn it around with the long wheel base Paul

I did some reading last night The last 4 B models built in Australia were in February 1967 Paul

The reason I ask is in Australia back in that time we would get a lot of left overs from around the world and what was a new model in Australia with cars etc was already out of date in the US I reckon they were still selling B models in 67 in Australia A lot of US companies would offer good deals to clear stock of out dated stuff and there Australian counter parts would happily buy it for the Australian market Paul

I know some LHD drive trucks were imported to Western Australia for mine use I doubt any were built here, the R models that were built here used a LHD cab and a template was put on the fire wall to drill all the right holes in all the right spots And almost every hole in the fire wall from a LHD was covered over with component either in the cab or in the fire so when they are it looks like they are factory RHD, which I guess they are but the conversion is really neat and its not until you strip the cab right down you can see any difference And I have never watched the "Walk about" movie that I know of so most check it out one day Paul