mrsmackpaul

Swish man nipple pink hey , tiz that the bew safety colour in the Beamish fleet ??? Mal would like to give the yellow jigger a good going over but the "Diff" his Mrs I dont think would be in it and wouldnt give him a leave pass for that long Paul

snowdog Im glad you enjoy and hope you all get a laugh not a lot of a snow here Paul

What most people dont know about Mal and I and our families we have been thru a lot over the years We farmed thru the worst drought in Australia's history and thru our jokes and humor and laughter we managed to get thru times that most could never imagine If any of you have seen the old movie "The Grapes of Wrath" with the dust storms rolling every day and the sky turned red Mal and I worked away at farming year after after year and we have never had a cross word just laughs and great times And how is Mal so relaxed, he just dont care LOL , it aint his truck Paul

Well Mal tells me we have turned the corner and its plain sailing from now on Paul

Well the wait is over number 9 is now out and about Looks a bit Beamish like now in battle ship grey Paul

The next video is in the editing department as we speak The problem the editing department people have faulty eye lids and when they sit down to edit their eye lids shut LOL Paul

Mal and Katherine turned up at around 8 last night, it's 2400 km between their place and ours and they did it in two days Anyway Mal and I had a few drinks and since then the editing department has been very unproductive So it's taken a day or so for me to recover enough to get back on my feet Anyway heres were we are up to Paul

Tim I'm not sure how much but I'm sure if I asked the Princess the answer would be to much LOL , at a guess I reckon around $3500.00 for panels Was it worth it, I guess that all depends on which way you measure what things are worth To me it is, but I doubt it is to anyone else Im trying something I have tried before but always been way to ill equipped to even come close to pulling it off, even today Im struggling but its going much better than I thought it would It's a lot more time consuming than what I thought it would be, I would guess even in a proper panel shop this would be a major undertaking and no doubt would be written off rather than fix But Mrs Mack is so much more than a truck to me so I guess it really was never a question of should I ? it was more when will I have the time Paul

KS feel free to drop in at any time and I'll put the billy on or maybe grab a cold one from the fridge if it's late enough in the day If you drop in on the way to work I'll make you Vegemite on toast to snack on going to work Any way next part of Pauls crazy life seeya

Steve I tried a whole heap of different sizes some people say 3/16 I found it did weld but I couldnt get a strong weld I spaced the plug welds like the spot welds , lots in the corners and less in the middle, at a guess every 1 1/2 inches average and some in the corners are closer than a inch because thats how Mack had spot welded them I hope it will be ok it's a bit late to go back and change them now but sure it will be fine Paul

no time now Swish man for a new cab, I did call and he still had the cab but Im fairly under the pump time wise , spray painter leaves Vic tomorrow morning, will get here Sunday or Monday This was yesterdays effort will head back out after tea and have another crack tonight Paul

I dunno were you find all this stuff Swish but keep it coming And Underdog whats the go with that bird and all that stuff hanging out face nose lips and ears ????? Paul

If your brave enough do the Swish thing but if your a real man just buy it for your self let us know how long the wounds take to heal if you buy it for your self LOL Paul

I have been building up to this for a few years now Im pretty nervous about the whole show Remember I drove the truck in there I just hope I can drive her back out Paul

Im always dressed for something, rare occasion I have shoes on thats for sure Paul

Hey Swish would a volvo truck man slipping into his G banga unlike the Mack girls slipping out of theres Paul

Yeah Steve I still got your number mate I will give you a call if I get into trouble It may well be to late for that already LOL been flat out like a lizard drinking for the last few days Paul

Well now all the bananas are bent, I'm into big time rust and crap going hell west and crooked. Ordered the remaining panels and they are all here now except one which is on its way and the roof vent which can't be too far away either I hope. I'm on a deadline of next Sunday to be all joined up and the winch etc shifted and or removed as the spray painter (my best mate) will be here around about then. It's a 3000km one way trip in his ute to paint the Mack so best be ready or his wife will get a set of lips like a cows bum LOL Anyway dunno if any of you jokers are interested or not but I make videos of the stupid goings on on the farm so if you can understand Straylian click on the link bellow and see how not to do it Paul

its coming along nicely Really enjoying watching this all unfold in front of me Paul

Swish man I have always planned to make it to the Mack muster, maybe once Mrs Mack is all dolled up yah never know Paul

Once I get out to the higher weight levels and extra trailers the fuel economy rarely drops bellow 4 MPG maybe 3.5 MPG on a real bad day but the speed suffers a big bit Its not unusual to spend hours grinding along 65 70 km/h for hours on end with big weights and tall trailers, funny enough I rarely get passed by modern trucks with twice the power and similar weight that wind coming across at a 45 degree angle knocks the stuffing out of any truck on open country I dont care how much power you have Paul

Tim I wanna sort out this rust issue and start pulling triples to Perth and back LOL dunno if I would get many loads but what a ride Paul

Feels kinda nervous as I have no plans just to get packed and shift to some where and we dont know were thats gunna be yet ? Paul

Was informed today by a ex Mack Australian man the cab is the same and there was templates they would lay on the cab to drill the holes in the right spot And it takes two weeks to do a complete cab change into a new cab drilling the holes etc and mounting all the old in the new and painting Paul

Tim if I could find one at short notice I would I have already spent a couple of grand on panels over the last couple of years slowly collecting stuff but would change the whole cab if I found one at the right price I need to be finished and on the road in under a month as we have sold the farm and I need to shift and do some hwy work Paul