mrsmackpaul

Temporary bridge over the Murray river the old lifting span bridge is been repaired The centre section lifts to let paddle steamers thru

Swish to sand blast both the trailers and dolly and repaint in the brown and beige is on the list of this to be done not enough time at the moment though Paul

When I rebuilt my cab I replaced the rubber seal around the door with rubberized foam Seals better and no rattles Also when I replaced the carpet panels on the lower door they press on the gusset in the lower corners of the door opening

Well new brakes, upgraded to maxi's on the trailer, new shoes new drums , led lights, new rocker boxes, fresh donuts and the old McGrath finally passed a roadworthy inspection Now to super glue a ring feeder on the back and she is good to go And some other photos of this end of this wide but brown land All this work is been done on Mals farm my very good friend who sprayed Mrs Mack So a big thanks to Mal and his Mrs "Mrs Mac" for putting up with me for a week or so Seeya Paul

I reckon the green seal is better, however I think either are correct I have s seal leaking in the ass end at the moment and a seal like the red one turned up from Mack So I dunno Paul

Dunno what part of the world you are in but in Australia there is ajoint in Brisbane that has all the answers for Australian Macks Paul

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