mrsmackpaul

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

After going thru the Watts pages I relize I need the sills not the rockers How did you find the Mack parts number off that page ???? thanks in advance Paul

we have for the last few years but used to live nearly 300 miles inland before that and it had bad rust before we shifted near the coast Paul

Mrs Mack is in shed getting some body work done I have been collecting bits for some time but when I yanked the lid today and the sun visor yesterday it has become very apparent some rust will need to be removed There used to be a technical section on the forum and maybe still is but dunno were it is now Anyway after some panel part numbers as in Mack numbers so I can make her fresh again as she has some work to do next month and needs to be fresh I have some parts diagrams, some are Australian Army parts list and dont have part numbers Any way does anyone know what part the drip rail is for the front along the top of the wind screen And also a part number for the roof vent And the rocker panel for each side or at least thats what I call them, they run the floor at each door opening Thanks for all or any help Paul

I dunno my ass from my elbow as you would all know I dont believe they make anymore power but remove solids as in water and dust If anything if not fitted right they make less power as a vacuum can be created at the rear of the cab and a lot of COE Kenworths and no doubt some other brands shifted the intakes to up near the front of the cab to eliminate this Paul

can you use the spray can crack testing method type of thing for cracks We can buy the cans of dye in bearing suppliers out here It would be a shame to put it back together and still have a problem Paul

I would like to like this but I dont like it at all This same thing has happened a few times with a few brands in Australia and it leaves people that bought these high and dry and with almost worthless trucks as whos gunna buy a truck brand that isnt even around anymore Paul

From Kiwi land

I think you will find it wont unless it has more fuel to make a bigger bang As the air is cooled it gets denser yes, but it wont achieve any extra power unless that air can be put to work by burning more fuel We all reckon things go better at night as the air cools but I think it mainly has to do with breeze dropping so the wind resistance is a lot lower Anyway that's my understanding but I could and most likely do have this all ass about Paul

I wouldnt think so Tim The only way to get more power is more fuel no matter what anyone says if all is working ok changing intercoolers wont help unless you change the injector pump settings to add fuel Paul

Brocky cane bins in my area are designed to carry either 5 or 6 ton, but they fit 5.5 ton in the smaller ones and over 7 ton in the larger ones They haul up to 200 bins or maybe a few more and the whole train is un braked as we use roll on roll of to get them on the trucks and down to the paddock and back out again each bins weighs about 2.5 ton empty Some trains have a brake van in the middle or on the end in steeper country The harvest in our area is over 8 million tons of cane so thats a lot of little cane bins and the operation runs 24 hours a day harvesting and hauling cane Paul

Pretty cool stuff Vlad thanks for sharing

What wall is that Paul ???

I have seen quite a few photo's of Australian woman with guns near a truck from this era People were a lot tougher back then than we are today Having said that we dunno whether hubby had got on the turps blown the dough at two up ( a Aussie coin game ) or maybe just was talking about trading the NR on a B model LOL Paul

are ready for some more yet

Did you know ???? Paul

So do you use these reamers on a power drill ??? I have never seen or used them before Paul