mrsmackpaul

Looking thru some old Truckin' life magazines the other day and came across these pictures the caption says Wayne Burgess of Heybridge Tasmania, sent in these phot graphsof a B43 Mack his father, Col Burgess drove 24 years ago. It was a six cylinder model with a 10 speed transmission The Bulldog was set a task and a half carting this 30-foot single rider hardwood log. It weighed 38 tonne on its own, providing an over all gross mas of 48 tonne . The log came from Loyeta in Tassie and was carted 105 kilometers over unsealed roads to Sulphur Creek sawmill were it was cut into timber Well I reckon thats a pretty impressive job for a B43 the magazine is dated Jan 1991 to good not share I feel 38 tonne = 83775 pounds 48 tonne = 105821 pounds wonder how much apower a B 43 had I would guess around 180 Hp some one feel free to put the correct figure up sure makes us all look like sooks wanting twice that power for a tip truck or 3 times that power for a semi LOL Paul

interesting I came across a similar article that was written back in the 60's or 70's same sought of figures quoted back then the one problem that they hadnt worked out was if the flywheel is spinning and the bus hits a big bump the flywheel can make the bus jump 20 feet off the ground it was some such thing as that anyway I could track it down and scan it might take me a few days to find it though Paul

thats looking better already the Chevy will have its nose out of place now Paul

Hmm, lots to think about. There were lots of problems. I think the UK truck car tractor the lot really rested on there laurels like come on trucks with out tilt cabs into the 80's to slow and to under-powered. When did they stop making cabs with wood in them it must have been the 70's. Even Atkinson Australia took there fiberglass cab to the UK to show them they sold like hot cakes out here and were ultra tuff and quite smart looking but no the pom's wouldnt use them. The pomy fiber glass cabs were rubbish out here the fell apart so Australia and New Zealand made there own. The Scammell Crusader looked the business but again no tilt cab, what a joke. It was so bad that Bedford dealers in Australia converted Bedfords to tilt cabs and also some dealers put V8 Cummins motors in to try and compete. And the UK joined EEC well that was the end of their tariff protection the had in the commonwealth so the little Jap trucks came with tilt cabs were cheaper to buy faster to drive and lasted longer. So I guess it really was a combination of factors once it was gone it was all to hard and no votes in getting it back so it was easier to just let it die its on death. Dont get me wrong they had a good go at getting back on track but the will from upper managment was no longer there. Just my thoughts, Paul

I would go tall as you can never know when you will have something big on and the truck needs some work just drive it strait in 3 phase power big wires for heaps of power If its going to be on the same block of land I would put a second set of wires in so if the power goes out in the house you can sit a generator in the shed that way its nice and quiet at the house water hot and cold a big concrete apron out side for washing the toys on that slopes away from the shed the list could go on for ever Paul

like that little red ute or pickup maybe its a fire truck dunno what it is but its a cool little jigger Looking good there Wobblin Paul

blowing up in what way ???? is just a head gasket letting go or block failing or what could be 1000 and 1 reasons why you might need to give just a tad more info for some answers Do you have any pictures of what happens seeya Paul

I didnt knoe DAF took the TL 12 and reworked it what did it end up turning into ??? 8LXB Gardner were sold out here but not in great numbers and like all those Gardner motors most are still going but are now in fishing trawlers still working I dont think any 8LXC were sold out here As for Volvo and Scania even Mercedes Fiat real all the Euro truck makers they built better trucks than the UK and a lot of the yanky jobs of time and the sold like hot cakes and even when they did go bang they stood behind their trucks and customers and fixed them so it should be no surprise they have taken over in the heavy truck market they saw a opening and took it and ran the big question is how long will they hold onto it Paul

Vlad I gather the 2 stroke was the Russian copy of the GM 2 stroke ?? rear engined I take it a bit of a Flxible Clipper type of hot rod very cool

socket and real long piece of pipe on the handle on the crank on the front of the motor if you can get to it or perhaps a pinch bar on the ring gear once you get it move just a little rock it back woulds and forwards till it will roll on its a bit at least that is what I would try good luck Paul never heard of a uni shift before

more porn for me to drool all over to cool Paul

The Marathon was not sold out here till the series 2 even then it was modified a lot before release and they were quit good the ones sold out here from all reports and from what I can gather most are still going They never sold any good though Leyland had lost most of its loyal following by then Paul

Mate fantastic stuff I dont think most people outside of Europe have any idea all this long haul stuff went on or still does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms6rKgt3seg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUM93-hChto great old films these or at least I think they are shows how I guess it was once done no doubt the boys are playing up a bit for the cameras but a lot more real than the crappy truck shows of today Paul

top job on the truck and tipper looks to good to get it dirty now Paul

or an adjustment thing it has either being put together wrong or the slack adjuster arent locking when adjusted and are simply unwinding them selves when first used I seem to remember someone on here had similar problem with an R model and it was faulty slack adjusters after all our high tech well thought out guess so maybe adjust them up then take it for a drive the check them again see if they have moved at all Paul

the key thingy might be on another drawing showing the timing gears I have never had a problem so I have never had that apart but I would be surprised if didnt have some connection there Paul

Mate I dunno what you was so worried about I told you would blend right in Paul

off with a load of rapid set cement I take it Paul

the blade trailer I gather is for shifting wind turbine blades ???? Paul