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Tip turbine boost?
mrsmackpaul replied to Licensed to kill's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
Also stops the diesel washing the oil fron the bores and extends engine life It does make them less revy and slower to respond until boost developed, however the benefits out way the apparent increase in performance Paul -
This may well be the case, I dunno, it gave me a chuckle Paul
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Yep, nailed it 🦘
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Welcome aboard James Don't be shy to share questions and photos etc We (the forum) can help solve things and are only to willing to help Paul
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Yes, I think we all are Paul
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They pulled them (weeping willows) out in Australia as the choke our stream and rivers We had them on the farm but drought and laser leveling sorted them out
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Seriously, well done I dunno if Trump is any good or not, he does however have a proven track record I hope your country gets it's shit sorted now and gets back on track Good luck with the future Paul
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That's the go Paul
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6 cylinder power, now your talking my language Thats a good time, faster than anything I have ever done Inline 6 cylinders were all the go in Australia up until the end of Australian manufacturing The barra Ford 6 cylinder was probably the freatest 6 cylinder ever made Anyway I do prefer the old 250 cross flow Ford 6 cylinders Impressive car and time, no good about your mates eye site Paul
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Great news, so well and truely worth pulling the transmission It is a big job if you haven't done it before, if you have done it, it is a big job Now you know a lot more about the truck and the transmission A great result Paul
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Im surprised no one has made a machine to push the leaves into tight bricks you can burn in the fire place There used to be machines baxk in the early 80s that people put their old news papers through Haven't seen them for years Paul
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Finally some DM progress
mrsmackpaul replied to mowerman's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
This was a realisation a few years ago for me So I decided no more, no more asking permission, make sure the jobs are done and the bills are paid and so on The Princess was not impressed with my new attitude, she is much better now, I'm not a prick about I just don't ask permission anymore Paul -
Great to learn a bit of history, even better when it's family history Paul
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Need to take a step or two back and get a photo of the whole vehicle Paul
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The McGurk Way 1952 History of Freight and Trucking
mrsmackpaul replied to 70mackMB's topic in Truck Stories
I saw this a couple of weeks ago A great old film Paul -
On a different note, the next area of hay is getting it's last irrigation, all gravity flood irrigation here 24th September, paddock topped and fertilized and getting a drink Today, the old "dissapearing Miss Molly the border collie trick" Poor old Miss Molly is getting old and spent the rest of the day in "I'm knackered mode" Still sad to me dogs don't live longer Paul
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I am reading the replies and quoting Brocky as he has been on Australia's main highways and I probably guessing Brocky could tell you all that Australia's main highways are back roads by world standards I have read about when Peterbilt tricks were sold in Australia in the 60's and how and head man from Peterbilt bailed on truck and driver between Adelaide and Melbourne as we are all half mad zooming about on shit roads with little to no shoulder on the road Once night time falls and it gets to maybe 9.30 - 10.00 most roads a few hours from big cities you won't pass another vehicle in every half a hour so Get out a little further west and it's every couple of hours Hence our big bull lights punching into the darkness Are our roads as back woulds as I think ?, Brocky maybe best to answer that I can tell you there is nothing like pushing out into the darkness, hour after hour and just hearing the truck purring away as you drag a couple of trailers along It really is special Paul
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Finally some DM progress
mrsmackpaul replied to mowerman's topic in Antique and Classic Mack Trucks General Discussion
I dunno Bob, I have been getting the silent treatment all week, not sure if I should fix what ever I have done or enjoy the peace and quiet Have done a few kitchens over the years, new ones aren't made with proper wood and hinges seam to come a drift pretty easily Happy cabinet making Paul -
I guess a lot depends on were you are in this wide brown land If you wanna just pull fridge vans then possibly just contact some larger fleets, a lot of them use a percentage of tow operators Owner Driver newspaper/magazine used to have this type of stuff in it Brokers I don't think exist anymore that I know of, probably haven't for 20-30 years Just jump on the phone when your ready and ring around Most companies want late model trucks towing their trailers Paul
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This why it's so good out here, our trees don't drop their leaves At least our native trees don't Paul
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Sorry about the links not working, but worth watching if you can find them Anyway out of net wrap so hay making stopped in the wee small hours Paul
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He played two characters in the film and was one of the main actors, if not the main actor Paul
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