mrsmackpaul

Ian oz thanks for the indirect link good find mate and thanks for sharing you and Jeff get full credit Im just educating these Yanks Paul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Khiul3g-bNY&list=PLUMnuN254xy3AjokLvL8E-Dk8UXZnEo05&index=1

now thats what I call a long range tank heres a link to that truck I was talking about earlier looks like a similar type of thing to my untrained Aussie eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5D1aeNB2Bc gotta whatch it for a bit its near the end Paul

WOW you all might surprised at how little room it takes to turn that around remember if the front goes the rest must follow !!! reckon it would have too be around 150 ton . Whole stick cane dosnt pack in very well it wont be as much cane as one might think reckon south America some were but could be anywhere but wont be Australia as we only have chopped cane whole stick cane went out in the 60's thanks for sharing Paul

any body notice it looks like half the mud guard or fender or wing or what ever you yanks call it is missing Paul

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mate gotta love that now the fun begins Paul

yep as I say glad you blokes do it and do it well in Australia we seem to run a muck at different times of the year as our winter is when your summer is I reckon the biggest weekend and a long weekend at that is Easter oh boy does Australia run a muck then last good weather before winter our big city's get deserted everyone goes camping any where with water around it turns into tent city oh my head is getting sore just thinking about it all in the name of being an Aussie Paul

sounds like a valve spring problem to me sounds like the valves arent closing quick enough at speed I am guessing you have checked you have a good fuel supply ie not running short on fuel at higher revs Paul

mate welcome to the dog house whats a "regin" problem never heard of that before Paul

thanks fellas we never had it at all till two or three years ago and its on TV every night its a shame that they try force us into it I have never had any one knock on our door because I live out of town on a farm I think it stops a lot of crap Paul

Was wondering today as halloween is new in Australia ( big business trying fleece us out of more coin I feel )when a kid comes and knocks on your door and sings out " trick or treat " does anyone do a trick or do you blokes give them some treat and send them on there way And just for the record I hope it dosnt catch on in Australia as we are Aussies and should keep our own Aussie traditions and not copy everyone else but I guess time will tell Paul

dunno about you blokes but it seems to be the way the world works now and stuff you can find anywhere in the world WOW ! and I guess the seller loves it heaps more coin than they would have got and also might help to flush out other stuff that has been hiding away because no one thought it was worth any thing I always find its best to bid in the last 15 seconds give less time for people to out bid you they have only got a few seconds Paul

is that the same type of truck that the plane flew into in North by Northwest ? either way looks like a pretty flash bit of gear to me I guess if it wont fit might just have drive it there Paul

yeah I dont know as general rule what Im doing in the next 10 minutes its a couple of vintage crawlers on a mates rates deal that I said I would do that the owner is in no hurry for I reckon hes been waiting 6 or 7 months now and still is in no big hurry just when I can one day so thought I would organise my self a bit as I said the stars have gotta align first a lot can go wrong between now and then Paul

Gudday Brocky was wondering if I could swing it and all the stars aligned would you be interested if I picked you at Billabong Sanctuary on the 2nd sept in MrsMack run you down to Toowoomba might be able to organise a factory tour of Mack down under drop in and say gudday to Ian oz on the way past drop down off the range have a look at the Western transport museum and drop you off at Brisbane airport in time to catch your flight Melbourne Ive gotta cart a couple of old cat crawlers down to Echuca In Victoria you might wannna ride all the way down there to Melbourne I reckon all of this is doable maybe but just thought I would put the idea out there and see if you would be interested in doing something different If you have a international licence you might even wanna have turn behind the wheel of a reel truck let us no what you think if Im out of line just tell me to pull me head in I wont offended Paul

Mate snakes and spiders no problem its them wild woman that will lead you astray and you if you get bitten just do what we locals do bite them back If you dont like snakes better go to New Zealand they have none ( I dont think you will find any New Zealanders either they all seem to be over here ) Paul

that is such neat job keep at it and thanks for sharing Paul

yep I would consider it a wise investment I'll chuck 5 grand for me and 5 for mrs mrsmack Paul

Hmmmmm lots of different thoughts here, to me I would have thought back in the day if Mack could have got more power out of there motors by putting a bigger exhaust they would have done it cheap selling point extra hp from just an exhaust I wouldnt think it would be heaps if any at all Paul

dont worry thats not just the good old US of A that has got it all ass about gotta think the time is coming were all this crap gets sorted out !! Paul

mate thats a neat truck good thing about something that good is it dosnt matter if it gets a coat of paint or not it looks neat and goes good Paul

its amazing what a bit of spit and polish can do top job there Paul

mate this is exactley what I mean once you are taught how to use ropes you will never go back to your ratchet strap ropes are so quick just as tight adjust to any length around any shape if its to short there easy to join its a shame because it is a lost art like tarping a load up until the mid to late 80's everything was shifted on flat top trailers in Australia and I reckon it was only the late seventys that trucks came with gates drivers new how to load stuff so it didnt fall off sad to say it but its too late now there wouldnt be enough blokes left to teach people now you need to learn to do a truckies knot as it is commonly known out here I think the proper name is a half shank you put a couple of these on top of each other and you can break a rope it gives you so much pulling power this fellas almost got it right have a lookiesee might even give you something to fill in some time on the week end and I guarantee once you work out how to do it you will throw them straps away it is so much quicker and a lot less chance of things falling off Paul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drkcOzCjuuU and Im not having a dig at anyone it is almost a lost art and it is good to learn this stuff from our not so distant past its all part of our history we dont want let it go by with learning it

dead sexy Paul

I reckon Micks getting pretty close to what might have happened if we can cast our minds back to the late 80's we need to remember we were coming out of a recession and lots of things ie cars trucks tractors werent selling any good for years and companys had huge stocks of parts so models were geared towards what parts they had to many of or at least thats they way it was in Australia Ive got no idea about the rest of the world but I reckon the whole world was bit pear shaped back then Paul