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mrsmackpaul

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  1. As long as it is not my butt crack, people would be having night mares for years after seeing that 😘 Paul
  2. Crack, what crack Gotta remember seed this wild beast 320 unbridled horse power, takes a lot to harness that much energy Paul
  3. My brother has in recent times finally after many many decades had a life changing event happen, he has bought a Mack, think it is 1984 build His is a ex army (Australian Army) 6x6 and it has 44 rears and has full cross locks on all three axles from new as well as inter axle powerdivider lock and transfer case lock It is standard from Mack Australia full time 6x6 fully locking 6x6 So I'm guessing that if we had it in Australia then they are definitely available else were as we really got the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel compared to the states Paul
  4. So do the other carriers fit in ? As in the 92/93 fit the 112/113's axle housings Im thinking but have no idea the spider gears would have to be changed tp suit bigger axles I know notjing about this stuff at all so any help is helpful Paul
  5. I gather thats the same for 112/113 and so on Do you have the ratios for the 200 series carriers Joey ? I have no idea were I'll find spare carriers for 58's in Australia, first I need to work out what ratio I'm looking for Paul
  6. Yeah thats all I found Keep us updated on when were and how to vote Paul
  7. Clean air, not just from dirt but also from turbulance from the truck moving thru the air On cab over trucks of this vintage it was worked that the gap between the cab and trailer was under vacuum when traveling fast This sucked dirt in but also meant the engine was running like it would on high mountain Paul
  8. From a email from Joey yesterday I noticed in the second picture down it says that 200 & 201 can be used in 50 and 58,000 pound axles What ratios are there for these And is 200 for 50,000 pound and 201 for 58,000 pound? Paul
  9. Dunno,there's lots can be done without breaking the law and waving a gun about Look at the looney left, write letters, attend town meetings, lobby your officials All these clowns are working for you and controlling your destiny Dunno to me you need to take the bull by the horns and wrestle it to the ground The looney left did, it has taken them 40 years to make this mess so I would expect it will take 40 years to correct it We are all masters of our masters of our own destiny If it was me I wouldn't give up on my country that gave me eveything As the saying goes "some times you gotta risk it to get the biscuit" Paul
  10. Tjc I guess you have answered the question and were you stand Paul
  11. Well I can't tell you what everyone thinks, I can tell you something I heard on the radio driving along today in my ute Apparently Australia along with other countries is involved in air lifting urgent supplies of baby formula to the States at the moment How can this be, we are talking big jet loads of baby formula to the States How can people sit by and watch their country come to this ? I have mentioned before how I listen to Paul Harvey, anyway he has a speech I guess I could call it about the founding fathers of the US You lot need to listen to it and I mean really listen to it, your founding fathers were by the standards of the day really well off and had nothing to gain and everything to loose They risked it all and most lost it all for their new country, your country Dunno you blokes carry on about your rights and guns and so on yet most dont appear to have the back bone to risk it all for their country Our greatest generation, your country and mine risked it all for their country and countries of others they would never see 1 in 12 Americans served in WW2, 1 in 7 Australians served WW2 These figures are astounding to me Have we all become sooks and winges and are just full of excuses ? Only we can answer that question for each of us Are we worthy of living in our respective countries ? Are we so selfish that we dont want to risk it for something bigger than ourselves Maybe Paul Harvey is right, maybe our countries are gunna be whipped from within Are we sitting back allowing this to happen and just making excuses ? Dunno, only each of us can answer this ourselves Baby formula getting airlifted from the other side of the world, wake up America you blokes have run off the road and are well and truely in the side cut with foot still hard on accelerator pedal Paul
  12. So had a look at a trailer at my old (float) low loader last night and it doesn't have maxi's and it has this style valve signal goes in the top hole you can see Pretty sure this screws straight to the air tank How ever the air supply tees off on the way past at the tank and goes in the lower of the two holes A better diagram here These are the most common type that I have seen and used in Australia There is another type I have used as well Let me know if you need more or better information and I'll try and help Paul
  13. So 112/113 carriers, were these used in only 58's or were they used in 44's as well ? Paul
  14. Okay one more short clip of flood crossings in cool looking trucks Have a great day everyone Paul
  15. Photo of ratios sent to me from Joey So after discussing this with Joey I reckon it would good to share this info with all as these questions are asked plenty of times on here From the chart above (correct me if Im wrong Joey) On the left hand vertical column of the main group of numbers is ratio of the top half of the diff center I am calling the top half the bit that turns the drive to a right angle So once I establish that I can then go across the line horizontally and find my ratios that are available with that top section of gearing So my truck had 5.73 to begin with, now has 5.32 So I find those two numbers and that tells me what ratios are available if I only change the lower section, from 4.64 - 6.48 If I only change the top section and leave the lower gears as is I can have from 3.87 - 8.90, that is starting at my 5.32 as my base ratio Is this correct Joey ? Paul Also let me know if it isnt okay to share this stuff Joey and I'll delete it Seeyah
  16. Chuck up a link on were to cast the vote, probably increase your chances Good luck with it all Paul
  17. Yes Vlad was right, just getting out and going for the day over Have sent you my email address Joey Thanks for helping Yeah, I have no idea were I got 5.29 in my brain from 5.32 is plenty slow enough and would give you blokes a fit if I drove on the states at 55 MPH all day like I do out here Paul
  18. Thanks Joey Went for a look see and returned with some info Looks like 113, I have never had a issue with these at all so have never looked before These were 5.73 ratio when new and for some reason I thought they had been changed to 5.29, Vlad pulled me up one day and said there was no such thing, I don't know but said I would find out next time I'm under there Looks like 5.32 to my eyes, reckon they would be the original carriers with new gears put in as 58's are pretty rare out here Paul
  19. So I am trying to understand whats happened here The glad hands have been removed ? Is this correct? If so this is pretty simple, just hook the glad hands up either way it wont matter If they are the wrong way around nothing will happen when you push the button to charge the brakes, the button will stay in If they are the right way around you will hear air rushing back to fill the resevior on the trailer Many years ago I remember reading about a driver in the states that didn't know about this and the air lines were back to front The end result was people died as there was no trailer brakes yet the truck still drove many hundreds if not thousands of miles before it all went wrong I cant recall if the glad hands were wrong or badly worn or what the go was but it ended up the hoses were the wrong way around Apparently no tug test was ever performed at hook up Paul
  20. That weould be the rare exception, not the rule for truck drivers I think like anywhere in the city or the country most times things go this wrong we probably shouldn't of even been there in the beginning if we had of used common sense Paul
  21. These types of floods might be 20 mile wide and 50 - 60 mile long and shift slowly over hundreds and hundreds of miles, silent and un assuming Here is video of my mate Goldie stuck a few years in his Kenworth "Brute" Truck is named "Gold Finger" and is in incredible condition for the country it runs in Not my video Paul
  22. Pretty much what Swish says What isnt it doing Paul
  23. I have learnt one thing for sure from life, it is no good running away from your problems, shifted from one end this wide brown land to the other, shifted back 11 years later and now I dont really belong anywhere Reckon I should of stayed and fought it out Anyway you blokes will do what you think is right Paul
  24. I have converted a few trailers to maxis, never converted it back though What lines are missing and from were ?
  25. 1980 Dunno about the series of carriers, tell me what to look for and I can report back with better info Paul
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