RFCDrum Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Here you go Tim some Macks and other rigs from New Zealand and Oz. The F models and Kenworth TD and Lendrich Kenworth were post cards I had bought from a dealer at Englishtown many years ago. The other ones were just regular photos I had bought. Cheers, Rob 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Here you go Tim some Macks and other rigs from New Zealand and Oz. The F models and Kenworth TD and Lendrich Kenworth were post cards I had bought from a dealer at Englishtown many years ago. The other ones were just regular photos I had bought. Cheers, RobAwesome RFC! Those are some great pictures. If you've ever met a "truckie" from OZ or NZ you would see just how much they love their trucks. Just talked to my mate NZ and he told me I better put a visor on mine! That KW with the low loader and the crawler is top shelf!Glen's KW has a 600 cummins and here is one that was nice too 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 Very cool Tim. I used to subscribe to NZ Truck And Driver, Truckin Life (AU), and I still get Trucking from the UK. I have too many mags If you are interested I could ship some of them up to you as they might wind up in the trash. Cheers, Rob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Very cool Tim. I used to subscribe to NZ Truck And Driver, Truckin Life (AU), and I still get Trucking from the UK. I have too many mags If you are interested I could ship some of them up to you as they might wind up in the trash. Cheers, RobI used to have a few copies of Truckin Life,i wish i still had the one with an ad for Mack,when they introduced the R-Model,had a picture of a "truckie" with tears in his eyes,saying "when i heard Mack were replacing the B-Model,i could have cried! that is TILL i saw the new R-Model" !.......................................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 I started subscribing in 98 so I have quite a few. Very expensive though to subscribe overseas. The really old issues were probably pretty cool with the naked pinup girls in them. Of course the trucks too. Cheers, Rob 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168659 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 RFCDrumjust love the ERF..!!! used to play with them years ago..and since we are "down under", I saw this today on biglorryblog.comBC Mack Biglorryblog recalls a monster Mack truck pull down-under--thanks to a nudge from Gazza!28 February 2013By Brian Weatherley"I've just heard there's going to be an exciting reunion event being supported by VCV Brisbane next month" says Biglorryblog's Mack man down-under Gary Richards who adds: "I expect a few of the anorak army may have missed "The Mighty Mungindi Truck Pull" back in 2003 so thought I had better fill in the gaps...all part of our 50 big years of Mack Downunder! The record for the world's longest road train was broken near Mungindi in '03 when a Mack Titan prime mover, driven by John Atkinson, pulled 87 trailers, with a combined length of 1235.3 metres. We guessed the GCM to be around 900-tonne!"And Gazza continues: "The event was organised to benefit the Vanessa Memorial Cancer Care Fund and Westpac Rescue Helicopter and won the town 'The Event of the Year' in the NSW Tidy Town Awards. Then in 2006, the record was lifted even higher and its still remains unbeaten today !! - as you can read on the plaque pic. Regards, Gary." Well I certainly recall blogging on the event back in 2003 so it must have been on of the first stories I put down on BLB all those years ago back in 2005. If anyone has some shots of the 2003 and 2006 event perhaps they'd send them to BLB so I can post them up. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 I love the ERF too BC.If you look close you can see the Jake Brake decal on the sleeper window. I'm guessing a Cummins since I know a lot of ERF 's had them. I saw that post today too on Big Lorry Blog.I like British lorries. My mom is from the UK and I still have family over there. I guess that makes me a hybrid or a half ass! LOL Cheers, Rob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168669 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mackdaddy Posted March 1, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2013 Here ya go!! Gotta love them Aussies 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I love the ERF too BC.If you look close you can see the Jake Brake decal on the sleeper window. I'm guessing a Cummins since I know a lot of ERF 's had them. I saw that post today too on Big Lorry Blog.I like British lorries. My mom is from the UK and I still have family over there. I guess that makes me a hybrid or a half ass! LOL Cheers, RobCummins or Rolls Eagle were the usual, by then the Gardner was losing its charm though a 8LXB 240hp straight 8 could keep up with most of the competition and was good on fuel.I started my wrenching career in the UK and all the trucks from 60's and 70's were around me... worked mainly on the Volvo F88 but got time on Scammell, ERF, Foden, Atkinson, Daf, Magirus and even the V8 Scania 141, mmmmm. There we a lot of trucks doing the 'Middle East run' down to the Gulf and anything that could take a pounding went there... quite an era.if you are into that time period then try this forum...http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=35the main board is for present day truck (or should I say lorry) drivers and operators.BC Mack Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Anyone interested in NZ trucking, check out this site... http://xtrucking.co.nz/ You need to register for the forum section, http://xtrucking.co.nz/xtforum/ but it's well worth it... Make sure you have a lot of time, and look for the "Mack" and "Superliner" threads in the "Trucks Makes / Models section. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 All very cool. BC running to the Middle East back then must of been some adventure. I've read some things on that. Those guys had some balls running those distances and going through the terrain and dealing with the different cultures. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 The guy in the bottom ad looks like Fred Mertz. Handsome devil. Quote Jim Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 All very cool. BC running to the Middle East back then must of been some adventure. I've read some things on that. Those guys had some balls running those distances and going through the terrain and dealing with the different cultures. Cheers, RobMany years ago a British TV channel sent a film crew with a convoy of Astran trucks from UK to Doha... it is now on youtube as a ten parter, if you want to sit back, relax and watch all 10, or jump to "the difficult bit" which takes up the trip in Turkey. These guys make the Ice Road Truckers seem like pussies. Oh yeh, they break down their own tires, fix their own trucks, pull each other out of the sand, deal in cash for fuel in multiple currencies and navigate with a Michelin map with many blank spots on it... and no cell phones.The road is paved now, practically no customs line ups (Bulgaria was three days then) and the sense of adventure is all but gone. I used to have to fix these type of trucks after they came back, and they were knackered.This company also went overland to Afganistan and were an early pioneer of long distance overland trucking from uk to asia.BC Mack Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladislav Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 Cool thread and pictures, thanks. Quote Никогда не бывает слишком много грузовиков! leversole 11.2012 Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 BC Mack, Very interesting video. Thank you for posting it. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 1, 2013 Author Share Posted March 1, 2013 A lot of guys ran F Model Macks and the Volvo f88 and the Ford Transcontinentals with Cummins in them. I want ti get those two books that are out on the trucking to the Middle East. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 A lot of guys ran F Model Macks and the Volvo f88 and the Ford Transcontinentals with Cummins in them. I want ti get those two books that are out on the trucking to the Middle East. Cheers, RobRobCola Cowboys, Long Haul Pioneers, Trans Orient etcthe "at work" series have Volvo Scania and Transconhttp://www.nynehead-books.co.uk/description.php?II=2066http://www.nynehead-books.co.uk/description.php?II=2049http://www.nynehead-books.co.uk/description.php?II=1777check out their full catalogue...http://www.toprun.ch/truck/book.htmlthese guys have a lot of the M/E stuff but watch the shippingkeep and eye on ebay.co.uk as there are other suppliersand Amazon in the US can have them too, and I've found a few with $6 shipping from the UK.if you can google around a bit you may find some suppliers in the US but I have not been too lucky for the ones that interest me... there are some good books in the US but most deal with custom trucks all blinged out with chrome bumpers for sunvisors, not my cup of tea..!!!Dover Docks in the late 70's all heading for "The Continent"... if only I carried a camera or now owned a time machine....you can PM me if we start to drift off too far for our Mack audience, but I figure they're all truck guys!!!I've posted this pic before but it just says 'Dover' to me.BC Mack Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Here ya go!! Gotta love them AussiesThats just the ad i was talking about! i lost the magazine it was in years ago,thanks for posting it!................................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCDrum Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Yea BC Nynehead books looks like the best dealer for books. I don't really know of many US dealers with as much variety. I think Dover was where I took the Hovercraft across to Calais with my grandparents on one of my trips to the UK. That was an interesting day trip.Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/30220-mixed-bag-from-down-under/#findComment-168916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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