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Brocky

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  1. Paul, Our bus trip from Cairns to Townsville, vie Lake Tineroo, sure did go up over and back down some crooked hilly roads!!!
  2. And then to driver training!!!!!! Started first driving was at 8-10 0n farm tractors, and farm trucks in the field. In 1962 2nd half of my senior year in high school took Drivers ED in a 1962 Dodge Dart, 318, 3 speed Torque Flight, then took my road test on my mothers 1952 Dodge with Fluid Drive.. Took my NYS Class 1 Chauffeurs test in 1967 on a 1953 Brockway 154, Flathead Continental gas job, 5th direct trans, and air 2 speed.
  3. This all started in the mid 1960's when the child psychologists said the parents should "talk to the kids" not Whup their Butts!!! The part they left out was you had to get their attention first, which usually involved some butt whupping!! NOW 50 years later no one has any respect for authority or them selves..
  4. Converting to Hub Pilot rims will be VERY expensive as you would have to change the spoke hubs to Bud style hubs. Check out the local trucking companies as they may have a pile of 22.5 rims in the back corner as they replaced equipment with disc style wheels. If you have a friendly local tire store check with them on finding you some reasonable radial "take offs" with decent tread especially if you are only going to use it as a hobby truck with NO water load... The radials will give you better ride and handling.. Take your time and ask around locally before you jump into all new.
  5. Penna, I assume?????????
  6. You Tube Slim Dusty!!! He was the greatest Australian country singer ever... Mostly he told tales of Australian history in the Tom T Hall style as well as about 70 trucking songs... Recorded 104 albums in his lifetime, Sang "Waltzing Matilda", the unofficial national anthem, at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
  7. One of our local septic tank cleaners has a small "mini excavator" mounted on the frame on back of his truck behind the tank. Hydraulics from the PTO..
  8. I have seen a picture of, I think (???) it was a COE car hauler, where the sleeper was under the passenger seat and went lengthwise with your feet out over the engine...
  9. I could go out and trim the weeds NOW!!!
  10. Paul, That is an interesting sleeper.. I have never driven a truck with a "crawl thru the window" sleeper.. but many small "sit in" bunks.. At 6'4" and 250 lb, I presume it would be SNUG!!!
  11. YEAH!!! The Compact was the square replacement for the 3000, looked a lot like the MB..
  12. Bob, I am 6'4" and had no problems with the 3000, BUT the Compact was a horse of a different color!!!
  13. In 1969 I drove a White 3000 in the city of Syracuse NY for over a year.. Then they replaced it with a Compact.. There was not room enough between the wall under the seat and the clutch pedal to bring my foot up onto the clutch!!! Had to swing it over the brake and back.
  14. Mech, Same down here: Last Saturday night on I-26 north of Spartanburg SC, Dry Road, 4 or 5 cars and 1 tractor trailer.. Big A$$ FIRE and 5 people from one family dead.. NO more details on the news as to cause???
  15. JoJo, I have to agree with you.. Down here what we called a dustin' they call a Blizzard!!!! Up in Oswego County NY we started at 0300 AM, plowed 6 to 12 inches of new snow off and sanded the roads, AND the school busses ran on time!!!!! Down here if the weather forecast says it might snow, they start closing the schools..
  16. Eight Up:: You best and cheapest way out is to locate a local spring shop and have them replace any broken leafs.. As Bob said try Google?? And another way is to look around for a local trucking company, dump truck or heavy haul outfit.. Their shop foreman should know of a local reputable spring shop.
  17. I have also plowed snow with a 1950 Walter with a V and single wing in Oswego County NY.. Mechanical brakes, when you needed to stop just push in the clutch and drop the nose plow!!!
  18. I drove the 50's Brockways with flathead Continentals gas jobs in the city in Syracuse NY in the late 60's and in the summer we folded the sides of the hoods under and held them down with tarp straps to let the heat out!!!..
  19. Here is a Walter in Upstate New York late 30's:
  20. Just give her the tools and say"HAVE FUN"!!!!!!!
  21. So now Mack can only dig holes in half the yard??????????
  22. Maybe we should not laugh??? Weirder things have happened with the Dumbocrat party..
  23. Back to museums!!! The Keystone Museum in Colonial Heights VA should be at the top of everyone's list!!! First exit north of the 85 / 95 split with 18 wheel parking.. Tractors, trucks, toys and a on premises diner.. And a motel with in walking distance.. Plan on spending ALL day!!!! Call ahead and a group could possibly get a back room tour of their shop???? For the drag racer there is the Gartlis Museum in Ocala FL to combine with the ATCA Winter Nationals Bushnell FL in January.. And the Brockway Museum in Cortland is actually 4 museums in one!!!! The Central New York Living History Center..
  24. If at all possible,YES!!! Or as close as possible due to parts availability..
  25. Bob, I was thinking the same when Paul posted it.. Only mine was an ESSO station
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