mrsmackpaul

They look good, but are they upside down ? The reason I ask is every trailer or truck I have owned the lid opens down not up Gives a hand bench to sit stuff on while searching thru the box and you don't hit your head, the light shines in there for searching about Don't get me wrong, those are sharp looking boxes and I maybe wrong but it appears these hinge up opening Paul

Hippy when I first saw the trailer I mentioned to the bloke Im shifting it for, "I know this trailer" "I reckon it was from when we built Loy Yang power station" The bloke buying said it was a Telecom trailer for shifting something Anyway the blokes farm its on rolled past as we were loading and it is one of the trailers I thought it was for building Loy Yang power station, apparently it collected a bridge on the way up to the Riverina and stuffed the bridge and damaged the trailer Anyway we loaded the trailer, the loader on the farm can lift a corner at a time This trailer really is massive The beams are huge and theres 4 of them There's a lot of pudding on the ass end of the float, the tyres have a wee bulge But it's on So we hooked the loader on lifted a as much as it could, lift to the limit with crowd all the way back, the crowd forward, the lift a bit more, then crowd back The front tyres were a tad bulging Then back the float under a bit until a beam was catching on the float by about 6 inches Then out with jacks and blocks of wood Jacked up until it was clear, then sat that trailer on blocks just above the front of the axles Then winched it and pulled it forward of the blocks of wood Then more winching, then winching and pushing from the back until the front of the trailer was near the rear of the goose neck Then I unlocked the goose neck and left it attached to the prime mover, trailer brakes on ans pulled forward until the goose neck was stretched out flat, then winched about 3 or 4 feet more until the Mack started vibrating abd jumping about and the winch stopped So Mal took the loader around the back to give it a shove while I winched We pushed the Mack and float but the trailer in the back wouldn't budge I studied hard what was happening and noticed the king had put a sizable dent in the goose neck with weight of it, so we lift the front of the trailer and chucked a couple of 4 x 4 bits of wood under the grease plate and winched it on Then folded the goose neck up and locked it in Chained it down and pulled the back axles off the trailer so the front axle can pulled to give us clearance Called to see if the pilot vehicles can come today, 7.00 am the next morning Thats fine Chucked the other axles on top Dunno how heavy it is but its bloody heavy So with the tyres off we are just over 5 meters not saying how much over but from hub to hub we are about 17 feet Guessing its 55 - 60 feet long and weight is at a guess, between 15 - 20 ton or 33,000 lbs - 44000 lbs, our ton is different than a U.S. ton Anyway Mrs Mack is tucked up away for the night Shift it about 60 mile in the morning Paul

That I don't know I feel it was a off highway trailer built for transporting big things around a construction site Maybe as components were built up on some industrial construction site and then shifted into place The blokes farm it is on feels it was built by Telecom (Australias telecommunications company) for shifting towers or big exchanges once they were built I think we are just guessing at the moment Paul

Will take all advise and ideas Swishman Tah muchly, I'll report back tomorrow night Paul

Yes Mech, the trucks look similar at first glance but after a few moments thats about all our trucks have in common with American trucks 600, 320 coolpower with a 12 speed and 44s in the rear It's a lot lighter duty than my truck, chassis rails are shallower and so on But is still a good performer From many moons ago Paul

Nah Joey Don't ready to much into, we trade insults with our best mates all the time, it's like showing them how much they mean to us Paul

Thats a big bunk, I haven't seen one that big on a Australian Scania Paul

Close Geoff, we call you all Seppo's A bit of Cockney slang that has been Australianized even further Seppo is short for septic tank, which is Cockney for Yank So to most Australians over the age of 40 would know that a Seppo is a American from the U.S of A Most people under 40 have grown up in very politically correct world Also Australia has lost a lot of its identity in the new globalised world that is apparently gunna be good for us all Paul

Load number two Sitting in a paddock waiting It really is 17 feet wide and at least 60 feet long It isn't as big or even close to as big as the trailer attached to the big Mack Two normal bogie axle assemblies underneath, side by side Farmer reckons he has a loader than might sort of lift one end The rest is blocks of wood and jacks and winching I'll be living the dream, I really will As a apprentice there was a sign in the work shop that read something like this "We the unwilling have been doing the unbelievable with so little for so long we now attempt to do the impossible with nothing Kinda how I do everything, get into it and have a crack, I can only make a mess or succeed Paul

Well it's on like Donkey Kong now It's begun Mecho So we don't have flash rotator jiggers but rather we have what have at hand So we grab Mals Traxcavator, Case 1150 Lifts heaps First said gudday to Opera , aka "the black bitch" Mal bunged the tipper back on her in recent times Chucked the Traxcavator on and run it up to the unload site Then drop it off And head for home Phase one complete This trailer is bigger than Ben Hur I am gunna shift Or at least try and shift, it will be the second biggest size thing I have ever shifted Widest was 24 feet x 50 or 55 feet Will see what happens, might end up a complete cluster Paul

It came in a annual subscription for the "Weekly Times" which is farmers weekly news paper in Victoria and the lower half of New South Wales I'll ask Mum the name of the book, it's all about dog stories Mum replied Joey I had to Google a what a Australian Shepherd is, they are a American dog from California ?? A funny old world https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Shepherd Kelpie are probably the most widely used sheep dog in Australia,they can scale vertical walls 15 feet high, I think record is nearer 17 feet They are long and lanky and tough, really tough like a blue cattle dog so are well suited to the Australian farm life Kelpies are on the cover of the book, Mum has a very old ex farm Kelpie that has fully retired inside Paul

Chihuahua for Mack ute/pick up Kelpie as pictured mid size/ vocational sized Surpose a Rottweiler for the heavy duty jobs Paul

A mate of mine had a similar experience, but with radiator hoses popping off on his KW T90??? Anyway with the higher horsepower jobbies that are hauling road trains etc the radiator "sort of hangs off the front of the motor" his description This for heavy duty type of trucks and keeps things better aligned when every thing is twisting etc under load The bolts were broken or maybe fallen out, but I'm pretty sure he told me the bolts were busted This allowed enough misalignment under load for hoses to slowly work off the pipes A picture of said truck Dunno if this of any help, but it makes for a yarn Happy days Paul

What's the current state of affairs with the new ride Any luck yet ?? Paul

Your right, that is a cool bit of gear, I'm sure you will get it sorted soon enough Paul

Pretty sure it will be a side valve motor Get a cheap fuel pressure gauge like this 20 bucks Australian, so $1.95 US A tee, a foot of rubber fuel line and maybe a few hose clamps 50 bucks and you will find some definite answers with out any guessing Paul

Same type of deal,only Australian made for big acres Paul

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Welcome 6 wheeler So I don't think you have a Maxidyne as they were diesel Photos probably have to many pixels, try emailing them to yourself, this reduces their size quite a bit Yes fuel blockage is most likely Try putting a pressure gauge on the fuel line before the carby and this will tell you if the problem is the fuel pump or the carby is blocked If the fuel pressure drops of its the pump, if it doesn't it's the carby Paul

A bunk a little like this and some colour to break up the white on the cab Some old school stripes to make it a little different and nice tight scrolls and pin stripes Would make a nice truck for not a huge amount of coin Paul

You need to come to Australia or NewZealand Still heaps of cabovers, Kenworth still sell them new https://www.kenworth.com.au/trucks/k200/ Paul

I feel the ratio would be good for shifting weight Maybe not high speed highway work in the U.S. Would be okay out here were we go a little slower but run a bit heavier Paul

And if the milage is accurate it is probably a really good deal Bucket loads of power, 44 ass end, 18 speed, super singles on the steer I best be careful or I'll talk myself into it 😉 Paul

Yeah the price is up there, even by Australian standards but it is a very neat truck Paul