mrsmackpaul

That looks sharp, it has come up well

Paul 

On 4/13/2024 at 12:32 AM, BOBWhite said:

Odd question but is the top tank of the radiator cast iron like an old tractor or is it just a sheet metal grill?

If that's cast Iron it would make a great Mack Shop heater! If I could find one 

I was speaking to my brother today and asked him about the tank

Top tank is cast but the name badge etc screws to a sheet that bolts to the top tank

Dunno if its cast iron or cast aluminium 

We never got that far into talking about it

Paul

Well he's never gunna sit behind the wheel in anything I own

Paul 

6 hours ago, 70mackMB said:

Did you look into rope vs cable for the winch? l see a couple towing guys on You Tube have gone to rope and like it.    ....Hippy 

There was a bloke in Australia that tested all the winching theories and proved what was what 

A few surprises, you'll  to adjust your viewing to appreciate the Aussies humor

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/wEUbicuiyo6b38MQ/?mibextid=NnVzG8

Let me know if the link doesn't work, it really is interesting to watch

Paul 

9 hours ago, Vladislav said:

Wonder what was the reason?

Don't they want for general public to own an armored vehicle?

I would be thinking that is the case Vlad

The world has changed a lot in the last 20 years and idiots are everywhere these days

Terrorist attacks and the like I guess

Funny how the world has changed so much, the Australian government was selling complete Centurion tanks not that long ago

Guessing guns were made in operable, anyway no one cared 

Some people make a good living selling rides on the tanks thru off road courses, took my Dad on one for his birthday 10 years ago 

Paul

This how the armored ones are sold from the defense forces

They cut the cabs and all the hoses cables and wires

Paul 

That I think would have to be the most detailed thread on here to follow on this type of thing

Paul

So I  guess you need to start some where

Some basics

How fast is a comfortable speed for the truck and motor now ?

How fast do you wish to be able to travel with out the truck reving its head off 

What size wheels and tyres do have

What condition are these in, if they are buggered already it won't hurt as much to buy different tyres and wheels to suit a different back end if needed

What type of motor are you thinking, smaller motors are usually happy to rev a bit harder than a large truck motor

How much room is there to fit a different motor ?'

Paul 

Greased up board or a pallet jack is pretty much the standard deal

Doing it with the wheels on is by far the easiest by a long way

They just slip right on

If you do have to drop the wheels for some reason, a motor bike jack works a treat

If your on dirt, chuck a sheet of 5 ply down to wheel a pallet jack on

Even if using a greased board a sheet of ply makes the job a lot more pleasant 

Sign writers out here sit have a yarn for while to get a feel of what you want

Some people then just the go

I'm a tad more controlling I guess

I new what I didn't want, no big modern scrolls 

Nice tight period correct scrolls, colours of pin stripes and scrolls I have no idea, the sign writers have a really good handle of contrasting colours

I was happy with the outcome 

Only vinyle was my name on the door, it's a little different so I wasn't sure I would like it

Wish I did get it in paint as well

Paul

Looks the goods 😉

Paul

3 hours ago, mowerman said:

I think your truck needs  Road lamps 

What are road lamps ??

Paul 

2 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

guess we can try to be positive and go with the idea this climate change is nature doing its thing. many scientist believe a meteor hit this planet causing a dust cloud which wipe out the dinos. which started the ice age. can't confirm that theory due to believe it or not  I wasn't there; I showed up few years later. no matter what did it or continues to do it;; as kid I remember when winters were long and cold  with lots of snow. not much snow few years in CT.

We used to get chill blains as kids, I still have the scars on my toes, dad had scars on his ears from when he was kid

All the puddles would ice over 

Mt brother now farms within a few miles of were this all happened and he never see's ice in puddles in winter anymore

I don't feel the changes are as sharp, as in between winter and spring, spring and summer and back into autumn as they once were

Those changes were very defined and mother nature didn't muck about

I reckon some volcano in south America erupted in the late 90's and spewed as much crap into the atmosphere in a few days that we put there in couple of hundred years

Everything we do must have an effect, is it a big enough effect to cause the changes we are having ? No one knows for sure

Scientists rely on funding to get grants to research

To get money they need, a issue that's so big it out shadows everything else is needed

Who remembers the hole in the ozone layer

The radiation from microwaves was gunna kill us all

Everyone was gunna die of aids 8n the 80s

The W2K bug when the clocks ticked over midnight to the year 2000

The rising sea levels 

There's a long list of stuff that was gunna change our world that got bucket loads of funding 

Did the funding change any of the out comes ? I think it probably did, but to how much, we will never know 

Maybe today's world we like to have something to blame when ever anything bad happens ?

I hope the earthquakes and tremors have settled down

Paul

21 weeks and counting, good to hear people are supporting the new Autocar

Hope they do well

Paul 

Assuming your in the State's, you need to use U.S. wire guage which is different than other countries

That been said the correct answer is above mine

Take a sample and compare, if it's you can't find the exact size, go the next biggest

Paul

I dunno if it is changing or not, I do wonder if we just find out about everything so much quicker

Gotta remember it was only a life time ago news like this never would of reached Australia and today I find out in a matter of hours

I remember going to A.I.M.S (Australian Institute of Marine Science) about 50 km south of Townsville on the north eastern coast of Australia 

I learnt heaps at the open day, I  got talking to a scientist fellow and asked about global warming and climate change 

He proceeded to slide out these large trays, maybe 6 or 7 feet long and the had core samples from the Great Barrier reef

He explained how the reef grows a fresh layer each year, just like a tree grows another ring

And by the colours of each layer they can tell how wet or how dry the Tropical Monsoon wet season was, the sediment washed out to sea leaves a layer on the reef and this changes the colour 

He went onto explain we have had over 50 years in a row drier than we have ever seen and also 50 years  in a row wetter than we have ever seen

So is the east coast of Australia getting hotter ? Still to early to tell

Yet in NewZealand, down the bottom end of the south island the glaciers are retreating at a fast rate of knots

So I have no idea

To me, the sun feels hotter and as soon as I stop Im looking for shade 

Paul

Watched the second video this morning 

All pretty impressive to me, well done to all involved 

I guess thats the easy part done

And yes shifting big extremly over size things is a challenge 

Dunno how wide that trailer is but probably every bit of 15 feet or more

I'm shifting a trailer in the coming weeks that is way over size and the paper work etc gets complicated to say the least, and it's no were near that size, just over 17 feet wide and about 60 feet long 

Just load this stuff is a challenge 

Paul

No good at all

Hope no body got much more than a fright

Paul

Well I managed to balls that up

Thought I would get a set, then my brother as well might like a set

Then Mal that painted Mrs Mack 

And some how endedup with 5 sets in the cart and be blowed if I can get them back to 3 sets

OH PAUL YOU'VE MADE A MESS OF THIS LOL

Paul

Yes Bob, the old posts on here are quite a shock as to some of the posters that were on here every day not so long ago

Paul

Very good, nice and short so it's easy to manouver about when the trailer is off

Paul

I saw the article at the start of this thread on Facelessbook the other day

Back in the 80's I  read a article on her, would of been either English or an Australian magazine 

I gather the trucks and their owners are all long gone now

I wonder if Mary and Andrew ever new their stories made around the world

I did some Googling and I reckon this photo was in the article, but thats probably 35 - 40 years ago now so I may be wrong 

She reminds me of another lady I habe met, Miss Elle drives trucks and coaches most of her life

I reckon Elle is even shorter than Mary and is a absolute live wire, in her late 60's now and still full of beans

And she don't stuff about when driving either, I'm flat out keeping up with her

Anyway, totally off topic now

Paul

This terrible news for all, I don't know anything about ships, boats, tug boats floating in a inner tube etc

I do imagine that once you loose power the current takes control and pushes you about however mother nature wishes the current to flow

Easter is going to be very different and a sad occasion for a lot of families now

The whole situation is terrible 

Paul