mrsmackpaul

Out and about after dark, looking good 

Whats on the back, a screening plant or crusher ??

Looks very sharp and neat and tidy

Bob thats a add for Castrol oil from ywars gone by

Dunmo if the Castrol brand is in the U.S. but it's fairly well respected in Australia 

Paul 

Bob were the E9's called Econodyne in the U.S. as well

They started as Maxidyne and Thermodyne in Australia and changed years later

Paul

On 11/28/2022 at 10:40 AM, 70mackMB said:

Paul, You have the can loaded with the doors facing forward. ls that so you can load/unload it on the trailer? Either unhooking or jacking at an 90* angle?    .....Hippy

Thats so I can load thru the front

On 1/9/2023 at 10:40 AM, mowerman said:

Wow I thought it was a model until I sucked it in… looks great… bob

Yes I also thought the same thing

Well done

Image only came my way yesterday

A few years ago now someone took a happy snap of me heading off to couple up into a road train in north Queensland 

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 

Okay one more short clip of flood crossings in  cool looking trucks

Have a great day  everyone 

Paul

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

13 hours ago, Mark T said:

I see.  We don't get floods like that here in the area I live. Usually by the rivers if any.

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 

Would be guessing the water was only inches deep when it got bogged

By the time help arrived it was this deep

Australia is very flat and floods can be many miles wide and often havev no local rain when flooding occurs 

Paul 

2 hours ago, Mark T said:

What's going on in that picture ? Looks like that could be a expensive dry out

Yeah could would be dramas in the future, mainly electrical dramas in later life, but what old bucket of bolts doesn't 

Paul

Not my photo

Tracy Oneil photo andcomment bellow

"Going through the scrapbook tonight.
Not my pictures.
Two dogs having a swim."

Always good to be working 

On 8/2/2022 at 3:07 AM, 70mackMB said:

I've never seen a boom/stick like that before. Must have four pistons on it! Would like to see it working. Nice pictures Paul, glad to see the ol'girl still earning her keep.    .....Hippy

Only 3 rams like normal for the boom and dipper, it is all very complicated affair

I think the pins get shifted in the boom when you do heavier work

Hydraulics have come a long way 

This is hydraulic over hydraulic so no electronics to give drama

But in pretty poor condition which doesn't help at all

Paul 

Shifted a Ford H47 CK excavator yesterday and today, had a crook final drive

Was quite the challenge to load, had to winch one side and drive the other good side, a lot of slipping and sliding to get it  on 

Came off easier 

First Ford excavator I have ever seen in the flesh 

Paul 

Looking like it belongs, looks right at home

A couple of classy units

Plenty of shine going on there 

Thats the go, load it up and send it

Not quite, she probably needed one with all the smells she gets all over her 🦨

The old Mrs Mack needs a polish these days, never polished polished a vehicle before 

Paul 

Guess who had a bath today ?