mrsmackpaul

46 minutes ago, 41chevy said:

The entire body design is for low cost manufacturing. All the body panels are made with a shear and a brake. no curves so no expensive tooling and presses.

I always understood that one of the reasons manufacturers put curves and the like in body is to give them strength and top stop a lot of noise and warpping etc

This ute doesnt appear to have it

Deboss garage did a segment on this jigger 

It is huge and will be hard to park anywhere in Australia, dunno about the US but Richard seems to think this will be a problem in Canada and he lists a few other issues 

Paul

Ok that maybe a little harsh but 

Mack E6 and Mack trans are mounted in three spots 

Unless that chassis is twisted up like a Twistie I very much doubt and can not see how it can be the problem 

You could bend it side ways and as long as those three mounts line up reasonably well it will be fine 

I have never worked on a heavy truck were anything even remotely lines up once they have a few years on them 

I need jacks and porta powers sometimes just to get things apart and back together and still have none of these dramas 

Truck flex and twist a unbelievable amount in their day to day lives and dont have these dramas 

It isnt your chassis 

As we say out here "tell him his dreaming"

Paul 

Unless Im dumb and I am 

If it has a Mack motor and trans a bent chassis wont have effect 

This vibrates and chaters etc when your not driving it says on page one or two 

Theres a lot of wives tails BS going 

Mack trans hangd off the motor 

People are way over thinking this

Paul

Yes Terry 

Joey and auxillary are the same thing

Paul

Well Im impressed 

Looks very original and the tow hitch on the rear has come up well

The only negitive is it isnt in my ownership 

Its gunna come up really neat 

Keep the picks coming 

Paul

Thanks Rob

How would I contact them

I'm thinking I need to research this a bit 

How does a normal 34 camel back ride compared to a inverted camel back

Do we have anyone here with actual experience and not just word of mouth on the ride difference's

Thanks in advance

Paul

What size ass end was the inverted camel back

Were would I find more information on them 

Paul

I have driven past here many times and have never stopped, always say I should abd will

I am unsure if I can just call in or if I have to make a appointment to see  it 

Must jump on the phone beforehand and find out one day 

The R 800 was a bit of everthing and appears to have been built in all shapes and sizes 

Paul 

16 hours ago, Hayseed said:

For the second Time, Too. I might Add...

And just even try to imagine how many other innocent mum and dad businessed he took with him when he went under 

Paul

17 hours ago, harrybarbon said:

Here is an Aussie right hand drive, Old Yella, all original, Cummins motor, think 250, no turbo, cabin body is straight and mainly surface rust, frame straight and surface rust and from memory it is double rail. Running when parked. He is sitting in an outback yard, dry area, with many - many Doggies to howl with in the still country nights. His best mate, a white Doggie, has been sitting proudly near him for a long time, keeping him company, he too is waiting for a good family to adopt him.

Old Yella is very keen for a new family to adopt him and will give him lots of TLC.

Harry if you ar faur dinkum about old yella needing fresh home send me message and you never know, if the price is agreeable I have travelled from one end of this wide brown labd to the other for a toy much bigger and uglier

Paul

2 hours ago, james j neiweem said:

Can't wait to see those new A-car dumps and heavy haul tractors

And one that is RHD I reckon might be pretty good as well 

Paul

Dunno about not many about Kerang 

In one street there is 3 R's one F at least 3 CH 

And I know of another R model anda fella I know fairly well had his series 1 Super liner at Wacol and still has his R model, it just sits now as he has aged a bit but still loves it even though he doesnt drive it 

A fella at Koondrook has a few R models that are used every day 

There's still a few around considering the age, a lot of this has to do with the climate as well 

Paul

Kerang, 

I dairy farmed there till 2007 so would of been before then 

Paul

Lovely animals owls

Paul

Yes welcome to the forum 

And yes probably are all a bit nuts but thats what keeps normal lol

Paul

It's a shame they didn't make these in 58,000 

I don't think the springs even bend on 58's let alone get close to riding like a Cadillac lol

Paul

When we sugar cane farmed in North QLD there was feral deer on the island our farm was on 

We would shoot around 150 a year, chittle deer 

Never thought of using a mallet

Now my boy is grown up and is turning 21 next month I have bought him a 44 Henry as a 21st present 

Turning is kinda a big deal in Australia 

Happy times  with the kids teaching them real things inlife

Cherish these moments as they are over far to quickly 

Paul 

15 hours ago, harrybarbon said:

The yellow and white Superliner - I think 1988, is same owner from new and continues to work daily as livestock and hay transport, it now has a Cat 600 hp and 18 spd Mack box on Neway rears - owner/driver is a gentleman

Andrew Kerr name seems to ring a bell

Last time I  saw it was going thru my old home town with a B double load of sheep on

Paul

That's,  um , different 

How did new sleeper you were making go Vlad 

I don't recall any up dates for a while, I  might have missed them though

Paul 

Well what ever is going on it appears that there is confusion 

Maybe two trucks left were ordered for the same customer and the customer couldn't take delivery

Paul

A lot of the NewZealandacks came RHD from the US 

As to which plant they cam from I do not know

I wrongly assumed that RHD Macks in NZ would all of come from  Australia,  a lot did and a lot from the US and NZ made their own R and F model's as well

Unsure about South Africa and other RHD parts of the world that ran Macks

Paul 

2 hours ago, Crew1910 said:

So I’ve got a 2019 Mack Anthem and after 7 months the front driver side turn signal went out. They said it was a bad module.  So they replaced both headlight/signal (whole Assembly). Six months and 7 days later the driver side went out again. Dealership says your OEM warranty expired a week ago this time I have to pay over $600 bucks for new assembly the replace the one they installed. So I did it. Not happy. Well today the right side has gone out. Now Mack says leds last longer. At this rate I’m replacing them every 7 months. Regular light bulbs last long than these. I know it’s the modules, but Mack is saying I need to keep buying new ones. I think there’s something else wrong here. I’ve called Mack and they just forward it back to the dealer that wants me to pay. 

I would write a letter direct to Mack them selves explaining what has happened 

No good phoning them, actually use a pen and paper and write it out by hand 

I would be very surprised if you dont get a  positive outcome 

I would list the name of the people you spoke to at the dealer ship and their response when asking 

Keep it direct and to the point and factual 

I have had to do this once in Australia when a dealer just fobbed me off until the warranrty expired and then refused to help 

Once the factory was involved and telling the dealer what to do it was amazing how quick things changed and minor annoying problems were fixed 

Paul