mrsmackpaul

I guess it wil be just like when the motor car first came about, a lot of smart companies and even quite large companies will fall by the wayside Not everyone can be a winner and this company maybe one of those that fade away Paul

I seemed to have missed this thread somehow up until now Looks like a fun adventure so far Paul

Vlad you are possibly correct They were 5.73 when new, the carrier has 5.29 stamped on the top of it so I have just assumed that is what they are I did have that big cover off only months ago as it was weeping around it and replaced the O ring, or maybe gasket goo, dunno now Anyway that is my understanding, 95 km/h is revving pretty hard That is on the GPS thingy mahbob Paul

Have a great trip, neat looking truck you have there Paul

I would be getting all nervously excited at the same time shifting the cab about and leaving it in someone else's care 😀 I'm sure its in good and capable hands Have really enjoyed watching this truck slowly develop, thank you for sharing with us Paul

No your all wondering what the fudge does this photo have to do with what we are talking about It was on Facebook the other day and people made comments as to just how gutless these trucks are to shift such a load Well as most of you know, I dont know my ass from my elbow I made the comment that was made to me one day sitting at the road house at Springsure in Queensland with maybe the higher side of 70 ton on heading south and the next range to climb was the Carnarvon range A older and wiser fella asked if he could sit down at my table and of course I welcomed the opportunity for a yarn Anyway he asked about my old bucket of bolts out the front and we got talking and the Carnarvon range came into the conversation His eyebrows raised a tad when I mentioned I was heading that way He didn't say dont try it or any such thing, his only comment was "Plenty of blokes with a lot less power have pulled a load that big or bigger over there" My point is this truck in the photo is only 250 hp with a 6 pot Cummins or 300 with the 903 Cummins (I had to Google that) I suggested that it's about gearing when shifting big loads not horse power I also suggested when carrying big loads you dont want a lot of speed as trouble finds you quick enough And that not that many years ago, loads this big and bigger were shifted with little more than say 150 horse power Have we really lost our that much over the years ? Paul By the way Carnarvon range is the only mountain range that I have seen that has a sign at the bottom of the hill saying "Trucks must use low gear when climbing hill"

I dunno how I have missed this for a while but I have Looking bloody great Paul

Im still on my first mobile phone, Samsung galaxy doodah, 3 years old now, screen broke in the first week, phone is smarter than me thats for sure Never needed one or wanted one before on the farm and didn't want this one either I have grown to like it though, used a lot of swear words learning about Dunno about trucks with autos in them, I reckon a quiet new Mack Trident with a M drive would be okay and I certainly wouldn't send it back Paul

Ha ha ha, gave me a chuckle reading that Those big tall gear sticks I have only ever seen on youtube videos of American trucks are well um I dunno pretty useless They would fall out of gear over every decent size bump on the road I reckon Would need real long arms to throw the stick between all those gears Havent noticed any with three sticks but I dont watch that type of thing much, when it's jokers posing I just stop watching it It is quite funny to me to watch growen men and possibly woman as well virtually sitting on the floor and reaching to the roof to swap a few gears Still I'm not the best driver in the world but some how manage to get things done so I shouldn't really judge I do wonder how the heck they see anything sitting on the floor Even in my R model with the seat up properly I can see almost everything and the blind spots are small Paul

Seed I think the show that charged if I wanted my truck judged was a local show and may of been the local clubs fund raiser It was something like 10 bucks to enter but my Mack isnt up to those standards so never worried about it Paul

So how much more did these give, or were expected to give ? I gather fuel economy wasnt a concern at all Paul

Yes I believe thats the case and his KW was getting work done on it Still impressed me with the Pinnacle Paul

You know come to think of it I think I told a lie. Im pretty sure that if you just want show a truck it was free, if I want to show a truck in competition there was a charge, I really dont know and shows really arent my thing so I'm probably the wrong person to even comment Paul

They charge you to show your truck ? Well thats new to me,I have only taken my bucket of bolts to a couple of shows and just driven in were directed, maybe I was meant to pay.....oops Paul

I can tell everyone I am more stunned than the rest of you that no one was injured I was doing 110 km/h (speed limit) so thats near 70 MPH and I reckon numb nuts was doing the dollar and change 100MPH plus from the farmer in the ute that numb nuts over took at the time he passed the truck I'm so lucky that numb nuts did keep on travelling other wise I would of most likely been locked up on assult charges Life is pretty fragile and is gone in a split second, everything we work for through out our lives never really amounts to two tenths of stuff all And some useless prick can take it all away in split second But yes be grateful that we came out ok I have managed to get im contact with the owners of the Benz and they are most apologetic about the whole situation, it wasnt their fault and they were a 1000 mile away when this all took place They tell me they will take care of everything, I guess we will wait and see In the grand scheme of things this is really stuff all so I'm not complaining, I guess it's just a sort of friendly reminder of how quick things can happen to us Take care everyone Paul

Is it possible for oil to be building up in the exhaust somehow when sitting just idling, and then with the heat from the exhaust it ignites when under load Not a lot of heat is generated out the exhaust until it is under load and might take few seconds to make enough heat to ignite I really have no idea at all Paul

Well what were all you doing Friday night at 7.30 ? We were (the Princess and I that is) returning from picking up a piece of farm machinery from Yelta, a little area north west of Mildura We grabbed some KFC for dinner and started to head home We were tootling along and got down near Yatpool and a semi or maybe B double came around the corner ( cant tell it was dark) dipped his lights, all was good until all of a sudden a extra set of headlights appeared right beside him I only had time to yell out "Were gunna have a head on" , dont think I even got that far and we hit I was on the brakes and heading for the side of the road and there was a hell of a bang and then the poor old ute wasn't handling very well so off the brakes and did my best to keep things up right We wobbled to a hault in the side cut on the wrong side of the road I checked the Princess was okay and then to my surprise I opened the door, yes it still opened and hopped out and ran out onto the highway to see what the hell had just happened I was still unsure as this all happened in seconds Within seconds a vehicle pulls up and a Im thinking this prick just about bloody killed us Im gunna rip his head off, as Im striding across the hwy to rip said head from the shoulders it dawns on me that I may have the wrong fella (those of you that know me fairly well will know my mouth gets me into trouble at times) so I asked if he had just hit us Well it turns out he was behind the truck and the car that hit us had over taken him and the truck crossing unbroken white lines, he appeared from no were and vanished into the night, or at least that is what we thought So another farmer pulls up and calmly enquiries "you had a accident mate" , ah yeah I reply " yeah the car that hit is a fare way up the road and the driver has done a bolt, but dont worry I'll find him" and with that he chucked a u bolt and vanished Over the next few hours I learnt from the fire brigade, the ambulance and the cops that they had found one person but he was badly hurt And everyone is surprised at just how little damage my ute has received compared to the other car, and more to the point Di and I don't have a scratch or bruise on us Then the tow truck dramas start, they want to take the ute to their yard, ok but can I collect tomorrow, no you cant The very first person in the Landcruiser was a farmer on the other side of Carwarp another 10 km up the road and had already said we can leave it there if we need to, so I asked the tow truck to do that, no bloody fear So we get on the phone to the insurance people and they instruct the driver to drop it The police tell the driver to take Di and with him in the tow truck out to drop the ute and then drop us at a motel I had organized back in Mildura We tried to rent a car, no luck to late so decide bed isnt a bad plan as it's after 11 o'clock now I wake early as always do and the Princess never slept, I checked the bus timetable and booked some tickets checked out and walked to the station Caught a bus to Kerang lucky for Miss Molly that we fed her before leaving We got back to Kerang at 10.15 We remembered ( ok the Princess reminded me ) that we had no keys as they were in the ute So we walked home and broke in Had some breaky got changed and started to get the Mack ready to collect the car that day, it was after 1 o'clock by this stage I started to head off Discovered a slight problem with the Mack so turned around at Ready Lake to correct that problem By the time that was sorted it was getting to late so decided Sunday was a better day Woke Sunday drove to Carwarp, 350 km collected my ute and came home Dianne learnt on Sunday from the police that the other driver was drunk and on methamphetamines Also learnt it was a Mercedes Benz 320 E We hadnt seen the car or the driver We also he wasnt injured the farmer did find him hiding in a ditch beside the train line and claimed he was paralyzed and had no feeling fro, the neck down, the fire supporting his head etc, when his story started to fall apart the dirty prick spat in firemans and triec to runaway but was promptly arrested and locked up So today the farmer that we left the ute at sent a Dianne a text with a photo of a newspaper article of the accident We didn't rate a mention When you compare the damage done to the ute compared to the safest car in the world, I'll let you all make up your own minds on whats safer Turns out numb nuts in the Benz bounced off me into the truck, we new none of this on Friday night or until tonight Gave Di one hell of a scare just made me as wild as all get out So that was my weekend Now the fight will begin as no doubt the insurance company will want to right it off, I have told them that I dont want that, they only made just over 500 of these and numb nuts in the Benz can pay to fix it and they can chase him, dont think I'll have much luck but who knows Paul And numb nuts in the Benz's from the Mildura news paper So some more happy shots, wheeled Mrs Mack in to the truck stop at Swan Hill on the way home On Friday afternoon going to collect our said goody I noticed a Peterbilt parked in the roadhouse truck stop I commented to the Princess and her enthusiastic sigh said it all, we dont see many Peterbilts in Australia It was still there on the way home So in for some happy snaps Paul

Well I'm thinking maybe the chambers might of been upgraded to a bigger size requiring spacers behind the rims to clear the chambers I'm thinking this is possibly the case As with most things there are flow on effects Paul

Pretty sure and open to correction that when Mack Australia started using that style of air cleaner they were only used on Macks with Mack running gear, if it had another manufacturers motor it had a normal Donaldson dry element Paul

Im allconfuzzelled now lol Yes Mack made and sold a huge variety in the U.S. compared to Australia I guess the parts supply was in their mind the whole time Paul

Yes matching the ground speed is crucial for a good cut, you dont cover as much ground in the same time but the job is so much neater Glad it's all working out The Princess has loved the zero turn Massey Ferguson mower I bought her as a birthday present years ago Sounds funny I know but she loves mowing the lawn, as she says "I can spend all day doing houseworkand no one notices, spend a few hours mowing the lawn and everyone notices" Paul

Well some wonderful photos of trucks there, I do like that blue Federal, well I like most of them really Whats the with all those wheel chocks, no body has hand brakes or maxi brakes in the U.S. or is it some over zealous safety rules ? Paul

Brocky I have been a tad busy, you know how life can get I'm sure Finally got that thread read on JOT, a absolute CRACKER of a read and what a amazing job There truely are some extremely talented and gifted people in this world that make people like me look like the amatures I am I take it the Brockway was finished in the end of the thread and has gone on give wonderful service since Thanks again for that link Paul

Would be worth running a straight edge along the heads if the manifold is removed for checking for flatness On motors with multiple heads like these I always run a straight edge along these mating surfaces to make sure they are lined up, I have heads that have beem decked on the side that don't even come close to lining up with other heads, not saying it is the problem but only takes a second to check when apart Paul

From 44,000 pound upwards Macks have a separate cap on the end and the axle is splined on both ends and floats between the the cone shaped cap on the hub and the spider gears in the diff 44's and up in Australia were this way with Mack's 44's have 6 bolts holding the cone to the hub 58's up to around 65 have 8 studs And even bigger Macks had 10 studs, dunno what rating they changed and I have never seen one of the real big ones except on photos on this forum Someone older and much wiser can probably answer that I'm a bit lost with what back end your gunna chuck under the B61, I haven't seen it mentioned yet Paul