mrsmackpaul

Should be interesting 

I wonder will we end up with Isuzu motors with Cummins Badges or Cummins motors with Isuzu badges ??

Paul 

Im guessing there is all out and none of the trailers have maxis

Or the the brakes are all backed off 

They say it's on level ground in the commentary 

Paul 

5 hours ago, fjh said:

Nope aint no Mack and I'd don't think there are to many grades where they are working cause I don,t care even with 400 HP your going to break something if you have any sort of incline and that much weight!!

Yes you do need a fare whack of power torque and momentum to shift bigger weights at any sort of speed 

Having said that it still is quite a impressive feat, that many trailers along a dirt road with by today's ststandards very little horse power

If people could even begin to try and understand just how much traction is needed to lift off with a load like that let alone add a gravel road

And who has seen this video 

Paul 

Well found the video 

Enjoy

Paul 

Great stuff 

Is the video on YouTube??

I know the world record for road trains is in Australia 

It was 24 trailers and then I  think it went out to 50 trailers 

Do you have any photos of the 2 / 3 trailer log trucks 

Paul 

What are they ?

They are a bit modern for me to tell

Paul 

On 5/24/2019 at 11:56 AM, Bullheaded said:

Do you do a lot of farming Paul? What do you have for crops?

I don't farm, just always been interested in it. I live about an hour away from a lot of  farm land. Hay and dairy is big here. When i was a kid I grew up beside a Massey Ferguson dealer.

My main crop is snow, LOL.

 

I'll have to go do some reading up on Chamberlain tractors.

Mate I dont do as much as I used to

We were dairy farmers for many years before moving to the other end of Australia and grew sugar cane

We never made any money growing cane so changed over to hay beans millet and other crops

Hay ended up been our main income though

Paul 

Check for air in fuel

White smoke means air in fuel

Blue smoke means oil

Paul 

Had this old Chamberlain longer, it was the first tractor I had with a cab, they're a Australian brand that got bought out by John Deere in the 70's I think it was 

They were the most popular tractor sold in Australia for some years from the 70's - the 80's

Paul 

There a unusual looking jigger

Well Im impressed, was watching a youtube video the other day that had a B model in Tasmania and a Pacific hauling big loads of hard wood logs 

Video said 50 ton on a trailer

Paul 

9 hours ago, Bullheaded said:

I always wanted to go to Australia. I have a couple friends there. But I'm still waiting for them to build a bridge because I don't fly, LOL.

Go via Canada Alaska Russia duck thru Asia and I'll put the billy on and get the Princess to bung some scones in the oven for smoko

Paul 

Just to get this back on topic

For those of you with facebook 

Inside the RHD jigger 

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2709716395765806&id=134753723262099

Paul 

1 hour ago, Vladislav said:

What engine it had? Was it cold after start?

My interest is not because I dislike smoke but I would like to know the reasons my one does it.

If you blow smoke like that and the motor is i  good order I reckon you will find the motor is glazing up due to not been worked 

Paul 

1 hour ago, Dirtymilkman said:

I believe YOU are on the other side of the world. 😁

Yeah the bloods rushing to my head

Paul 

Great photos of the other side of the world in a very different time 

Thanks for sharing 

Would the R 700 have had 24 inch tyres  ? They seem to look a lot tougher with big rubber than 20 tyres

Paul 

47 minutes ago, Bullheaded said:

And you say $15,000 for a bull bar. Last time I priced a Mik Mak moose bumper (same thing basically) that are heavy duty and can withstand moose hits, it was $3500 to $5000 here depending on options. May have went up now with all the tariff's but still wouldn't be that high.

Thats what I have been told, that would be a road train bull bar, strong enough to hook onto and pull a 100 plus ton out of a bog 

You can buy cheaper but they aren't manufacturer authorized so your warranty is void

No matter what happens people always seem to be keen to come in and under cut, seems to have always been the way in the free enterprise world we live in

It is a shame that old trucks are all getting forced off the road as that's how a lot of owner drivers start

Paul 

I reckon US trucks are missing a lot of features we have as pretty much standard

Paul

Yeah I dont doubt that seed

Im only relaying what blokes tell me they have paid for new jiggers in recent times

They all tell me the base price isnt to bad but it doesn't take long to chew thru over a 100 grand once you start adding basic things most people want and need

Paul

I just don't think most Americans realize how cheap things in the US really are

Also gotta remember that when US trucks like Kenworth and Peterbilt came to Australia they were 4 times as dear as any other truck yet still sold like hot cakes

When they model came onto the Australian market it halved trip times

The US truck of 60's,70's and 80's was so well suited to Australian conditions that people were happy to paya premium 

Oh and $450,000 is Australian and google tells me that's about 310,000 US 

So considering all the mods and extra gear that Australian trucks have it probably isnt as bad as it seems 

I have been told a factory fitted bullbar that wont void your warranty on KW is $15000, the grease plate or 5th wheel is $5000

It doesn't take long to add up

Paul 

Yep sweet looking ute for sure 

Paul