mrsmackpaul

KS hasnt been on here for a while now Thats a good pickup though and you probably are correct Paul

With everything going on in the world it is all to easy to forget things like this Paul Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, which was fought on 18 August 1966. On that day, 108 Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought a pitched battle against more than 2,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops in a rubber plantation near the village of Long Tan. The Australians prevailed, but only after four hours of fighting in torrential rain. Nearly overrun, the Australians were saved by a timely ammunition resupply, accurate artillery fire from the nearby Australian base, and the arrival of reinforcements by armoured personnel carrier. Eighteen Australians lost their lives and 24 were wounded during the battle, the largest number of casualties in one operation since the arrival of the Australian task force a few months earlier. After the battle the bodies of 245 enemy soldiers were found, but there was evidence that many more bodies had been carried away. On the third anniversary of Long Tan, 18 August 1969, the men of 6RAR raised a cross on the site of the battle to commemorate those who had died. Ten soldiers who fought at Long Tan in 1966 stood on either side of the cross, flanked by two pipers, for the dedication ceremony. Following the communist victory in 1975 and the reunification of Vietnam, the Dong Nai Museum in Bien Hoa City acquired the Long Tan Cross. In 1989 the Long Dat District People’s Committee erected a replica cross on the original site. In August 2018 a permanent display of the Long Tan Cross was established in the Conflicts 1945 to Today Gallery. Find out more: https://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/long-tan Image: Vietnam Veteran Dave Sabben at the permanent display of the Long Tan Cross when it was unveiled on 17th August 2018. Photograph by Dave Whittaker, AWM2018.4.183.63

Love it when someone's craziness comes together, looks good and is pretty darn rare Gotta be happy with that Paul

Yes Mack tinware isnt cheap A fella I know with a series 1 Superliner he has had from new reckons it only seems like yesterday you could buy a brand new E9 for 20 grand I remember Mack advertising them for that sort of money Aluminium Mack step tanks 350 bucks, should of stocked up on those Paul

It can be a Econodyne and a Maxidyne at the same time cant it ? I believe Economy name came about when Mack went away from Coolpower Paul

The gold dogs I have seen on the older Maxidyne trucks are polished up gold like the chrome dog And yes the newer gold dogs look to be just painted Paul

Spike ? , were the heck did that come from ? Trolley valve, I could sort of make that connection, but spike ? no idea 🤔 Paul

My understanding it has only been this way in recent years and as others have said gold dog Maxidyne silver Thermodyne Im guessing this stopped with the Maxidyne and was just a silver dog for many years When the MP series motors arrived on the scene is around the time that the gold dog meant all Mack drive train I'm guessing it was a way of trying to capture the past gloryof something famous and tie it into the future Paul

Definitely a neat old truck there Paul

Maybe not all is lost yet, heads can be welded up and machined again You need a specialist shop for this but it can be done very successfully depending on were the crack is Dont feel to bad, the only people that dont make mistakes have never tried, I learnt the same way once some years ago now, my head was damaged beyond repair Paul

I'm kinda strange as no doubt most of you have guessed by now, but just sitting there on a beautiful spring or autumn (fall for you lot) afternoon in my folding cheer (lawn chair) with my esky (cooler) having a cool refreshing beverage admiring this truck in the sun would be plenty for me Sometimes things are just to fantastic to muck with and this rare beauty is one of those, so original and so straight I would count myself as a very lucky man to have something this special as part of my life Each to their own but they are only original once and can never go back to been that way once changed I hope who ever buys it leaves it as it is and just maintains it Paul

Yeah I think you just weld the remains of the hole up for the spoke and when finished redrill and tap in the correct spot I have welded up spokes before and ground them back into shape and never had a issue Swishman might know more about this than me Paul

Looks neat as a pin, what sort of weight and length are you at with three trailers Oh and does how much horse power is needed to shift this along Paul

Well unlike you blokes, I wouldn't hesitate having that truck I wouldn't change a thing, just drive and enjoy it Paul

Way way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, well maybe not that far back but you get my drift After WW2 NR Macks were plentiful in Australia but had those stupid yanky 22 inch or 24 inch tyres on spiders (daytons) Anyway this made tyres hard to get and most had the hubs machined down to accept 20 inch tubed type rims These are 22 inch tubless Could this be a simple proven option for your hubs I'm guessing thousands were done in Australia this way Thought it maybe of some help Paul

A dumb question from me, they normally always are though lol Trolly valve, is that just used for pulling the trailer brakes on ? Or something else? Paul

Miss Maddie is the perfect little helper by the looks of it Happy times Paul

That is a well worn pedal, looking good and thanks for the update Paul

A header is called a header in Australia because up until say 30 years ago we only harvested the head And the seed drill is called a combine because it combines three jobs Cultivate Seed Fertilize Even in Australia a we call things vastly different names from end of the country to the other A landing net that is used for fishing is called a didel (pronounced die dill, I have no idea how it is spelt) in the area I farmed in north Queensland Yeah I have no idea about that one either Who knows probably Italian or from that part of the world as there is a lot of Italian descendents on the sugar cane Paul