mrsmackpaul

Our trailers are only allowed to be 2.5 meters or 8'2 1/2 wide

And most are only 45 feet long 

Cattle trailers are 40 feet internally to allow us to volume load( no load limit)

We are allowed 4.6 meters 15' 1"high for double deck cattle trailers or 4.5 meters 14' 9" for normal  trailers

Paul 

I learnt today that what would be Australia's leading trucking magazine is coming to a end, started in May 1976

It sounds like another Australian icon 8s going into rubbish bin

Very sad 

Paul 

11 hours ago, TS7 said:

What is this about?

It's about big businesses push to bring cheap over sized trailers into Australia and destroy what manufacturing of trailers we have in Australia 

Almost all semi trailers in Australia are Australian made 

Paul 

Good for you Paul 

I hope some common sense prevails here 

Well I can assure you of two things that will happen if this is allowed

1. the end of Australian trailer manufacturing 

2. all the existing trailers we have will become pretty worthless over night 

We can easily fit 2 pallets in side todays fridge vans

A standard international shipping container is already under the 2.5 meter width  

I think this is a ploy for companies to import cheap trailers from China and if it's allowed it will be the end of Australian trailers

Australia has one of the world's most efficient road transport systems already and I  cant see this would do anything to improve efficiency

Paul 

3 hours ago, 41chevy said:

Interesting dolly set up, never saw any like that.

The idea for the B train idea is Canadian and first got introduced to Australia as the B double back in the late 80's early 90's

On 3/12/2019 at 12:26 AM, CaptainCrutch said:

I firmly believe that the free market’s natural innovation is the solution to 99% of our problems.

 

I remember reading that Germany was banning the sale of gas powered cars in 10 years which is definitely the wrong way to go, gas power will phase itself out as time goes on as I’ve already proven. Overall we should just let the market innovate like it always has instead of forcing it to change. We all know how well that worked out for the U.S.S.R.

 

I was working with a fella last year and told me about a pod cast that explains how and why the petrol and diesel powered vehicles are really a thing of the past

And economics was the basic factor that really drives everthing these days

Hardly any people smoke today in Australia and at $50.00 a pack it doesn't take Einstein to work out it is economics not a health craze that most people gave lung lollies the boot 

Anyway this podcast, if you are smart enough to be able to work this stuff out ( I struggle) 

You will need a app "Podcast Republic" I believe is the app

And here is the link http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/492745920-thedrivenpodcast-by-2025-all-new-cars-will-be-electric.mp3

Well worth a listen and the way it is explained it really does make sense

Dunno if global warming is true or real, I doubt it very much though

I do however believe if there is a better way of doing things then we should 

I have worked in coal fired power stations in Victoria Australia (they gave the Princess and I our start in the world) and I dont feel they are as bad as the media make out

The last ones built "Loyang A & B" were the cleanest power stations built in southern hemisphere 

Of more recent times I have been involved in building Australia's biggest solar farms and it doesn't take Einstein to work out that these will very quickly take over from coal

They are quick to build, almost zero maintenance and last at the very least last 25 years 

But this is Australia and we are a huge sparsely populated country with a huge cloudless sky over most of the country 

Paul 

Sounds like air was getting in

The easiest way I have found to find these problems is get a bit of old inner tube and a couple of big flat washers and some air fittings and  put them through the tube 

Next get a big hose clamp and clamp it onto the filler neck of the tank and pressurize the tank a bit and and leaks will show right away 

Sounds like its fixed though, good luck with it

Paul 

Well I  believe the plus as you blokes who call it was a Australian first thought of and produced down under deal

Due to a shortage of cabs from states Mack Australia made its own R model fiberglass cabs  for a while and these were the first to have the buldge in the back of the cabto allow for it to be double skinned

When the US saw this they set about making all R models the same 

This story has been told to me several times over the years and l believe it is even mentioned in the book about Leader trucks which were made by the same company  that owned Mack Australia at the time

Paul 

Welcome to the dog trailer you house 

Paul 

Wow

This is all very interesting 

It would be only common sense that Japan got its technology from someone or somewhere and had to pay for it

Paul 

I wonder if Hovey is related to the old "Hovey's Transport" from Geelong.

Dunno what happened to them

Paul

9 minutes ago, tjc transport said:

 

real slap in the face type deal, listing it for sale for what i bet is a heck of A LOT more than paid for. 

I dunno about that, if the bloke can make a handy dollar out of it for doing stuff all then I feel good luck to him

A couple of things to consider, 

Original owner may not of cared about the dollarsand just wanted it gone

If you see the opportunity to make a dollar why shouldn't you take it

What the seller wants and what they get are very different most times

Paul 

WOW 

That's one heck of a job your doing 

Im not sure I am brave enough to get this far into a cab 

Great stuff and thanks for sharing it with us

Paul 

5 hours ago, Swishy said:

me thort the mack gold engines represented Maxidyne hi torque engines

not sure of the gold bull dog me thinx the jury is stihl out on th@ one

as gold bulldog could B Maxidyne or all mack run n gear

WotSezU?

cya

Swish I have always been told, gold dog is Maxidyne not all Mack running gear as people sometimes say

Paul 

I had a mate make polyurethane bushes for Timken 8 rod 

I bought the polyurethane and watched my mate make the bushes

He made a tool that was like a big knife out of square tool steel

It cut really well as the there was very little deflection on the polyurethane 

He was a very smart man with this type of stuff but unfortunately is no longer with us

Paul 

I wonder if Australian built Macks just used normal grade 8 bolts as Australian content was very high 

All spring hangers, fuel tank brackets, air tank brackets, bonnets (hoods in the US) were all made in Australia 

No doubt there was countless other bits as well 

At a guess thats why we dont use the flash bolts used over there

Paul 

Whilst Im not questioning how accurate the information is here at a quick glance at Mrs Mack I cant help but notice she only has normal grade 8 bolts at best on her chassis 

Yes a very big thank you to all that keep the site going and to all the people that contibute 

It is one of my favorite forums to visit, although I dont post as much as I usr the to 

Paul 

13 hours ago, JoeH said:

Note that I said gotta disassemble BEFORE it gets to cracking point.

3-5k per rail. So you're looking at 12-20k if it's a double frame, just in rails. Add in 1k in bolts, a few likely broken crossmembers, you're looking at 25k. If your rails are still good like ours were in the last one we did, why take on the extra expense?  Our truck only gets 5-10k miles a year, never in salt, so we're going to get a few decades out of our rails.

A dumb question Im sure, why do you use new bolts ???

I just bung the..back in and so far therehas never been a drama 

Paul 

My Mrs Mack is ESI motor and its faded redish orange colour 

320 coolpower and of 1980 vintage although some of the plates on the truck say 79

Paul 

Date saved

Is it common with older Macks ??

It appears so, most places I stop at people come and talk to me about Mrs Mack 

Young drivers all seem to wish they were driving these older trucks and older drivers seem to think they were some of the best trucks ever built and will still be running long after the stuff thats new these days 

Paul