mrsmackpaul

So we climb to the top of the hill pull up hitch a ride back in ute Turns out the computer had sweated during the climb (guessing the computer got to hot) Anyway never gunna be a problem for Mrs Mack Some more useless info crossed the Hay plains and it's reported to be the flattest spot on earth and is the only spot that you can see the curvature of the earth whilst standing on the earth

so there was a roadtrain Jack knifed on the road with trailers and stuff everywhere A over size load is coming down the range so I back off and let him thru first and then into it as best as we can and as we crawl past on the wrong side of the double white lines because if. I stopped I would never lift off As I pass I can see old mate is trying lift off as and is just wheel spinning on the bitumen and smoke is coming off the drive tyres big time

So anyway off I go and start down the road and as I near this area some hours later I get into a fairly steep climb for some km until it levels out a bit and I think "well that was no drama" Then as I round a corner signs start slipping by warning me about a real steep climb and how I'm gunna need a low gear in a truck or a bus Now I have never seen signs like this for climbing a hill before, I have seen plenty for dropping down a hill !! So this gets me to thinking this is gunna be steep So I do my normal thing in situations like this get into a nice low gear early on a stick with it till the top So drop her into 1st low range and Mani's this steep but Mrs Mack takes it all in her stride, as we round a corner there's a very unwelcome site stopped on the hill

Well slipped into Victoria a day or so again after slitting the road train up at Barham NSW No issues with over width dramas on Road Trains in NSW or running a bit late into the dark, so maybe I'm lucky or maybe common sense and good manners gets you a lot further than people think So no need to mail any hack saw blades at this stage lol So took a different route to any other time and spent more time in the mountains than normal Had one day we drove for almost the full amount if time allowed and only covered not much more than 500km's , up hill and down dale all day Met a bloke at Springsure and he was saying apart from all the climbing up and down hills it's not a bad run He also mentioned that between Rollston and Injune about a climb that's 10% and you climb for gently for 20 km leading up to the real steep bit but once your over that all is good

I get a huge amount of enjoyment looking at my families history in photos and books slides etc So my videos are made so that one day my maybe my son or grand kids may get a kick out of watching the Princess and I and how our lives went I get nothing out of them except knowing some one else maybe might learn and or get some enjoyment out of them Life's pretty short and some of my family have made the comment that I act the fool but that's ok as long as people are laughing My last Grandma shifted into a nursing home the other day (she is in her 90's) and my brother found my Grandfathers log books from back when he was driving NR Macks carting logs Should be a good read when I get a chance But family history I like the most and I guess it's my way of recording mine dunno if I answered the question or not Seeya Paul

Well fuck me swinging this will be my last post for a while as no doubt I'm going to jail I guess the difference is while some are out reading the rule book and saying alsorts of what I should or shouldn't be doing I have done it Then again I'm old fashioned and out of date and rely on common sense that thing that ain't real common no more Anyway to many fun police here now And will someone please mail me a hacksaw blade seeya Paul

Dunno Seed I have run over size loads on road trains in NSW and QLD and never had a drama, but I have always been told you cant run over size on a B double Maybe I miss heard but no one has ever stopped me and told me otherwise Im about to head thru NSW with a over size load again on a road train so I hope the law man isnt watching Paul

Ok that stuff has never made it out to Australia I stopped using any of this type of stuff because someone had used it on a gear box and when it ooozed out inside the box it traveled thru out the box blocked oil galleries and stuck in the female halves of the sliding dogs Anyway long and the short of it is I changed to a Loctite product a purple flange sealant and we have never had another issue Making videos is a lot harder than most people think, or at least I find it is but just keep on plugging away at it There's a bloke from Canada that has been making videos for a few years and it took him a fare amount of time to get many views and I think he has 40,000 subscribers now just keep plugging away at it and you may be surprised were it ends up Paul

that gizmo for the permatex tube to squeeze it in single handed looks like just the the thing and would be much easier than a calking gun I use Paul

no LJ thats one of Australias very first Road Trains after WW2 and I have owned her for many years It's a Federal Army tank transporter that has been chopped and stretched and shrunk and maybe even stretched again LOL 6 71 GM, Clark box, Spicer joey and Timken ass end

It was another quiet morning in tropical Northern Australia when the rarely mating ritual took place As the brown and cream truck positions itself for the impending insertion of the yellow truck The Yellow beast aligns her self from behind for the mating game to begin and slowly and surly stalks her prey And so ends another successful mating seeya Paul

I dunno how good they last when cranked up I think a lot has to do with how hard they work, if you pull big tons all day long and are on full power most of the time I think their life would be pretty short If you are just driving around town with shortish runs and not pulling big weights I reckon they may last a lot better No matter what you do have fun as I reckon thats the most important thing Paul

I have always been led to believe that no US vehicles trucks etc that were sent over seas during the war were allowed back to the US after the war to stop the home market been flooded by cheap ex military stuff The only gear that ever made it back was way after the and maybe a mining company or a company drilling for oil etc bought some gear back when they finished in a country over seas So I would find it unlikely that this Dodge went to Africa but not impossible Dunno about filling the fuel thru the floor in the back, the things gunna always smell of diesel as I always seem to spill the odd drop Not a bad jigger though, would wanna be pretty flash for $250,000 US Paul

LOL well when you live in the tropics and do physical work every day you can tend to look a bit shabby and frazzled at times, hang on most of the time But as they say "thanks for the feed back and I'll take it onboard" LOL Paul

As Seed says and road trains are 90 kmh there is very little point in going much faster than 100 anyway, fuel economy goes out the window

Those brackets are the standard from new from Mack Australia

Swish man that front hub leaks out the welsh plug thing in the end of the big cone I was in Mack Townsville a few days asking is there a 'O' ring or something but no nothing press fit I have noticed one of the other cones has had the plug welded all round Now the rear axle same side always seems to leek, I have tried a few different seals with no luck, picked up another new seal from Mack the other day and it comes with a steel collar to tap on the shaft to make it like a speedy sleeve So will see what happens next trip in a few days Paul

some people are pretty skilled drawers and Im not one of them LOL My son took a photo of the Princess and I on Chrissy day I look a tad shabby beside the Princess and Mrs Mack but not a bad picture I thought Paul

Christmas is over now out here but hope you all had a great one Paul

Swishy she gunna be one long jigger with extra 20 feet and a turd axle and a dolly You gunna need the super short KW up front for sure Looks very impressive to me Paul

Well the freight in the trucks is gunna be shaken and maybe also stirred on arrival Bugger me I just dont try hard enough Paul

Fun times ahead for you at least you won't over heat whilst working on it