mrsmackpaul

I have thought about making a video of a road trip but Molly cant hold a camera any good lol Paul

Swish man I wasnt even really trying LOL Looks like a folder for every occasion Paul

No not factory but that and the cut out in the guard (wheel well I think you blokes call it saves dropping the bar to do the daily checks and when the bug deflector is on you can't see the hole from the ground or the cab Parked at Bowen late yesterday arvo Bowen is were the film Australia was filmed and used as the prop for Darwin during filming

Keith we have a log book and I have always called it the book of lies I have never been hassled by any law enforcement person or anyone else for sleeping beside the truck We can do 12 hours on the eastern side of Australia and if you do some training course and get "basic fatigue" you can do 14 hours of driving Over on the West and in the NT it's still up to the driver I think Heading north up the coast to Mackay and back beside the Coral Sea, yep that same big lump of blue our men fought over 60 years ago, thinking about this sought of makes my dramas of today seem pretty bloody piss weak hey Rolling thru Mackay and a thought occurred to me that a lot of our for fathers yours and mine did their training before been deployed to the Pacific during WW2 So thought you blokes may have been interested in seeing it all The troupes trained all up the east coast trying to get them ready for the jungle I cant help but wonder what the young men were thinking from the northern parts of US and Canada and I guess other parts of the world Anyway rolled back into Ayr in the evening back over the bridge I headed south on the other day a few weeks ago Some useless pic's of stuff all but you may or may not And hear you go the dogs ass up side down or right side depending on what part of the world you are looking at it from LOL seeya Paul

Rolled back into QLD yesterday arvo , over a 100 in the shade and Miss Molly and I was a bit over it so stopped for a hour or so before heading north and calling it a night at Miles, slept like s baby beside the truck in the gutter after having a tub (shower) Welcome to Queensland lol Struck a blow at 5.00 am before it got hot again to try and get back to the coast before lunch for the sea breeze and a cooler day Back in the tropics now and about to launch it for homePulled up at Rockhampton as the book of lies told me it was time and more modern Mack pulled in behind Any way should be home tonight Paul

I don't know if 1 third would be enough as the weight coming of some of our rough roads I think would multiply out a lot greater than that something like I reckon 10 or 20 times the weight of what they ate rated Paul

Temporary bridge over the Murray river the old lifting span bridge is been repaired The centre section lifts to let paddle steamers thru

Swish to sand blast both the trailers and dolly and repaint in the brown and beige is on the list of this to be done not enough time at the moment though Paul

When I rebuilt my cab I replaced the rubber seal around the door with rubberized foam Seals better and no rattles Also when I replaced the carpet panels on the lower door they press on the gusset in the lower corners of the door opening

Well new brakes, upgraded to maxi's on the trailer, new shoes new drums , led lights, new rocker boxes, fresh donuts and the old McGrath finally passed a roadworthy inspection Now to super glue a ring feeder on the back and she is good to go And some other photos of this end of this wide but brown land All this work is been done on Mals farm my very good friend who sprayed Mrs Mack So a big thanks to Mal and his Mrs "Mrs Mac" for putting up with me for a week or so Seeya Paul

I reckon the green seal is better, however I think either are correct I have s seal leaking in the ass end at the moment and a seal like the red one turned up from Mack So I dunno Paul

Dunno what part of the world you are in but in Australia there is ajoint in Brisbane that has all the answers for Australian Macks Paul

Unloading the dolly at Kerang will chuck some fresh treads on the trailer in the morning seeya Paul

Returning back to Kerang with trailer and dolly

When is said events Swishy ?? Am heading further south to pick up a trailer and dolly then need to sort out some rego for them before heading even further south before heading back to the top of this wide brown land Heading south from home on the Burdekin river bridge Heading of the Barham bridge on the NSW Vic border near Kerang two two things of interest 1 it appears Molly never sleeps 2 no Pixy mirrors like on the Anthem sprouting out of the bonnet seeya Paul

Swish man I'm far enough south now Wheeled her into to the not so sunny Kerang Funny thing about them Steco wheels I had tightened them a few times but when I found this last crook tread I noticed it was as tight as I could get them and the inner rim still moved The fella at the tyre service said this is common with these old cast steel wheels Dunno ?? , but the bugger ain't shifted since the rod was added to the spacer

Well I would like to say all is going to plan but a few flat tyres on the float and here I sit at Coonabarrabran NSW waiting for the tyre place to weld a 3/8 ring on a spider spacer for the float Miss Molly thinks her seat is tad Small to lay down on

Interior turned out real good , the Princess and wife number 2 ( the Princess's friend who bosses the same and gives me no nookie LOL) did a real good job Did 900km today with only a few minor problems and all caused sort of by a bald clown that wears glasses 1 heading south of Prosipine it started bucketing down and flicked on my new wipers and bugger me the drivers side didn't work Turns some clown didn't line the clip up right in behind the centre of the dash , Miss Molly couldn't understand the problem as see could see fine out her side next problem some fool had the fuel tanks off the truck in recent times and after 500 km the truck went all quiet like because the said fool never turned both taps on between tanks The last problem was caused again by said fool he had just put me tyres brakes on the float (low bed , low loader , low boy ) and even though they were adjusted up right when he left home after a few 8 hours or so of driving they needed readjusting , but oh no the same said fool thought he would do it first thing in the morning when it's all nice and cool Never guess who rolled thru a red light in Rockhampton ?? Needless to say after this the brakes were adjusted as soon as some where safe was found armatures lol seeya Paul

Well it has been a little while since I have put other stuff up The truck is all pretty much finished ready to roll She passed rego not a problem I have meant to post some more stuff but havent had a chance to make a video so heres some short dribble Also been dicking around with the float and its back on the road I have lost a month or so with the weather of late so am a fare way behind at the moment and am about to head south to drop a lod and grab anoth trailer and dolly and head north to do a few loads south between now an Chrissy [ And some more with some gear chucked on the back ready to head south for a few days before heading back north seeya in a few weeks with any luck when Mrs Mack is hooked up to a road train for a month or so Paul

or that smart

Paris ????

done and done Swish

Yep it explains a lot Swish I wonder just how thick my glasses can get ???? Paul

Story of my life is everything takes a lot longer than I expected I learnt long ago just keep on plugging at it and I get there soon enough Keep taking small steps you'll be there soon enough Paul

its coming along nicely Sure has a long chassis, should ride as smooth as silk when done with that long wheel base Paul