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  1. mrsmackpaul
    There's a good story about a fella called Ron Horse who drove the first big Diamond T road trains in Australia 980 and 981's Anyway he had a German Shepherd dog sitting in the passenger seat, the trucks were LHD Ron would be driving and when a car was coming he would hold up a news paper with a couple of holes in it go see thru Everyone thought a his dog was driving
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    Dave they are some incredible photo's and stories Paul
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    What are the doors for ?? Might help with some feed back Paul
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    Need to see if the inner bell housing is wet all over or just running out from the transmission side It might not be much or could be something more serious Paul
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    I know I would get crook as a dog in it Still suffer terrible motion sickness to this day Or maybe I would be hanging on so tight I wouldn't get a chance to be crook lol You sure see some interesting places Paul
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    Does the exhaust run along between the rail and the cab floor ?? Paul
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    Does Kenworth still make normal COE truck for the US market ? If so, I wonder why they never used the cab Australia still have a K200 I think it is https://www.kenworth.com.au/trucks/k200/ Paul
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    It's not on that chart because the chart is dated 2016 And also thats a world chart not a chart for any particular country Paul
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    Im glad thats the case, I would be more concerned if you said excited
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    I did read somewhere that they did replace the jet with a normal diesel later in its life Paul
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    Swishman I think it was just a concept truck Gas turbines were good at highway speeds but sucked heaps of fuel when travelling in town The B 47 and B 52 bombers sucked bucket loads of fuel at low level but could be leaned right out once they had a high altitude Im guessing that was with the old early style jet engines, I'm pretty sure the jet engines got a lot more economical in a few years time Im surprised that this technology never made into the auto industry Paul
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    I also understand that Parkour (a elite sport and way of moving in big cities) was derived from super truckers thongs blowing out and their quick recovery Paul
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    I believe hip hop dancing may have got some lessons from super truckers Paul
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    Love my thongs, the thong look is especially cool when that piece that hooks between my toes blows out and I come to a crashing heap on the ground as I fall as gracefully as a hippopotamus on heat off the fuel taken So thinking about thongs they would be in the more advanced kit, not the starter kit Paul
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    So does 6 inches pass or is that just a wanna be Paul
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    Gotta agree Alex, I feel its just good manners to be as quiet as I can be, after all some blokes will be trying their best to grab some shut eye Paul
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    Fantastic stuff, love it
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    I most likely am wrong So please ignore if you reckon Im completely of track Put the grease plate back on the truck Drop a hook or some such thing in the jaws if they are closed Hook off a chain block Im thinking, and hook the other end to the chassis Pull the handle to release the jaws and and pull the chain block back to open them Then just start using as you normally would Im guessing a tiny dag or burr the poofteenth type size is causing the drama and after a use or two I think it will be fine Paul
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    I remember some blokes I worked with back in the 80's did a trip to the States and bought from the way it was described a "Grizwallds" type of wagon Must of been three on the tree as they reckon when they went to do a racing changing they would grab the door handle Dunno exactly how this happened but made for a good yarn Paul
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    He never asked me 😔 lol Paul
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    So the R models days are done Swishman? Sad day indeed, and slowly letting Crummins into the Beamish DNA , I guess it is a new millennium so thimgs are a changing Paul
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    One should go to the block The other should go to the thermostat I would think How many wires does it have ? Paul
  23. mrsmackpaul
    They sold them well into the late 70's in Australia They were never that popular, I saw one in a yard within the last few months A mob in Tasmania that ran Scanias exclusively and had them as well and on Faceless book I see they have aquired one and it is now getting fully restored in their work shop https://youtu.be/YPwtJ89jes4 Paul
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    Been a while so best get cracking There you all go, enough excitement for one day Paul
  25. mrsmackpaul
    I dunno if I agree with a lot of whats been said I dont like anyone telling me what to do with my toys and I dont tell anyone else what to do If they wanna sell or just keep them as they rust away thats their business and I respect them for that As to the truck were talking about, good luck with it as it looks like a lotta work Paul

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