mrsmackpaul

Im fairly sure that truck would have had a drill rig on the back by the looks of it its not ex army and maybe even came out here LHD and was converted to RHD later one the first R700's sold by Mack Australia were LHD Either way looks like it needs to shift a few thousand km's north Paul

its all coming along nicely and this stuff all takes time Paul

heavy duty R 600 have never seen a R model on 24 inch rubber out here its giving me a chubby thats for sure shame I have got a shortage of coin at the moment (as per normal) this money thing gets in the way of so many good plans LOL Paul http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/st-arnaud/trucks/mack-truck/1104427755?utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=LF-

Well if it all works it would be a great Idea I reckon Paul

fantastic stuff I wonder if he will make it down here ????

30 years time flies thats for sure wouldnt have thought 30 years ago It had far reaching effects and pulled Australia's agriculture sector out of the a major slump it had been in due to all the contaminated food supplies in the northern hemisphere Paul

road is a lot easier now Im told than 40 years ago but not as much fun though great looking F model Paul

Yeah Vlad it's AC wont do much good up here cab gets to hot the I drive in my pluggers and my foot will get burnt off the inside of the cab if it touches so dunno how well the AC will help with that

Is the AC clutch pulling in ???? if not check it has power to it Paul

how neat does that look just the right amount of bling no big sunvisor to cover half the windscreen no millions of lights all over the place not dropped on the deck like some low rider hoon from LA nice clean and simple only thing I reckon it needs is some scroll work not bucket loads just a bit but dead sexy the way it is Paul

as above top work thanks for sharing Paul

dunno if this link will work or not someone asked about genuine Mack sleepers that we have out here this is one of the latter ones for the R models notice the MACK molded into the rear of it http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/ayr/miscellaneous-goods/mack-r-series-prime-mover-call-0477-97emus/1105937629 Paul

I dunno how I have missed this up until now but great work and I really enjoy having a read thru looking at the pictures Paul

4-53 Screamer you are going to need a set of of these My brother had one in a IH ACCO with a 10 speed road ranger that thing was loud or maybe Im just not tuff enough LOL Paul

mate well done Paul

hope you all had a great day Paul

have great day everyone Paul

never seen a front dump truck in the land of OZ almost every thing is pumped now days and I mean everything what a change from 10 or 15 years ago It always amazes me a building looks small when its only the footings and sought of grows in size when been built I always reckon Paul

Looks to good to be true to me WOW I would almost say looks better or as good as a new one Paul

I couldnt agree more I find it interesting how you build buildings other parts of the world like frost lines and things we never think of out here all this compaction business well we pour floating slabs so compaction isnt as crucial but termites are a major problem in Australia and we build a lot of houses to keep us cool and catch breeze and resist bush fires We dont have heaters in our house or AC never gets cold never gets real hot I read on here (the forum) people getting feet of snow a lot of people in Australia will never see snow in their lifetime Some of the most interesting things on this forum has nothing to do with trucks Its a interesting world we live in Paul

looking good there and yes the little things take the longest and for me always seem to take a lot longer than I think they should Paul

compaction testing ?????????? you blokes dont pour floating slabs I take it ???? nice to get the shed under way now Paul

I have often mentioned before about how good the Maxidyne or for that matter the Thermodyne Macks are and how I believe that even in todays world I feel these trucks could still compete I also have mentioned that "Truck&Bus" a Australian magazine back in the day did road tests on Macks and the fuel consumption figures rival those of todays and reading some of the figures people get on here at times far exceed todays So came across some old tests read enjoy and let me know if you want more they did tests on the E9 Maxidyne E6 thermodynes and E6 Maxidynes all these three were cool powered and a whole heap of other things Paul As a side note there was a TV documentary made to go along with the R model and filmed on this road test dunno if I can get a copy but will try when I get a chance one day

no one can say your lacking in the length department LOL sure is a big difference there in the studs I bet your feeling very studly now LOL Paul

all of this is no good at all Im not as smart as most of you, one thing my Dad always said to me is "if something is crook, it's always crook from the top down never the bottom up" I feel this somes up a lot of big business today For years now I have rebuilt everything my self as wages in Australia are the killer and not only that I feel a lot of workers dont really care anymore because people dont have jobs for life these days they just have a job until something better comes along they dont care about the company they work for it's all about the pay check it's becoming a very sad world these days Having said I rebuild all my own stuff do not have any illusions that it always go to plan and works well some things take me a few goes to get right, I find it amazing how many things have been assembled wrong from new in the factory and no one even new ???????????? It is a lot different for me as Im self employed on my farm so if it breaks down out in the paddock well its not as big a hassle as on the side of the freeway I started rebuilding stuff in my early 20's as I got sick of been shafted and then it was never their fault so I figured I can stuff it up just as well as they can and using their logic it wont be my fault LOL Mike Im sure it will be all ok now shame it had to happen though Paul