mrsmackpaul

If you lived in another state and had a R model Mack and then shifted to California you couldn't register it ? I guess rules are rules A bit like Australia and importing classic and vintage vehicles over 4.5 ton GVM, they can no longer be registered in Australia What is already here can be registered but recently (last 12 months or so) imported can no longer be registered in Australia Paul

So if Australia wasn't happy with something the U.S. was doing and through the U.S. out of the U.S. embassy's in Australia that is a act of war ??? And then that gives the U.S. the right to invade and bomb Australia ? From Google "Establishing an embassy requires consent from both governments. If diplomatic relations are severed, embassies are closed." If Australia removed it's consent to any country having a embassy in Australia it doesn't automatically mean we have declared war on that country I guess it's a bit like if you have guest's over to your house and a guest drinks to much and starts making a dick of them selves and you ask them to leave and they refuse to leave, you grab them by the scruff of their neck and physically remove them from you home, that doesn't give them the right to come back around give you a beating and take over your house And then tell everyone that they are the victim here Paul

I agree, big loads are exhausting for me as I'm on edge the whole time Even if I can drive okay, there's always a lot of people in a urgent hurry around me, and we only have a tiny population compared to the U.S. Paul

That is amazing that a diesel isn't offered, so much more fuel efficient I wonder if a truck called be purchased in a neighbouring state and then registered in California ? Paul

The Drake trailer shown is a 50 ton or 110,000 pound trailer with a dolly, or jeep or converter dolly or what ever it's called in the U.S. And thats a 50 ton load, so still a heavy duty trailer Our low loaders have a lot more ground clearance than the U.S. style and we don't get stuck on railway crossings but drivers occasionally hit a over head bridge as they seem to in the U.S. as well 5.4 meters (clearance sign on bridge in the video) is 17' 8" in the old measurements 4.6 or 15 feet is as tall as we can go with a normal permit, so old mate holding the steering wheel has some explaining to do I have shifted much higher than 15 feet but there's a lot more paperwork and I need to measure the route myself and check it myself and accept full responsibility myself I think near big cities in Australia the rules get even stricter, Swishman will have the good oil on that Paul

Swishy is talking about trailers like this Drake float Deck fully widens and axles are like the float mentioned in this thread I have seen these style of floats, swing wing types Also need to remember that the conditions in Australia are very different than the U.S. Higher axle limits, loads can be much higher and gross weights are a lot higher and from my experience, the U.S. roads are much smoother That been said, welding these axles together would then mean having to add pivots to the ends of the walking beams and the axles to allow them to oscillate Everything is doable, but I feel it's gunna be much cheaper to fix whats there than cut it all out and start again Paul

White smoke generally means air in the fuel So if it was getting air in through the leaky line back to the tank and the leak has been fixed, it would make sense it smokes less now Paul

The quickest and cheapest option by far is to repair what is already there Already have s cam brakes and thats most of the battle with older floats and smaller wheels I don't see fix this low loaders suspension up as a big drama I certainly wouldn't be reinventing the wheel here, just fix it up properly and it we ill out last any of us And it easily be capable of shifting a old D7 3T or 17 A Paul

I have never seen a axle ser up like this, however it should be all fixable I'm sure that line boring must be common in the U.S. like Australia We can get line boring people to come to site, whether it's your back yard or down paddock or on some building site in the middle of a big city They can weld the pivot bores up and then make them perfectly square with the trailer and then bore the holes out And then match the walking beams perfectly with the trunions, the bit welded to the trailer And presto, it's like new again, providing you keep it greased up ot will out last all of us Paul

Thankyou to all the veterans that were in Vietnam, both yours and mine Paul

Yes a lot depends on we're your respective country is in the workd and the lack of friendly waters to sail through The "tyranny of distance" still applies to Australia and NewZealand It really effects our countries when things like this happen That been said, I wouldn't live anywhere else but Australia Paul

Yep, tis turning into a mess really quick Dunno if the people that started this latest bun fight have fully thought it through Anyway, the joys of living in a global world Paul

I have done the conversion for you all U.S. dollars $8.28 per U.S. gallon for diesel nearest fuel place to me in Australia I guess it is all relative and good for us all NewZealand is even worse than Australia at the moment Paul

Well more productive than me, truck wise anyway Even work wise was a lot of cluster fuckery today Paul

Well we are just gunna have to wait for the next exciting chapter Stay tuned viewers 😉😉😉 Paul

Great stuff, always a big step forward getting it going Well done Paul

Euclid is my first guess as well Something along these lines, but bigger Or maybe this style of truck Paul

Not my photos or story, flogged from Facelessbook Bulldozer and prime mover in the river at Berri ferry. It took 3 days to retrieve! Not sure what year I guess it's one way to detail your truck and crawler tractor Paul

I would say that this is good advice Run lower if the tyres aren't kissing 💋 Dunno enough about loads you carry etc But, plenty of weight over the drives equals smoother ride Chuck a load on and weigh each axle at a time and see whats what If you don't have enough weight over the steer she'll ride like a bucking bull and leave you peeing blood if it's really bad Like riding a Harely with a ridged heal So cut through the B.S. Get some weights of each axle with a load on Measure ride heights if your on air bags, went back and re read your post, see that you are So measure heights Measure yoke angles if this has Mack rear axles ? And report back I'm guessing your king pin on the grease plate is to far back and it's making it buck a bit with a load on Paul

Sadly Joey our Australian language is slowly going and becoming more worldly Probably the same for many parts of the world We would of used Bonza, Beauty or Ripper not so long ago To be a Ocker Aussie as we were once called was according to Wikipedia "Ocker" refers to an uncultivated, boorish, or aggressively casual Australian man, often characterized by a thick accent (Strine), love for beer, and laid-back attitude. It describes someone who is stereotypical in their "Aussieness," often associated with being loud, friendly, and unrefined, originating from a 1960s TV character. What ever that means Paul

Plenty of people replace the check valves and call it good and 18 months later the problem reappears If you have leak in the return to tank line, it only takes a check valve to not fully seat once and bingo, the problem returns The return to tank side is just as important as the delivery side of things I have had people on the forum give me a really hard time for saying things like this, I guess because they don't want to understand and can't be taught from a Skippy the bus kangaroo from down under Paul

Good job Swishman, I have been having to reduce the file size of photos since I got this new phone other wise it comes up with some era Paul

The roof vent is all different and a lot of the Mack cabs had two little bent up cowl/air deflectors between the clearance lights in the center of the cab I'm guessing there's a few more modifications than we know about to the Mack cab A bit more on how the orange Brockway ended up out here The Story of ‘Bruiser’ the Brockway — Truckin with Kermie https://share.google/bnXNm6znGpwd71Y1d Paul

Well this spring time is about to get real for you Bob Look out world, he is gloved up ha ha ha ha Paul