mrsmackpaul

fantastic stuff I wonder why he came to Mack Australia to get it done and not the US maybe we are much more flexible in Australia at building custom trucks from new ??? flash bit of gear plenty of power to not sure the white leather would last very long being white with me LOL well done Mack Australia Paul

well it would make a good Santas sleigh so I hope youve been good all year and you never know what might turn under the tree Paul

notice the pole in the timber jinker is a full pole not a piece of sawn wood great photo's reckon you would be have white knuckle fever the first few times going down the hill Paul

that little doodah thingy is meant to come out with the air line I think you'll find and all the plastic air lines are meant to have one in them to stop them collapsing when you do them up Just use some long cir clip pliers should have it out in jiffy I think Paul

Vlad I find Mack trucks Australia very good to deal with nothing seems to be to much trouble for them maybe its the local lads lasses that work at Townsville but they go the extra mile for me or at least thats what I feel compared to what I read on here with the US dealers and older gear Paul

Just had a look at some paper work Australia still used the R model chassis until 2008 CH and CL were CHR and CLR the Metroliner had the R model chassis CHR CLR Metroliner plus no doubt a whole lot more Thinking about the bonnets in NZ I reckon they would have been made in NZ to save on import dutys or some thing along those lines Paul

thanks fellas still learning every day Paul

Hmmm I now know how baby Peterbilts are made Paul

I wonder what the B means as in ETAZB673 Paul

well it looks nice and tall now does Max find it a bit more gutless to drive with the taller gearing ??? Paul

now thats a view from inside the house and look at street appeal now Paul

Yeah Doug the R model chassis was used on just about everything down here right up until 2000 and something Im not sure of the year but could find out it fitted in for RHD drive trucks much better than any other chassis Mack had Paul

ok got a picture of my orange coolpower dunno what all this colour stuff means all numbers and what have you dunno what they all mean al I know is it is 320 coolpower I believe it's a Thermodyne but pulls right down to 1100 or 1200 not a problem I have been told in Australia some of the 320's were tuned if that is the correct word to have the torque curve of a maxidyne dunno how true this is maybe someone else knows Its the only orange one I have seen I have seen Gold motors grey motors black ones and green ones so I dunno and I dunno what the yellow is under the orange the transmission is orange as well but has no yellow All the numbers are original to the truck so who knows Paul

Ha ha not enough mega bites in the brain like me to many threads to many systems the brain just isnt meant to handle so much Paul

I never new what BA was short for it was used on a lot of electrical stuff out here 2 BA was the most common I have come across try going into a bolt shop here and asking for a BA bolt or nut they think Im swearing at them LOL Paul

it looks like a pretty place but also looks like it gets really cold as well Paul

so Swishy does NZ have its own Mack plant ??? I didnt know that might explain some things I have wondered about NZ Macks Paul

phew I dunno much about all this Series 1 Superliners are a much better looking truck I feel I wonder if NZ had different headlight requirements than Australia some of the cool power R models were different than Aussie ones and had the bonnet scoops unlike the Aussie ones that had 2 aircleaners I am not sure all NZ Macks came from Australia Im fairly sure a few came from the US direct as did other makes as well so maybe at different times Mack NZ could get better deals from the US than Australia a lot of maybes and guesses here most are likely to be wrong LOL Paul

Gudday and welcome Paul

Welcome Amado sounds like you have had a good eye for a great brand of truck Paul

dunno Vlad when the super liner 2 came out one of the features I was lead to believe was the fact that the cab was lifted up I think it was 2 1/2 inches or maybe it was 3 1/2 inches to try and keep the cab cooler When you are pulling hard all day in the older R model the cab floor gets so hot you cant touch any of it with bare skin it burns the bahjeebers out of you So maybe when the cab was lifted they made the mud guards hang down a bit further and the headlights to comply as well dunno all a guess from me Paul

I wonder if like a 4x4 that have the steering damper to stop the wheels flopping from side to side if hitting the pot hole just on the edge some induced the very thing that happens on a 4x4 that has the damper to stop it happening Im not sure why 4x4's need these and trucks dont Im just having guess I have no idea on any of this stuff Paul

thats a Cruise Liner some pure porn in Australia they came after the FR model and the FR is a F model on a R chassis

Hmm I have only just stumbled across this sounds like something is wrong with the tail shaft uni's crook spline and as you said above the carrier bearing sounds like the shaft is winding up a bit before it drives if that makes any sense Paul

Dunno Vlad they all look the same to me except for the yanky one but I might not be looking at the right thing The blue and white one has stainless skirts screwed on around the bottom that makes the look a bit longer bellow the lights but as I said I may not be looking at the right thing Paul