mrsmackpaul

Well Tim I was gunna ask about the load being a lot higher off the ground and how unstable it is compared to the US style low beds but I reckon you might still be getting used to that part of the job your self I know with myself doing something completely different and but puckering it can take days for my stomach to become unknotted Paul

interesting trucks some look like Aussie ones some maybe not ??? Looks like they have lots of interesting other stuff as well Paul

Fantastic photo's sounds like its all working out really good over there How do you find the trailers as they look a fair bit different than the US lowboy type of trailer you keep on living the dream over there Paul

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM I have good news and bad news The good news your not the only country to be going thru this at the moment trust me The bad news is I feel its gunna get a lot worse before it gets any better at least in Australia the worst part is this problem is so easy to fix if only there was votes in it you wouldnt have to wait but alas as they say "While Rome burns the party continues" I think thats how the saying goes you get my drift you can tell Im not very educated I didnt stay at school long enough Paul

Whiteley welcome mate Mack Logo and all I have never seen one before thanks for sharing Paul

sounds like its Sesame street with the wiring "Big Birds nest" mind you most trucks are like a birds nest after a few years and a few owners Paul

all very interesting I have read about problems with the early maxidynes that had the wrong bolts fitted to the crank bearings and one operator who ran only Mack complained to Mack Australia about this and when Mack Australia wouldnt come to the party they were the last Macks they bought after years of buying Macks and lots of them In Australia on heavy work Cats have bearing changed at 400,000 km they pull like a train but the bottom ends arent real strong Big Cam Cummins seam to go over the 1 millon km fairly commonly as do the older Mack motors Paul

I can get these for you and have sent some over there before for 84 super dog Barry Emailed me asking for details I sent them thru to him so if you have no luck let me know the postage is a killer if people want you can let me know who wants what and most likely get a better deal on freight If Barry has it all sorted it would be best for me to leave it to him let me know if I can help I gather it's bottom ones your chasing Paul

things are looking better all the time I wonder will they do a RHD as well Paul

If it starts ok there is proberly not a lot than can be done with out spending big heaps of bucks with out much gain A lot of the time I find that once motors warm up and get driven hard most of this smoke goes away and only smoke at idle Paul

Looks like my wait for a new ute is coming to a end have being uhming and arhing about buying a converted one for twelve months or more I cant wait but Im gunna have to I'll be like a kid on Christmas morning Paul

Im with the rest of them on here thanks for sharing industry news old and new Paul

Fantastic stuff there chassis 1001 wonder if it is number one built it may have gone to NewZealnd does anyone know when they got them ? as some NZ trucks appear have come from the US and some from Australia Paul notice that some only have one stud and cleat on each spoke on the spider's and some have two

I dunno about 2 valve verses 4 valve I got my injector pump done up 7 or 8 years ago a bloke in western Melbourne ( he is yank cant remember his name ) did the job and as I recall he set the injector pump to the injectors he believed that was the correct way to have it done or at least thats the way I remember it what a difference and the bark when pulling hard up a hill its like a gun shot going off (well maybe not quite) but you get my drift and pull my god it was like a different truck what does all of this have to do with 2 or 4 valve not a lot but I feel a lot of what makes these trucks go hard is how good the bloke is at setting the pump not the amount of valves the size of the turbo the exhaust ect no good spending bucket loads of cash if the basics arent right just some thoughts Paul

Looking good there

Thanks for that David to wide for normal rego in the land down under Paul

Thanks Swishy I am way out of my depth with KW brand Paul

struth theres my lowloader in the back ground of the first photo Does anyone know how wide these trucks are Are they over 8 feet wide or the width of a normal truck??? Paul

Top work there Vlad it is amazing how much time all the small stuff around the engine takes thanks for sharing Paul