mrsmackpaul

first welcome aboard I would have thought the brakes should pull it fine I suppose first things first how do you adjust the brake ? how about oil leaks around the axle ? is the shoes the right radius for the drum some times shoes have to ground to suit the drum if it is worn ? is there air leaking out when you apply the brakes ? do you have enough air pressure at the maxi chambers on the axle ? Paul

governor spring in the injector pump ???????? Paul

Interesting enough back in the late 70's they had fuel trials almost every month in the "Truck and Bus" magazine fuel trials might not be the right word anyway they did truck test and they had a Mack with I think from memorey 300 coolpower with a 12 speed and I reckon it got close to 7.5 MPG it had a triaxle tipper grossing around 38.5 tonne so that would have to be around 85000 I could find the artical if you like and post it in here Paul

notice in the second pic the there are 2 R 700's one with normal mud guard height the other looking as ugly as a hat full of a$$holes dont no why the made the earlier ones that way but as far as I know all fiberglass bonnets were made in Australia they might have been specials for Brambles to give more strength for off road as these trucks spent a lot of time off road Paul

Mate your kidding arent you I was looking forward to seeing more of that I guess we need to let that be a lesson to all of us hand down the cash straight away and take the new toy home with you BUT!!!! like all of these things easier said than done especially as these toys are a bit big to put under your arm as said above that sucks Paul

welcome aboard Paul

welcome and as they have all said above we all like a good story Paul

Hmmm I seem to remember learning that in the mid to the late 1930's the was a bit of noise in Europe about some sought of fruit loop in Europe that had a big opinion of himself and the rest of world sat back and did SFA it took years and millions lives to sought that mess out Then 1945 I seem to have heard about a US general who was at Berlin and he seemed to think that they should keep on going and sought out communism right then and there the troops were there the equipment was there but he was told no it took 50 years and whole heap more lives to sought that mess out So me not been a real smart dumb ass skippy the kangaroo Aussie would seem to think that so much of this crap could be sorted out right at the start rather than let it drag on for ever and costing everyone a whole heap of money and lives neither of which grows on trees but what would I know perhaps there is no votes in it for polliticans Paul

I dont know how I missed the start of this topic doing a great job there almost as shiney as the top of my head doing a fantastic job lucky I dont have any of those alcoa wheels to polish keep up the good work Paul

were the 4-152 and the 4-196 the slant motors they had in scouts they looked like aV8 cut in half almost ? Paul

not knowing anything about insurance in the states but in Australia I always work on an agreed value it can save a lot of heart ache if something does go wrong and I always try to be realistic with what I reckon its worth its no good going in cheap to keep the premium down and then have a claim and find out they want to right your pride and joy off because the repairs are to close to the value any way thats what I do Paul

fellas here is a link to a forum site in Australia that are disscusing this http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1409971833/0#0 its a big mess and repair job Paul

I was just thinking ( I know I shouldnt ) can you just imagine going to Mack today and saying I want 11 trucks got to be able to haul off road for carrying over 100 tons each in minus 60 and they need to flex like this and go thru water this deep oh yeah the boys need to be able to heat them up with a blow torch and no computers at all and we need these in 9 weeks or less !!! I dont want sell Mack of today short and say they wouldnt but what do you all think gone are the days of not making excuses and just getting the job done

Welcome aboard hope you enjoy Paul

TMW welcome aboard Paul

well worth the wait would you believe I searched for a film on this on youtube within the last 12 months and found nothing thanks MHfred for the link R600 RD600 I now how to put it on to a DVD but Im not sure we are allowed either way you can save it to your computer pretty easy Perhaps it could be a chance do some sought of fund raiser for some club in the states I dont no maybe DVD and a copy of Vision 386 poster either way a great way to spend fathers day then I had to explaine to the lad and princess what the Dew line is or was and then to the lad what the cold war was I think the thing that moves me the most or shocks me the most is how we in the western world could just get stuff done imagine trying that today there would ten years of enviromental impact studys followed by greenies chaining them selves to lumps of ice the trucks wouldnt pass some calafornia pollution law and I suppose the hardest thing to find would be blokes to do the work we owe those men and there wives that let them go a lot thanks lads Paul

to me the only simple option is if you had another truck the same you could swap the drive shaft with another truck if the problem shifts the problem is in the drive shaft aside from that maybe a balancer issue maybe the input shaft to the gearbox was damaged or the bearing in the front of the box ? I started typing the needle rollers between the input and out put shafts in the box but then I had a thought !!!!!!!!! they arent spinning when youre in top gear well at least they arent in a Mack box but the input and output shafts are only carried on the bearings at each end when your in top gear so maybe the the those needle bearings between the two shafts help to cancel out the vibration but it cant when your in top gear because they are not spinning as in the shaft is coupled together I dont no if this makes any sense anyway disregard if Im waffling to much Paul

OK OK WOW Im like a kid on christmas day almost being as it is fathers day in Australia tomorrow I am going to exercise some restraint and save it up I can sit and share with my teenage son its gonna be a grand old day and the best bit is I can watch it again and again with him and if the princess is good she will be allowed to join us after all its my day surely I cane be in charge once a year lol Enough waffle from me you blokes have problerly seen these before they were in a Bulldog magazine Aussie version picked it up at Townsville guessing 2007 so if you have all seen these please excuse me either way I looking forward to tomorrow and my turn to watch seeyas and if its fathers day tomorrow in the rest of the world have a good one Paul

Welcome Mikah sorry mate I cant help you Im sure it wont be long before some one supplys the answer if it comes as good as the picture you will get orders soon Paul

how different is that Levi machine whats a puppet rodeo ? Paul

thats a smart idea using the all thread yo get the spacing and angles right must take a lot of the fiddling around away Paul

Gudday with out knowing what size ass end you have but I do no that 44000 lbs and 58000 lbs look the same almost from the out side but the bearings and seals are a lot bigger in the 58's the brakes I think are the same size though but I could be wrong I guess the first thing you need to do is find out what size axle's you had and what size you are trying to change to Paul

What a show something there for everyone you must have been busy taking happy snaps . Thanks for taking the time to share I must get over to the states one day its gonna take along time to see all these shows once I get there Paul

Yeah mate I noticed that as well must be a special northern hemisphere type of thing Paul