mrsmackpaul

Well that would of added some excitement to the day I wonder if the truck needs a bit of a drive to settle in That been said you could easily run a tape measure at the top of the wheels and at the bottom and the measurements should be equal Paul

Looks the goods to me I can't imagine anyone having a wooden tilt tray in Australia I doubt a wooden tray has been used on a heavy truck in Australia in the last 20 or 30 years Steel is normal now on everything these days Tray looks really neat and tidy, you've gotta be proud of the result Paul

They had some impressive gear Paul

That is a stunning truck, super impressed as is the forman in the photo, thanks for sharing Paul

Mech, I'm getting concerned about these hairy chested Aussie shelias mentioned earlier Now you mention trans and drag, perhaps Crocodile Dundee was onto it years ago when he checked the tackle before chatting up a bird 🤔 Paul

Thanks Brocky, I'll do some digging around and see what I can learn Paul

A different P word came to my mind Joey We've spun this topic off into the ditch Paul

Australian Macks are a bit different than Yanky ones, a little more hairy chested and less Tesla like lol Australian trucks sit higher and have more exposed none slippery stuff like gay mirrors on the bonnet that all U.S. trucks seem to have Even the Anthem doesn't have all gay pride crap that the U.S. ones appear to have Paul

Base model Superliner has the MP 10 as standard

The blasting cabinet really is a good thing, I bought one some time ago and promptly modified it Better lightning is a must and Ill change the crappy perspex screen for a laminated glass screen I think next They really do help clean things up I also bought a small one on wheels and it really hooks right in My son got me onto a big ass compressor from where he works It's 2500 km away but I figure it's a good excuse to go for a drive and say hello Paul

Looks really neat Joey It takes a lot to get them looking good but well worth it Paul

Looking good Joey Paul

Yes it should, they are wired this way from new Paul

This is standard for R and FR models I have ever seen Paul

Welcome to the dog house RUFF RUFF RUFF Paul

I gather when you say your screwing the boards down you mean a nut and bolt type of screw not a self tapper I remember my first attempt at a wooden tray Air dried timber, cut the center board custom for a neat fit and bought another center board for when the wood shrank further Just nailed it in place It all dried and I closed up the gabs and fitted my spare center board Screwed it all down First lot of rain it saw, the boards all swelled up and popped out everywhere Had to wait for it all to dry again to jack all the warped timber back into place Nut and blots this time When carting cattle the boards would swell right up tight and sort of buldged here and there but worked fine and no further issues A few rookie mistakes were made by me there Paul

Can anyone tell me what model this truck would of been? Can people tell from looking like with other makes ? Thanks in advance Paul

I tracked that down Yes I am suitably impressed and quite jealous of this truck, jealous is the right word but I would like to own it Very very impressed with it Paul

A bit more useless none accurate information I reckon back in the day when Mack was on top of the world in road train sales, 8 out of 10 road trains were pulled by Mack, later it probably dropped to 6 out of 10 in the 90's when Ccummins and Detroit caught upto the E9 hp, this when the E9 was well over 600 hp in Australia A well tunned E9 will destrot a Mack 12 speed on road train work pretty quick, the road train work is a unbelievable endurance run for any truck, full power shifting huge tonnage for 12 hours straight, it really sorts things out, thats why I never chase more hp, it just won't last under those conditions I would maybe 3 or 4 out of 10 road trains are Mack now, the Kenworth maybe has about the same, maybe slighty more, then the European makes and Volvo would be the most popular Paul

It should run with out the turbo, block off the oil lines and it should run It will be smokey umder load but should idle pretty much the same as if it was turbocharged, the motor wont be making any boost at idle and stuff all boost until it gets some revs and load Enjoyed the video Paul

There was only one Superliner sold with a E6 in Australia A few had Cat motors, dunno if any had GM 2 strokes and probably a Cummins or two The rest were E9 The E9 was the most popular big powered truck motor in Australia by a long long way None Mack trucks had big powered motors 8V92 GM's were probably next, a few K19 Cummins, only a few, as in less than a handful of 12V71 and the same for the 3804 Cats Australian requirements are very different, much bigger tonnages at not as higher speed That been said the blokes on the Hume and Newell hwy would of given any U.S. truck driver a run for their money The Hume, and the Newell were high speed interstate runs that probably peaked in the mid to late 80's I reckon the Pacific hwy was a rat race until a couple of big bus (coach) accidents that killed and mamed a lot of people I never traveled the Pacific or Hume much so can't really comment them much Come to think of it I reckon that was what made the government change the laws and stop booking people for rubbish and started cracking right down on the industry Sort of the begining of the end of all the owner drivers Way off topic now The first E9 I ever heard was in western QLD Pulled up on the side of the road and all's quite, next thing I heard, bop bop bop bop that slowly got closer and over the rise appears a Superliner with double deck crates, just bop bop bop past me standing there with my jaw on the dirt Probably only doing 50 - 55 MPH gross out at maybe 130 ton, no weight limits on volume load trailers Made a little 320 feel positively out of date Was between Longreach and Winton and I was heading west, made the hair on back of my neck all stand and gave me goose bump type of deal Dont think I'll forget it Paul

Absolutely correct The old 320 coolpower can be on full load for a million miles and not skip a beat, I dunno about these high HP little motors All that been said, my old bucket of bolts is factory built and rated by Mack on the plate 115 ton or 253,000 pound in yanky talk And it will pull that all day long up hill and down People's expectations are pretty much up a lot further today than they were 40 years ago These od trucks will get you there but not at break neck speed There is no substitute for sitting in the seat driving the truck Paul