mrsmackpaul

So yes the green truck is the Australian made Atkinson And yes that is cab suspension, help smooth our not so quite smooth roads out It is a good gathering, I was working this weekend so couldn't make it I made it to the Muster a few years ago and haven't made it back yet Paul

Looking like it's all systems go, I have a little Massey Ferguson which is really a Iseki rebranded It has the 4 in 1 bucket and linkage and is 4x4 I dunno that as a farm tractor it would be much use But as anything else, it's very handy and manoeuvres into tiny little tight spots Paul

It could be, he is starting to get a 6x6 Mack collection Paul

A de accelarator pedal perhaps ? Lots of industrial machines have a de accelarator pedal Set the hand throttle and use the pedal to control revs Paul

That's impressive rate of work It's all coming along nicely Paul

My older brother was a bit of a late bloomer in the Mack department He only in recent years has succumb to the good influence of the Mack world He has a couple of ex army 6x6 Macks He was asked to do a job of ferrying guests to and from a wedding ceremony What a classy limo Paul

So you should be🤪🦘 Mack bonnets mad out here have wood inserts as well, as did fiberglass cabs I reckon it was a soft wood like cypress, not pine though as the grain was wrong to be pine I reckon treated pine would be the go as it won't rot if water gets in If metal was to be used I would use stainless or aluminium, just so it can't rust and screw the whole show up on you Aluminium would be nice and light I reckon theres a lump of wood on the fire wall end to help keep it's shape I wonder is a Superliner and a R 700 the same as they are longer and would need more lifting effort Paul

I haven't really thought to much about how I would fit it to my Mrs Mack with the winch and all I'm thinking of a cut out like Australian sleepers had for the air start tank Or maybe something very different I have always had a hankering for a R700 Would you believe the fella I bought it from had 5 V8 Macks I think 2 x R 700's V8 Macks 3 x F model with V8 Macks 1 x F model with a V8 detriot I didn't take any photos as I gotta respect people's privacy A very easy to get along with bloke that claims he isn't a Mack man So much cool stuff in this blokes yard Anyway, lots to think about, always thought a "Star light Motel" would be the go for above the winch Something a little like this Paul

Considering I'm a dumb ass we need to take thos back to basics When you crank the motor over does it make smoke ??? Paul

Looks pretty shmick Paul

So what was your findings Joey? Paul

Badda bing badda boom, vanished Job done Paul

I haven't heard them called cigarette pack sleepers before but I can see why they would be called that Dunno the brand, all I know is they came from Adelaide South Australia I guess we need to remember that back in they the day, when drivers stopped they weren't fatigued, they were knackered, left and right if you know what I mean A very different breed of driver then than today Paul

It will be flasher than the stretcher on the ground beside the truck or under the trailer if it's raining I expect once Im asleep I won't care anyway It's 27" of pure almost 5☆ comfort The fella that bought it new fitted it to a B model as he didn't have the R model yet Then he got the Flinstone, dead sexy Has got a few coats of paint over the years, looks like Western Gold was it's final colour scheme The Flinstone as above is very classic Australian trucking No real high speed stuff like America as our roads were that bad But 70 MPH would of been a very fast truck in Australia then Sorry I'm side tracking my own thread Long Haul Paul playing in the back ground whilst Im wiring a switchboard on the house Seeyah Paul

Have a look what followed me home the other day Bought this about this last August and finally got around to collecting it A bunk that matches the contour lines of a R model Mack cab I now have a bunk with child bearing hips A very stylish addition that I have no idea if I will ever use I have only ever seen a couple of photos of this style bunk in Australia They were around before the more common Cummins bunk fitted to R models and Superliners out here Might have slim down a bit to slip on in there though Paul

Sounds like your all over this now I doubt the worn S can bushes will cause any real concern in the next few months Thanks letting me take this a little off topic to learn about the automatic adjusters Paul

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On R models in Australia there are two ways to mount the clutch cable One angle is for a Mack transmission and the other is for a RoadRanger I wonder if later models have the same deal going on Apparently this makes a huge difference on the effort required Paul

So with a 3 inch stroke is the angle of the slack adjuster set to 90° to the maxi can rod with no adjustment on on the brake and then once this geometry is set the brake adjusted as normal ? You never know, I met get all modern one day and need to know this stuff Paul

Joey are these type the same length as a normal slack adjuster ? If so with 3 inches of stroke they could very easily push the cam past were it needs to be Sorry Im not try to hijack the thread, Im just curious about this stuff Paul

Wouldn't it be better for people to learn how to adjust brakes ?? Paul

3 inches of movement, didn't know cans would push a rod that far Anyway, maybe some modern disc brake job I have never seem Certianly a type of slack adjuster I have never seen Maybe check the adjuster is actually backing off and not the S cam just winding around and around from worn drums and shoes This only applies with drum brakes though I have had trailers I have bought were a combination of wrong sized rollers, worn shoes, worn S cam bushes and stuffed drums allow the S cam to just keep on spinning It is amazing how good things actually work when things aren't worn The old swiss cheese effect, like on those aircraft investigation shows, it's never the wing falling off the plane, it's always a combination of a lot of small stuff lining up at the wrong time Paul

I use a old air tank off a trailer Mount it vertically and half fill it with diesel Then a small 1/8th connected to a grease nipple fitting, Zerk fitting you lot will call it Anyway, compressed air in the tank and forcing diesel under pressure in to the slack adjuster Slack adjuster needs to be off the truck and clamped in a vice for this Then on with the rattle gun and all the dry old grease spews out the sides This pretty much always works and then just pump full of fresh grease Make sure the locking doohickie (collar) on the adjusting bolt is free to click in and out This should solve your problems If the slack adjuster is backing off it isnt locking in the collar Paul

Not a bad job on the fence Normally strain that style of fence from the middle Tie it on at each end and pull it tight in the middle Then just over lap a foot or so and wrap each horizontal strand around each other Paul

The RAF (which is what the British Empire Air crews were under) had to fly 30 operations to complete their operational tour In the RAF 1 in 4 were from Australia, NewZealand or Canada Life expectancy was 44% and there was a 75% chance of becoming seriously wounded or not coming home at all The USAAF during 1943 the bomber crews had only a 25% chance of completing their 25 missions The other 75% were either killed or seriously injured I was bought up with these sorts of figures been pretty common knowledge I think it was such a huge toll on a generation that it was drilled into us all (in my family anyway) so we never forgot the cost The British losses on the bombing crew were even higher Dunno, today the world is wrapped in a whole heap of rubbish as I just don't think people today have any idea what price was given for our (the world's) chance at freedom And then we add the other services in and things don't get any better Bugger me there was a tough selfless breed of people once Paul