mrsmackpaul

I find this very interesting as well It appears that different Mack factories even in the same country built vastly different trucks of the same model Paul

Spot on, we have no idea how long this may of been since he got stuck, may of been only moments before hand Dunno if we should be arm chair experts on what happened as we weren't there But, hang I'll make that a BIG BUT we can all learn from this I have got hung up a few times with my old float (low boy) and always when I'm off road No fangled adjustments, a jack and blocks of wood and we are soon on the move again I just jack the drive axles up and stick blocks of wood under and back out of were I was Thats me and as far as on road, our trailers are higher off the ground than the U.S. trailers as I think we are allowed higher loads 4.5 meters is normal thats 14 feet 9 and a bit inches in the old money 4.6 meters for stock trailers, thats a poofteenth over 15 feet 4.65 with a permit you just down load and so on Dunno what the U.S. is as in height amd axle loadings but they are very different than Australia's rules Paul

I reckon your spot on, very hard to say what any of us would do in that situation Paul

Sorry but this is to modern for to be of any help Paul

Cat trucks in Australia had the C15 and the C13 until emission dramas They then re badged the Navistar and called it a CT 13 Or at least thats my understanding Paul

A bad day at the office If the link works https://fb.watch/j4vt296VlS/?mibextid=NnVzG8 Paul

Everyone I know just uses the same starter with no problems at all, as Seed suggested it actually starts better because it's spinning faster Paul

Roche, NewZealand TV series that had a R model as the main character Paul

The blue lightning Big ole Superliner pulling tripple trud herding Watch were you park a plane Let me know if the link doesnt work Paul

Hope you had a great day

Fantastic stuff

This is as best as I could do at short notice Had her rolled up with a couple of other sheilas keeping a eye on the trucks Paul

My father always said "wood is only good for keeping you warm" Wood really is a issue in Australia as our white ant (termite) population is such that it destroys most woods at a record pace in most parts of Australia unless the wood is treated Australia never went thru the last ice age and as such the glaciers never took all the soil away while carving out new mountain ranges, apparently we have more white ants than rest of the world combined Anyway back to the topic Paul

Cat pulled out of truck building because when they got in was when the U.S. entered it's "Sub Prime Mortage" crisis which inturn caused the "GFC" global financial crisis Cat stopped selling Cat motors to other manufacturers as the Cat motor was and still is well regarded thru out the world Cat believed that Cat motor lovers would buy Cat trucks just to get the motor Bad timing was the issue more than anything else Cat trucks were mainly sold in Australia and NewZealand and the ones that couldn't be sold in North America got sent here to be converted and sold I guess the Aust/NZ market was less important to upset than the north American market Paul

And probably before the cab Paul

Whilst out and about looking for something unrelated I came across this article on the forum It mentions the steps behind the front wheels been new to F models in I think it said 70 Look like the same steps as these Yes more useless information but relative to the question asked in a disjointed way lol Paul

Reckon they probably lifted the engine and trans joined together in the factory So guessing it is okay to do if you know how Anyone have production line photos?? Might be able to give some hints Paul

This explains me never needing worming Paul

Was given a tube of my old posters the other day Dunno if you lot call them posters in Yanky land, but they are what were once in the middle of magazines and some had a foxy lady, some had a truck or hot rod and some had both

Dunno, next you blokes will be saying how you miss the crackle of a bakelite radio as the valves are warming up And the yelling from some old bloke "TURN THAT BLOODY RADIO GRAM DOWN" Paul

That's good news, so both blocks and cranks were okay I take it Paul

Im folling along here, I reckon I might learn something here for sure What size back end, I think the trunions vary a fare bit over the years even with the same ratings Inboard or out board stand Dunno if it makesany difference or not but the more information you can provide I reckon the closer you would get to the right answer Paul

Yep and a Twin Spinner is the next model Single Spinners are my favorite looking Ford by far, the look was a timeless classic look A bit like the B and R model Mack, when it's right it's right Paul

That would be known as a "single spinner" in Australia But yes a lot of coin even for out here Paul