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Well it goes to show what can be achieved with not much more than a lot of hard work and determination Paul

Did you know 🐶 L E S T W E F O R G E T 🌿🌺 Meet 'Gunner' the stray kelpie who was found 81 years ago #OnThisDay 19 February, 1942, under a destroyed mess hut in Darwin after an airraid and became adept at warning of Japanese planes up to 20 minutes before they arrived!!!! He could tell the difference between enemy and friendly aircraft and saved a great many of lives 👍😄 AN AMAZING STORY.... The six-month-old black and white male kelpie was found whimpering, having suffered a broken front leg, under a destroyed mess hut at Darwin Air Force base 81 years ago, following the first wave of Japanese attacks on Darwin. Air Force personnel took him to a field hospital, but the doctor insisted he couldn't fix a "man" with a broken leg without knowing his name and serial number. The doctor repaired and plastered his leg after the air force personnel replied that his name was "Gunner" and his number was "0000". Gunner entered the airforce on that day. Leading Aircraftman Percy Westcott, one of the two airmen who found Gunner, took ownership of him and became his master and handler. At first, the dog was badly shaken after the bombing, but being only six months old he quickly responded to the men's attention. About a week after, Gunner first demonstrated his remarkable hearing skills. While the men were working on the airfield, Gunner became agitated and started to whine and jump. Not long afterwards, the sound of approaching aeroplane engines was heard by the airmen. A few minutes later a wave of Japanese raiders appeared in the skies above Darwin and began bombing and strafing the town. Two days later, Gunner began whimpering and jumping again and not long afterwards came another air attack. This set the pattern for the months that followed. Long before the sirens sounded, Gunner would get agitated and head for shelter. Gunner's hearing was so acute he was able to warn air force personnel of approaching Japanese aircraft up to 20 minutes before they arrived and before they showed up on the radar. Gunner never performed when he heard the allied planes taking off or landing; only when he heard enemy aircraft as he could differentiate the sounds of allied from enemy aircraft. Gunner was so reliable that Wing Commander McFarlane gave approval for Westcott to sound a portable air raid siren whenever Gunner's whining or jumping alerted him. Before long, there were a number of stray dogs roaming the base. McFarlane gave the order that all dogs be shot, with the exception of Gunner. Gunner became such a part of the air force that he slept under Westcott's bunk, showered with the men in the shower block, sat with the men at the outdoor movie pictures, and went up with the pilots during practice take-off and landings. When Westcott was posted to Melbourne 18 months later, Gunner stayed in Darwin, looked after by the RAAF butcher.... Gunner's fate is undocumented 😢

Very cool stuff and further along than my gasser Not many 55 Chev's out in Australia and I doubt any 2 doors were sold And looking heaps more like a drag car than my old Holden Paul

All I can say with any degree of accuracy is that all the comments above are about what I find However some people claim they work good and as good a Jacobs, these are the exception rather th asn the rule Even if I discounted over exaggeration and cut it in half and divided by four, thats still better than what I experience So I am after the elusive pot of unobtainium Dynatard gold that is a effective engine brake Is it possible, I really dont know and don't have high expectations, I will however make a video to bore you all with of my findings 😴😴 Paul

Well I ordered and paid for book about these today from fleabay Hopefully I will have some added information to lead me to a positive understanding of these Dynatard was available from 1973 in Australia according to Mack Australia I'll go on the hunt for some brochures or fliers I think you blokes call them as they would of had the specs listed I think 76 was the first of the Coolpower Macks in Australia Will keep you all up to date with what I learn or dont learn But some people, very few reckon they worked really good on a E6, most people are like me and apart from making the noise didn't do stuff all even when on full revs or higher Paul

So very true, the riders that claimed to be good horse breakers and the like were all cock sure amd up front at the start but after a few day or so they slowly worked their way back thru mob to the rear I ended up the front on the last couple of days Like most things in life, I learnt mamy years ago it is much easier to understate my ability and just work hard than it is to over state my ability and have to try and prove it So what is a out fitter, as what do they do in north America? In Australia it is someone we might buy our equipment from, I get the feeling this isnt the case in the states, it is a business that people might engage to take them on a long ride, would I be correct in my thinking ? Paul

Yes it is amazing they hold together as well as they do considering the dodgy changes we all make at times My god when the oils cold still the the odd change can be a bit sudden (understating that a lot) and I wonder just how that all holds together I remember lifting off on the Drummond range heading east into Emerald one hot summers day with maybe 95 tons, thats around 200,000lbs and we was wheel spinning and jumping a bit on the bitumen (black top) in deap reduction trying to get moving I learnt latter I had a broken bolt that holds the carrier bearing pivots in, I reckon it must of been that start Yet no damage to the box that I know of Paul

55 Gasser, sounds interesting, do tell us more, probably already have and I can't remember lol Paul

It's a cattle crush, holds them still so humans can work on cattle without cattle or humans getting hurt I remember Dad telling the story how he put a big bull in a crush , the crush was pinned to the ground with truck axles driven in as big anchors Dad always reckoned as soon as the bull was in the crush and he couldn't close the bail that things were about to get interesting As Dad tells the story "the bull was that big and strong he just sort of stretched out and walked away with the crush and all" 😁 I bought some bulls down from Queensland once, the bail wouldn't shut at all and bulls were to long for the crush, things were starting to get adventurous very quickly Thats why we put a ring in the bulls nose, gives instant and complete control The bail is the bit the closes around the neck to hold them still from walking backwards or forwards and moving side to side Paul

Thanks for the kind words everyone, On to something very different I have always fancied a bit of horse riding even though Im pretty useless at it So the 4th November last year I, on the spur of the moment went stuff it and booked a horse riding adventure in NewZealand Now the very first thing to know about me is that I haven't really ridden a horse at all for 25 years And I never was much of a rider So that been said I contacted a ex dairy farmer I know that has a lot to do with horses and explained what I was upto and asked for some help We agreed and the fun suddenly got quite real I started doing maybe 4 our 5 hours a week Then slowly worked up to maybe 15 - 20 hours My two biggest concerns were getting hurt and been that one person on the trip that holds everyone else back and ruins the ride for the other participants Well I was, like with most things concerned about nothing Turns out I wasn't t he worst by a long shot and never got hurt. Ten of us went and I had a ball, I absolutely loved it, great people from across the world and sites and smells I can't really explain So the 22nd of January 2023 at 3.00 am I head to Melbourne to catch the kero kite to Queenstown NewZealand What a adventure, I would recommend for anyone if the chance ever arises to do something crazy like this, jump in and have a go It is so easy to find excuses to not do things, believe me even up until I was on the plane if something had of happened and I couldn't of gone I wouldn't of been upset, I was fairly nervous about this whole episode lol Paul

Tail jacking will help a huge amount breaking any heifer in for milking as will playing with her teats leading up to it An dd "Udder mint" http://uddermint.com/ Works like a champ on other sore bits of a human body as well Paul

So by looking at those two pictures above It looks like none of the small bits have O rings to seal them up, is this correct ? If so I gather this means once they are worn they go in the rubbish bin Or is there rebuild kits and how would someone check these are or are not working as they should I think I might have to get my workshop manual out for these, I have looked before many years ago but I seam to recall it was pretty vague, mind the way my head has been of late it could be I just dont remember It would be good to have Dynatard that actually works I reckon reading in the advertising blerb it was like 400 hp of braking effort on the E6, might of been the E9 Either way I reckon that should still be a lot more noticeable than just making the noise Paul

It is amazing how little oil these transmissions take and much can bd stuck all over the outside and they are still almost full Paul

The second trucks got a cool power motor by the looks of it Thinking someone has spent a lot of time modernizing it many years ago to keep it a working truck Kinda sad but nothing lasts forever Paul

So would it then be possible to set up a dial indicator on the exhaust push rod Then rotate the engine slowly and see the dip in the cam lobe if it's a Dynatard cam ? Paul

Last photo of Grandma and myself I have, this was 2016, Grandma was still living on here own at home here Grandma was nearly 97, I reckon Pa passed in 1994, as Grandma said to me once, "I never expected to live this long with out Pa" Anyway she had a fair innings as they say Paul

Would it be possible for someone smarter than me to draw a picture of what the cam lobes look like on a Dynatard motor Someone may have a good photo, I really have no idea at all about this stuff Paul

I think we are all stunned at how long Grandma was around for, she out lived my father and some of next younger generation Sadly I hadn't seen Grandma for a couple of years thanks to Covid and having to give notice to visit and all the bullshit rules with that I did write letters regularly for some time, Grandma didn't like talking on the phone, and send photos etc of my day to day life But in the last little while Grandma couldn't see well enough to read and spent her life snoozing so I never bothered writing She was a tough lady from a much tougher generation And the set backs people of her generation had make our problems of today pale into nothing Anyway, Pa was a joker and Grandma was the but of a lot of these jokes as were us Grand kids, unlike the precious people of todays world we took it all in our stride Pa, Grandma's husband must of died 28 years or more ago, I had returned from working in QLD driving dozers and working on cattle stations etc and after saying gudday to Mum and Dad Pa (and Grandma of course) was the next people I wanted to see Pa had just had a stroke and was laying on the kitchen floor, hell of a shock that took me years to get over as I liked him so much, big and tough like a Mallee bull and yet there he was Never got to tell him about my latest adventures I never could get enough of his stories, from his trucking days, to his days growing up at Gulpa in the sawmill to farming on the Hay plains He was in the Airforce in the Pacific and based at Port Moresby, he never really spoke about it much, he did tell me when I askec what he did in the Airforce "the planes would come in like a colander and I would send them back out like a plane" Pa did fly planes but only to test them before handing them back into service I learnt year's later that Pa was part of the rescue crew to remove pilots and aircrews when landed and crash landed and all the burnt pilots and air crews played havoc until he passed away Anyway enough dribble from me Paul

Anyway onto some happier stuff, actually loosing Grandma isn't sad as she lived a full life pretty much right up to the end, anyway I digress Watched this video of NewZealand trucks in the 80's, if you can listen to some of the cometary as the bloke filming is talking about the 500 hp Mack Superliners, and even if you cant hear it you can sure the difference that 500 hp makes Now if you have never been to NewZealand you cant imagine just hiw windy and steep the roads are, doing 60 MPH for and distance over a few mile is virtually unheard of, no run ups to climb hills, it's just a long hard slog Have a great day Paul

Well what a day, hot as all get out Lost my last Grandma last night, she was a Great Great Great Grandma, she was the one we grand children ran the wooden trucks into fridge and plaster work and so on around the house Her husband, my Grand father was the one that built the toys and drove the old ex Army Mack EH log truck The end of a era, Grandma was the last of that generation in my family This year also marks 200 years since my family came to Australia as free settlers, we were the first white (thats a bad word in Yanky land but Im not a Yank) and up in the Victorian high country to graze sheep from the station in the Riverina district of NSW Gunna be a big year for my family Paul

By now everyone will know and be shaking their head thatyou cant push a piece of wire down to the cam Your a dick Paul Anyway everyone must be feeling generous as no one has called me out on this How ever, Im sure there must a easy way of checking what cam is in there, it's just I am not smart enough to check this Sorry for the bum steer Very little sleep over the last 24 hours and it's hot as all get out, only excuses I have except for Im a dumb ass 🤔 Paul

So from what I have been able to learn and opinions of myself and others On a E6 there isnt a lot of difference between Dynatard and Jacobs It's a small motor so the compression isn't as good to help slow you That been said, I know of people (very few) that tell me Dynatard works as good or almost as good as a 14 litre Cummins with Jacob brake when the Dynatard is working as it should My experience is that Dynatard is only good for dropping revs quick for changing gears However this really doesn't answer your questions at all So I reckon a piece of wire pushed down from top of the head and measure from the top of the lobe, the rotate the motor until the lobe is on the bottom and measure again should give you a good idea what cam shaft you have Yes this is very farmerish or perhaps in Yanky terms (red neck) but it should give you a idea of what have Paul

Boost leak, wrong turbo, air restriction? Paul

Gave me a chuckle

That is so true, if we aren't careful we are gunna loose a lot of our history Paul