mrsmackpaul

Thats a heck of a story, never know what is around the corner 

Your father did well to keep it all together and stop the truck

Paul 

As already said a maxi can is leaking, for the price of them I would just change all 4 

Thats me just spending with gay abandone 😂😂

Paul 

Looks like you've had a good result

Paul

That's enough tyo put a horn on a jelly fish 

Well done 

Paul

4 hours ago, Red Horse said:

For  sure..I  think we sunk 4 carriers and lost Lexington and Yorktown???

If click on the link above the photo it goes into a lot more detail

Might have to copy and paste it into Google 

The gist of it is not what you might expect

It didn't turn out exactly as I was led to believe immediately after the battle , however the end result however the end result was what I was taught 

I think it was all a bit touch and go but history is very clear

That and a few other major battles turned the tide with Japan and they could not stop us or even really slow the allies no matter how hard they tried

Paul

I know nothing about Brockways (may have already mentioned that) Im guessing this was bogie drive, do you remember if that was the case ?

Paul 

There's normally a couple of Brockyway fellas floating about 

I'll shoot Brocky a email

Paul

Bugger me, no good at all

Condolences 

Paul

Find as close as the same diameter and profile and cut patch sections out and repair 

Sorry thats the best help I can offer

Paul 

Well teach you to open your mouth then 

The poor PA has enough to do as it is

Paul

Can the outer rim of the same size be welded to the existing  centers

It wont have to be real flash as it is only a a tractor and slow speed

Paul

Do you know the fate of the truck or has it been lost time? 

Paul 

Lucky person to have these photos, and in colour, most people were still taking black and white photos then

I gather thats your Grand father top photo 

Do you know the rest of the people  ?

Paul 

52 minutes ago, 66dc75 said:

You're doing the right thing as far as I can see. You'll end up with something that will be used and enjoyed instead of a fifty thousand dollar restoration that will be worth 25k when done. You can spend years looking for non existent parts and not get anywhere.  My b model on a chevy 3/4 ton chassis is my daily driver in the spring summer and early fall.

The truth is there is no right thing to please everyone and at the end of the day as long as we are happy with what we have done that is all that matters

Oh and by the way, your Chevy B model came out pretty stylish and I  certainly would enjoy it as a daily driver 

Paul

Looking really good

Paul 

Dunno if you have them over in the states but we have V8 trucks at some Speedways in Australia 

Good for a chuckle, the lads seem to get them moving along okay 

Paul

These days I dont do as much farming as I once did, mainly cereal hay but there is little money in that at the moment as the last two years have been exceptional in eastern half of Australia 

China has been fairly sticking the boots into Australia of late, our politicians have no spine so if your a Mum and Dad type of business in Australia (you know the back bone of the nation) you get hung out to dry 

As far as machinery goes, probably the same as the States, Case IH, John Deere and the odd bit of Blue New Holland, plus the normal others Deutz, MF, Kabuto and lots of othe minor brands, I still use International Harvester and the good old Australian Chamberlain for farm work

Australia uses pretty much the same style of gear as the States for farming but the good gear, as in the strongest gear toughest gear comes from Europe not the US, sorry but it's true

My tillage gear is Australian, rough and tough and still going strong

Our margins are probably a lot tighter than the States and farming has zero government help as the loosers in Canberra believe in some B.S. called a level playing feild, its a real shame no other country believes in it like Australian governments do   

The good news is we will all be owned by China soon so that we will no longer have any problems except we will have to learn manerdin (think thats theroper name for Chinese) 

However we had a federal election a week ago and the main political parties got the lowest votes ever in Australian history which left those clowns in complete shock, over 30% of Australia didn't vote for a major party (voting is compulsory for Australian citizens of voting age)

A bit like maybe the US, people are so pissed off they are voting not for who they want but who they dont want, let me try and explain that just a bit, when Trump got in I dont think the majority of voters wanted him, they didn't want that phsyco bitch, whether he was any good or not Im not gunna comment on but he scared the bahjeabbers out of the politicians in the US and they stopped at nothing to out him

Struth I have taken this right off topic, sorry everyone 

Off to the naughty corner now 

Paul 

Looking the part with that truck, welcome to the forum

Paul 

Fertilizer is dear the world over, highest I had ever paid was I think 2011 $800 a ton Urea, made no money farming that year

$1300 ton and climbing this year

Commodity prices are good but the inputs are climbing quicker 

Anyways, that business and joy of been in business 

Paul

Melan probably put up a picture of the trucks your talking about 

I have no idea at this point 

Paul 

12 hours ago, Mark T said:

I think for way too long Mack just assumed people actually knew how to use extended range transmissions. Truth is, many don't so the Mack transmission often was abused by misuse.

So with these transmissions whats the correct driving technique? 

12 speed I can drive with or without a clutch, same with a 5 or 6 speed but have never driven one of these later Mack transmissions 

Mack put their 18 speed behind Cummins redheads that were 575 hp and used road train work and from the people I have spoken to that own them they are fine for the million kilometers or more grossing over 100 ton day in day out so they cant be all bad

Paul