Vladislav

I'd go with a sprinkler system with a metal shed inside

Best wishes on a speedy recovery. Alotta Macks need you to be saved in the country!

That's said.

The matter of difference between 38 and 44K axle housings was discussed on here a couple of times in the distant past. I myself is still "in a smoke" on that though. The general idea was 44's are cast banjo's and 38's are stamped steel/fabricated ones. I have them both setups in my junk but can't determine sharp having no knowledge on decoding the marks.

Recently I saw a book on Evil bay for sale which recovered the history of Mack rail transport affairs. Priced reasonable and looked interesting to have on a shelf. Haven't saved the link (and haven't bought it either). Probably would be easier to locate by the "search" option on there.

Swishy, Thank you for explaining that heartcatching setup. Never thought someone could get his ingenuity such way. Yes, I noted it mentioned in Retro Racer's post. Will ask him for more details. Vlad

Good to hear, and fingers crossed.

Thank you for sharing this story and the picture. I don't remember you previousely mentioned you bought that rig. Seems cool you could ride your lady there. Hope it was a lot of fun.

Wow! I have 14.35 or 2.35 PM right now. I made some counts in the past and it looked like I was 6 hours later than Aussie blokes and 6 h earlier than the East cost gang. Locals tinkered a lot with summer/winter time switching the last 2-3 years so i finally lost the track.

That's what I thought. Might cool off whole the cab in a half a minute on a hot day.

Cool trailer setup!

G'day M8! Tnxs the gr@ 4 the pics! My tongue is twisting though just typing this way regardless my mouth is closed Don't you have Aussie F chassis views? And what's about steering boxes? I heard a rumor the other day (or today?) that there were some Aussie Macks with RH steering wheel and LH box on the frame driven with a cross shaft. Does it sound a bit close to the truth? Have a nice snowy day, Vlad

Does the fan also go into the cab?

Probably I had to correct the sizes a bit.

The days when "Rubber Duck Mack" fan website was full of power I sawed a picture from there. It was adressed to modelbuilders who were requesting technical details. You can see the measurments of the sleeper and the shape of the walk-through cut out. When I had my R-model bunk redone I referenced to this drowing and found out it wery useful. The upper part I kept original (which just reflected the rear window opening) and the lower design was made as there. Worked out fine for me.

Looks like the progress is doing well!

That's one impressive lifting machine! Thank you for sharing.

Swishy mate, Thanks for posting that and other stuff explaining Mack design of the Brown land. Really difficult to figure out things you can't see just on trucks' pictures. No possibility to open a hood/tilt a cab. I would really like to go myself put my hands on. But you're nasty far ways off. Have such a plan on my shedule, just Dollar is short in my wallet now. Those frame rails. R's (US made R) have their rails spread in front and declined in height. From the cab area and down to the ass end they go straight and have a constant section (reil heigth). US F's have about similar (but different) front end but are made fatter in the middle area, between the cab and the rears, for more strength. If you have some chassis pics in your Down Under Mack library I'd be too likely to drool over a bit more on your classic truck iron. Cheers, Vlad

I doubt on that DM axle possibility. Axle beam castings look generally the same along R's, RW's, MH's, DM's e t.c. But they might have different location of holes for U-bolts. Depending on the frame width and probably front spring width Mack drilled beams different. At least R-model axle has less of distance between the U-bolt holes (left to right) than RW/MH one. And sure R-model beam (and DM as follow) has 3-1/2 wide front springs so the holes on each side are spiced 3-1/2. RW/MH has 4 inches there and I suppose a CH do the same.

Swishy, Am I not wrong an Aussie F-model was built using R-model frame rails? Or actually a whole R-model chassis with exceptions of the cab attachments and air filter bracket? And what does the script FR-700 (or FIR-700) on the dash mean?

Looks like a good addition to the collection. Have fun with it!

Bob, sorry to hear. Rest in peace the old man.

Merry Christmas BMT!

Philippe, welcome on board! Normandy is a really beautiful area. Especially along the beaches on early days of June every 5 years It would be nice to see pictures of your new purchase. Was that F built in France or imported? Vlad

That's what I originally said to the guys, to not put foam into the triangle. But they made that triangle a bit less than required (they didn't have the cab, the old panel only as a sample). And when I put the panel in place the seam which connected triangle to the main panel area appeared thick enough to not allow the door to close.