Vladislav

Some more

This past weekend I grabbed my bag and flew to the Netherlands. Visited friends and attended Mackdag-2016 event, as Dutch people use to call it. Here are some shots you might enjoy to see.

Wow! Neat show pics! Haven't seen this thread by some reason. Thanks for sharing.

Too sad to hear. Sometimes every one of us sure hear when some person was killed by a drunk or stupid driver. But it's much more extremely feeling when happens to a person you was in a tight contact with. And it's almost shocking how many people are sunk in their own busynesses only paying about nothing of attention to the others who could be easily injured or, as much more tragely, killed by a lack of care about. And it's always seems like the most of drivers just haven't in their minds that road service crews no matter pavers, cleaners, roll back or emergency mechanics are being on the road with a reason to improve the road a people use.

I agree on that. Might be interested knowing exact number of teeth in the upper gear set(s) Although for the best I'm looking for something faster. Nearly 6.5. Already looking for a while though.

That's the worst part of that style of travels

As for me I would make the final choice on it depending of how Luciya is nice and pretty

Both swapping the gearbox or carriers you make modifications to your 74K miles truck. Putting 12 speed or similar style 10 speed you would have what you have now with additional overgear and some intersteps.

Cool! Didn't you have a chance to drop one of those steamers near yor house? Would be nice thing to have and power supply on a hard day when no electricity

I put the like above keeping in mind your stainless scrap pile Mike.

Nice bridges and also neat pictures! Can't believe the long one is made of wood!

Hope you still have a suitable empty spot in the weeds for this one

Jim, what did you mean??

Cool looking old dog! What are the planes for it?

So you just need to ask Al (57 BCR) which show he's going to bring his truck the nearest time and get yourself there

Great !

Lots of cool trucks there! Many thanks for sharing the pics.

All as said above but I would add a bit. When you have your rig roaming over the road or other steering issues it also could be caused by loosy rear axle(s). You have your truck steered by the front wheels for sure. But in theory the rear ones could do it either. Vlad

Looks like they just have them as a reserve for better times when modern digital trucks will become almost unusable due to multiple electronic falures and the most of people will have nothing to haul with

Diamond-T shed transporter is a killer

Just tried to save a bit of aluminium?? By the word they should be hub centered wheels.

Looks like a nice day. How slow did you drive? I would be a bit nervous having so many folks on the trailer, especially kids. And if it goes overhere police would be crazy about you having a bus licence (more than 8 passangers) and both carrieing people off seats equipped to seat on.

I would say about half a day to do for a one man. Or maybe less when it's his everyday job and he has everything for by his hand. I mean just glueing up a hole with sanding to a flat surface. Filling up, primering and painting should be count extra.

Steve, my hats off to your work on dirt roads. Those spider hubs don't seem to me much lighter than alu Alcoa's on any kind of hubs Although there's a kind of trick with a truck loaded and empty. A ride smoothness depends on the relation of unsuspended masses of a rig to its suspended mass. So when you're loaded the second figure goes twice or three times more than an empty vehicle. And as I understand that's the most way a truck is designed to service. But when you're empty with weights of unsuspended parts such as axles with wheels almost the same the relation is different. For example all your axles on a truck weights 2 ton. The rest of the chassis with a cab and engine weights 5 ton. So you have 2:5. But when you're loaded you still have the same 2 ton in axles (unsuspended mass) related to 5 ton chassis and 10 ton cargo. The figure will be 2:15. Here's a big difference. A car hasn't much of load capacity so has its mass relation about constant. It gets to be designed along its figure and keeps ride smoothness good in every most road conditions. A truck is a different ball game. Being constructed to carry loads it doesn't run nice on a rough road when empty. Having a hobby one you might be shacked a little bit when your hooby ways put you out of a wide straight highway. I sure know it's a truck not a boat although taking to account multiple minor factors might work out as a big difference in the end. The picture is what I have passed with my R a couple years back cruising local roads not far from the middle of nowhere. I haven't shifted higher that 2nd gear with my 9 speed during nearly 40 km. The cost was a 250 km asphalt go over.

Thanks the great, Steve. I will check the drillings, just too rainy outside to get under the truck now. I see no reason to worry about that though since I plan to use the beam, the springs and the U-bolts all of one axle, 538. Right at the moment I'm not ready to state for sure the bearings were different between 537 and 538 but my memory keeps it as a right fact. Too maybe the bearings were different since the hubs on my "highway" R seeemed of a light serie, made of alu. But the spindles might be of the same size. I'm going to keep the hubs with drums et.c. of 538 anyway. Getting deeper into the matters heavier steel (or cast iron?) front hubs will increase unsuspended masses and make a ride rougher in theory. Actually I have no idea of how it will be on a wash board road although I'm pretty sure it's better to have good solid heavy hubs on the truck than light aluminium but of a doubtful condition.