Vladislav

Good deal, congrats! Just need a little piece of a hood

Paul, I'm not going to tell you I'm ready to clear up totally the matter of this fact although that setup too look like the axles used in Mack NM. Not shure what they were of rating (the truck's pay load was 6 ton) but they were Timken and were 7.33. Not a worm drive but double reduction and with no divider or any other 3rd diff. I have the most of description in the books, can post if you need.

If jumper cables went so hot to melt it means something is too wrong in the vehicle you put them to. Probably short circuit battery or something else in the vehicle such as starter, generator or any power wires. Too probably the same reason the battery came dead. You shouldn't continue jumping unless find the issue. Might turn out as a fire also. Couple of years ago one of my customers told me sad story. He had Pontiac Trans Sport van. It was parked near the house in the street. Once he came in the street from his appartment in the morning and found out his van totally burned off. He was too surprized because his windows were on the other side of the bilding he lived in. The matter was there was the other car parked next to his one and it had the starter motor switched on by some reason. It was parked in 1st gear (stick) and it's starter moved it forward until it hit Pontiac. Than the starter heated over and the car fired up. Both vehicles were burned totally together.

Ken, that's funny idea. Although not. With current custom taxes and rules nothing comes here older than 3-5 years about trucks.

Guy, Thank you, I will as far as I have a real need. Just always too much to do and keep in mind. By the word here on this site is a private message system. I try and used to check both email and BMT daily. It will be very interesting to track down the story or any other facts of that LMSW (or NR-?) truck. WW2 LMSW heavy wreckers were built in much less number than NR's, only 664 units for both Britishes and Canadians. Vlad

The sleeper is doing not bad. The body work is almost done and it's waiting to go to the paint shop. Just have no finished pics in the 'puter. The other thing is bothered me. I'd like to paint the cab doors and the hood to put that all on the truck. But can't figure out on wich one. There's a reason to put on the better and the running one. Than I would be able to take the second one apart to work out the cab, it's better. But than I'd like to continue with the axles and the frame. And that second (parts) truck has one of the rails pear-shaped due to the accident. So I would need to part out the main (driving) truck also

Paul, that's true, that kind of flying rabbit is good stuff if you're able to collect anything after 12 gauge load for a supper.

All that stuff vent for so high but you should point out every thing is in beautiful shape. At least they look so on the pics. I'm with many others, my favorite lot is the last one in the first post. Nobody said though for what where they went.

That all is going to be great when loaded onto plates I probaly have been eaten enough (here's late time now) so when I started to read about a turkey carcass to be boiled down I had a thought you did it to get a turkey skeleton for home decorations or any other reason

Why didn't you bid 5100 in the end?

Tim, that's really nice to see from there, thank you for posting.

Tom, that's all cool! I like the flying fox Paul, great to see your country! Truely difficult to observe the wet season behind the window with half a meter of snow all around. By the word, do those flying foxes hunt only for flying mice (bats)? Or are there flying rabbits also??

Ed, If you want me to look over the vehicle (post) send me the link. I have neither new PM so far. That silver one is in Holland. I'm too wonder how are you going to import a car in the States and what is required to. Afraid it wouldn't turn out for not much. Would like to drive it to you if not so wet along the way

Thank you for posting Tom. I like them coils dancing on the grass

No, I'm not so far from you. My size went only for 2 trucks and some good space to work. The area is not too much, the above picture was made from the back fence point and the camera made it appears larger than it is. And a house is planned to be build in the center. With a garage for trucks in the ground floor though A normal way to build is of concrete foam blocks or bricks covered with wooden roof structure and sheet metal on the top. If man want a big factory type of building he uses steel beam structure with sandwich panels steel-mineral wool-steel. Easy to grow up and good insulation. As for me I wanted to cover a wide space (9 meters, about 27 feet) but have a loft to keep parts. Also I like to have strong steel beams above a room to put hoist or winch when pull out an engine. So wanted I-beams anyway. To the moment I didn't plan to have insulation (extra cost) but wanted to keep ability to do it in the future. Due to a possible snow load I had to build everything strong enough. I'm educated as a mechanical engineer but not a constructor. So contstructions seems to me as a hobby. It was interesting to make a steel structure building I have never done before. So I made basic load math, bought I-beams and welded them into the exact parts with flanges to bolt up together. Couple of words about the foundation. Here is a clay. The freeze level is near 1meter, maybe 1.5. But when you build a house it used to be warm inside and it also warm up the concrete. I planned the shed cold. So dug out the slot in the ground of 2 meters deep and of 0.4 meter wide around all the perimeter , put 0.3 meter of sand on the bottom and than filled it up with solid concrete off 4 mixer trucks. So now it's possible to build 3 storey stone house on it. As for the bricks there's a trick. To make it nice-looking (and to make a training to build a house of the same style in the future) I have done just a front wall of bricks. The rest is sheet metal. Taxes... I pay nothing at the moment because it's not registered officially Hope I'll contnue the same for some more years. They must be payed by a cost. But you NEVER know here what the law WILL BE tomorrow. So shouldn't be too fast to be legal. Again, you here CAN'T be 100% legal (F**k!!!)

Guy, That's pretty interesting. Although I have big doubts it was NR. If that it had been shortened, front hubs swapped and army LMSW front fenders and grill installed. Actually if you look over naked chassis NR and LMSW the differences might be found if you know what to look at. LMSW's had double frames and NR's singles. Different wheel base and some crossmembers. The most correct answer might be given by the chassis #.

Interesting what was the hole in the neck for? Any chain to be attached? Or a vent one?

Seems to me like a good idea. Hope it will turn out nice and we'll see the result soon. Just keep the fifth wheel in your yard and keep the ability to put it back. It's not difficult though.

Awesome! Do they need no sleeper?

That's nice you have that photo. The good one to put on a wall in a man cave. Sad the actual truck is not longer with you.

Congrats on the challange! The size seems very good and I hope you'll end it up soon. I went through the same story when got into a need to put Macks under the roof but hadn't so much land for such the scale.

Too interesting stuff you posted guys! That trailer is impressive. Tim, any plans to stay in NZ for a couple of years? You'd be able to show us much more

I want to ask by a chance wasn't this LMSW wrecker located in Israel? The pic is from the net.

Don't forget any "new" part may bring "new" issues.

Thank you for sharing Dakar news. It's always a trouble to keep a track on everything interesting over the automotive world.