skip Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Gday everyone how are we? I just got my R615 V8 flinstone goin today. It hasnt turned a wheel for around 15 years and although its not quite complete we took it for a run down the road. What a champion of a thing! Its got the END864A engine, TRQ722O quad box and 44000" pound diffs at 8.24-1 ratio. Very slow! My speedo isnt working yet, does anyone know what speed i will get with that running gear? Ive included a photo of her back in its hey day. Will post more soon, Skip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducky698 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Gday everyone how are we? I just got my R615 V8 flinstone goin today. It hasnt turned a wheel for around 15 years and although its not quite complete we took it for a run down the road. What a champion of a thing! Its got the END864A engine, TRQ722O quad box and 44000" pound diffs at 8.24-1 ratio. Very slow! My speedo isnt working yet, does anyone know what speed i will get with that running gear? Ive included a photo of her back in its hey day. Will post more soon, Skip.Hi, good to here its getting there. where was that pic taken?Grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 Gday everyone how are we? I just got my R615 V8 flinstone goin today. It hasnt turned a wheel for around 15 years and although its not quite complete we took it for a run down the road. What a champion of a thing! Its got the END864A engine, TRQ722O quad box and 44000" pound diffs at 8.24-1 ratio. Very slow! My speedo isnt working yet, does anyone know what speed i will get with that running gear? Ive included a photo of her back in its hey day. Will post more soon, Skip. Would think not much over 40 MPH. Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillconst1 Posted July 17, 2010 Share Posted July 17, 2010 my b613 had a trq7220 and 7.49's on 10.00x20's and would run about 53 to 55 on the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted July 17, 2010 Author Share Posted July 17, 2010 Hello, where was that pic taken? atleast you have it driving again.GrantGday mate how are ya? Its from Tassie so I would think Hobart because it has a big dock area for freight ships. It spent its first 25 years or so in Tassie. It has certainly been worked well, and I dont think it wouldve carted too many legal loads. Its great to have it going again, its starting to look alright and hopefully it will create a bit of interest up at Alice Springs for the big reunion. Are you going? Or do you know any blokes from the west that are heading across? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbyrne Posted July 18, 2010 Share Posted July 18, 2010 Hi Skip, there was'nt too many R 615's in Tas. It could be ex Bonney & Stafford, was originally a jinker. Jeffro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducky698 Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Gday mate how are ya? Its from Tassie so I would think Hobart because it has a big dock area for freight ships. It spent its first 25 years or so in Tassie. It has certainly been worked well, and I dont think it wouldve carted too many legal loads. Its great to have it going again, its starting to look alright and hopefully it will create a bit of interest up at Alice Springs for the big reunion. Are you going? Or do you know any blokes from the west that are heading across?Hello, there is quite a few going to that from here. if I get this running I may take it. am sick of throwing money at it at the moment, will throw it in the dog house soon if it bites much more :)I have hit 47,000 now.the pic of yours is pretty good, dont see them to often with a v8regards Grant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Hi Skip, there was'nt too many R 615's in Tas. It could be ex Bonney & Stafford, was originally a jinker. Jeffro.Ok, I'll bite. What is a "jinker"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbyrne Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 David, in Australia a typical log truck with bolsters on truck and trailer and a sliding pole to connect trailer to truck was/is generally refered to as a 'timber jinker' Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaddeusW Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 Ok, I'll bite. What is a "jinker"?Think of a jinker as a dolly that is connected to the truck by a separate frame or the load itself. For example: Ever see the transport of long beams where they attach one end of the beam to the 5th wheel and then attach the other to a dolly? That dolly would be called a jinker in Australia. In the classic Australian sense it is as Jeff described, a cart or trailer that hauls logs or timber. Here is a picture of a horse drawn cart that is also called a jinker, possibly the origin of the word?Some, if not all modern jinkers in Australia self steer and the load is attached to a pivot point so the jinker can steer itself around tight turns. Here is a page from Drake Trailers Australia, they make an assortment of interesting heavy haul and specialty trailers. Quote -Thad What America needs is less bull and more Bulldog! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Hi Skip, there was'nt too many R 615's in Tas. It could be ex Bonney & Stafford, was originally a jinker. Jeffro.Gday mate how are ya? Yep youre on the money there, it was originally a jinker. And there were only 3 V8 Flinstones in Tassie that I know of, Mt Foster which is the one I have, Shaws and Bonnys. There may have been one other but its hard to find out. What have you got up there? Are you heading to Alice Springs in August? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks for the help on the jinker def. How could a R 615 originally be a jinker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbyrne Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 The term 'jinker' refers to the trailer I think. The R615 is the truck pulling the jinker. The R615RS would probably have had a longer rear OH than a tractor. The truck would have been fitted with a pintle type hook at the rear. The truck would have had a log bolster mounted on a ball race or similar. When empty the 'jinker' would have been piggybacked back to the loadout by the R615. The 'jinker' would also have had a log bolster mounted to a ballrace or similar, it would have connected to the truck by a sliding timber or steel pole that hooked on to the pintle hook. When loaded the logs would sit in/on the two bolsters, one on the R615 and one on the jinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 no ballrace on the jinker mate........and as for you pintle hook theory, very unlikely but not unheard of.this truck was in tasmania not america guys we cart and process our timber compleatley diffrent to our american cousins so i.e. no extra length in the chassie, no pintle hook this truck may have had a earley elphingstone jinker on it but i got a feeling i wasnt on logs very long, it may have had a old type ridged pole jinker or may not................before anyone jumps down my kneck i am a fourth generation logger so i no excactley what i am talking about and as a fact i am tasmanian.so i hope my imput has been helpfull and i suggest you guys look up elphingstone engineerings site in triabunna ,tasmania and learn a thing or two................cheers bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbyrne Posted July 24, 2010 Share Posted July 24, 2010 Hi Spud, ok, I dont want to split hairs or anything. Lol.. Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted July 27, 2010 Author Share Posted July 27, 2010 Hi Spud, ok, I dont want to split hairs or anything. Lol.. Jeff.Ive got an original photo of my other flinstone, it was a logger and I reckon it has a extended chassis and mightve had the pintle hook youre talking about. Im pretty sure this truck pictured had a turntable from new Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 no hairs split at all mate................lol.......only log's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) hey skip this r model of your's allway's been in n.s.w.......because i have seen one photo of a r model with the extended chassie on logs....about two and a half feet extra and yet it still had a early jinker on it . and didn't reynold's have a v8 flinstone? Edited July 27, 2010 by spud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbyrne Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 hey skip this r model of your's allway's been in n.s.w.......because i have seen one photo of a r model with the extended chassie on logs....about two and a half feet extra and yet it still had a early jinker on it . and didn't reynold's have a v8 flinstone? I've got lots of pics of R's with extended chassis. I imagine they would be on logs. The extended chassis is typical of the early type jinker, defence rests. Skip, I wont be at Alice in August. Regards Jeff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skip Posted July 29, 2010 Author Share Posted July 29, 2010 hey skip this r model of your's allway's been in n.s.w.......because i have seen one photo of a r model with the extended chassie on logs....about two and a half feet extra and yet it still had a early jinker on it . and didn't reynold's have a v8 flinstone?Gday mate how are ya? Nah this V8 Flinstone Ive done spent its first 25 years or so in Tassie, Then a bloke from Wollongong bought it and partly restored it and was using it as a yard truck until a the V8 died. The other one Ive got was sold new to a couple of sawmillers in Bulladelah and that had a longer chassis by the look of the photo the original ownerw gave me. It spent 20 years there and it stayed between there and Sydney up until about 2004. Who were Reynolds mate? They loggers as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 yep they sure were ....one of the biggest mack user's in tas between the 60's to i think earley 80's flinstones, r-models 600 and 700 b-model's you name it they had it.and my pop also had a v8 flinstone so it's got me stuffed, dont think it was a factory v8 though.....i think they put it in about 19 82 or 83........dunno my minds a bit scattered since then...lol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbyrne Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 A V8 fitted to an R600 in 1982/83. There's a story there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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