Machinery talk thread

[imdying]

Sorted thanks, modified a tap washer to work in the park brake valve. Just a wee problem with an airbag sticking now to sort out.

All good. Canterbury Transport Spares are often good for old or odd ball shit

[Ocean1]

6.pm, closing time, on Anzac st AK. someone for got to put the slewing lock in.

I believe you can get similar results by leaving the slewing brake on in a tower crane.

[unstuck]

All good. Canterbury Transport Spares are often good for old or odd ball shit

Cheers, will keep it in mind, this old bus is going to need a lot of tlc. Airfilter $227 +gst

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[Nova.]

hahah muppet

[awa355]

Canopy on the HD16 was up to industry standards for 1958. ie if a 1st crop Radiata pine buckled it, it would get strengthened during the repair. In 30+ years of logging, They had the edges buckled a few times, but never had a canopy crushed.

The Dodge in the background was an A/B? 114. Came with a slant 6 Crysler valiant motor and 3 spd box. The engine had a low compression head resulting in 130hp. Too high geared for slow heavy work. It would do 60mph in 2nd.

I had had my licence about 1 month when I rolled this ute. ( 2 months old), I had gone for a ride up town to get something from the shops. 20 minutes later, miles away I lost it on a downhill corner. The Dodge was driven home with a skewed cab on it.

I met dad at the door, He just looked at me and said " Well boy, now you know just how good a driver you are" That was one of one of the lowest points in our relationship. I was so hurt. My dads was/is the greatest hero in my life.

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Amazing how hot you got under those canopys. I know a fella that is still driving one of those dodges around.

[awa355]

The Dodge was almost identical to the International except for the layout of the headlights. They made a stuff up building the wellside deck. Was too low over the rear axle. If you needed to change the rear tyre, you had to jack up the deck first, otherwise no clearance to get the wheel out.

It replaced the old phase 2 Vanguard ute, Geez that was a good ute, untill you drove down a gravell road, Dust would come in everywhere. For its time, it went like stink. I think they had a version of the Massey Fergie 28 motor. about 2l. If only the Poms had known how to build decent bodies.

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Lovely machines the old vanguards, I prefer the phase 3 one myself.

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This guy is a fucking nutjob.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LltQQhTQJ0

[awa355]

One or two dressing tables in this piece of wood. I feel sorry for the poor truck.

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One or two dressing tables in this piece of wood. I feel sorry for the poor truck.

Sure would be a few dollars worth of timber there. Would of been fun watching them load the logs on the trucks in them days too.

[Motu]

The Dodge in the background was an A/B? 114. Came with a slant 6 Crysler valiant motor and 3 spd box. The engine had a low compression head resulting in 130hp. Too high geared for slow heavy work.

AT4 - low compression slant 6, but as well as the high gearing they didn't have much bottom end torque - so they needed revs, and that made wheelspin...useless. Inter cab, but totally different vehicle.

This is a picture of the Bitumix Euclid - it says circa 1965, so that's not my father servicing it, but it was his favourite machine in the fleet in the late '50's. I was mightily impressed with this huge twin engine motorscraper as a young boy - we used to get to go in the cab with the driver, Dad would hitch a lift in the bowl. And 45 years later - I never knew it had a front axle, I just assumed it was like every other motorscraper. Dad didn't like the F100, he often picked us up on a saturday to go out on a job on the Euclid in a barrel nose or a '36 Ford pickup.

[awa355]

[QUOTE=Motu;1130485586]AT4 - low compression slant 6, but as well as the high gearing they didn't have much bottom end torque - so they needed revs, and that made wheelspin...useless. Inter cab, but totally different vehicle.

This is a picture of the Bitumix Euclid - it says circa 1965, so that's not my father servicing it, but it was his favourite machine in the fleet in the late '50's. I was mightily impressed with this huge twin engine motorscraper as a young boy - we used to get to go in the cab with the driver, Dad would hitch a lift in the bowl. And 45 years later - I never knew it had a front axle, I just assumed it was like every other motorscraper. Dad didn't like the F100, he often picked us up on a saturday to go out on a job on the Euclid in a barrel nose or a '36 Ford pickup.

When they started filling lake Benmore, I was told a lot of the earthmoving machines were left on the lake floor to be drowned as the lake filled. Apparently, they couldn't be driven out.

Has anyone else heard anything similar?

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Seems to be quite a common thing. I heard similar stories about manapouri after they finished there. Seems really crazy.