Thread: Lets See The Transport havn a Oops moment

Originally Posted by sako75

How to bury a digger in the Waikato

https://www.dealsonwheels.co.nz/cons...ouble%E2%80%A6

Bugger. That would leave you with a sinking feeling

Originally Posted by Rushy

Bugger. That would leave you with a sinking feeling

And an empty wallet

One of the boys I worked with in Uruguay sent me this, milk tanker picked up a stone....

Be a weeks worth off paperwork to sort that out here, that's after all the drug and alcohol tests.

Haha big f**king hammer to sort it out over there, our farm was way down a dirt road that would turn impassable for our 4wd Ford ranger after rain, so you can imagine the fun the milk tanker had getting in there, one of the guys had to drive about 40mins in the tractor every morning to where the road met the gravel and tow the tanker all the way to the farm then back out again!

That old Merc looks like it would be right at home in a museum.

They were the last of the good merc's. Hammer, screwdriver and crescent, abit of wire and a couple of bolts was all ya needed in ya toolbox.

Originally Posted by oraki

They were the last of the good merc's. Hammer, screwdriver and crescent, abit of wire and a couple of bolts was all ya needed in ya toolbox.

But would you prefer the power, economy and comfort of a more modern unit over one of these to drive?

Yes I do!!! Just got a new one this year 2016 540 Volvo. No real comparison between the 2.
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But if I was buying a truck for the farm, the Merc would be right up there

Yip, a no brainer for the farm. Simple and reliable.

The old merc was what came and got our milk 90% of the time, I think they put it on that run as they knew she could take the bumps and bruises and keep coming back for more, some of the newer trucks would have been wrecked the first time they attempted to do that run, they also used to come out with an old V8 two stroke International, shit that thing sounded awesome!

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

old V8 two stroke International, shit that thing sounded awesome!

Don't they just....might be the number of cylinders & firing order

I used to drive an old Bedford with a 2stroke jimmy in it.
I stalled it in the middle of a large intersection once trying a too taller gear to get moving, and the fucken thing started up in reverse order! White smoke pouring out of the air cleaner, and noise! I fair shit ay. Turned it off, counted to five, and restarted, luckily the fucken thing fired in the right motor direction and off I went with nerves a bit shattered as I really thought I'd broken it. Big lesson that was for me.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Don't they just....might be the number of cylinders & firing order

I used to love sitting in the passenger seat of dads commer when moving the fiatallas or D6, wowfully underpowered but that 3 cylinder 6 pistoned one crankshafted supercharged 2stroke could SCREAM and did constantly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT8xhOjYGDE

And heres one being driven extremely sedately unladen by the sounds of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0sLp7wvq60

with the D6 on the lowbed it was crawler gear to get round the esses that used to be halfway up this side of spooners

I have rebuilt a few of the old commer knocker engines Vietnamcam

And the right angle intake on the supercharger was perfect for mounting on the side of Holden straight 6 engines