raysflat Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 no, you are right not to smart. you were lucky to make it out alive, good pictures though the cat looks like it took a helluva blow, around the nose cone,front end ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Great thread guys?. I'm going to have to pull this up on the laptop when I get home. Phone just don't do the pics justice. Mike, I see why you are getting parts replaced also. That was one bad wreck. Glad you made it out to tell about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 On 4/14/2019 at 7:36 PM, raysflat said: no, you are right not to smart. you were lucky to make it out alive, good pictures though the cat looks like it took a helluva blow, around the nose cone,front end ? ..the Cat did take some punishment !!......broke the " C" frame...broke the rams (spears).....pushed grille into radiator...sort off distorted the ram mounts also......needless to say, the Caterpillar's owner was less than pleased with me......as in NZ our carriers liability was ..."per package"......(this without taking out special cover etc )..hence the D6 was deemed to be "one package "...thus the payout was minimal...in respect of the total damage repair cost.... Not my finest hour..I'm afraid...sigh Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 ...couple of pictures !....one is a nice old Mack, restored up at our local Vintage Tractor /Truck Club place...the other is a picture of the Buzzard, a local bloke painted for me.....The "W" symbol is the logo of the Westpac Bank.......and as a lot of you blokes would know, Bank Managers can be absolute ...you know what...... at times.......hence the little tribute to my local branch of the Westpac Bank. Some of the junior staff were amused.....others not Mike 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 .......ran two 2624 Mercs (260 HP/ 24 tons gross).......two 6x4's........they were excellent 'off highway " trucks....good clearance, six rod suspension which is as good as any for gravelling muddy Forestry roads....Still had a bunch of Australian Internationals then.......and sadly the ubiquitous "Hendrickson " suspension , that IH used, was bloody hopeless ...when the going got wet.......The only redeeming feature those trucks had was , new, they came with 392cube V8's...petrol engines.........and for the application that I was using them for, the very low front axle tare , offset the disadvantages of the Hendrickson rear end....... Yes, they were thirsty on petrol, but used in the "Off highway " Forest Service situation, only (!!)....some of the feul "Tax" was recoverable.......with a plethora of supporting paper work..... Eventually a really nice American bloke who was a' wheel 'in International Harvester NZ Ltd, by the name of Harry Oliver organised 555 Cummins , with Alison Auto's ,to replace the 392's...... had a great run with them..but the front axle tare weight advantage was lost... At about that time I was in the market for three new 6x4's....Mercedes Benz were pushing me......The Australian "S" line normal control appealed.......but Mack , were offering good deals on trades......bringing CKD trucks into NZ.....then building them up here......And, the most important feature......made in Allentown PA, AMERICAN made ......thus, my choice !! A picture of one of the Mercs...doing some slow, but illegal cartage of a Hitachi Excavator........and one of the Australian 6x4 IH...gravel !! Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted June 10, 2019 Share Posted June 10, 2019 .....few more pictures.......Mack bringing out native logs from the North West Coast of the South Island of NZ.... Case 850 loading rock , for river protection.......an overweight shift of a D5 on the AACO 1950.........The old BTD6 loader , on the C1800, heading for the trade in shop........traded it on a Z125 track loader........picking up the dreaded hay (cartage)...with two of my visiting American friends .......(they came out for hunting...they reminded me.....not picking up hay ..)........and an IH 1910 on gravel duties for Forestry Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 .......one of the (my) early ''hunting trucks "........in a bit of a sweat..... Had several old trucks like this......American pickups..............here are some different ones.......Nash. Buick Rugby Chevrolet...x2 Mike 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raysflat Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 ....have you run out of pictures ??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 On 8/26/2019 at 9:57 AM, raysflat said: ....have you run out of pictures ??!! ...getting that way......on this format.......a lot on 35mm slides...sometime !! .......still have the Australian cab over 4x2 pictured...picking up T20's.......picking up TD9 92 series.....that is me and B in L by the truck......and a "whoopsie" coming into my driveway, with TD6 on board.... C1100, bought new in 1967.....(Australian made....282 six cylinder...and four wheel 12inch disc brakes...)plus a couple of pics of B in L's 4070......as we were loading up for the crawler "tractor challenge " some years gone, now. 4070 like rocking horse excrement in New Zealand...RHD, with the ubiquitous 8V 71 power plant... Mike ...thats about it, until I get time to pour through dozens of slides......with the white man's magic machine which changes the slides into a regular picture on the computer....... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard_P Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Thanks for the picts Mike. Looks like you work your trucks hard. Howard 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 ...I found this picture...circa 1972....two 4x2 Internationals....the rear one was new.... Working for a major NZ Forestry Company. Picture shows heading into the mud , to do extensive gravelling...….we were "competing ' with the 'company's normal contractor ...who was running British made Bedfords….The Bedfords were Ok for delivering bread in town;..or similar chores......Our two trucks out performed them to the degree it got us permanent Forestry work...up to the Macks seen in earlier pictures on this thread...... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 ..picture of an Australian built C1500..one of about 20 odd brought into New Zealand..Brought it to add to my'' IH restoration workload'' Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 ........one of the now rare pictures I have of the venerable AB110...circa 1965 ish Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 ...found a good picture of an AB and an AA ,,,taken at our annual vintage show AB is the top pic..... can't read the model ..possibly AB160 ?? Mike 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35desoto Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 5 hours ago, mike newman said: ...found a good picture of an AB and an AA ,,,taken at our annual vintage show AB is the top pic..... can't read the model ..possibly AB160 ?? Mike Mike - the top one is a AB160 owned by L G Price over in Blenheim. I've stood by and admired this vehicle at Crankup Edendale several times. It's a good tidy example of that era 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 ..you saying he drives that old girl down to Edendale ???.....I have seen it at our Vintage show in Nelson...but the last few years...life has got in the way of old tractors......but I would like to get to Edendale next January...with the old W450D Brought two in from Canada in 2008...I imagine thats about all there are in NZ...I could be wrong, though !!!..but these suited my mearge budget back then....Of course, today...a set of decals will just about pull me up...sigh Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 .....recently turned up this picture..... .....the old cab over Mack....with a trailer that we made at home.....before the plethora of rules and regulations made it near impossible to get a ''home made' trailer ..in this case....to be ''certified '' by the bureaucracy .......due , of course to not having the corect pieces of paper.....or...as in my case... the welding certification had expired.... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 @mike newman Mike, looking at the rows of trees in teh background. Are they forested for lumber? Or is it something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 ...just part of this on going 'love affair '' with Monterey Pine trees......for the initial benefit of Asia...now the answer to saving the planet.....plant all New Zealands hill country farms in bloody pine tree's Short answer, Jeff ''planted for lumber''.....or in English...."'planted for timber ''.... Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 ......picked up some Farmall A plow/ mower attachments at a blokes place.....He had there four trucks .(.three pictured )....one really nice 4x2 badged ""AA160''but in fact a AA162...(Australian Built ) That and tthe old "54 ?? pickup were street legal...but the old C1200 was getting a bit rusty to be legal ..... Good to see...would have liked to have taken the AA160 home....but the bloke has a lot of dollars tied up in that truck... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35desoto Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 24 minutes ago, mike newman said: ......picked up some Farmall A plow/ mower attachments at a blokes place.....He had there four trucks .(.three pictured )....one really nice 4x2 badged ""AA160''but in fact a AA162...(Australian Built ) That and tthe old "54 ?? pickup were street legal...but the old C1200 was getting a bit rusty to be legal ..... Good to see...would have liked to have taken the AA160 home....but the bloke has a lot of dollars tied up in that truck... Mike I love the grilled on those AA series trucks - I'd say they are the same as a B series in USA. The 54 would be an Aussie build too? USA never had that body style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 34 minutes ago, 35desoto said: I love the grilled on those AA series trucks - I'd say they are the same as a B series in USA. The 54 would be an Aussie build too? USA never had that body style Yeah..I believe so....and the AA grill is far nicer...to my eye...than its successor, the AB style....That was a nice truck, Brett....even had the folding ramp on the back...for loading a vintage crawler !! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Hello. Not had a lot of time to work with trucks as of late citing medical issues in the family, career change, etc. and my own sanity because of it. Starting to reengage however and hope to be back at full swing later in the year. I see some Case, and Cat equipment crawlers in postings so I guess it's alright to post a photo of my Allis-Chalmers unit: I'm from Springfield, IL where this tractor was built. A friends father I ran with in high school most likely built the finals in the back end of this tractor. He did that job for years ultimately retiring from the AC plant in 1985. This tractor is a 1975 build and runs very well needing nothing I'm aware of. Making good use of the 4270 tractor in the thread earlier and did have both the alternator, and air compressor rebuilt and they work well. Not going to do much else with it as it's a lot rougher, or worn that originally thought . It does however run very well and does what I need in that capacity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just Dave Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 Great trucks, hauling pictures on this thread, my first visit here I'll keep an eye on it. Thanks Troll and Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 7 hours ago, Troll said: Hello. Not had a lot of time to work with trucks as of late citing medical issues in the family, career change, etc. and my own sanity because of it. Starting to reengage however and hope to be back at full swing later in the year. I see some Case, and Cat equipment crawlers in postings so I guess it's alright to post a photo of my Allis-Chalmers unit: I'm from Springfield, IL where this tractor was built. A friends father I ran with in high school most likely built the finals in the back end of this tractor. He did that job for years ultimately retiring from the AC plant in 1985. This tractor is a 1975 build and runs very well needing nothing I'm aware of. Making good use of the 4270 tractor in the thread earlier and did have both the alternator, and air compressor rebuilt and they work well. Not going to do much else with it as it's a lot rougher, or worn that originally thought . It does however run very well and does what I need in that capacity. .....Troll !!!!!! good to see you again....thought you might have slipped under the grass...but no.....and a picture of the old Allis Chalmers HD11.... Years ago a good friend whom I worked with had an HD 11.....Funny how it always ''broke down'' just before the 1st of May...every year...By the end of May, the Allis was always up and running.....The month of May in New Zealand is the start of late Autumn, early Winter....and also the start of the Duck Shooting Season...my friend was an avid duck hunter and trap shooter....hence the annual ''breakdown'' of the Allis.... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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