In this episode we get all the equipment ready for a truck run called Haulin the Hume! A run down the old Hume Highway from Sydney to Yass. We get the semi trucks ready, including washing, loading, repairs and new tyres.
That rough bit of road is the cheapest chiropractor treatment you'll ever get! Like the KW! great sound from the Detroit V-8. Thanks for sharing the vid Steve! Howdy to Jay and Chloe too.
That DCF 400 Transtar is quite unique. Don’t see to many around these days. In early 1975 Wrights Cattle Transport of Mount Isa had a fleet of them . Came thru the Isa in a convoy one evening each one was a body truck towing two trailer configuration. Quite a site to behold.
It is very unique mate. The next episode will be of that one. I remember seeing a picture of those cattle trucks. They have always stood out to me so I remember when I see one. I always thought they were ugly but great at the same time so when the opportunity came to own one I took it. I’m sure it was a great sight. I wonder where they all went
Awesome morning brother hope yall are having an awesome day !!! Relaxing for a bit before I go back to work !!! Hope yall are doing well !!! Awesome adventure as always seeing alot of your trucks
Tanks need buffing or wrapping in stainless, my 82 white at work is getting a full make over , I've now got a wheel borrow truck just cab and empty chassis rails from cab back wards , had bad rust jacking on inner support rails ,, so had 2 new inner folded into c sections then got the magnet drill and added the holes to new pieces , now I painted it in red 2 pack , and she's gotta be the cleanest 82 white around esp chassis , needled the entire frame, then sanded it smooth as duco , filled the rust pits after treated it with chemtech rust converter, hopefully the guys in panel shop do the cab paint and rust as good as I did frame , got period style alloy bar to put back on it , all machined to get sandblasting and scratch off it , , all the alloy Alcoa rims are buffed and just got tanks to do but just the butt ends cos it's getting stainless wrapped on tanks , , do you happen to have any air cleaner housings to suit the 82 model white , if there rusty then they are no better than mine , this white is big cam 450hp cummins, slightly tweaked, originally a TNT truck from new , found odd bits of orange as I sanded it ,
I have got any air cleaners of that style mate. I know the ones you mean. It will certainly e a nice unit when it’s up and going. Some progress shots would be nice
@Steve’s Place Down Under haha I loved it when u leant on it a bit after she warmed up.. yeah I'd love to look around the place and check out all the old rigs.. grab a shirt etc 👌
Mrs Richards: " I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) " That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"
The interior of the White is just sooo nice mate ! Did I see a tachograph in the Kenworth ? Sounds fantastic, I'd very much suffer the ride quality to listen to it! Cheers, Ard
Thank you mate yes I spent a lot of time inside of it with paint and upholstery. Yes that’s a tachograph in the Kenworth. It’s all original that truck. It sure does sound good. Thanks for watching as always Ard
Cool mate ! I didn't know there was anywhere outside of Europe that used/uses tachographs. Nowadays those are electronic and you have a personal drivers card on which everything is registered. It's pain in the backside but what can you do when you want to drive eh? Ta, Ard
I’ve found aluminium paint is brighter as I think it actually has aluminium in the paint and brushing on lasts longer than chromebrite unless you clear coat it as soon as you broom or hand wash it dulls unfortunately hence why they sell so much 😂😂😂 I also spray gun painted aluminium paint on my bogie tipper rims when I repainted it and also clea coated with silver metal flake in it made it look good, just depends how much effort you can be fcuked putting in to what the outcome looks like, good job though
@@warrickjones590 no sure there trilex not sure if you can use them any more tyre shop may have banned them now they were very dangerous wheels .man and Volvo used them .
Can you access cheap truck chassis. You could make a frame for a decent cover for your truck s cheap. There is a RU-vid Chanel Jonathanw he just did that. Learning heaps of you cheers
Hi mate I’ve actually got everything I need to build one, but I need the time and the help. I’ve got poles, iron and truss’s. I can’t wait to do it to get them under cover. I saw that episode mate yes, I like Jonathan w, I watch him. I was more of a fan when he was building hot rods though. I’m not really into steam all that much. It is interesting though
Lol I’m building a house from scratch here too in Perth including big workshop. I carnt even find time to get caravan set up. If you want to see a good hot rod builder watch half ass kustoms
Some local blokes from where I live took there restored trucks to that drive, an old transtar with old wooden reals on the trailer , And a Kenworth with an old Bedford and Inter R190 on the trailer. You probably would have seen them.
Hi mate yes it is. It’s an electric blender that I grafted a 2 stroke trimmer motor to. There’s a story behind it, it may feature one day on an episode. Thanks for the nice comment and for watching mate
Yeah lower the tyre pressures for cruising around did that with my 82 k100 and it had 8 bag air on back too ,, rough as fuck empty so 70 psi made it softer riding ,, why would you run steer on the drive ,, esp on your property, it will be pain in arse if you get slippery ground
@@stevesplacedownunder how much did they want for drive tyres then , what did ya pay for those , I mean they all go round and hold wind in em then that will do nicely, cheers bud
I didn’t really ask for that pattern mate but we told them our budget and when I took it there they had those ready to go and I thought they will do. I think $290 fitted and they disposed the old tyres. I don’t like spending too much on them because I have so many bills and a lot of others I’d like to get going also. Thanks mate
@@stevesplacedownunder honestly ya done alright at 290 fitted and they get rid of old shit , and ya not doing high miles anyway , and lucky yeah you got others to drive if it's the wrong day for these tyres , good thing about them is they should make less noise
Yeah for that price mate I wasn’t bothered what they were really. Dad drove it on that run and said it was great. It used to wonder a bit with a mixture of different drive treads and torsion bar suspension.
Too many tyre sizes to muck with , convert to 11r even if they look to big , run 295 front as religious on front and always real brand on front Michelin Bridgestone Dunlop, kumho, never use china tyre, tend to burst not even on the truck yet and it blew up while we had few cans , scared fuck out of me I was under truck and it was leaning on the truck , just a metre from my head , had 100psi , drive pressure,
Yeah I agree on good steers. I have Chinese tyres on the steer of the White though and they been great. They are 10.00 though so have tubes. It must of been a faulty batch or something to explode with no weight on it
Hey, that looks like fun drive. When are you going to do a video on that yellow Steelweld crane truck? That thing is neat. Man, that White is a noisy son of a bitch, ain’t she? Haha I love it to death.
