jshepguis:
Still going strong on the preservation scene.
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Good article Deano and an excellent resteration job Jspg.
I do like this truck I think if Scammel had entered this unit into the road train market here in Aus they would have had an impact certainly a better truck the the Crusader., but i think a better stronger bull bar would have had to be fitted.
Dig
I caught up with Mick another old workmate recently from our desert days in the north he has come up with a few photos i think will fit in.
Dig
DIG:
I caught up with Mick another old workmate recently from our desert days in the north he has come up with a few photos i think will fit in.
Dig
The photo is great, bring them on. It looks the part DIG. Of course, Sir Patrick will have to give the final approval, but at least sure far enough away if he takes a dislike to it.
Any idea what is in the drums Dig?
Cheers
Johnny
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jsutherland:
DIG:
I caught up with Mick another old workmate recently from our desert days in the north he has come up with a few photos i think will fit in.
DigThe photo is great, bring them on. It looks the part DIG. Of course, Sir Patrick will have to give the final approval, but at least sure far enough away if he takes a dislike to it.
Any idea what is in the drums Dig?
Cheers
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Mostly Diesel Johnny with some petrol and aviation fuels also.
Dig
DIG:
jsutherland:
DIG:
I caught up with Mick another old workmate recently from our desert days in the north he has come up with a few photos i think will fit in.
DigThe photo is great, bring them on. It looks the part DIG. Of course, Sir Patrick will have to give the final approval, but at least sure far enough away if he takes a dislike to it.
Any idea what is in the drums Dig?
Cheers
JohnnySent using Tapatalk.
JohnnyMostly Diesel Johnny with some petrol and aviation fuels also.
Dig
Fingers crossed there’s no sparks coming out of those stacks then Dig. 
Spardo:
DIG:
jsutherland:
DIG:
I caught up with Mick another old workmate recently from our desert days in the north he has come up with a few photos i think will fit in.
DigThe photo is great, bring them on. It looks the part DIG. Of course, Sir Patrick will have to give the final approval, but at least sure far enough away if he takes a dislike to it.
Any idea what is in the drums Dig?
Cheers
JohnnySent using Tapatalk.
JohnnyMostly Diesel Johnny with some petrol and aviation fuels also.
DigFingers crossed there’s no sparks coming out of those stacks then Dig.
I can’t recall any of us having a problem Spardo the drums have old sheets of conveyor belting between layers to minimise the risk of leakers the scariest load I did was late in the year when the electrical storms were common and i got caught in a real dooosy on one occasion.Scared the crap out of me.
Dig
DIG:
jshepguis:
Still going strong on the preservation scene.
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0Good article Deano and an excellent resteration job Jspg.
I do like this truck I think if Scammel had entered this unit into the road train market here in Aus they would have had an impact certainly a better truck the the Crusader., but i think a better stronger bull bar would have had to be fitted.
Dig
Morning Dig, hope you are keeping well mucker ! Check out page 265 on the Paul Gee thread if you want to see more on
the Scammell S24 range ! 
A couple of great pics you have posted from Oz,keep them coming mate ! 
Even with the tyres on the blade of the ‘backstop’ dozer, I reckon if push came to shove ( 
) all that weight would make a right mess of the Hippo front end.
And do they really mean ropes, not chains, to the rear dozer? I can’t see either.
Bit of a bum clenching moment if you begin to feel the drives ‘hopping’.
DIG:
Heres the empty drums on their way back to town to get checked and then refilled.
Dig
Reminds me of the pioneers, Baldock et al, just after the war who got their start in the real road train business by hauling high loads of empty drums left by the Yanks at Darwin.
I’ve got some pictures in a book and I’ll try and get one or 2 on here later. A bit busy at the moment.
DIG:
jsutherland:
I don’t know anything about either of the two companies below. P. Munro looks like a “down-under” or South Africa company, but I may be wrong, again.
P.Munro is a South Africa Company.
Dave.
dave docwra:
DIG:
jsutherland:
I don’t know anything about either of the two companies below. P. Munro looks like a “down-under” or South Africa company, but I may be wrong, again.P.Munro is a South Africa Company.
Dave.
Thanks Dave. I did do some internet research, but as I didn’t have much time, I gave up looking after a few minutes without finding anything concrete.
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Spardo:
Even with the tyres on the blade of the ‘backstop’ dozer, I reckon if push came to shove (And do they really mean ropes, not chains, to the rear dozer? I can’t see either.
Bit of a bum clenching moment if you begin to feel the drives ‘hopping’.
I was thinking the same Spardo, on the end of a rope. But the title, and in the text, it seems to suggest it was rope. Brave or madness indeed.
Johnny
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jsutherland:
Spardo:
Even with the tyres on the blade of the ‘backstop’ dozer, I reckon if push came to shove (And do they really mean ropes, not chains, to the rear dozer? I can’t see either.
Bit of a bum clenching moment if you begin to feel the drives ‘hopping’.
I was thinking the same Spardo, on the end of a rope. But the title, and in the text, it seems to suggest it was rope. Brave or madness indeed.
Johnny
Indeed, and if it did start to go and force the wagon into a jacknife, just look at the drop, and on the driver’s side too.
I saw something on You Tube I think where 2 KWs were pulling a very heavy lump of a barge onto a gravel constructed ramp. The lump got fed up with the slow pace of events and shoved the wagons to one side before rolling the whole kit an caboodle off the side of the ramp. The 2 drivers bailed out before the final moment, as it fell to the right and, as of course they were left hookers, they were clear of the mayhem.
Spardo:
Even with the tyres on the blade of the ‘backstop’ dozer, I reckon if push came to shove (And do they really mean ropes, not chains, to the rear dozer? I can’t see either.
Bit of a bum clenching moment if you begin to feel the drives ‘hopping’.
Definitely scary .
Thanks Deano that shoebox of yours must be bottomless.
Dig
Another from Mick
2 days before christmas 1982 a long way from home stinking hot the wet season has arrived and a fair bit of digging to drain off the water.
Dig
Nice one DIG. All fun and games eh 
Dirty Dan:
Nice one DIG. All fun and games eh
I.m not sure the men involved with this one called it fun DD probably a few "Dash and Bothers " 
Dig
Certainly not a money-efficient trip!
