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Cheers Dean!
Interesting to read that they’ve replaced a double drive bogie of that Volvo for a more solid Leyland one…
jshepguis:
Still going strong on the preservation scene.
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And it still looks the part! 
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
They did sell the S24’s at the kiwi’s though DIG? Or am I completely off the map now…?
How about the S26, was that on the Australian market back then?
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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Johnny
There there Herr Sutherland, I’m not some sort of dictator… only when it comes to that IKEA ■■■■■■ I’m more then happy to use my authority… 
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
I bet you were thinking “oh well, still living the dream eh” when that happened DIG
You do gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “bogged in” there mate ahum… I’ll get me coat…
jsutherland:
Spardo:
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’.
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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Tjss… what’s life without a bit of excitement Spardo and Johnny?
pv83:
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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JohnnyThere there Herr Sutherland, I’m not some sort of dictator… only when it comes to that IKEA [zb], I’m more then happy to use my authority… [emoji38] [emoji38] [emoji38]
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DIG:
Dirty Dan:
Nice one DIG. All fun and games ehI.m not sure the men involved with this one called it fun DD probably a few "Dash and Bothers "
Dig
Oh now that dosnt look to fun to me either…
Danne
Dirty Dan:
So a little christmas kinda transport.Danne
One of your lighter jobs the Danne [emoji16][emoji16]
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Yeah probebly was,and befor we got the straps around it it was 5.5m wide but after some hard work we got it down to somewere around 3.8isch…
But kinda fun job,something different.
Danne
Dirty Dan:
Yeah probebly was,and befor we got the straps around it it was 5.5m wide but after some hard work we got it down to somewere around 3.8isch…
But kinda fun job,something different.Danne
Playing for Santa eh Danne
pv83:
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
I bet you were thinking “oh well, still living the dream eh” when that happened DIG
You do gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “bogged in” there mate
Not guilty me lord it was Mate Mick who had the problem but he soldiered on, 
The other where the turntable jaw broke and the dolly and trailer disconnected did cause some time sitting under the worry tree but 4x 20ton jacks some old railway sleepers and a bit of digging and whole lot of swearing got everything back into place.
I had my own problems on another job
Dig
pv83:
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
They did sell the S24’s at the kiwi’s though DIG? Or am I completely off the map now…?
How about the S26, was that on the Australian market back then?
Never saw either here in West Aus Patrick maybe the eastern states i don’t know and need someone like NZJamie to answer for NZ,
I Doo like that S24 though a bit longer wheel base with a 1500litre fuel capacity and would have been the ducks nuts.
Dig
Dirty Dan:
Yeah probebly was,and befor we got the straps around it it was 5.5m wide but after some hard work we got it down to somewere around 3.8isch…
But kinda fun job,something different.Danne
Well done Danne good to see the christmas spirit and trees catered for by the road transport industry.
Dig
A Merry Christmas and Wealthy New year to one and all
Cheers Dig
41.7c on the patio yesterday
DIG:
A Merry Christmas and Wealthy New year to one and allCheers Dig
41.7c on the patio yesterday
Cheers DIG, although it’s quite mild here too… at 10c… I’m tempted to put me shorts on
Anyway, I would like to wish all the “usual suspects” on here a merry Christmas and wish everyone all the best for 2019.
Cheers, Patrick
DIG:
pv83:
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
I bet you were thinking “oh well, still living the dream eh” when that happened DIG
You do gave a whole new meaning to the phrase “bogged in” there mateNot guilty me lord it was Mate Mick who had the problem but he soldiered on,
The other where the turntable jaw broke and the dolly and trailer disconnected did cause some time sitting under the worry tree but 4x 20ton jacks some old railway sleepers and a bit of digging and whole lot of swearing got everything back into place.I had my own problems on another job
Dig
Looks like a floating job there DIG…? I’ll get me coat…
DIG:
A Merry Christmas and Wealthy New year to one and allCheers Dig
41.7c on the patio yesterday
Merry christmas to all,here its -5c and it started snowing yesterday and havnt stopped yet…
Danne
Some pic’s of what I’ve been up to these past few weeks, had me occupied for a long time, 4 weeks on the road in total, I’m glad I haven’t got any driving to do until January…
Started by going to the UK, tipped a cherry picker, loaded a jet engine in Derby destinated for Toulouse, took a empty engine stand with me in Toulouse destinated for Derby, swapped that for a module that was going to Berlin, after that I went to Vienna to pick up a propeller sort of thing for Cardiff, tipped that on a Sunday, had 45h off in Newport, headed to Derby once again to pick up an engine for Oslo airport (Gardermoen), loaded a used rigid for export in Oslo, brought that down to Hamburg, went to a place near Dresden after that to load a case that saw me go back to Hamburg again to tip it… and after that job, set sail to the yard and that was that…
