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LandyAndy
21st July 2009, 11:14 PM
Hi Guys
To start I havent got a good pic,just a poor phone shot.
Got a call from a mob doing powerline upgrades today,WE JUST BOGGED OUR NEW UN-BOGGABLE 8x8.Well when I went to see it it was well and truely up to the chassis.This truck is brand new,2 days old,$250000 worth.Has a hi ab that can reach 25m with a 350kg SWL with a post hole digger or pole attachment on the end,awsome stuff.Its a Russian Tatia(or similar spelling)
The bogging I feel was due to operator error.We got our Excavator in to drag it out.Once the tyres were back on deck it was all OK,until the thing was floating again,I asked the steerer WHY WERNT ALL 8 WHEELS TURNING AT ONCE??? He didnt know what I was on about,showed him the switches to lock all 8,MUCH EMBARRESMENT:D:D:D:D
Only wish I got in the cab and tried to drive it out whilst waiting for the digger to arrive:mad::mad::mad::mad:
Andrew
303gunner
22nd July 2009, 03:35 AM
Tatra (http://www.offroadtrucks.com.au/) aren't Russian, they're from Czechoslavakia.
Shonky
22nd July 2009, 07:59 AM
phone pic or not - put it up! :D
Lotz-A-Landies
22nd July 2009, 08:04 AM
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/538.jpg
wovenrovings
22nd July 2009, 08:22 AM
Post it up anyway.........please.
p38arover
22nd July 2009, 08:54 AM
:rulez:
Cap
22nd July 2009, 09:08 AM
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/07/538.jpg

Potential Unimog camper set up?? :angel: :D
spudboy
22nd July 2009, 09:20 AM
That'd have a worse turning circle than a 130!

Love those 8 wheels though.
Phoenix
22nd July 2009, 09:52 AM
I think this is where tehy got their truck from ;)

Offroad Trucks Australia|Tatra Importer|Tatra Truck Sales|4x4|6x6|8x8|10x10 (http://www.offroadtrucks.com.au/)
Bigbjorn
22nd July 2009, 10:25 AM
Sounds like it has a crane borer mounted on it. A device used by electricity authorities to lift poles in and out of the ground and able to bore new holes. A multi-purpose device used by no-one else. We used to sell them at Tutt-Bryant Industries, made by another part of the group, Pacific Construction Equipment. Like many of those devices that are meant to do more than one job, they are troublesome. Both Sales and Service Departments hated them.
akula
22nd July 2009, 05:15 PM
Its good to see eastern european trucks being brought to Australia, I would love to see ZiL's, GAZ's, Urals and Kamaz on the road. Unlike the Lada's i think there is nothing as tough, simple and reliable as a Russian truck.
Bigbjorn
23rd July 2009, 08:07 AM
Its good to see eastern european trucks being brought to Australia, I would love to see ZiL's, GAZ's, Urals and Kamaz on the road. Unlike the Lada's i think there is nothing as tough, simple and reliable as a Russian truck.

They made very good machine tools also. Nothing like a good Russian lathe or milling machine for rigidity. They put plenty of metal into the castings.

Their motor cycles were good too. Simple and sturdy and meant to be used in the harshest of conditions. No multi-coloured cafe racers these to be replaced every couple of years. Not high performers but long performers. A mate had one of the 350 twin two strokes for a commuter for over 15 years. He said he never needed to use the choke the whole time even on the worst mornings in Western Sydney. Probably like a summers day in Siberia.