Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Bolivia Hill. On the old New England Highway this steep narrow stretch was a sore trial to the low powered trucks of the day, Commer Knockers, Mercedes 1418, Leylands, etc.

1418, they faithfully served a lot of owners well, making them some good coin. I recall struggling up Mt Petrie Rd., FIS bound in first low choofing away below 1000rpm, expecting it to stall. The old girl tenaciously fell over the top. I have never used that route since.
Burringbah, Bulahdelah, Mt. Victoria and Ousley, just to name a few of the joys the young steering wheel attendants of today will never enjoy.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

1418, they faithfully served a lot of owners well, making them some good coin. I recall struggling up Mt Petrie Rd., FIS bound in first low choofing away below 1000rpm, expecting it to stall. The old girl tenaciously fell over the top. I have never used that route since.
Burringbah, Bulahdelah, Mt. Victoria and Ousley, just to name a few of the joys the young steering wheel attendants of today will never enjoy.

Cunninghams Gap in a Perkins-powered Dodge, overloaded to buggery with High-performance horse feed. I swear I could hear the individual cylinders firing on the last jump-up! No safety fences back then, either! Scary stuff!

Originally Posted by donh54

Cunninghams Gap in a Perkins-powered Dodge, overloaded to buggery with High-performance horse feed. I swear I could hear the individual cylinders firing on the last jump-up! No safety fences back then, either! Scary stuff!

Going up with 200hp, if you were flash, usually less, was always stressful back when overloading was the norm, but coming down was worse, no need for seatbelts one had a secure pinch grip on the seat.
I reckon going up the old Toowoomba Range was worse than Cunninghams, particularly for the uninitiated. So many came unstuck grabbing a gear on the saddle.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

1418, they faithfully served a lot of owners well, making them some good coin. I recall struggling up Mt Petrie Rd., FIS bound in first low choofing away below 1000rpm, expecting it to stall. The old girl tenaciously fell over the top. I have never used that route since.
Burringbah, Bulahdelah, Mt. Victoria and Ousley, just to name a few of the joys the young steering wheel attendants of today will never enjoy.

Moonbi 1 & 2, O'Sullivan's Gap, Pretty Sally, Black Mountain before the highway was realigned, and so on.

I have many memories of Buladelah range in various vehickes, so I wouldn't fancy it in a truck. Thankfully the motorway has detoured it.
The climb just north of Tamworth would be a challenge coming up in anything towing a load. It was interesting enough coming down it on Tuesday in the Defender towing our camper trailer.
The climb to Maleny towing the camper is a third gear slog in the six-speed Puma.

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Moonbi 1 & 2, O'Sullivan's Gap, Pretty Sally, Black Mountain before the highway was realigned, and so on.

Did you ever frequent the unlicensed pub, on Pretty Sally, Brian.

A Water truck is used to cart water to fill up your tanks.

A Fire truck, officially known as "an Appliance" is used to carry some water to put out a fire.
That is "some water" as the water is only part of the load, the rest being the other fire-fighting gear required.
Plus, never fill your tanks these days from a firey's truck, due to contamination from the foam additive.

Also, don't forget the sanitation or "black water" pumpers, the road watering trucks and the live fish carting trucks. They all carry water.

Originally Posted by rovers4

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Also, don't forget the sanitation or "black water" pumpers, the road watering trucks and the live fish carting trucks. They all carry water.

Similar to "black water" night soil wasn't really soil, but rather the contents of chamber pots.