Thread: beyond capability......grey nomads

Istopped putting the spare wheel on the bonnet of the lr88 2.25 diesel. It was getting very hard to lift the bonnet...

Originally Posted by JDNSW

The front wheels on my tractor, 7.50 x 18 with heavy cast steel wheels, presented a serious problem for my when I got a flat front tyre a few years ago.

The solution? I made a tripod out of the supports of some swings the grandkids had grown out of, and a hoist then enabled me to lift it clear of the tractor. Then just had to move the tripod a little to get the wheel into the back of the 2a. When I got it into town, the tyre people had a couple of weight lifter types who could get it out (and back in after repair) for me.

I did not even consider trying to put it into County - the swing door made it too hard.

JD, this bloke's got the right idea!
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Reminds me that in 1964? I was stationed in Roma. The truck that regularly delivered our explosives dropped in for a break on the way back from a delivery out somewhere west of Quilpie. The roads were not too good in those days, and his 6x4 IH truck was now a 5x2, with the left hand rear-rear wheels including the half axle and the part of the axle housing beyond the spring seat sitting in the back. The end of the axle housing and spring were chained to the chassis. He made it back to the depot in Brisbane without incident and apparently without any queries.

I use the lever under the wheel approach along with one of those stud "pegs" that some one on here sells. Its one thing to get the wheel stud holes up to the studs but another to line them up and slip over. That peg thing works a treat.

Originally Posted by Saitch

JD, this bloke's got the right idea!
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I didn't know Citroen made tractors.

A cheap version of one of these...which I remember quite well. Our national transport company which ran the railway used horse and cart for town delivery. They replaced these with a tractor and trailer(as in farm), cannot remember which make . After that it was the Scammell and trailer. Then the Bedford TK arrived. There used to be horse drinking troughs beside the road for horses to drink from. Horses with carts were fairly common then. It was not unusual to see a horse and cart outside a shop with a nose bag on the horse who was munching away while the driver was inside delivering.
I remember when we moved house in the 1960's the furniture was shifted on a horse drawn cart.
scammell mechanical horse - Bing images
Hands: Dublin's Workhorses - YouTube

I know about those Scammells, but I don't think I have ever actually seen one. Even before I finished school 65 years ago, horse and cart were very uncommon here, although they were used for milk and bread delivery certainly up to the late fifties in the suburbs and semi-rural areas. Despite that, throughout my childhood the city I went to school in (Parramatta) still had functioning horse troughs throughout the business district.

A niece of mine's husband grew up on a farm in the fifties and sixties that was entirely horse-powered. One of his preschool jobs was to round up and harness the team when necessary before heading off on the 5km walk to school. They were replaced by a tractor around the time he finished school.

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Even before I finished school 65 years ago, horse and cart were very uncommon here, although they were used for milk and bread delivery certainly up to the late fifties in the suburbs and semi-rural areas.

The milk deliveries in Horsham were by horse until the mid to late 70s - the horses knew the route so the milkman was rarely actually on the cart, I remember seeing the horses go around corners into a new street on their own.

There are still horse troughs in the Mebourne CBD - they were placed there by a charity in the 19th Century and have been protected since then.