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So maybe it was between the SIII and FJ40. About the same vintage and SIII had their own problems, or were they part of the IIA order?
our Army should really build their vehicles here. Long way on a boat for stuff if things turn nasty don't you think.
Like the US Jeep. wasn't it lucky to last a few days.
That would just about empty out ADF Landy supplies in a few months wouldn't it?
I know that was bullship...It was called "exercise perentie" and it occurred in 1983-84 there was a 110, 110x6wheel turbo (our favourite) which spent most its time towing the jeep wrangler as the jeep kept busting axles, a toyota LC personnel wgn , a mercedes 4x4 pile of crap, didn't even have Nissan patrol on the selection, we drove our leg from Woodside S.A to leigh creek S.A for 3 weeks gave them all crap and drove back for our reporting on which we reckoned was best..I loved and still do the Defenders and have the pics somewhere to prove it...
But from memory it met the spec whereas the Mack didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
They also did tests on the Mastiff making them airportable, don't think that ever happened to the Mack, still we ended up with 1 1/2 Mastiff trucks that we kept going for 20years? when it was replaced with a MAN
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Martyn
dirtydawg,
i just did some digging thru my vast pile of old 4wd mags, in the winter 1983 edition of 4x4 Australia there's a big story on the development of the 110 4x4 and 6x6 vehicles at JRA.
they said the army trials would take approximately 12 months from september with eight personnel with no mechanical knowledge (that's why you were chosen).
after south oz they were heading to tully in FNQ for hot-wet testing.
my vehicle was released to the Navy in december 1984 from rolfe classic in canberra. it was used primarily as a military police vehicle but was used on various excercises to test its versatility and longevity.
"project perentie" is described in detail in the Jan/Feb edition of Bushdriver magazine. 1 onne payload class had the jeep AM10, the land rover 110 and the merc 300GD. 2 tonne class was the landy 6x6 and the unimog U1300. the first reference they made was the sept/oct edition of 1984.
i still remember seeing the 6wd suspension system being tested up at oxford falls on a work day i had off.
i can scan these stories and send them if you want, just p.m me.
If you believe it, it isnt lying because you believed it and even if it was not right How would he know if you knew?Quote:
Originally Posted by mrapocalypse
Mastiff was basically an eight ton body truck in which form they were a bloody good truck, Perkins 540 V8 diesel, 5 speed Eaton trans, two speed Eaton diff. People also used them as a light prime mover (three or four axle rig) and as a body truck with a dog trailer. Anything bigger was kidding themselves. They had smaller brakes than an eight ton Bedford KMR. Underpowered even by the standards of the time.The Mastiff tandem had a Perkins 640, Roadranger and lightweight Crusader hub reduction diffs on singlepoint taper leaf suspension, as pictured in Fire Tender format. Not in the same class of truck as the Mack eventually purchased. Short haul and slow was the Mastiff place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bushie