Thread: The Temple of Grockle

I thought Ian posted that he started as a driver and worked his way thru the ranks to what he now is???
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Ian
Only done the one roadtrip into the Kimberley,up to Derby and back.
Guessing that its the Nullagine river.
Seem to remember news footage of the flooding after a cyclone.
Andrew

Well done Andy, west of Marble Bar on the way to Woody Woody. Three trains, 2 x quad and a triple, you get that with Non OZzies.

The first bloke in, eastbound and empty, was stranded on the roof of his truck for 10 hours.

I thought that was the one.
Awesome country up there.
Andrew

Originally Posted by Grockle

Kenworth T604

Not that modern mate, early 70s KW SAR, exclusive to Australian (Footscray) plant. Short Australian Regulation.
It's taken me 12 months, but I've finally stumped you mate.

Some for you to drool over Andy.
The last one is 10 litre, single pot two stroke. The ground shakes when it is running, I think it idles at 5 rpm and redlines at 30 rpm.

Thanks Ian
Seen a few of those old Lanz Bulldogs at feild days.Dont they produce a nice thumping note!!!!
Today I did work that made me thankfull Im not working on a minesite.
They are almost out of room at the dump and another trench needed starting ASAP.
For the first part of the trench its impossible to get a truck in close enough to get loaded as the digger digs.
We had no trucks available anyhow,semi was shifting machines to the next job and not worth taking the water tanks off the 6 wheelers for a day when the excavator cant load them.
We had the loader(let one of the young blokes steer it for experience) and I had the backhoe carting the spoil 100m bucket full at a time
As booring as you can get.
Andrew

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Thanks Ian
Seen a few of those old Lanz Bulldogs at feild days.Dont they produce a nice thumping note!!!!
Today I did work that made me thankfull Im not working on a minesite.
They are almost out of room at the dump and another trench needed starting ASAP.
For the first part of the trench its impossible to get a truck in close enough to get loaded as the digger digs.
We had no trucks available anyhow,semi was shifting machines to the next job and not worth taking the water tanks off the 6 wheelers for a day when the excavator cant load them.
We had the loader(let one of the young blokes steer it for experience) and I had the backhoe carting the spoil 100m bucket full at a time
As booring as you can get.
Andrew

Mate, it's a state of mind, anything can get boring if you do it long enough. Having said that, Port Hedland to Broome, swinging three gets as boring as. At least you get home at the end of the day.

Lanz also produced a Bulldog with a fully enclosed cab all most to car standards