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Cheers Alan, yes things should be getting back to normal - I hope I took the truck bush in the south west for some solitude all by my lonesome found a nice little spot with no phone reception etc set up my camp then thought whats that grabbing pain in my chest and why is my left arm numb sat it...

Im here - just had a bit of a scare recently so havent been to vocal but im on the mend now and rolling out my beige reteric must have been the photo of alans "hobbit"feet

if he doesnt hurry up there wont be anymore deserted beaches :victory: A tuff truck with a beige cab kinda like being B**ch slapped with a handbag by Arnold Schatzanegger Looking Good Al

Nice Alan you do realise youve been at this for 3 years now ? of course you do ! just thought id mention it :victory:

If you dont mind my 2 cents worth we now live in the gumtree generation this is defined as nothing has real value any more market value is somthing that only matters to insurance companies (the lower the better) i base this assumption on experience i recently sold my custom built 30' (FOOT -...

its worth the punt when you say the vin has been recorded that would be against that chassis not the coating on it here in boganville I work next door to the DOT every time i try to get them to do somthing and its all to hard or they just cant make a decision I simply fill out a new form and...

still the joys of dealing with the WA DOT your obviosly dealing with the inspection agent? or because of the GVM do you have to get it checked by the DOT themselves 2 options downgrade the GVM if this suits your requirements and just get it roadworthied because it becomes a car all you need is...

You should have scared those seagulls away before you started welding alan or spent a couple of minutes with the dremel for that mirror finish look or better still if there was ever a reason to go buy a decent TIG this was it

Soltoggio bros over here in the west always have a good range of spares and they will pack one up and freight it to you http://www.soltoggiobros.com.au/ you should see this place its truck wrecker hard on the warehouse is racks to the roof with engines, gearboxes etc everything you could need

Turtle youll have to excuse Owen he's getting old and his eyes don't work that well anymore :wings: Ive got the 649 manual tell me what sections you want and pm me with your personal e mail and ill sendl them to you I would post them here but im not that clever

It does Alans building it once hes had the tuck hes going to change his name :victory: Its all fun and games till someone loses an eye - hey Alan buddy pal don't forget my surprise from the US and ill probably need a course of antibiotics for afterwards ???

Welcome also steve youll learn a lot here but don't take advice about colour scheme's or you may end up with a pink pressure plate :wings:

You can tell a lot about a MAN from his perception of colour but not so much what colour it is but how and where its applied For instance when you paint a V Strom or Truck or both desert storm" it says Im the bear grills out doorsy type who doesn't mind taking a dump in ther bush no matter whos...

All of the above plus in OZ we have this funny situation where we are a federation but the states run the shop this results in legislation changing every time you cross a border and the old im a tourist thing doesn't cut it Car on the trailer means less wear less hassle and less red tape and...

Well said Alan Take a beige cardigan out of petty cash

he's got the reflective triangle marking the overhang and by the look of it hes using load rated straps (2500Kg) I don't see the problem :wings:

Nice Andrew you wont want to get it dirty now :drool: BTW congrats on the big event john was going to smuggle me in but forgot to pick me up :Wow1:

John just a thought but you don't have an exhaust restriction do you some time back on one of our boats that has an above and below water exhaust a bloody octopus got past the diversion gate built a home then shuffled off this mortal coil V14 engine very high tech ran like a pig we checked...

I talked to them today good prices but they only do fronts the mining industry obviously doesn't want to mess up stock load capacities so there is no demand for rears not sure if they will have the same wow factor as the ATW sets either plus they wont be available till next year but that's ok I...

Here's a little story for you a long time ago in a magical place all the government transport authorities gathered together to formulate a single set of rules to govern the heavy vehicle industry they came to an agreement and the National heavy Vehicle Legislation was born HOORAH cried the long...