Harvest! Hauling wheat with Macks

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Old rigs down under

Күн бұрын

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@kerrybradbury8768 Ай бұрын

Always good to see a cab over Mack on the road. Thanks Kerry.

@grahammcclelland181 Күн бұрын

Just love any V8 Mack.

@danhead1082 26 күн бұрын

Thanks Dave, great to watch the harvest from the truckies seat, thanks so much for sharing. I've spent the last two years running the header for my neighbour whilst he runs his two semi's carting the harvest to town. Works pretty well with him jumping from one truck to the other whilst I fill the other truck. Some of the time we have a third person on the chaser, usually when he can twist his wife's arm to do it, but mostly it's just the two of us. We're around the Coolamon and Grongy areas and got really lucky with the rain this year. Managed to get the last of the wheat stripped just before the heavier runs hit our parts. Plan is to upgrade my licence to a HC/MC in April so I'm kinda hoping might get chance to mix it up and do a few runs in the big girls as well as the header next year. In the meantime loving running the rigid rigs every chance I get. Thanks again for the videos and looking forward to the next one.

@OutbackCottageOz Ай бұрын

Terrific stuff Dave! Our Farmers are the Heart-beat of the Nation. True wealth comes from the Land!

@S3pra 22 күн бұрын

Awesome channel, great video, and the trucks are top notch haha. Love a hard working E9 song

@oldrigsdownunder7301 11 күн бұрын

Thanks mate, I’m glad you enjoyed it

@Borndiagram Ай бұрын

Love the Mack ❤

@anteast2684 Ай бұрын

Amazing video Dave. I learned so much about the grain harvesting process with this video. Thoroughly entertaining and with the amazing Mack V8 soundtrack. Well done mate and thanks for the huge effort making this video.

@oldrigsdownunder7301 Ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed the video and got something out of it mate, thanks for the feedback. I’m glad you like the V8 soundtrack too 😇

@coachjeff493 Ай бұрын

used to love harvest season ..... always picked up plenty of extra work .... keep up the great content mate.

@craigsingy90 29 күн бұрын

Brilliant video need more like this 🚛💨🚜💨

@Roland_Rohrle Ай бұрын

Looks like you’re doing it nicely Dave. Say G’day to Graeme and his family for me. I too used to always stop at both of those crossings. All the best Roland

@alandawson2813 Ай бұрын

Very cool.

@MattysWorkshop Ай бұрын

Gday Dave, that was fantastic to see how the harvest works, I’ve always wanted to do a season for the experience, bloody awesome episode mate, cheers

@oldrigsdownunder7301 Ай бұрын

G’day Matty, I’m glad you enjoyed it mate, it was a bit rough and jumpy in the truck, but I’m glad it gave you an insight into how a day in the life of a harvest might look. Thanks mate 🙏🏻

@mikeduin8311 Ай бұрын

Great video Dave! Good to see how the harvest proces works round your neck of the woods. What surprised me is the pivot mechanism on the tipper trailers. Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Mike

@oldrigsdownunder7301 Ай бұрын

Thanks Mike, I’m glad you enjoyed it and got something out of it mate.

@gsd4me00 Ай бұрын

Good video. I should have gotten involved in a bit of harvest work as soon as I retired, but only have an HC and thought I'd need an MC license. Loved the sound of the Mack.

@oldrigsdownunder7301 Ай бұрын

In big grain growing areas single trailers have been left behind for bigger combinations, but around here there are still plenty. Bigger combinations are making their way into this area, but the single is still a practical outfit

@zonie70 Ай бұрын

Great video mate . Really enjoy the view from the driver position . All the sights and sounds , almost like being there . Showed us things we have never seen before , and explained it all the way. I was surprised when I heard you say that area had about 70mil of rain in a month . Here we have only had 26mil so far this year . Thanks again for the video Dave . I know it takes time and work . Scott 🌵

@oldrigsdownunder7301 Ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed the video Scott, it was a bit rough and ready but hopefully it gave a bit of an insight into what we do during harvest. There’s been another fall since, so we are up over 100mm for the month, with more forecast in a few days. Are you in SA? 26mm for the year is horrible

@ultimateadventuresblog6564 Ай бұрын

Great vid, Great trucks

@darylstorer3369 Ай бұрын

Thanks Dave. Nice to have a good to work with at any time mate. Their in full harvest made over here in the west to cobber.🤠

@Shahiel89 15 күн бұрын

G'day mate. How many HP on this Mack? Nice to see old iron still pulling!🤛 Greetings from South Africa 🇿🇦

@oldrigsdownunder7301 11 күн бұрын

G’day mate. This MHR (Ultraliner) was 400 hp from new, but would be somewhere around 450 I reckon with a few changes in its life.

@LyfovRyan51 29 күн бұрын

Nice to hear the V8 Rumble.

@martymcgauley9652 Ай бұрын

Good stuff mate I watched the video a couple of days ago ago on the tv but can’t send comments on it , the harvest stuff is great but I love the old trucks as I have one myself that I’m presently doing up keep the videos going mate

@crawfordwhite8549 Ай бұрын

Well done mate.

@zonie70 Ай бұрын

I live in central Arizona , average rain for us is only about 170mm a year. We won’t be anywhere what this year. Again , great video mate.

@peterfalconer-h3k Ай бұрын

Great video! Coming from wide open farming country in WA, it's interesting seeing how it's done in NSW.

@jodyoneill134 Ай бұрын

great video, interesting to see the scale of harvesting in Western Australia compared to where im from in Ireland

@frankcoppe5393 Ай бұрын

Hey Dave,an interesting and a bit of different content from your usual posts ,but good to watch,we have had three days of rain here in Tassie after a fairly long dry spell,has set us up for the summer being we live in the bush,thanks as always 👍😀🇦🇺

@oldamericaniron5767 Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Harvest is about the same here other than the field bins, those I’ve never seen here. The scenery at the probing station isn’t as good here, here the probes are on hydraulic remote controlled arms. Your rig may be a little heavier losing some useful load weight but doesn’t cost near what newer lighter weight equipment does so so profit margin may equal. The old Massey turns the pto shaft the same as the new John Deere! But then again I just like old equipment!😊

@TrevorProctor Ай бұрын

Back in the 80’s we use to fill em up and hoped you didn’t blank the weigh bridge out

@damienodonohue1327 Ай бұрын

Yeah, would have been great to get that rain in the growing season Dave, but that's how she pans out, if it was raining female movie stars we'd get hit by Lassie!

@kerrygleeson4409 Ай бұрын

Great vidio Dave always very interesting 🦘

@cstore5076 Ай бұрын

40 years ago I was doing pre delivery on these... makes me feel old. But great to hear a v8 again. Please tell me it's a 500

@malcolmolle8984 Ай бұрын

110, goes ok!

@PeterBlake-pj3rj Ай бұрын

Well done again Dave... Would like to visit you late March if possible to see how the FR700 is coming along Just need to be able to find you on our trip from near Tamworth to South Australia. If you could get in touch please.

@davidforbes6250 Ай бұрын

Thankyou sir. My Mother's Uncle and Aunts sheep and wheat farm was between Nurcoung and Natimuk north of mt Arapiles as i recall, not having been there since about 1981. Murray Redford was the uncles nephew on a nearby farm. Have you heard of the Redfords? They used to pronounce Goroke differently which makes sense to me.

@williammurfin6354 Ай бұрын

So the "rock" your talking of is hanging rock???? Great video thanks again for posting.

@pc21348 Ай бұрын

No a town near Wagga Wagga calld the The Rock

@johnjordan4647 Ай бұрын

What happens to those big piles of grain if it rains. How do they cover them

@oldrigsdownunder7301 Ай бұрын

Good question John. They pull the tarps over them. They use a wheel loader on each side, and a few people up on the pile to drag the tarp with the machines.