OLD SCHOOL: THE WARRIOR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2020
- Dear Reader
This story is about a bloke I ran across in Central Queensland. Jim Hair is one of the bush's gentlemen and a bush mechanic without par. His story is an example of a family business being built on one truck, Jim's R-Model Mack known as The Warrior. When finally the hard working engine saw its last sunset, Jim replaced it with a US Mack 500 hp tank engine, doing all the engineering to make it fit. This is Jim Hair's story, please enjoy.
All the very best, Bruce (Honeywill).
Love how Jim addresses Bruce by name each time he speaks! Real Aussie old school gentleman
What a great yarn from a salt of the earth Aussie. Thanks for bringing it my way.
Tough drivers who can repair their old Warriors, hard working Dogs, great V8-sound ! The Greatest Name ...
Just can't beat a super liner, Bruce.
What a gentleman.
Salt of the earth people. Great stuff
What a great character. There are a lot of young blokes out there who could take a leaf out of Jim Hair's book.
Keep on Truckin' Jim.
Great story Bruce.
Good seeing honest people making a living. Lots of respect to these old drivers
That's great!
Not easy tarping those loads of hay down either,hes still fit and strong true. Blue.
What a lovely old fella.
Sitting in a truck stop n having breakfast listening to these ol boys is what it's all about.....how it was n still should be but never will be.....hats off to you fellas.
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Lol scary
My dad had a superliner,and carted cattle along side jimmy hair in the day,yep jims right back then truck drivers fixed there own gear,worked more hours then anyone today and did stop and help a mate out if they needed it,times have changed ,great doco👍 jim hasnt changed a bit in thirty years.
Hard to find people like that. He definitely inspired me to to be more humble.
A real humble aussie bloke. They don't make em like this any more.
I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this truck on the roads of Queensland.
Old school trucking at its best. The way it was when I was on the road.
Great video, thanks
Love these Old Timers, there stories, there trucks.
Beef Bus with a beautiful Super Liner, that awesome V8 sound.
Awesome guy, Awesome Superliner ,A true trucker with a Real truck!
What a genuine down to earth ol fella greatfull to be blessed
A genuine good bastard.
Well done Jim, keep on Trucking brother 👍🇬🇧💯
Now that’s a trucker
With a real truck
True blue to the core, awesome old skool real trucking,👍👍
Bruce, I love watching your videos keep up the great work mate 👍🇭🇲
Great story, its always refreshing to see Humble people be successful.
Genuine guy. Very down to earth man
GREAT VIDEO MATE, I MISS THE OLD TRUCKS, HES A GOOD OLD BLOKE, SAYS YOUR NAME LIKE HE MEANS IT
Great film, well done, nothing elaborate just really informative and entertaining
Love this show and the super linear 👍👍👍
Great characters in your video's Bruce. Good work.
Under pressure it’s no pressure taking it in his stride.
I love Mack
And that I had and used several models assembled in Iran
Models F700 and R600
Respect
Yep their a dying breed old mate
Didn't know Jim but I spent many days keeping Colin Nixon company on the Mantuan run. Been bogged a few times during the wet in 1954.
Good work Jim 👍
It was hard work. Paid off. 👍
Old skoool truckah ! Old boy workin like hes still in his 20s ! Trucka to look upto ! Along with my oldman Raaawjaaah
Nice video.
What a great story! What a great man! Thanks for the video from Wisconsin.
Pure brilliance. Thank you! More please.
Great video.
a real lovely film. thanks.
Today's truckers would sit in there air con cab and wait days for a mechanic to arrive
Yep.
Because most drivers don’t have a choice. The bosses decided they don’t trust their drivers to do anything but drive!
nylon load binders, greatest thing since sliced bread
What are you talking about?
@@milaelizabeth2237 you call em ratchet tie downs we call em load binders
tank engine ! nice
You can tell it’s an old video, partly by the tiny sleeper, would have to be from the 1980s wouldn’t it? I like the way he says no one stops for a talk or a coffee like in the old days, people are saying the exact same thing today years later! In fact they were saying the same thing when I started interstate in 1981! By the way, who doesn’t like a V8 Mack with an air start. Just about all our Superliners in Australia were like that, apparently in North America they were mainly 6 cylinders with electric start.
gm16v149 wasn’t made in the 80’s because he talks about something about 2008
Yes, he mentioned the roads having been upgraded since floods in 2008. The tractor that loads him up with round hay bales is a more recent Case IH model too. His Superliner is an oldie though. It has the rectangular quad headlights of the mid-80s Superliner update.
Yeah missed that. Bit hard understanding the Queensland accent haha. I still stand by what I said about people talking about the good old days, I started interstate in 1981 and they were complaining about lack of camaraderie back then! But if you look at Facebook they were the best days!
Yeah someone put a box in it at some stage too cause they came out with a 9 or 12.
How about a cabover KW with a V8 Cat engine?
Loved this. Good old bugger.
Gosto de asistir tôdos os vídeos mais se possivel em português não entendo nada de inglês
Fantastic video!
I'd LOVE to make an RC version of that truck
Cool video. That tractor driver nearly bloody lost that cover!
Thrill Seeker!
That's it just whack a Tank Engine in, no missing about, can just imagine the environmentalists, love the simplicity of this lifestyle,,shame that the fellas are on such a tight deadline can't take a chat and a coffee
Absolutely brilliant! But someone buy Jim a Kenworth. He deserves it!
I love this truck from Joseph Egan
only understand 12 % but I like it
Respect
They don't make em like that anymore!! Trucks and people!
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This is rather a commentary on what's gone wrong with the world...
You can't fix a computer with a nut and bolt out a box of odds and ends and a couple of spanners out of your carry along tool kit...
how'd you set a rate is it tonne/km??
I think the interviewer was named Bruce...?? Not sure though
Where has he mounted his Ice Pack? I cannot see it and I wonder if he has Bluetooth.
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Can someone tell me about when this video was shot? It was posted August 2020
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just a dead set aussie legend
The New trucks today aren ‘t nowhere as good as the oldsckool trucks no computers nothing to fuck out in the middle of nowhere
Bet he wishes he had a dollar for every time he lifted that bullbar up.
Astralia i like the way they cross watter no expensive ridge to cross a stream
How many B model Mack’s did you drive SIR
That’s not a R model. It’s a superliner
Soma places if it got realy cold you would want a colvert pipe i know if it got realy cold you wouldent want to cross those brooks that way
Not the most comfortable truck but last of the good Macks in my opinion
I wonder what the interviewers name is?
I think its Bruce but its a wild guess
Bruce Honeywell has been around Australian transport media for decades. I think he is recycling these old videos as he cannot get out like he could previously because of the Wuhan 'flu.
Old school Mack’s are the best no DEF no Computers non EGR all brute mechanical power presented by Bull dog Mack
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Lice old truck
Bruce
I always liked mack. They just ain't made for a fat man. Lol
By the soot coming out of the stacks I'd say he's got it tickled up a bit 😁😁😁