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interesting info you have there, one bloke that came out to see it though it might have been bought into australia buy Theise brothers? for the Snowy mountians Hydro Electic dam project in the 50/60. ive not seen another like it in AUS, i have seen the larger military cabins around, but not the short cabin i have

@@hurricanedaniel Thanks much appreciated, and very interesting that AEC tendered for the contract to supply Muftied Millies for the Snowy Mountains Hydro Electric Dam Project. Do you have any information regarding the Millie,s bodywork or what work she did on the project, a water, fuel tanker ,flatbed lorry?. Only the long wheelbase Troop Supply Transport Millies have the short cab, while the Gun Tractors have the larger cab for the gun crew plus driver.

Haha. The old girl defantly needs some work. The W6 powered shovel would be interesting. Ive not seen one in person with a International motor in it.

@hurricanedaniel it's not a Ruston but a Jaques, sorry for the confusion....

@@andrewjoyce7789 i assumed you where tslking about a jaques. Both of my J15s have Fordson Major engines fitted. Thought they dont look factory

@hurricanedaniel I'll get video for you next week

@@andrewjoyce7789 sounds good to me

i think its a Ruston Hornsby 3VRH. it runs on 3 cylinders sometimes and one 1 other times. one cylinder is worn out. other issues are worn injecto pump and the gear drive to the pump is also worn out. it jump gears once before and stopped running and i think its done the same not long after that video i took. the Jaques 15J shovel to the left has a Lister of the same size in it and runs rather well.

@@hurricanedaniel it’s a testimony to how good of an engine it is if it will still run in that condition!

@@oldamericaniron5767 its amazing how worn the whole machine is yet it keeps going. though its only run maybe 4 times a year for 2 days at a time. but as you know. alot of old stuff just keeps on going

Hahaha. All the emission gear on this one

That is true. They also just have a sound of there own

I was told the Indian built ones where not to bad to find parts for? Old listers seem ok for parts

Thats a very good question. Being a Indian built ruston it might be sort of 'newish' 60s or 70s?. Im not sure if Trevor said if they bought it brand new for there bush block or if it was second hand then?

Yep. Amazing how well some old stuff starts up after sitting for years. I have another item from the same bush block. Sitting for upto 20 years. Will upload this week

Yes, i checked the points and i think i cleaned them up. I normally check basic stuff like that. I had to seal the intake up as the manifold doesnt seem to sute the holes in the head and had a gap at the top

Haha. Well i did drive it around the house. I wish we could het things on the road as easy as u can. Id have plenty or trucks to use

I was at are Lake Goldsmith rally on the weekend. I got some videos of the day but not much. Yet to video the 90ton steam shovel and much of my dragline there

@@hurricanedaniel Some day I’d like to get there again and attend that rally. I can always dream.

@@oldamericaniron5767 november would be the time as the Lake gold Smith and Scoresby rallys are on the same long weekend and there both the largest we have in Victoria that i know of

@@hurricanedaniel what cities are they in? My wife and I are thinking about planning a trip to Australia next year. If we do we figure minimum of 1 month.

@@oldamericaniron5767 the state of Victoria. Same state im in. Town wise Lake Goldsmith rally is at Lake Gold Smith near Skipton. Scoresby steam fest rally is in Melbourne. If u do come to Victoria i could show u alot of things. Lost of show grounds within a few ours of my place.

I do have a book that tells the history of Harmon. I beleave they were Built in australia but not sure ig Australian design.

And yes. Both the Holden and Ford car factorys have now closed down in the last few years. We dont make alot of things any more

@@hurricanedaniel The little I found stated that they built a few of their own diesel engines.

@@oldamericaniron5767 harmons i have seen have had alot of International engines, GM, Gardners also. Not sure about a Harmon buillt motor

Well im currently in Japan right now. So have had some time to upload videos i have. I have at least 20 atm waiting to be edited slightly and uploaded. So i will do that in the comming weeks

Been busy fixing tractors and building 4x4s for people. Lots of machinery videos to come when i get time. In japan for this month.

some cool stuff in there aye

Its really cool aye. A whole sound of its own. Sounds much better in person. Apperantly they sound better under load

Thanks for the info. I must get back to the farm and do some more work on this

I actually removed the exhaust and cleaned the carbon build up out of the head then burnt the carbon out of the muffler

@@hurricanedaniel I was surprised that it started so easily!

@@andrewjoyce7789 me too actually. Given it was hand crank and not electric starter also. But it happens alot. Amazing how easy some of this old stuff starts up after resting for so long

Do you have anything like that over there? I know the UK did have lots. Offen used for moving cement around on sit.

@@hurricanedaniel Yes we do, occasionally see something like it on marketplace but asking prices are generally way to high.

@@oldamericaniron5767 the asking prices over here are offen far to high. But i was just in the right place at the right time. Also the day after i asked about buying it he backed his caravan into it and the wife then wanted it gone.

@@hurricanedaniel That made me chuckle. When I bought my Insley dragline the man said his wife was tired of it sitting next to their driveway for 16 years. Like you said, right time.

@@oldamericaniron5767 it was odd because when i first asked about it the wife said its probably not for sale, but the bloke said he would think about it. and then the van struck it and i guess she changed her mind. alwasy worth asking the question

The glow plug setup in these was not the best ether

It does, reallly tractors along. 690ci long stroke inline 6 diesel helps with that. There was one larger stump we couldnt pull. Will try witj snatch blocks at some point

@hurricanedaniel good call multiply the force! (sounds like some sort of Star Wars quote....)

@@andrewjoyce7789 haha. It does abit. The multi line pull works well

Thats a good saying. I need to get back into uploading some more videos

What did you think of them at that time? Do u have any photos to share

i didnt have time to get down there, i also had not had time to fix the dragline after the revolving frame roller dropped a bearing

@@hurricanedaniel all's cool! I should try to get across to your place for a look...

@@andrewjoyce7789 sure. I cant remember were your from though

@@hurricanedaniel I'm from the Macedon Ranges

@@andrewjoyce7789 not a massive distance awsy then

Negitive. ive not actually left yet. some customers jobs turned into much larger jobs and some other things have come up. so i will get away in afew weeks i hope

@@hurricanedaniel I’ve repaired enough things in my life so I easily understand how jobs turn into much larger jobs than expected. Hope you get started soon on your adventure and any videos of your endeavors will always be appreciated. Take care and remember, always enjoy life!

@@oldamericaniron5767 thanks dude ill have to catch up on your videos. Doing 10 to 14 hrs days doesnt leave much spare time

@@oldamericaniron5767 I've got a few videos of Lake Goldsmith I could load them up on my UA-cam channel (which has 1 video of my Jeep)? They aren't the best but it may give you an idea of what was there....

@@hurricanedaniel I remember when work had to come first. You have to do what you have to do. Only problem with being retired is the age that comes with it! Was that Allis crawler the one in your video from about 2 years ago?

Shes abit ruff but shes no young anymore ether

have u been around a 24rb before?

@@hurricanedaniel yes many years ago, in a scrap yard. We had about 5 over the years as there was a sand pit nearby and they was draglines in the sand pits. Miss them days.

@@robfield5910 very interesting. Seems like people only have old storys of them now day. Did they operate in the scrap yard or they were there to be cut up

@@hurricanedaniel hi Dan, we used them everyday, love the sound of your one. They sound great under load when working. If I could find one I would bring it home 100%

@@robfield5910 ive heard they sound great under load, some day i will have something to load mine up with. hopfully find a shovel front for it again, though alot of items missing from it

I am, been really busy with other life stuff. I also lost your number when trying to save the new one. So i dont have it anymore

Hey buddy, im heading away in may. So that doesnt give us alot of time. Geelong, Victoria area is where you would need to head

Lake goldsmith rally is on the 5 and 6ths of may. Its one of the largest rallys down in victoria, at Lake Goldsmith. I will be runing my 19rb dragline.

@@hurricanedaniel Glad to hear from you. I’m going to do what ever I can to get there. I can hardly believe that I accidentally picked a time when that was taking place. Is that the show where there is a steam walking dragline? Does your email still work, also I have what’s app on my phone.

@@hurricanedaniel I would probably do a flight into Melbourne, I wonder how I could get to the show from there, rent a car?

@@hurricanedaniel I might see you there!

The good thing about a dragline is no will ever ask to borrow where everyone wants to borrow my Excavator. I say you can borrow if you can operate it and they put their head down!!!

AEC

There not a bad car, worth abit more now than there were back then though. haha

@@hurricanedaniel I picked mine up for 5k with 183,000km

Everybody's computer could do those things many years before the PS3 came out.

Wow

@@user-sc8dh4vn4v Thanks ,AEC is my fav lorry maker, Dennis Brown a local timber haulier has restored a rare Douglas 6x6 Timber Tractor based on Millie mechanicals, rare in having a Thornycroft 'Big Ben' rear bogie regularly shown working with a steam driven mobile saw bench at my local steam rally. To start, drive, and do a bit of tree stump removal is testament to AEC,s seriously quality engineering. That same quality engineering saved Australia from being invaded by Japan in 1941-42, a single AEC 8x8 Colonial Tractor built in 1933 by AEC Hardy Motors kept Darwin in the fight supplying vital military material ,guns ammunition spare parts food ,and fuel. Its three Dyson trailers grossly overloaded and with basic maintenance , AEC,s Colonial Tractor clocked up hundreds of miles on terrain you have second thoughts driving a newish SUV, on 20 less of the Millie,s 150hp. Some trips the gallant AEC ColonialTractor hauled four trailers over axle breaking dirt tracks that would defeat a Toyota Hilux .

I guess yours was abit sad before the rebuild

@hurricanedaniel got dusted ploughing on a steep incline and the oil bath filters failed to work. Rings broken, not all, ring grooves peened and an impressive ring land in the cylinder wall.

@@andrewjoyce7789 righto. Did a number on her then. Would have defantly been a smoker after that then. The old oil bath filters normally do pritty good

When i got this truck it was on a scrap truck leaving Portland, Vic heading to Melbourne, Vic. I have no history of the truck before that

Interesting info, thanks for sharing. The motor sure runs well for sitting around in what looks to be a neglected truck for all those years

@@hurricanedaniel aye! I used to own one myself (it’s on my channel if you want to look with a straight through pipe) and we have some buses with these engines. They just love firing up first time even after being sat round for years! Great engineering!

@@DoorstepBrewing would love to check them out lance, ill have a look once at some point today. Ive been told by a number of people that as long as they have oil in them, that whole drive line will just run for ever !

Thanks for the info Robert. Im not sure who made the cabin for it. Ive been told it was possibly import to Australia for the snowy mountain hydro project and used as a offroad water tanker. It has signs that some thing was running off the PTO shaft via chain drive. Its defantly not a fast truck thats for sure haha, but it looks cool.

Interesting to see how much larger they got. Spring in the centre makes sence as a help. Will have to look into age soon. My mate stephen that owns Plough Book Sales will know or have a book with the info in it.

Well if you do head over, this time of the year with March and April have a lot of vintage shows on :) I have a few videos to upload... pritty busy working alot at the moment. Hope your keeping well ny friend. I plan to head your way in the near future

Hi you know that threlkeld quarry near Keswick cumbria have lots of old Ruston bucyrus machines

@@thechod yes, i happen to know Marcus allarton that i think is a member. Alot of nice machines there :)

Another bloke has taken on the task, hopfully he will get it running again