Diff locks for trailer.

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I am looking for a decent company (in Melbourne) to supply and install a set of good quality diff locks for a gal trailer.

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Reply By: Member - Chrispy (NSW) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:36

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:36
Huh? Your trailer has a diff?
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Follow Up By: Member - Chrispy (NSW) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:45

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:45
...unless you have one of the old army Landrover units that were driven off a rear-facing PTO shaft......
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Reply By: Brian B (QLD) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:38

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:38
You've confused me with that one. Your trailer would need a diff and to be linked up to some sort of powertrain to cosider locks - Wouldn't it??????
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Follow Up By: Member - Davoe (Widgiemooltha) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 17:10

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 17:10
knowin iM he has mounted a 454 chev to a trailor and needs to provide drive to both tandom axles YOU GO BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT WHAT IM TAKIN ABOUT YE HA
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Reply By: fatz - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:39

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:39
....Drugs are amazing.....
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Reply By: Wombat - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:42

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:42
What are you up to now, Musty? You have a trailer with a driven axle? In the words of Pauline Hanson - Please explain?

Quote for the week;
"James plays greeeeeaaat monsters doesn't he daddy?"
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Reply By: KiwiAngler - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:53

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:53
Well he does drive a slightly different vehicle to most...maybe that's his polite description of his 'beast' :-))))))
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Reply By: PhilRob - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:54

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 16:54
Good idea if your going to drive your trailer out by itself to pickup some fire wood,
I was thinking of putting one on my wheel barrow

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Reply By: timber - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 17:07

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 17:07
Obviously one of these

http://www.4wdonline.com/Mil/LandRover/FC101/powered.trailer.html

I was thinking of putting an air locker in mine, but in the end settled for a Unimog recovery vehicle http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Unimog/1999.html

Cheers

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Reply By: Member -Dodger - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 17:25

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 17:25
Must be a toyo driver and needs the extra engine and power in a trailor. sic.

Bugger!
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Reply By: Boo - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 18:27

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 18:27
Watchin this one.... gotta see where this is goin.

Just hope we get to see some pictures .
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Reply By: Bonz (Vic) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 18:47

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 18:47
ARB have one to suit, all you have to do is give them the diff specs, if they dont have one they have heaps on the drawing board, just dont tell them you want it for your trailer. Just keep that OUR secret ok?
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Reply By: Member - Peter D M - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 19:18

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 19:18
hi musty,
i dont like the way some of the posts are having a go at you.

can't help you as i dont know anyone in melbourne but if you dont mind the travel there is a guy in northern nsw who puts diff locks in wheelie bins.
he may be able to help. i've got his number somewhere but his company is called
"the majic mushroom really wheelie diff lock company"

i will log in later if you need more info and for updates as i want to see were this goes.

best regards peter
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 20:07

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 20:07
Thanks for your help Peter D M...

My mother Frank, noticed that there was a sour flavour in some of the responces too.

Her advice is to take all the good in ... and ignore the rest.

As for "the majic mushroom really wheelie diff lock company" I can only warn you off them.

We had them change a dodgy part (tyre air-valve cap) on the way to Mullumbimby Festival one year and they did not seem to value the work at all. Go figure?

As I have stated before. It takes all types.

iMusty
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Reply By: Member - Norm C (QLD) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 20:25

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 20:25
ROFLMAO!!!
Funniest thread for a while!!!
Still don't know what it is about, but funny al the same.
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Reply By: Truckster (Vic) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 21:22

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 21:22
I'll take a kilo thanks...
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Follow Up By: trendy - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:02

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:02
Truckster, I was thinking the same "Cash for a Kilo" Musty.
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Reply By: Mad Dog (Australia) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:07

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:07
Who is that chick iMusty?
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:29

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:29
That's the SuperNanny.

Channel Nine I think?
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Follow Up By: Des Lexic - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:31

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:31
Its his mother and she is not paying him enough attention or providing the correct supervision by letting children go to adult forum's.
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Follow Up By: Mad Dog (Australia) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:36

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 22:36
ok, I've heard of her but never seen the show.
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Follow Up By: Bonz (Vic) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 23:04

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 23:04
she's packing airbags for your trailer Musto hahahaha
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Reply By: Mad Dog (Australia) - Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 23:24

Monday, Jul 04, 2005 at 23:24
Chuck em back iMusty, they're all under size.
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Reply By: D-Jack - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 00:42

Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 00:42
You can't get them for galvanised trailers, only powder coated ones.

D-Jack
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:21

Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 10:21
D-Jack...

Thanks. Your the only sensible reply to my question so far.

I think I have found a Co. in Hampton Park that will re-engineer the powdered coated one to fit a Gal trailer. Pheww!!!

It has been a battle I can tell you.

My Doctor has increased my medication and is re-engineering my mind. This will take three days and will coincide with the completion of the trailer diff.

Thank goodness.

All is well.

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Reply By: Member - Collyn R (WA) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:50

Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 11:50
Diff for a gal trailer?

Must be quite a stud. You need a trailer for your gal's?

Or they just overly buxom gals?
Collyn
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 13:28

Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 13:28
Great OKA.

can you email some more pics if you find time PLEASE.

Hesslem AT Bigpond DOT net DOT au

I did want one a while back but $$$ was an issue and I didn't get a great report on them. Still, I have the Coaster and we get around BUT nowhere like you do hahahaha.

My friend is an OKA nut. But doesn't own one. He just droped an worked V6 from a Commadore into a Late model Hi-ace van. He's got too much of an imagination I think. Anyway he's a OKA fan so it'd be great to see some pics from an owner.

Thanks
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Follow Up By: GaryInOz (Vic) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 18:00

Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 18:00
Hey iMusty,

I need a couple of buckets of compressed air delivered to me, and a friend at Channel 9 needs a chroma key and a long weight delivered to the gatehouse.

Any chance of a hand???
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 18:06

Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 18:06
Actually Gary I thought it was a bucket of stripped paint and a left handed screwdriver.
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 20:26

Tuesday, Jul 05, 2005 at 20:26
You nearly got me there GarryInOz.

Channel 9 does not have a gatehouse anymore.
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Reply By: Wombat - Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 16:27

Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 16:27
Dear James,

I haven't slept for the last three nights, since reading your question and i'Mafraid the only way I'll get some sleep is to 'come clean'.

As part of my service in the French Foreign Legion with my grandfather and son we were based in 'nam when a spy, who we relied on for reconnaissance, and who will have to remain nameless as she's still operating in the Beaumauris area, discovered that the Yanks had in fact engineered, in her words "good quality diff locks for a gal trailer". The reason for their inception was the fact that the military issue Hummers couldn't even drive around the perimeter of one of the local gaols and they needed the forward drive trailers to push them. The leader of these trailer pushed Hummers was a bloke who wore a bandanna and had parachuted in, under the cover of darkness with his truck strapped to his back and his favourite pets, a jellyfish and a little white dog clutched in his hands, whilst shooting a big gun with his feet, taking out 267 Viet Cong, as he landed.

Anyway to cut along story short, according to my father, Gertrude and his brother, Hortense the guy who invented these diff locks is now running a rather large fast food chain which is really a front for a 3.0 litre Nissan Patrol engine laundering outfit, but the stresses of war have had a bit of an effect on him and he now gets around wearing a red and white striped shirt and socks, yellow overalls and very large red shoes with yellow laces asking people if they'd like fries with their order. He may still have some of his secret trailer diff locks in stock so I'd suggest you drop in and ask next time you see one of his stores - you can't miss them they have a big yellow logo which he designed in memory of his rather large Vietnamese lover, being his final image of her as he was dragged away from her bedroom by the MPs, after going AWOL.

Good luck in your quest.
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 17:22

Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 17:22
Paul...

Your mind is aglow with whirling, transient nodes of thought careening thru a cosmic vapor of invention.
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Follow Up By: Wombat - Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 17:30

Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 17:30
You talk purtier than a twenty dollar whore!
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Follow Up By: Member - iMusty (VIC) - Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 17:43

Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 17:43
Oh, blow it out your ass, Howard.
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Follow Up By: Wombat - Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 18:06

Thursday, Jul 07, 2005 at 18:06
Tell me Schotzie. Is it twue what they say about the way the way you people are ...gifted? Oh, it's twue, it's twue, it's twue, it's twue!

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