INTER-esting days

Many years ago IH released a booklet each quarter to show what was going on around the world, or just Australia 

Some cracking photos and right ups in them

I managed to collect a few over the years

So these two photos are from a story on the first Cummins powered AB's in either north QLD or maybe just QLD 

Anyway the more astute viewer will say " but Paul they can't be Cummins powered as they still have the V badge on the front guard, or they don't have duck air cleaners, or no step tanks

Anyway the article was about the first Cummins powered AB's and these were featured trucks




Paul
 

Paul, that NWE numberplate would have been issued about 1965.

No worries - wide load with small mirrors.
Not the traffic back then.

Mrs
gudday m9
'Pleasexplain'
what the doo hickey frame on wheels to roll along semi main frame
do they winch m up n on
what they b carting
sugar cane?
thanks in advance
cya

Swishman the are cane trucks for hauling whole stick cane
Always loaded cross ways

The Nuffield tractor can be seen pushing the empty trucks on

These trucks ran between Clare and Delbeg in the Burdekin before the cane tramway was extended to Millaroo

There is some big creeks to cross on it's way there

So there was sidings on the farns further up and the cane trucks would of been dropped there before been collected by a haulout , tractor and trailer

These trucks shuttled the cane trucks between the siding near Clare and the farmers siding

The cane then was taken by tramway to Invicta mill at Giru

International Harvester had a few goes at getting into cane harvesting with varying results

Some not so good others better

Theres a book called "Their all half carzy" about sugar cane harvesting in Australia


Paul

Great pics Mrs
Now-what was the difference between AB 182 & 184?
Was it only Cummins, step tanks and snorkel?
Or were there different brakes, springs etc?
Cheers

The 182 had a petrol motor ,either 345 or 264 ,and a #3 Eaton diff ,and T 34 synchro box.............the 184 had a 345 ,T53 box and a #4 Eaton diff...........you coud also get a 354 Perkins in either truck which was fitted by a IH shop and the petrol motor credited ....Inters had the small 6 cylinder Cummins from the early 1950s ,the L&R 190 could have a supercharged Cummins C 200.

In the C lines a Perkins came standard in the 1830 models ,conventional and ACCO.......there were also 1630 Perkins powered trucks ,as well as a 1640 with a #2 Eaton diff.