All seemed ready to go , so a departure date was set for 15th October 2013. Fully loaded the destination was Byron Bay. A 12 hour drive up the cost overnight arriving at Byron in the morning. Well that's what I planned, what happened was a little different. At 1am in the morning just outside of Nambucca Heads the gearbox in the Chev truck exploded. Their i was sitting on the side of the road in a very ordinary position.
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| Truck loaded and heading to Coff Harbour to have the gearbox rebuilt |
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| Thanks to Kara Kar horse float factory for their help to transport the rig back to their factory |
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| Nambucca Heads |
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| A few free joy flights for the guys who helped out |
Many thanks go out to the owner Craig and his staff at Kara Kar for their hospitality in putting me up while the truck was being fixed
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| Gearbox fixed 1 week later leaving Kara Kar for Byron |
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| The guilty part, broken input shaft |
