29/05/2026
After posting the latest pic of my truck yesterday a comment was made on how far she has come in the 6 years I’ve owned it. It got a lot of interest from that post so got me thinking and wanted to post some info about the old girl for those interested.
I got this 89 transtar from a wreckers in Morwell over 6 years ago. It come down from Sydney retired from a demolition company. It was there to be cut in half and wreck out. The owner of the wreckers said if someone come in wanting the engine (Cummins 400hp big cam) or the 18 speed gearbox it was getting cut in half with the blow torch.
Although she looked very tired and needed much love at this point I just couldn’t let another iconic Australian truck be cut up into pieces with the gas torch so I saved her.
In over 6 years it’s been a fantastic truck, with only a few little issues which have never stopped me from getting home at night.
Gearbox was rebuilt by a couple of years ago, new compressor head gasket, servicing when required and that’all I’v done to her.
The old 4.2m aluminium tipper body was replaced by the boys at Macedon Ranges Welding a couple of years ago with a 4.5m hardox steel body 300mm lower and 300mm longer to make grave digging easier loading in a confined space.
I’ve changed a heap of stuff on it over the years to put my character into her and here it is today 😍.
She’s done a heap of work in this time and carted thousands of tonnes of quarry materials, Timber, sawdust, cow s**t, rubbish and even furniture, machines and more! One of those trucks that really does have a personality of its own and if it could talk it’d have a lot to say.
