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Review Fiona and Ian Wild knew the diversity of Ian’s work, jokingly remarked: “I’ll build the trailer and you build the crate.” So that’s exactly what Ian did: designed his own custom crate. ENTER LEFT Now we are up to 1994, where the current Grunter Hunter come into creation. The need for it was purely based on the poor old 892 having a couple of minor issues and the gearbox having some major issues. After just having the head off t and repairing a leaking water jacket, Ian was getting the truck towed after a clip broke, resulting in one of the cogs in the gearbox running up and down the shaft. The truck was getting towed to Brisbane Diff & earbox, so on its way Ian decided to pop into Kenworth and just order another one. With the original plans still available, it was a lot easier ordering a replacement. There were a couple of minor changes: the 8V92 was replaced with a series 60, the 15-speed replaced with an 18 and a party hat fitted rather than the original wind defl ctor. 48 Farms & Farm Machinery After these the new truck was on its way. Hardly anyone was able to pick the difference. Aside from the fact that Ian was no longer whooshing past at warp speed. That is how the second ‘Grunter Hunter’ came to fruition. That was 27 years ago. Since then it just has not stopped. It did slow down a little, around the 2.5 million kilometre mark, for the old 430hp (321kW) Series 60 to get replaced with a 500hp (373kW) version. The clutch, gearbox and radiator were given some love at the same time. Aside from that, the big beast has just kept going. Even the original Meritor 46/160 diffs are still in action. With the exception of a couple of pinion seal replacements, they are still as good as new. It is now in excess of 3.5 million kilometres and still going strong. “Not like its owner and driver who is definitely slowing down,” says a smiling Fiona. Cosmetically, however, the Grunter Hunter definitely shows its age. Even with the outstanding Wild’s Livestock colour scheme, you can still see the old Kenworth has worked extremely hard for its money. I am sure it has more than paid for itself. So the question had to be asked, don’t you think it could have been upgraded by now, mate? Did I also mention it is looking at its third set of crates already as it’s worn out the stock crates? So why not the truck? I did ask and Ian jokingly recalls getting asked the same thing by Rob Brown at Brown & Hurley. “He asked me when are you going to buy a new truck and I said, Why? This ones still going.” He added in a complimentary dig as well, telling him: “You built too good a truck.” Ian added in a very poignant compliment to end our interview. “Haulmark Trailers and Kenworth Trucks have achieved my personal philosophy of ‘be lazy, do the right job the first time round’.” It is fairly evident that the job has been done right and with the truck approaching four million kilometres, it looks like I’ll be waiting a long time to get the restoration story out of Ian Wild. I will have to be happy with a ‘still hard at work’ story instead.
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