Old movies !

Hi Grandpa D9,
thanks for putting these up for us all to see.
They are a part of history from a darker time here in Oz when WW2 was coming to our shores.
Cheers,
Eddie B.

Hi, Grandpa d9.
I'm with Edb. Thank you for posting these links. Both of the roads in the subject matter were of pretty high strategic significance when these movies were made and are still in use today.

Just my 0.02.

yeah great movies grandpa as Deas and Ed say from a very important time in Australia's history a hydraulic scraper and rather unusual cable blade set up on one of the crawlers all very interesting to me

Paul

Grandpa Dnine.
Thanks for drawing our attention to these historic movies.
Seems they are part of a series recently digitized and released by the NSW RMS. Formally Department of Main Roads.
NSW DMR and others did contract work for the federal government during WW2 on strategic defense roads throughout Australia.
Watched one titled Construction of the Mount Durragh Deviation .
Very tough times and tough men.
Some of these pre war projects were funded through depression era stimulus package.

One video showed a powered elevator drawn by a D6 moving some completely dry dirt, followed by a sheepsfoot - I wondered how that would compact with very little moisture to help it bind (experts please)

Hi, Folks.
Ainchyer glad that you live in today's world?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CSfwOM_Hjs

This is the one that Andrew suggested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc0F2zq4_Zk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF3H3rKkI3o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nszuF3_zyDE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3116R71goI

And you can find the whole collection posted to date here:

https://www.youtube.com/user/RMSRoadProjects

PLEEEZ, TRY not to drool on your keyboards.

Just my 0.02.

One video showed a powered elevator drawn by a D6 moving some completely dry dirt, followed by a sheepsfoot - I wondered how that would compact with very little moisture to help it bind (experts please)

Yeah Neil I think that unless you have been out here and I say this with absolute respect Im not having a go at all you just cant imagine how dry it is out there it might be hundred mile between water and the water that is there was crap and in small supplies anyway so I guess they never had the water to compact these roads at all in most places
The road making crews today use water out west but they will use road trains to bring the water in
I can put some photos up if anyone is interested of that north south road in the fifty's when in a big wet the road trains collapsed thru the road sheared the axles off same road five or so years after the war
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so I guess Neil in answer to your question the compaction cant have been real flash but they did the best that they could do with what they had if that makes any sense

Paul

[quote="mrsmackpaul"]Yeah Neil I think that unless you have been out here and I say this with absolute respect Im not having a go at all you just cant imagine how dry it is out there it might be hundred mile between water and the water that is there was crap and in small supplies anyway so I guess they never had the water to compact these roads at all in most places
The road making crews today use water out west but they will use road trains to bring the water in
I can put some photos up if anyone is interested of that north south road in the fifty's when in a big wet the road trains collapsed thru the road sheared the axles off same road five or so years after the war




so I guess Neil in answer to your question the compaction cant have been real flash but they did the best that they could do with what they had if that makes any sense

Paul[/quote]
Hi Paul, I appreciate your response and it makes sense - and I certainly feel for folks in areas where water is more of a precious commodity that it is here. And I totally understand what you wrote about having to make the best of it - I would guess that the road builders got to know very well how best to put a road together under those conditions. I feel like we're very lucky with the conditions where I live but I wouldn't want to assume it will always be like this.