RELIVING THE GOOD 'OLE DAYS

By Steve Kennedy, International Sales Manager Donald Equipment Australia

In the mid-70s, the Colonnades Shopping Centre was just a sheep paddock back then, and McMahon Services, (now a major mining company), was doing the civil works. This picture featured here is supposed to show that I used to work once upon a time. I was changing the wheel bearing on a Terex S35E Scraper that was clearing a paddock down south where they were going to build a brand new ‘state-of-theart’ shopping centre. It is now called Colonnades Shopping Centre. I guess this is showing my age but check out the size of the Axle Hub Shaft! I didn't have a forklift or a crane to help me take the wheel off, and to put it back on etc, so I had to use an old backhoe, that only just managed to hold the weight of the wheel that is in the picture behind me. I didn't do a JSA, I didn't have any SOPS, the slings I used didn't have any SWL Tags on them, it was about 41 degrees, no safety officer on site, because it was a Saturday morning, and I was doing Field Service on my own as a second-year apprentice. I am not sure if you could get away with doing it like that today? Anyway, I had a great time getting heaps of overtime, and kept the machines going after hours.

Note the standard issue Blackwood Hodge Terex Green Overalls! All part of my life that I still love. Every day is different, and I still do what my mother taught me: "You must learn something new every day of your life." I always have, and I always will… Enjoy life and keep learning something different every day! Steve Kennedy International Sales Manager