Ford log truck

[doctor quinn]

Not sure if this is entirely appropriate for this section as it's a road vehicle, but it is for the "darkside".........

 

 

 

 

I've made some progress on the log truck for Wheelock Mill. The tractor is an Atlas Ford L9000 with a Herpa/Promotex log cranes and a "Headache rack" soldered up from paperclip wire. The trailer is a Walthers container trailer with scratch built log bunks from square section Evergreen styrene.

[Adrian Wintle]

Aside from a) being far too clean, and B) not having lettering on the cab, that does look the part.

For reference, most cabs will have some indication of the owner/operator, and will have various sets of numbers that are applicable to the weigh stations and/or various trucking regulations.

 

If you want to add an interesting detail, a lot of tractors (cabs) in northern areas will have a brush (sometimes a broom head) mounted bristles-up on the tank top so that the driver can scrape the snow/mud off their boots as they climb in.

 

It would also probably have a pair of CB antennas (whips) mounted on the wing mirrors (oops, it would have some prominent wing mirrors too...).

 

I doubt if the chair on the log loader would be used (or even be present) - it takes far too much effort to climb up. There would likely be a control panel at the base of the device.

 

Adrian

[DIFFLOCK]

One of the trailer wheels looks like it has met with a bad accident

[robbostrains]

Nice looking rig.Does any one know where you can get mirrors etc. for HO trucks?

[Adrian Wintle]

Nice looking rig.Does any one know where you can get mirrors etc. for HO trucks?

 

Plano seems to do some details. I don't model HO, but I have heard of them:

 

http://www.planomodelproducts.com/vehicled_scq.html

 

Adrian

[doctor quinn]

Thanks for the kind words and information - a pair of "West Coast Mirrors" and some ownership decals will be the next little project. I must admit to being a bit remiss on the mirrors as in the past I have soldered them up from brass strip & wire. As on this Danish Volvo:

 

http://www.flickr.co...57600214346579/

 

Now if I can just find an HO broom head..............

 

Nick

[cnw6847]

Nice log truck.

 

A-Line make etched truck mirrors and various other truck parts i.e mudflaps, sleeper cabs, wipers, etc

 

http://www.ppw-aline.com/detlveh.htm

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/A-Line-HO-50153-Mirrors-American-Style-Semi-Tracto-/390188411793?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item5ad90aab91

 

The 1/87 vehicle club is also worth a look

 

http://www.1-87vehicles.org/

[shortliner]

Nick, everybody

Some useful stuff for truck modellers is here http://www.dennisaust.com/index.php and here http://www.hankstruc..._aust_tires.htm and here

http://87thscale.info/dennis_aust.htm

Your push broom is about halfway down the right hand column on this page

http://shop.osorail....c?categoryId=10 or a different variety

http://cgi.ebay.com/...1-/320525763538 together with furniture here

http://66.241.223.13...ory_Code=SS5000

[298]

Thanks for the kind words and information - a pair of "West Coast Mirrors" and some ownership decals will be the next little project.

Nick

 

Why does a Vermont logging truck need West Coast mirrors...? Or is it for another project...?

[doctor quinn]

Why does a Vermont logging truck need West Coast mirrors

 

"West Coast" mirrors are the very large rear view mirrors, usually chromed. Depending on who you ask there are two reasons for the name, one is that they are so big you could see clear over to the West Coast, the other suggestion is that they first became popular in California.

 

Nick