my oil field truck

[uk trucker]

A few photos of the work in progress,
It started off here
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/shortie.jpg

and sorta grew into this

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/006.jpg

and gained a push frame or front end guard, not quite sure what you guys call them,

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/005-1.jpg

and this is where we are now

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/014.jpg

as you can see, there is a long way to go!

[doodlebug]

Bull bar's and Cow exploder's, LOL! Great start. Here's another video to watch for idea's, I like there bullbar/cowexploder.
This one load's slow, be patient. http://www.emisales.net/trucks-videos.html
Cheer's, Neil.

[uk trucker]

Another great video , thanks for the link.

A few more photos of work in progress.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/003-2.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/002-2.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/001-2.jpg

[civic83]

looks great, are you basing it off a 1:1? my only observation is that the rear axles seem too close to the rear of the truck, at least based on the flat decks I see around here, looks great none the less!

[uk trucker]

Thanks for the observation,its not based on any particular real one.
I've only seen photos of them and the rear wheels seem very close to the end of the chassis, maybe I've over done it a bit! We don't get any 1:1 versions over here to measure. The bed could be extended in the fullness of time.

Going to give it a work out on Sunday, maybe a lot more will need changing after that!

[Tamiya Cowboy]

looks great, are you basing it off a 1:1? my only observation is that the rear axles seem too close to the rear of the truck, at least based on the flat decks I see around here, looks great none the less!


It is looking great glad to see you get picks up on the board I think you are hitting the mark perfectly.


Civic on these oil field boom truck the rear axles are right at the rear so that way when they use the boom it does not pick the front off the ground so easy it gives them more lifting power..

[glorydays24]

Man that truck sure did grow!!! What did you feed her, steroids???:eek:
Anyhoo, the truck look's great, and keep the pic's coming.

Big John

[uk trucker]

Thanks for the positives, plenty of steroids.

Heres one of it using the steroids
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/0024.jpg

The containers are two Bruder ones fastened together and put on a skid like those on CAMEX videos
Great fun! got to make gin poles work next.

[Brel]

looks good, have you got any video of it pulling the container onto the truck

[civic83]

Ah that makes sense about the axle placement, i hadn't considered that.

[uk trucker]

No Brel, no video as yet but expect Tamiya Monkey will take some at Clumber Park on Sunday. Not too bad a ride out from Staffordshire if you get bored!
I'm taking it to try out and grab the "longest turning circle" award!

[doodlebug]

Way to go! I like it.
Cheer's, Neil.

[grumpygrady]

are you going to put in a flip over fifth wheel and gin poles on the bed ?
i like the look of this oil field truck

[uk trucker]

Yes to the gin poles, if you look very carefully you can see them layed alongside the outer planks, yet to drill them for the pulley though.
The 5th wheel slots into the bed for now above the pivot for the rear bogie.

Truckmaker has given me an idea for a king pin rising up out of the bed, something to think about!

[grumpygrady]

Yes to the gin poles, if you look very carefully you can see them played alongside the outer planks, yet to drill them for the pulley though.
The 5th wheel slots into the bed for now above the pivot for the rear bogie.

Truckmaker has given me an idea for a king pin rising up out of the bed, something to think about!

sorry i didn't look hard enough lol now i see both and the fifth wheel on the headache rack
the pop up pin will be good, easy to do with a little servo
now how will the poles be lifted lol i guess i watched that video to many times lol but i did like the step /chain locker on the rig-up bed, again easy to do with a tiny servo , but sitting here at the computer it is all easy ROFL

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice container! Is there any weight to it? I can't wait to see a video of it hooked up to something that will lift the steer axle off the ground while it picks it up.:eek:

[cabrover]

Very cool!!:cool:

[old man 52]

Can you do a three point turn with that, :) That a nice setup.

[smart racer]

well done job on the bed/pole truck build...I used flat fenders and oil field bumpers on the rigs I built...again great paint job and work

[uk trucker]

Smart racer,

Flat top fenders do look mean, any photos of your truck?

This link should take you to some youtube video of loading a container, the voice over is not me , I was too busy concentrating on the loading process!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK-idBE6_eQ&feature=player_detailpage

[glorydays24]

Very cool video...I like it.;):):cool:

Big John

[uk trucker]

A couple of photos showing modifications to Tamiya flat bed trailer so I can load containers on to it by using winch on the truck.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/0053.jpg

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/0083.jpg

[sgt hopkins]

Great truck, great vid, and I like the trailer idea as well.... you went out of the park with this one.. oil field trucks are some of the best youtube vids to watch and yours it right there with the real ones.....

[Bigrigger]

Nice progress! You are gonna have one heck of a turning radius with that thing! :D

[pumptech]

Awesome build ,enjoyed the vid ,the rolling tailboard works great,look forward to seeing it with the gin poles operating :D

[Gregg]

T" don't take this the wrong way but! every oil field truck I ever saw had 2 operating front drive axles.
Reason being is the end loaded and dumped this from the back, so 1 the needed the weight up front.
2 once they were load they needed to distributed the weight as best as they could.
It's a great truck but for ac curacies sake you need a second drive axle just under the pillar and rear head ache board

[uk trucker]

gregg, I understand where you are coming from but there are a lot about with only one front drive axle, if I knew how to do it I would paste a pdf from CAMEX showing the one I loosely based mine on.

[grumpygrady]

T" don't take this the wrong way but! every oil field truck I ever saw had 2 operating front drive axles.
Reason being is the end loaded and dumped this from the back, so 1 the needed the weight up front.
2 once they were load they needed to distributed the weight as best as they could.
It's a great truck but for ac curacies sake you need a second drive axle just under the pillar and rear head ache board

http://youtu.be/DyHXQPco3dQ

http://youtu.be/EO_0LFnmNcs

http://youtu.be/YLKaLw1ksTs

http://youtu.be/RGMdftEpq_o

[grumpygrady]

http://youtu.be/DyHXQPco3dQ

http://youtu.be/EO_0LFnmNcs

http://youtu.be/YLKaLw1ksTs

http://youtu.be/RGMdftEpq_o

there are rig up beds and winches bed which come in texas ,wyoming, and a few more types of winch beds and there are gin pole beds , and winch and fifth wheel combinations, and all of these come in single and duel front axles and with powered and unpowered front axles with then there are single and duel
and triple rear axles and tag axles

lol and i do believe that there are a bunch more that i have never seen.
Most of the bed company are started because a hand gets tired of working with pieces of trash truck and beds that they are working with makes a new kind that works better and faster ,easier that the company buys and then orders two or three more and a new bed company is started

[grumpygrady]

gregg, I understand where you are coming from but there are a lot about with only one front drive axle, if I knew how to do it I would paste a pdf from CAMEX showing the one I loosely based mine on.

is it one of these?
http://youtu.be/RGMdftEpq_o


these are single front axle truck

http://www.camex.ca/online-inventory/equipment-category/equipment-listing?ID=A14&SortBy=Year&Asc=Asc

these are duel front axle trucks

http://www.camex.ca/online-inventory/equipment-category/equipment-listing?ID=A15&SortBy=Year&Asc=Asc

here is a texas bed truck

http://www.camex.ca/online-inventory/equipment-category/equipment-listing/equipment-details?ID=8428&Image=a

[uk trucker]

Thanks for those links, most of which I had not seen before.
Can't get mine to lift the front end like the one in the first video though.

The PDF I could not paste in was this one

http://www.camex.ca/images/stories/reader/bedtrucks/bed_truck_literature_single_axle_and_tandem_axle.p df

When I first started looking round before building the model, I was amazed at how many varieties there were, took me a while to decide but the length of a tandem steer, tandem brive in 1:14 scale helped me to decide on the single steer , tandem drive version with a 28 foot bed. It nicely fits into the back of my car.

Thanks again!

[doodlebug]

They definately come in all sizes, from Class 6 single rear end on up to off road only.
I looked at a new Kenworth C-500 last, year that was 10 ft wide, 410 inch wheel base tandem-tandem, 25 inch off road tire's. I could park my Mack on the bed and walk around it! It went to Oklahoma after the Conexpo/Conag show. Only $750,000.00.
Cheer's, Neil.

[uk trucker]

Bet those 25 inch tyres looked mean!

Here is a photo of the winch, it uses a motor with a 100:1 gearbox to directly drive the drum
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/0054.jpg

Here is a photo of testing out the gin poles,
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/0094.jpg

before I make a pair of manually operated winches to raise and lower the poles.

I also learnt why there is a pulley at the back end of the bed, gets a bit exciting without it! Guess if you forget to use it on a real truck , it gets a bit crazy and very expensive.

[uk trucker]

Photo taken by a friend last weekend, takes a bit of careful positioning to get container onto trailer but hopefully with practice all will be well.


http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/DSC_0052-1.jpg

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice Micheal, you need a tractor under that trailer so you can try and hit a moving target with the container!:p:p:p:D

[uk trucker]

:eek::eek::eek:
:D:D:D:D:D

[Vanisle]

Great looking truck! Now that you have done a single front axle bed truck though, I really think you need to do a twin steer (or if you prefer, tandem/tandem) bed truck. I live in BC so never see such trucks locally but I was in Alberta (in a town where the oil patch is big industry) for work last week and saw plenty of big bed trucks driving around town. After that, you should really build a twin steer picker. Camex is such a great site for inspiration.

[gun]

This truck is awesome. I don't spend much time in thus section but every time I look at this thread I have to look at this build! I'm building a A.W.D king hauler and I hope it turns out half as good as your truck did

[cielo1889]

thats a really cool setup u got, nice interesting truck.

[uk trucker]

Thanks for the interest and positive comments.
Here is a photo taken a short while ago at a local (to me anyway!) truck meeting,

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/018.jpg

[TRUCKMAKER]

Thanks for the interest and positive comments.
Here is a photo taken a short while ago at a local (to me anyway!) truck meeting,

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/018.jpg

Nice fleet, I like the Gen Set on the bed truck, looks good!:cool: Yes I owe you a PM, I will try to get to it in a day or so, I've being trying to get you some photos but its not working as fast as I thought.:(

Kent

[dabears]

Your truck is very cool!! My friend works at an oil rig and he sends me pics all the time of them moving the rig and the trucks they use. love the creativity behind your build.

[uk trucker]

Your friend is indeed fortunate to see these trucks for real.
The model is proving to be great fun winching loads on and using the gin poles to load other people's trailers. Just waiting the right time for one of my UK buddies and I to meet up and play, he has a King Hauler with a winch and a flat trailer with a rolling tailboard. It was his gen set that I stole the idea from but don't tell him! He works for Cummins so I put the Detroit stickers on for a bit of fun. One of my other trucks has Cummins stickers on it to keep him happy!
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/002-1.jpg

[uk trucker]

A bit more video taken at a truck meet last weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4iksu524nk

Truck is a whole load of fun, very few people in the UK have seen anything like it.

[JoseFL10-4]

GOOD IDEA LOOKS STRONG, GOOD JOB

[uk trucker]

It gained another use last weekend as a recovery truck rescuing a broken down MAN . The period of rain we had showed up a builder's mistake , the planks on the deck swelled and lifted a little, this time I left a small gap beteewen some of them and put a coat of satin varnish on them, so all I need now is another rainy day .I suspect I will not have a long wait the way this year is going.

The MAN had a strange problem, the driver had installed a Carson 2.4 radio which did not seem to work too well among the trees but was fine when we were back in the open again. The rest of us run either Futaba, Spektrum or Planet 2.4 GHz with no problems. Even my old 40 meg set is fine, weird or what?