Hayes HD Dump Truck - Take II

[CarolinaMack]

Reg, sent you a PM and Email

[RCP57]

The last time I can admire my metal work in a raw state.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPv1UQWH6C8

[egronvold]

Eventually, the kids move on...

[Trackerman]

Reg,
Absolute work of art mate. How many hours have you invested in the build so far?

Cheers

Paul.

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by egronvold

Eventually, the kids move on...

Haha, It's starting to look a lot different now. By the end of today I should have parts spread all over the yard. I just hope the wind dies down as it's not very nice for outdoor painting right now.

Originally Posted by Trackerman

Reg,
Absolute work of art mate. How many hours have you invested in the build so far?

Cheers

Paul.

Thanks for the compliment Paul. This one has been a TON of work for sure. I never keep track of the hours in a build but they really stacked up in this one even though I haven't worked on it consistently. I would say that 400-500 is not a stretch. I did keep track of some small aspects of the build. I remember it took 14hrs to cut, machine and fit the I beams for the box. This did not include each of the file fit corner braces on each side of the I beams. More recently, 4hrs to make the roof lights, 1 1/2hrs to make the fan ect. The only things store bought are the axles and tires so it adds up.

Hopefully I'll have some "finished" pics in a week or so...

[Mech_Eng]

looks great! What type of paint and application process are you using?

[frizzen]

I'm going to miss the bright aluminum showing off your craftsmanship, but it's going to look great in paint.

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Mech_Eng

looks great! What type of paint and application process are you using?

Just spray bombs Stew. Nothing too fancy.

Originally Posted by frizzen

I'm going to miss the bright aluminum showing off your craftsmanship, but it's going to look great in paint.

I will miss it too! It will have a lot more "realism" once it's painted though so that's important. Now that the paint has been flying I can't wait to see it reassembled and sitting on the fender of the real truck.

[RCP57]

Progressing along slowly. I'm into day 4 on the paint now... Good thing I planned to work on this all month...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xw7EW0gs_M

[JDH429]

Incredible... not sure what else there is to say.. Best truck build hands down.

[RCP57]

Thanks for the compliment Jason. It has been all painted up for nearly a week now. I've been sitting on the updates though until after Saturday when I hand it over to it rightful owner. Stay tuned....

[RCP57]

Well she's all finished up. I won't bother posting many pictures as they are just going to disappear in a few months anyway but here are a few...

If anyone that has Facebook wants to see more check out this link. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...2260073&type=3

[Bo Wallen]

Oh lord That's love right there.

[kerst]

Wonderful! Very nice work!

Kerst

[skeeter]

NICE job!

[Northern Farmer]

Turned out stunningly great Reg! Bet your glad this one's done

[egronvold]

Congrats on yet another excellent build!

[Mustang46555]

Outstanding build!

[RCP57]

Thanks very much guys. I'm not sure when I will have the opportunity to do another build like this but hopefully next time I will get to keep it. It wasn't too hard to give it away but I sure would have liked to have it in my collection.

Here are a few video's I took before handing it over...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHv_zNaL2Nk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqTRfUHSns8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcVZppQ2uE0

[frizzen]

That came out so great looking! Nice to see it runs well too