Custom Kenworth

[petermoblin]

Gonna be a sweet combo there Aaron! Better watch out or you'll peg out the cool-o-meter. Is that one of those ScaleArt cylinders?

[dabears]

Thanks guys! Yes its one of the scale art 5 stage cylinders. They are very nice!

[Diesel Demond]

i can hear that thing Jake braking already. sweet KW AND THE COLORS ARE VERY NICE!!!

[Dreamweaver]

Good looking build Aaron. I really like the paint job.

[bigford]

That is One nice k wopper

[hammer]

Aaron,
Awsome looking tractor and trailer paint was great color choice and scheme.

TONY

[hippy]

dude! wow! love that bumper!

[Goose19]

what size pinstripes are those i see? where do you find them? would make my paint process alot easier.

love the colors, the paint looks fantastic!

[dabears]

Originally Posted by Diesel Demond

i can hear that thing Jake braking already. sweet KW AND THE COLORS ARE VERY NICE!!!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Dreamweaver

Good looking build Aaron. I really like the paint job.

Thank you i cant take credit for it Probuilder painted it

Originally Posted by bigford

That is One nice k wopper

Thank you!

Originally Posted by hammer

Aaron,
Awsome looking tractor and trailer paint was great color choice and scheme.

TONY

Thanks Tony!!

Originally Posted by hippy

dude! wow! love that bumper!

Thank you Ed made it a few years ago its pretty sweet!!

Originally Posted by Goose19

what size pinstripes are those i see? where do you find them? would make my paint process alot easier.

love the colors, the paint looks fantastic!

Couldnt answer that actually Probuilder painted the cab. The yellow stripes are painted, the orange stripes are small!



Ok everyone likes pics but i like Video's so here are a few I couldnt wait around any longer so i ran some plumbing and tested the trailer out. works pretty good!! AND the rear latch is working quite nicely. I think a few minor minor adjustments and it'll be perfect!! so here we go


Test 1
http://youtu.be/_LmW6bPxmas
Test 2
http://youtu.be/FszeI2voSCU
Test 3
http://youtu.be/AE8PlBEOwdA
Rear latch test
http://youtu.be/F4dAL_7CIu8

[petermoblin]

Way cool. Have you had a chance to see what kind of weight it will lift? Can't wait to see more!

[dabears]

Originally Posted by petermoblin

Way cool. Have you had a chance to see what kind of weight it will lift? Can't wait to see more!

Thanks i tested it up to about 35lbs and didnt seem to slow it down one bit. Thats prob more then what will ever be in it in either rubber or dirt i would assume. So i would prob be safe in saying it could handle whatever you put in it. i may do some more testing later. I got the lights soldered back together and the tweaked the suspension a little bit last night, then polished the frame and support legs a bit. Drilled some holes as the legs were never designed to actually work (doesnt make sence to me) BUT i fixed that with 2 holes and made some pins so you could lower the legs and have the trailer stand level on its own. Ill take some more pics later today and post them up as the sun is coming out and would make for some nice pictures.


Thanks for looking

[Espeefan]

Looks nice Aaron. Do you have to run your pump in reverse to draw the cylinder back down? What kind of pump are you running? One of those USDM ones?

[dabears]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Looks nice Aaron. Do you have to run your pump in reverse to draw the cylinder back down? What kind of pump are you running? One of those USDM ones?

It'll self lower down stage 5,4 when it gets to stage 3 you do need to run the pump reverse but not very much. even going up i barely need to give the pump much juice until that 4th stage then i rev it up a hair and it'll lift the final 2 stages. I am running the same pump that ED in St louis uses on all his trucks, so i belive that it is the USDM pump its a really nice pump i like it. It was a little loud at first but then i worked the last of the air bubbles out and then it was pretty silent. I also realized that with this pump it doesnt really matter how how up you throttle it the cylinder will still lift the same speed for the most part so i was only giving it maybe 10-15% input throttle to lift the box. Pretty impressive. Now with a little more weight i was more in the 10-20% range throttle input. which still is no biggie. Also this was just bench testing with the pump on the bench not in a housing that would actually silence it more. From what i could tell the lift angles look just about right but im waiting for some of the hydrolic experts to chime in here to tell me differently...... This cylinder is really really nice!!! Smooth lifting and you can tell its good quality, but then again Scale Art did make it and ive never heard anything bad about them or their products yet.

[ihbuilder]

That pump (UMS ) will lift 50+ Lbs like nothing thats what I have in my big mack . I do notice when it sits without use , oil does seep in to the motor . not a real issue if you have the openings of the can pointed down for it to drain . I need to put 1 in my IH 5900i now do to the medico not haven the hair (volume) for that scale art cylinder

[Snochaser]

Nice job Aaron. Nice addition to an already nice trailer.

[dabears]

Ok Here are some of the pics from playing outside today. Hooked the trailer up to the the globe and here is what i got.






Pretty




Almost need my sunglasses on


oops i missed a spot with the polish i see Well thats will be fixed


Ok here are the ones i forgot to take with the landing gear down and pins in




Hope you enjoyed!

[Kaf343]

Aaron, loving this trailer. Looking real good.

[Dairyland Trucker]

looks awesome Aaron!!!!!

[dabears]

updated the pics forgoten some

[1985 kenworth]

trailer looks fantastic and the grille on your globe looks cool ,is that one of russ's grilles?