Continuation of Clifford discussion.

[1985 kenworth]

about clifford guys just let me know if you will attend next year so i can tell the prez of my truck club who will be attending next year.for those who don't know about it just pm your e-mail and i can give you some info on it ,i go every year with my real kenworth and my little trucks ,and i get to invite whoever i want to come along with me.shawn ,mario,sue,mike and myself went last year the more the better,let me know ...thanks..and yes tmac you are welcome also...absolutely

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

about clifford guys just let me know if you will attend next year so i can tell the prez of my truck club who will be attending next year.for those who don't know about it just pm your e-mail and i can give you some info on it ,i go every year with my real kenworth and my little trucks ,and i get to invite whoever i want to come along with me.shawn ,mario,sue,mike and myself went last year the more the better,let me know ...thanks..and yes tmac you are welcome also...absolutely

Hey Dwayne...We will definitely be there again...Can't wait...

Hi there TMAC, glad to have you aboard, I am in the Ancaster area. sometimes we meet at the new ancaster fairgrounds just to mess around with the trucks for a few hours. Clifford is going to be awesome, but I really think we need to re-think what we are going to use for a course. This year was a good start, but the heat really played havoc with the wood in the afternoon. Any thoughts???

Okay and thanks Rev ! Glad to be aboard!
What kind of course did you have last year? Road? Or was it a construction site?

Originally Posted by REV73

Hi there TMAC, glad to have you aboard, I am in the Ancaster area. sometimes we meet at the new ancaster fairgrounds just to mess around with the trucks for a few hours. Clifford is going to be awesome, but I really think we need to re-think what we are going to use for a course. This year was a good start, but the heat really played havoc with the wood in the afternoon. Any thoughts???

Hey Shawn. I still have to look into those clips I was telling you about to keep the plywood edges level. I also wonder if we had a substructure mounted to the bottom side of the boards.... Like a 1x3 along the edges and a few ribs down the center? The plywood did work well for the first part of the day, I don't think we should scrap the idea and try something else. We can be like engineers who never make mistakes, just revisions
Did you find a place to store the plywood or is it gone?

I can get old conveyor belting which works good to drive on, but it so heavy and awkward , it would be harder to set up than plywood. It's 1/2 inch thick and about 2 feet wide and gets real heavy real quick when rolling it up in 20 ft lengths

I'll see what I can find out bout the clips or find something lighter and easier to work with.

Mario

If it was a nice day no wetness what about particle board? (mdf)

Originally Posted by tmac

If it was a nice day no wetness what about particle board? (mdf)

Hey, it's gonna be a beautiful day ! Think positive

Mdf would work but needs to be pretty thick and would weight more than the chipboard we used this year. The problem is the surface we are setting up on. It's thick , lush , healthy grass in a huge field. We need to use something thick enough to stay flat . Anything thin will conform to the uneven surface of the field and our roads will look like a baha off road track. . King of bling don't do baha tracks !

Keep the ideas coming tmac... We'll come up with something that works great!

Mario

1/2'' thick mdf is pretty heavy if i can remember, and for the set up last was it just a few sheets of plywood or did you guys set up like a little city/ construction site?

Mario, I deal with that conveyor belt quite a bit using it for runners in a horse barn and that stuff is garbage to deal with, there is no way we want to get involved in carting that stuff around, plus it weighs a ton and someone would have to get it there. the better idea is to secure strapping to the sides of the plywood, and we need to add to the course layout as well in my opinion.

tmac we painted roads on some plywood. it was pretty good, but by early afternoon it was becoming quite a bit dicey in some places. if you are a you tuber, search on clifford truck show and 1985kenworth (dwayne) has a bunch of videos that should show up in the results.

hey mike where you been hiding .sent you text messages ..no replies...if you look on youtube tmac my channel is 1985kenworth1 scroll down the first one is my growing fleet,click on my name and all of my videos will come up .i think there is 3 or 4 videos of clifford a few i have the camera mounted on my trailer so it is truck height.yes guys we have to come up with a better system for next year for a play area and remember the crowds will be looking forward to us running the trucks when night falls so they can see the lights.the prez loved our display and play area .he got a lot of feedback about it

Dwayne you better check if you had my number right in your phone..I haven't got any texts from you at all. I have been really busy this summer but not so busy that I wouldn't have replied!! I have been working on upgrading my KH quite a bit the last few weeks, installed light kit in the truck and trailer, and love it!! it really makes a huge difference!

@1985kenworth You gained a subscriber! And looked like a pretty fun little set up! Are you gonna bring that warehouse this year ? Hahaha

hey tmac ,yes i have one and shawn(civic83) has one also,we brought them last year,thanks for subscribing

Okaay sounds good ! And no problem love your videos btw

Originally Posted by REV73

Mario, I deal with that conveyor belt quite a bit using it for runners in a horse barn and that stuff is garbage to deal with, there is no way we want to get involved in carting that stuff around, plus it weighs a ton and someone would have to get it there. the better idea is to secure strapping to the sides of the plywood, and we need to add to the course layout as well in my opinion.

I know what you mean, that belting sucks. We use it to protect the concrete floor when track machines are brought it
I found the perfect solution for the plywood at Rona. It's an aluminum clip bout 2 inches wide and shaped like an H . Used in roofing, to support sheets of plywood in between rafters. I'll pick up a bunch, drill holes through the one side so they can be screwed in. Anyway, I need to know what thickness those sheets we used were?

Add to the layout is a good idea. I was also planning on making scale stop signs, speed limit, etc. drill a hole to size in the plywood and there ya go! It would also be nice to paint the shoulders of the road a grey or sandy brown. The depot area concrete gray ..... Ok, I could go on and on of course

I'm brining signage and clips ! Sorry too far away to help with the painting

Mario

I think this topic should probably be moved to the club thread instead now ?

Probobly haha, any of you guys got excavators or loaders ?

Not me. I earn a good living but not that good to afford one of them
I wish. I have a little loading dock forklift though ! Lol... Full RC

Originally Posted by tmac

Probobly haha, any of you guys got excavators or loaders ?

Haha they sure will put a hole in the wallet, and more than likely need a lot of conving to your significent other. And what make/model ? The robbe one on rc4wd is good i hear

I agree, we should take this conversation to the swomta area of the site. I'm surprised one of the admins hasn't already done this!!! if they are watching, maybe they could move it for us!! wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

just go there now

Edit Note: I didn't quite do that transfer correctly, but know better for next time. The jist of your conversation is now in one place. My appologies for any inconviences.
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