Hoarder Special!

[JAMMER]

Hi Reg very nice work as usual but there is one thing wrong with your trailer it should be qe to be a quad axle so it distribures the weight better so you won't sink in on soft roads. Ed

[justin]

I vote for the end dump

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by JAMMER

Hi Reg very nice work as usual but there is one thing wrong with your trailer it should be qe to be a quad axle so it distribures the weight better so you won't sink in on soft roads. Ed

Thanks Ed. The trailer is a customer project so I'm just building it the way I was asked to. If I built one for myself it would be a shorter trailer and only a tandem. You just don't see many tri or quad axle end dump trailers here. More and more dump trucks using a dolly and towing a short end dump instead of a pup though.

Originally Posted by justin

I vote for the end dump

Haha, I don't think it's gonna happen Justin.lol

[RCP57]

I shut down trailer manufacturing at 4:30pm yesterday and worked another 3 hours on this. Then I was back out in the shop early this morning before heading out on a material run to finish mounting the fuel tanks. There are a few more small details(tank, rad caps ect) but I think all of the big stuff is nearly complete for the body. Almost time to tear it down and clean it up real nice.

[RCP57]

Video update to go with the pictures. http://youtu.be/WiP_QVQFBq4

[flatdeck]

Great looking Truck Reg. Love the brass and aluminum look.....



Wayne

[Mikem]

Looks great ! How did you make the fuel tanks ? Mike

[RCP57]

Thanks Wayne. Maybe I could get a trophy from the email you sent?lol

Mike, the tanks consist of two caps and half of a coupling soldered together. I turned each piece in the lathe to make a nice fit and then stuck them together. The tanks straps cover the little bit of solder on the seems.

[bigford]

she is a classy lady,great work reg

[Mikem]

Aha thanks Reg

[jasonthekid]

Wow...all I can say. Your work is incredible!

[1strodeo]

It looks great like that.... Throw some clear coat on it and leave it like that

[RCP57]

Thanks for the compliments fellows. One more update for the week. Bullets and more bullets!lol There are a ton of forest fires going on in BC and heat records have been shattered all over the place in the last week or so. The sky is full of smoke here even thought there aren't any fires close by(THANKFULLY!) so it is really dark and hard on the eyes outside. The sky is a very strange color because of the haze but oddly it makes photographs of the truck look really good.

https://youtu.be/hhNXxkjX6Jg

And an update video for the truck.

http://youtu.be/KHGMGn7MGfU




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[SonoranWraith]

Time for a shiny frame too?

[egronvold]

So many nice details Stay safe!

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by SonoranWraith

Time for a shiny frame too?

Yes I think so. Not sure what to do about the black axles and cross members if I do that though.

Originally Posted by egronvold

So many nice details Stay safe!

Thank you sir!

[Supermario]

Looks awsome Reg. Great idea using shell casings! I wonder, is there a shell casing diameter that could be used as the air cleaner top hat?
If the truck needs a name besides hoarder special, how's. " silver bullet " sound?

[9W Monighan]

Nice! Is that a 45,000LB front Axel?

[tc1cat]

NICE!!!! Would a .50 BMG casing work for the air cleaner top? Not sure what the diameter of one is but should be close. The .22LR casings for the marker lights is out of sight!! Would suggest some rifle casings for your air tanks but yours are too nice not to use.

Great truck! Wish it was mine

[SonoranWraith]

Originally Posted by RCP57

Yes I think so. Not sure what to do about the black axles and cross members if I do that though.

Well there are aluminum hop up options out there but it means buying instead of making which you have done so great on this rig.