Sterling Dump

[Heavy Metal]

Okay, been a few months and not much done but might as well show you what I've got.

Finally stripped the paint off the cab and roughed in the fender extensions.



Here's the truck I'm modeling. I noticed the cab had rear windows.



So went looking for details and inspiration on Google and found this photo.



So of course I had to designed a panel in CAD and put her on the mill. Sorry to steal your idea Pip. But in my defense...I had this drawn up a couple months back before Pip posted his handy work on the Aeromax/Sterling back panel.



Glued in place....not bad. Excuse the mismatched wheels. We'll get some nice wheels on her someday. Need to finish the body work on the fenders and back panel too.



Fabricated some parts to raise the tranny up so I could move motor forward over the servos. There's a spacer to lower the servos a quarter inch as well. Fashioned a bracket to mount the cab as well.



Converted a front steering axle to a drop axle. Fashioned a yoke to straddle the frame and connect to springs with a stock shock mount. Fabricated a lever system to actuate the drop. She's pretty tough. Lifts the truck off the ground if you put a block under.



Hard to see how this works and how it all goes together in the photo.



Video of the drop axle test:

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

Tacked a plastic fuel tank on to see how she's coming together. Not bad. Visor and dump body next...



Thanks for looking. Joe

[Snochaser]

That's a BAMF!! Keep going Joe.

[spudd]

Outstanding!!!!!!!!!

[MACK Daddy]

Nice Job All Around


alfy

[Brian in PA]

Wow that back panel looks sweet!! You should maybe sell those!

Brian

[SonoranWraith]

That panel is sweet!

[Pippoe]

Damned CNC! You make my truck look.. *yuck*...



Just kidding. Great job!

I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the build.

Cheers

Pip

On a side note: I noticed there are a host of different variants of these Sterling cabs.. (different headlights, grill, bumper, even that little inlet underneath the Sterling writing..).

[FreddyGearDrive]

Originally Posted by Brian in PA

Wow that back panel looks sweet!! You should maybe sell those!

Brian

Yea,see how he is! Just had to keep the one better hidden for his own build! Here I thought I was getting a jump on em by tieing him up w/lots of orders. & the whole time he was sitting back & watching,knowing he held the ace's. Pretty slick there Joe!Just goes to show you,you never know when the fox is in the hen house! I LIKE IT!
Builds lookin Real good so far! Can't wait to see what comes out of the mill next.
FGD

Oh! I REALLY like you lift axle mechanics! Almost think I've seen one close to that set up before?

[spudd]

freddy hows the arm this mornin

[Heavy Metal]

Thanks guys for the compliments.

Pip - I, for one, was quite impressed with your hand crafted work on the Sterling back panel - as were many others.

Freddy - LOL. I hate to tell you...I am not that well thought out. But I do have a few other goodies up my sleeve (if they turn out). Too bad it will probably be 2 months before I get to it. Thanks for compliments on the lift axle. Only one I really looked at closely was the cam-action lift axle you did recently. (Super cool by the way! ) Send me a link to the one mine resembles so I can check it out. I tried to approach with an original design...but I guess there are only so many ways to lift an axle with a servo!

Joe

[ihbuilder]

JOE THATS AWESOME

[Espeefan]

This is a great build, worthy of 5 stars! You are a pro with the CNC mill. How awesome it is that you are able to just whip up the grill and cab panel like that! That really just takes the build to a whole new level. The one thing that really stands out to me are the rubber fender flares on front fenders. I've been looking for something like that! Where in the world did you find those? They look scale and very good on there!

[Big Run]

^ What he said!

This rig is looking great!

[aussietruckerguy]

What a cool rigid truck thats a great rig

[pigeonfarmboy]

Love the cab back! Really makes me wish I had ordered one of those Sterling Grills while they were around.

[H CHASE]

saw the photos of the sterling dump truck. love the look & finish. do you take orders. i will like to purchase the grill, dumper, cab back panel & fender flares. my email address hayden.chase@gmail.com

[nztrucker]

thats some cool custom stuff.

[lukewmc]

i would love to see more of this build!!!!!

[chaseracer]

great work , looks outstanding !!!

[Espeefan]

Dang, I was really hoping there was an update on this build, but now I see a couple members just pulled this one back to the top. Maybe Joe will get a few email notifications, and bring this thread back up to speed. Must have been some updates by now?