W900L coal bucket

[ihbuilder]

this was to be done for indy and just show up finished Well doo to reason beyond my control , I will not make it again . So @*&% it , I'll just share the build with you all . I'm going back to the days I started in this hobby and not finding a single component available to my liking ( well almost ) . a little history on the cab shield it was the norm for "coal buckets" in my area to have extremely large cab shield since they mostly hauled coal . I liked that feature , so I decided to meld it into a newer style body make and model of truck will still remain a mystery Well as I said :back to my 1st days " everything except : gears , bearings motor , pump , cylinder(maybe?) all electrics ,lights/bezels , and tires . will be completely built by yours truly . nuff typin















ps the cab is not the 1 to be used I'm scratch building that to .

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and Spudd said " werk a lil longer sleep a lil less "

[dmess62]

WOW Thats one large coal bucket. Definitely watching this one. Great start

[dabears]

Looking great!! Sucks you cant make it to Indy Was looking forward to meeting you. I cant wait to see this truck come alive with your hands its gonna look sweet.


On another note.... that uh COE with the sweet grill on it marked for a chop and a tow body behind it???? Did you make that grill? is that another build or is it this beasts cab?

[Grainfarmer]

Fantastic built! Great job on the axle housings!

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Yep I'm sold this is going to be sweet "like always" Steve you keep amazing me with what you can do..

[Brian in PA]

Looks great Steve! The pics on the phone that you sent me don't do this truck justice. It's nice to see another coal bucket

[ihbuilder]

Thanks guys glad you like it

Aaron , no that 1 was parked on the wrong side of town the stol the who chassis the new rails are sittin beside it there's only 4 of those grills in existance made by yours truly .

the hood stays BTW

Brian : the phone sends crappy pics so I just gave up sendin them yea we need more buckets not baby dirt buckets Like this 1

[RCP57]

Steve, you must be like me and never sleep! Awesome to see you're keeping busy. I can't wait to see another one of yours workin! By the way though, are you ever gonna finish that Mack and paint it?

Reg

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by RCP57

Steve, you must be like me and never sleep! Awesome to see you're keeping busy. I can't wait to see another one of yours workin! By the way though, are you ever gonna finish that Mack and paint it?

Reg

It works and works well I'm afraid to tear it down to paint I'm trying to get to the Mack museum to get the paint code + take it for a visit

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

It works and works well I'm afraid to tear it down to paint I'm trying to get to the Mack museum to get the paint code + take it for a visit

Haha, I know the feeling! I shouldn't be poking fun anyway, I have enough unfinished sh#& in my own garage!

Reg

[Snochaser]

Nice job Steve. Always makin' what you ain't findin'. I think I can tell what "brand" truck the final product might be. Keep it up.

Ben

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice build Steve, not going to guess at the cab but the bucket looks identical to the 1:1's we had around the Elkhart Indiana area. It was a demolition company that had about 4 twin steer, quad axle Western Stars. They had a lot of other stuff but I always remembered those. Keep the pic's coming this will be fun to watch especially since its all you from the ground up!

[ihbuilder]

well I'm not 1 for puttin screws all over the place so I made a new floor

[Claus]

Wow! Nice work. How do you keep so many irons in the fire?

[Goose19]

lookin good steve!
so how long before your producing dump boxes for sale, and how much?

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Claus

Wow! Nice work. How do you keep so many irons in the fire?

thanks , Craig . It's not easy and it drives me crazy when they're sitten on the bench weeks at a time not gettin anything done to them seems every time I plan a few hrs for my stuff , I gotta go some where or the old man needs help . so I gotta make up that time when I want to doo my stuff .

Originally Posted by Goose19

lookin good steve!
so how long before your producing dump boxes for sale, and how much?

thanks Goose , not anytime soon I did hear through the grapevine that there might be some coming out though .

[dabears]

Great update! Glad you to see you made time for your own projects!! Its easy to look past them to get everything else done!!

[Espeefan]

Steve, the bed looks great. I really like the sides too. Looks a lot like an East smooth side welded aluminum dump box to me. Whether or not that is what you have your sights set on, for modeling, I'm not sure. I don't know what the coal tubs are built from, but it looks really nice.

[ihbuilder]

thanks Nate , I kinda muti-bred this box most smooth sides around here have a narrowed/short cab protector - none .

the body is pretty much done , I got lil details to doo yet like coal shoot, steps, gate latches, and tarp . I'm not sure about polishing yet thinking of weathering it . I am getting a crazy thought about making the cab out of aluminum or brass body mounted with a temp. vovo t bar susp I'm still up in the air on the walking beam verses chalmers

[Brian in PA]

Lookin good Steve!! The box looks super scale.