Carson Goldhofer

[MoRockN]

I've been wanting one of these for awhile now and finally decided I needed something to haul the Doosan machine around. Nothing fancy just my version of this kit with some simple touches to give it a nice look. No lights yet but that will be something that I will work on along with powring the ramps.





I was missing a part off of the plastic tree so I had to make one, so unlike Carson but whatever.



Lets add some color to this piece
















The plastic U-joints suck by the way







Needs more details




Who's said you can't put DOT tape on a euro trailer???pleeeease


I didn't like the plastic ramp holders



That's it for now.

[dabears]

Man thats looking good!!! How well do those "airbags" work? they look pretty nice. Nice touch on the DOT tape

[Diesel Demond]

nothing fancy what a crock of $hit! that trailer is very nice and detailed awesome great work!!

[glorydays24]

Super looking trailer And I was also wondering how the air bags held up. Great job, and well done.

Big John

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Mo:


A few measurements please, if you will??

- whats the height of the main deck w/o load;
- what is the width of the main deck with externders out, tip to tip;
- and the diameter of the tires, please?

I'm inna quandry now - TamiyaUSA has the Carson Goldie at $609 (as well as the dumper and a 'lowloader', and Garden Trucking has the PMD one at $670.

Specs - PMD vs Carson
Length: 26" (lower) + 10" (upper) - 39 & 3/8" (combined)
Width: 6.5" / 8.75" (extenders in/out) - 7.87" (unknown)

Ric said the Tamiya has aluminum rims, 65mm diameter, hence my asking about the Carson. Both have 3 axles, twin-tires on each. Goldie comes w/ bearings.

Both look really sweet...

[MoRockN]

Originally Posted by WhiteWolf McBride

Mo:


A few measurements please, if you will??

- whats the height of the main deck w/o load;
- what is the width of the main deck with externders out, tip to tip;
- and the diameter of the tires, please?

I'm inna quandry now - TamiyaUSA has the Carson Goldie at $609 (as well as the dumper and a 'lowloader', and Garden Trucking has the PMD one at $670.

Specs - PMD vs Carson
Length: 26" (lower) + 10" (upper) - 39 & 3/8" (combined)
Width: 6.5" / 8.75" (extenders in/out) - 7.87" (unknown)

Ric said the Tamiya has aluminum rims, 65mm diameter, hence my asking about the Carson. Both have 3 axles, twin-tires on each. Goldie comes w/ bearings.

Both look really sweet...

Deck from the ground 2 3/4"
Width 8.5"
Tires 2.25"

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Thanks Mo.

Hmmm, 65mm = 2.56 inches, so the PMD/Tamiya tires are bigger, where the ones on the PMD/Wedico version are only 50mm, just short of 2 inches. Going 'by eye', the deck on it seems to be about the same height off the tires, so another 1/2" puts the PMD/Tamiya deck at about 3", and the Wedico one would be lower, about 2.5", right?

So, w/ the extenders out, the Goldie is only 1/4" narrower (6.35mm), her deck is about 1/4" lower in height, but she is over 3" longer (76mm) and with those really neat double-bent ramps.

Oh, and add that Tamiya offers free shipping on CONUS at the mo, $609 price tag. Only prob: I'm in Canada, and would been a buyer/re-shipper to get that deal. NAFTA my scrawny tush!

PS: makes me wonder - measurements seem to indicate the PMD 'extenders' are longer. Could they be retro'd to the Goldie to make her even wider? Just idle thoughts.

WhiteWolf

[MoRockN]

The airbags work awesome!! I have them on the carson dump trailer and they are perfect since they actually have that suspension effect rather than the leaf spring kind. The other nice thing is they don't lose their shape so they won't flatten out.

White wolf , I'm at work, I'll measure when I get home.

[Espeefan]

Great photos. It looks like a pretty strong trailer. All steel, laser cut, tab construction with spot welds on the main beams and members? That's pretty solid. Nice paint job too. The loader looks great loaded up.

[MoRockN]

Thank you sir! Yeah this thing is solid man. It's 13.5 pounds all complete. I am very happy with it. The tires are made by Fulda and they are solid rubber but soft so you get nice scale squat and heavy load support.

[Stuart]

Nice job on the build and paint, looks like a really well engineered kit.
Stu

[fhhhstix]

I like it and it is a perfect match for the loader. You did a fantastic job finishing it out.

Travis

[MoRockN]

Thanks Travis! The stupid wood pieces that came with it had to go, feast your eyes on the real wood planks ... Here is a little video of it hauling the loader
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPQGh88ZEIA

[Trucker Al]

WOW!! What a layout.. Looks fantastic and almost real.
Love the sound effects on the Doosan track loader.

Alan

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Mo:

Whats this about the wood? They supply ya with cheap balsa or sommat?

And love the vid. Nice way of hiding the 'manual' operation of the ramps, by showing us a bit more of your setup. Any chance of a quick clip showing you operating them by hand?

And are you going to requip the trailer with remotely-actuated ramps in the future?

WhiteWolf,
hoping to get a Goldie ~really~ soon.

PS: What size was the box for her, and shipping weight (if ya can remember)? Thx!

[MoRockN]

Originally Posted by WhiteWolf McBride

Mo:

Whats this about the wood? They supply ya with cheap balsa or sommat?

And love the vid. Nice way of hiding the 'manual' operation of the ramps, by showing us a bit more of your setup. Any chance of a quick clip showing you operating them by hand?

And are you going to requip the trailer with remotely-actuated ramps in the future?

WhiteWolf,
hoping to get a Goldie ~really~ soon.

PS: What size was the box for her, and shipping weight (if ya can remember)? Thx!

Thank you guys for the comments! I will get the ramps actuated but I am going to use hydraulics instead of the electronic kinds I have seen, I just want to make it cool I guess. I don't know about the shipping weight as I get most of my stuff from my local hobby shop to support them. WhiteWolf, you can find the manual operation of the ramps on any youtube video. The wood that comes with it is good but it's just not scale for my taste, it's large chunks of bass wood, I like more of the real plank look my self.




plenty of space

[Kaf343]

Man I love this trailer, loader combo. The color is perfect and your detail is amaising.

[Digger_Bear]

Hi guys,

I know this is an old topic/post. But did you get to having remote working ramps?

I’ve just got myself the same trailer and searching on how to add lowering ramps.

Cheers

[Cossett]

Digger_Bear there are a few videos on youtub of how to lower the ramps with servos but it means making a larger hole in the back of the trailer for the sero arm to operate them as I was thinking about it when I finally painter my trailer a month or two back after having it for over 3 years, but I decided I would rather keep my tow hitch and have a use on of the small holes to run wiring for beacon that will be on the ramps when I get them.

Cheers Tracy