W900L coal bucket

[ihbuilder]

this was to be done for indy and just show up finished :confused: 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 :D make and model of truck will still remain a mystery :D:p 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 :eek:

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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 ":D

[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 :eek: :p

Aaron , no that 1 was parked on the wrong side of town :eek: the stol the who chassis :eek: 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 :rolleyes: Like this 1:p

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[RCP57]

Steve, you must be like me and never sleep! Awesome to see you're keeping busy:eek:. 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:rolleyes:?

Reg

[ihbuilder]

Steve, you must be like me and never sleep! Awesome to see you're keeping busy:eek:. 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:rolleyes:?

Reg

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

[RCP57]

It works and works well I'm afraid to tear it down to paint :eek: 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!:D

[ihbuilder]

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

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[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? :D

[ihbuilder]

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

thanks , Craig . It's not easy :eek: and it drives me crazy when they're sitten on the bench weeks at a time not gettin anything done to them :eek: 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 .

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

thanks Goose , not anytime soon :rolleyes: 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 :o 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 :confused: thinking of weathering it . I am getting a crazy thought about making the cab out of aluminum or brass :eek: body mounted with a temp. vovo t bar susp :confused: I'm still up in the air on the walking beam verses chalmers

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[Brian in PA]

Lookin good Steve!! The box looks super scale.

[doodlebug]

Hey Steve, I vote for Walking Beam. For the rest of you,http://www.hendrickson-intl.com/Truck/Vocational/RT-RTE Sorry, I have Chalmer's on my Mack, not a fan of it!

Cheer's, Neil.

[ihbuilder]

that's the 1 Neil , I got 3 of them almost done waiting for the mochinist to finish the axle housings :rolleyes:

thanks Brian ;)

[Tamiya Cowboy]

That really looks great steve them axles are going to look perfect when they are done..

[ihbuilder]

thanks Paul :) wait till the cab is done :D just made up the roof in the cad late last night :D:D:D:D:D:D:o:o:o I always wanted to make the cab in aluminum :D I just hope it comes out as good as I in vision

[ihbuilder]

OK I gave it a go :o here's the roof , I hope I got it close :o not much to see till I get the rest of the cab panels milled out . :o:o

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[Tamiya Cowboy]

That is nice!! this cab will be a master piece when it is done Steve.

[BRICKNICK]

Do I hear a possiblity of an aluminum w900L cab kit being produced???LOL

[Kaf343]

Steve, this is going to be awesome. Can't wait to see more.

[woodhog]

Looking good Steve,I'm sure with the equipment you have it will be a sharp ride

[ihbuilder]

thanks Guys , Been doin some assembly on a few parts so the back of the/a box got in the way of the assembly line :rolleyes:

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[Brian in PA]

A work of art Steve!! I love the detail in the latch. It looks scale. The pics that you sent me the other day were just the tip of the iceberg, i see.:D

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Amazing work as always Steve..

[dabears]

That latch is killer!!! Looks awesome and i bet it works better then anything else!! So uh maybe wanna make me a set??? :)

[cabrover]

Lookin good Steve, March reveal maybe???:cool:

Tim

[ihbuilder]

Lookin good Steve, March reveal maybe???:cool:

Tim

indy at the earliest the td40 for cabin fever is top priority now

[ihbuilder]

needed a boss for the end of the shaft may have to put 2 screws down through the floor :(

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[heavy_duty]

LOOKS GREAT STEVIE.I cannot wait to get my hands on one of those babies.

Ed

[ihbuilder]

LOOKS GREAT STEVIE.I cannot wait to get my hands on one of those babies.

Ed

;):D

finished the coal chute :)

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[RCP57]

needed a boss for the end of the shaft may have to put 2 screws down through the floor :(

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Where's that TIG at?

[ihbuilder]

HA , I'm not that good yet Reg.

[RCP57]

HA , I'm not that good yet Reg.

If I can do it then it can't be that hard.

[ihbuilder]

well I was told I have to get a smaller tip and nozzle . I finally got an auto dark helmet :eek: I'm still in the dark as to what filler alloy to use . I've been cutting off my .0625" spool from my mig with good results , But this forney crap is just that :confused: It beads at the end of the rod and ruins the part :mad: I finally got to see a day cab W900L up close yesterday to see where I screwed up on the roof detail :o :( back to the cad :rolleyes: and scratchin my head some more on the 3d drawing :rolleyes:

[doodlebug]

Win lose or draw, I still like your cnc roof!
Cheer's, Neil.

[JDH429]

Any updates on your cab? Definitely interested in seeing more.