Peterbilt 367 day cab

[Grainfarmer]

Hi together!

Here are the firdt pics of my Graindumper. Axles made by WEDIXO, chassis homemade...





regards
Frank

[FabOne]

GREAT looking truck!

-Terry

[Grainfarmer]

Merci

[Grainfarmer]

Some progress:

The Cummins-Diesel is fixed:



The frame for the dump bed ist made if brass and connected to the chassis:



I found some aluminum rims for the front axle. This is the picture if the Pete with teh dump bed:


regards
Frank

[doodlebug]

Looking great Frank!
Cheers, Neil.

[Grainfarmer]

Hi together!

In the third axla I want to lock the diff...here is a picture of the housing and the bevel gears of the WEDICO axle:

[arf1201]

I keep thinking of doing this with my sons truck

[126happy]

great work frank!! looks like its coming along pretty good!!

[Grainfarmer]

Nothing exciting...:

To lock the diff of the third axle I bored a thread next to the bevel gear. A setscrew fixes the driveshaft.


At the moment I am struggeling a bit with the bearing of the dump box...so I made the first mudflap-test:


regards
Frank

[Grainfarmer]

By gluing an aluminum sheet on the bottom, I enforced the dump bed:


The geared motor will drive the spindle...:

[Grainfarmer]

The steps on the right side are fixed to the cab:


The spindle is connected to the geared motor...:


The rod next to the motor drives the locking shaft. Two levers will open the tailgate when the dump bed is lifting...:


regards
Frank

[Grainfarmer]

Some new parts are fixed under the cab...

[Grainfarmer]

Last week the bumper arrived:





Made by http://www.ds-modellbau.de/DS-Modellbau/Willkommen.html

...got to get it chrome-plated...

[Grainfarmer]

The locking for the tailgate is done...:



The spacer ring connects both hubs to the shaft:

[Grainfarmer]

Hello together!
Today I got the bumper back: chrome plated...