53ft van and reefer trailers

[1985 kenworth]

here it is hooked to allen(goose19) truck at our show last weekend ,still need to add reflective tape and lights to it will have some updated pics this week sometime as with updated pics of ZEUS'S stainless Great Dane reefer trailer

[1985 kenworth]

here are some updates on both trailers


added the trailer lights(cord) the tamiya one looks to be ok for length .i taped it down and with the slack at the front i should be able to pull this trailer with one of my long wheelbase trucks
scratchbuilt the rear bumper and starting to add the details like the reflective tape .still need to drill and paint and install the rear doors then this trailer will be finished
the roof is not attached yet but here is where it stands now

[1985 kenworth]

used the regular box trailer floor to work on the chassis frame for my stainless Great Dane reefer trailer for ZEUS.here i cut and reinforced the frame and added the airride suspension.and assembled the front headboard to the floor of the trailer and assembled the ribbed soon to be polished sides to the trailer,then i measured and installed the rear suspension to the chassis of the trailer and dry fitted the rear aluminum fenders and the custom rear aluminum trailer bumper from True Scale R-C and just took a few pics hooked to a truck .here are the pics hope you like them

[1985 kenworth]

primed and put a few coats of purple on the Thermo -King sb300 unit and measure to install on the headboard



using temporary bolts and nuts until final assembly then i will be using the m3 with lock nuts

[1985 kenworth]

more updates soon as i am nearing completion of both of them..thanks

[1985 kenworth]

got my order of custom mudflaps from xclusive .the purple danes are for well i think you guys know..

[rc_farmer]

I love the trailer, any plans to have a few kits made.....also where did you get the thermo king unit?

[1985 kenworth]

got the first coat of paint on the suspension for Zeus's Great Dane Stainless Reefer trailer.i will bare metal foil the side grill's on the reefer unit like i did for Optimus Prime Trailer

[JoseFL10-4]

Good great, where u find the reefer unit?

[1985 kenworth]

polished the trailer bumper and installed the ZEUS nameplate which will be lit up with l.e.d.s. and installed the lenses going with the black bezels


also i repainted the suspension frame and reinstalled the suspension and i installed the awesome polished fenders i got from Wayne (Flatdeck) and installed them on an angle so i can use the full custom mudflaps i got made from Brian from Exclusive .instead of trimming them to fit the fenders

[1985 kenworth]

just waiting for the second batch of reefer panels to come in at the proper 8"high and the 46" long then i can finish this trailer off ..more updates soon

[1985 kenworth]

trailer is 90% complete still have more details to add to this but here are some updated pictures of ZEUS's Great Dane Stainless Reefer Trailer

[1985 kenworth]

http://youtu.be/JvLULXzho-k



here is a little feature i added to this trailer.i put signals in the middle on the side of the trailer just like the real ones

[1985 kenworth]

finally got some time to update my builds on here .got my set of 8 hole aluminum bud wheels from Steve that match ZEUS for Zeus's trailer .just need to find the time to light it up with my purple l.e.d.s....lol

[gismow]

Hi Dwayne,

can you please tell me the distance between the axles? I'd like to build a spread axle flatbed and I don't know the difference in between.

Thanx...

[126happy]

hey gismow, I don't know what Dwayne used for getting the distance but what I did was set another set of wheels in between them like it was a 3 tandem axle (with normal spacing/gap). when I remove the middle tires... well wahla there ya go... here my redone spread axle set up. hope it helps ya.
ALSO ILL GO OUT AND TAKE A MEASUREMENT PIC OF IT FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
Its stormin like **** here north of tampa fl right now so give me a minute to get out to my shop. lol

[126happy]

HEY GISMOW... MY SPREAD IS 8" AXLE TO AXLE.
BUT I don't like hijacking other ppl's posts so if you don't mind want to see more pics of mine please go to my build post.. ok.
I posted the pics my post... its called "INSANE 1ST BUILD"

hey Dwayne... sry for postin on your thread man I meant no harm brother.

[wolfws6]

The best thing about is it looks to scale!!! Awesome job!!!

[BRICKNICK]

Looking great Dwayne....I'm very intrigued.

[Radio Control Trucker]

Very nice Dwayne. I'm lovin' the builds.

- RCT