Hayes HD Dump Truck - Take II

[up9018]

Nice metal work, looks really good. By your You-Tube videos, you have plenty of work for this truck to do.

Chris

[RCP57]

Thanks Chris. This one isn't for me. I am building it for a friend of mine. His Dad bought the real truck new in 59' and it is in the process of being restored. The one I am building will be it's little brother.

A bit of an update from today. I built the front spring mount cross member today. It is held together with 0-80 bolts. I am amazed with how strong this is now! It doesn't flex at all up front and I still have more holes to drill and tap further along the frame.

This isn't Scale Art quality but it will be more detailed than the Hayes I built for myself.

I started out with this scrap of 1/2"



and ended up with this after a couple of hours.



In all I put close to 8 hours into the front end today. It doesn't look like much progress but it takes a while to get things right. Well ALMOST right. I plan to make the rear hangers next and then will make the axle, spindles and springs.






Reg

[Supermario]

Your one of a kind for a friend builds are the best Reg. really looking forward to this one. I'd get some popcorn ready but will probably choke on it as my jaw drops looking at the pics.

[link7267@yahoo.com]

Very nice detail. I have used alcohol for a very long time. learned at a machine shop that the alcohol cools better then anything else on aluminum for cutting or drilling milling tapping.

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Supermario

Your one of a kind for a friend builds are the best Reg. really looking forward to this one. I'd get some popcorn ready but will probably choke on it as my jaw drops looking at the pics.

No choking my friend! My biggest struggle right now is finding good pictures of the pieces I need to make. The real truck is 3 hours away(one way) so I can't just go and look at it. Originally we were just going to use Tamiya running gear so I didn't take very many pictures of the suspension components. I want to create something here that no one else will ever have so I need to make everything I can from scratch. In the end I hope it will turn out well. Fingers crossed!

Originally Posted by link7267@yahoo.com

Very nice detail. I have used alcohol for a very long time. learned at a machine shop that the alcohol cools better then anything else on aluminum for cutting or drilling milling tapping.

Yep, it works awesome and evaporates very quickly with no mess. It just makes sense to use it on parts that will be painted, powder coated or glued as it leaves no oily residue. I can see how running coolant on production equipment would be better but for me building small parts it's perfect.

[tc1cat]

ONLY 8 hours on the front end parts?? Looks like it should be a lot more to me. Making 1 off parts is a work of art for anyone if done correctly. And you do it RIGHT!!! GREAT job

[JAMMER]

Very mice job Reg looks great keep up the good work.