Sterling Dump

[roadranger]

The wider steer tires are called "High Flotation" tires - for severe off road work. They aren't as wide as a super single.
Tamiya's "super single" tires are not really wide enough for real super singles, but work well as high flotation tires.

[fhhhstix]

Originally Posted by roadranger

The wider steer tires are called "High Flotation" tires - for severe off road work. They aren't as wide as a super single.
Tamiya's "super single" tires are not really wide enough for real super singles, but work well as high flotation tires.

Sorry guy but the Tamiya 385/65r 22.5 tires are super singles here is a link to the real tire in that size. They also use them for on road as well.

http://kumhotire.ca/tires/details_sp...at=20&ptn=943W

The wider tires you see on the rears are wide based tires here is a link to them.

http://www.moderntiredealer.com/News...-products.aspx

Travis

[MACK Daddy]

Joe that bumper came out amazing. Great job all around thus far !!!!


Alfy

[Izzy]

thanks guys for clarifying my thoughts .... much appreciated....

Joe, I saw on of these on the road today and thought of you. Yours looks spot on!

[ihbuilder]

Joe , Roadranger cleared it up . Growing up , I always heard the fronts called super singles and always referred to them as such till my tire guy corrected me I still call them ss yet today ( I guess I'm indoctrinated ) now I would stay with the wide tire thats what's on the real one in the pic ( common for , at least around here , on a sterling dump ) . Like everyone said , you got that baby right on . : THUMBS UP : Making me think about building 1 myself but a different body though .


IHSteve

[Heavy Metal]

Thanks guys for the tire info and kind words. Will be going wider in the front. Next up is drop axle and dump box. Saw some good ideas on drop axle and have to decide if buying box off the shelf or building from scratch. Hmm....

[doodlebug]

385's are the only steer tire's I've had on my dumptruck's for 16 year's.
Later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug.

[Heavy Metal]

Been almost 3 weeks since I posted anything on this. Decided to work on refining these parts a bit more and run off a batch for guys that wanted some of these.

Frame around the main grill now has nice even width all the way around and I'm cutting the whole profile w/ CNC (instead of scroll saw and belt sanding) so getting real consistent fit on these.

Bumper has a bit of taper on the ends now more like the real thing.

That's about it. Freddy's getting me set up in the vendor section so for you guys that wanted these...they will be available real soon. Man, I'm ready to make something else...I'm burned out on these parts! Thanks for looking. Joe

[Brian in PA]

Looks Great!! Its very scale looking!

Brian

[Cossett]

Boy that's some great work there a real improvement on the Tamiya front end so what's next maybe a proper sun visor ? thenit would be almost complete on the front end

Cheers Tracy

[Heavy Metal]

Thanks Brian and Mustang for the compliments!

Originally Posted by Cossett

Boy that's some great work there a real improvement on the Tamiya front end so what's next maybe a proper sun visor ? thenit would be almost complete on the front end

Thanks Cossett! And hey, good call on the sun visor..had kind of overlooked that in thinking about what's next. So...kind of thinking of going with something to match a conventional factory Sterling dump like the trucks on the previous page. Or should I go with something a little more tricked out like on Brian's truck above?

Joe

[Mustang]

Awesome work! The flares really complete the look of the front end.

[Bigrigger]

You're gonna need a more realistic looking cab to match your amazing grill, bumper, and flares!

[fhhhstix]

Looks fantastic.

Travis

[SmallHaul]

Wow, just wow!

[Cossett]

Hi Joe, as for the visor I'd go for a stock factory look but for those that like the bling bling a custom one as well ether way you wont have a problem selling them

Cheers Tracy

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Joe that is so great looking i wish you would of had these done before I finished my A-max..Keep up the great work cant wait to see more.

[tc1cat]

For some reason I have missed most of this build WHAT A BUILD Everything looks like the real thing! Great machine work and polishing. The dump should match a factory truck. Why waste a perfect cab with an aftermarket bed. Go for the stock look!

Lynn

[Heavy Metal]

Okay, been a few months and not much done but might as well show you what I've got.

Finally stripped the paint off the cab and roughed in the fender extensions.



Here's the truck I'm modeling. I noticed the cab had rear windows.



So went looking for details and inspiration on Google and found this photo.



So of course I had to designed a panel in CAD and put her on the mill. Sorry to steal your idea Pip. But in my defense...I had this drawn up a couple months back before Pip posted his handy work on the Aeromax/Sterling back panel.



Glued in place....not bad. Excuse the mismatched wheels. We'll get some nice wheels on her someday. Need to finish the body work on the fenders and back panel too.



Fabricated some parts to raise the tranny up so I could move motor forward over the servos. There's a spacer to lower the servos a quarter inch as well. Fashioned a bracket to mount the cab as well.



Converted a front steering axle to a drop axle. Fashioned a yoke to straddle the frame and connect to springs with a stock shock mount. Fabricated a lever system to actuate the drop. She's pretty tough. Lifts the truck off the ground if you put a block under.



Hard to see how this works and how it all goes together in the photo.



Video of the drop axle test:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWfoLWVskgs

Tacked a plastic fuel tank on to see how she's coming together. Not bad. Visor and dump body next...



Thanks for looking. Joe