Butler Bros Mark 5 logging truck

[TheMachinist]

the bolt patterns are just dimples with a center drill. Once the rims are painted they will look better.
The lathe is running in babbit bearings and makes a real mess when running for long periods.
I'll forward the kind words to him thanks.

[RCP57]

Good to know, I think I will try that on my Euc. I'm going to have some Butler Bros Logging stickers made for the doors of my truck since they bought the real truck new and used it for road building. Hopefully sometime we can get these things together for a pic when their finished.

Reg

[TheMachinist]

More progess
shaping the rearends and cab mock up to assess proportioning.
Also a pic of the schematic he's using

[Jared]

Originally Posted by TheMachinist

Is this going to be like a real truck with axle shafts running from the diff through the axle tube to the outside of the hubs and the wheel bearings are outside the tube? Is it going to have planetaries? It's looking great!

[TheMachinist]

No planetaries. Just full floating axles driving the outer hubs.