Evolution of the Hay Hauler

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Soooo needles to say i did not like how that looked either so it was time to go all out on it. Few years ago my uncle had a COE IH Eagle that had a flatbed and a 38 foot flatbed trailer it pulled with a pup and hauled the large square bails on it so that is the truck I went for.

So I started but tearing it down and putting it on KH rails and mounting a GD600 gear reduction to the rear of the gear box.





Next I built the flatbed for the truck out of alum and added a pine wood floor to it and mounted it to the truck

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Ok so the next order of biz was to take a pole trailer kit and lower it and make a dolly out of it. You can see in this pick if you look close I notched the rails and raised the leaf mounting brackets to lower the deck of the 5th wheel.




Ok next the hitch on the back of the truck and the tail lights. For the lights I used some Knight Hauler tail light parts.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Next I bent a sort of headacke rack for the bed on the truck and made my first set of stacks for 1/2 alum KandS tubing.




Now for a new paint Job. Went with the same colors as the truck back at the farm and stained the wood on the deck and added a few detail. Keep in mind it end up changing things a few times..

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Ok so here is how I did the side markers on the bed of the truck.




And here is the family farm logo on the truck.




With a load

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Here is a little side skirt I built to make it look more like a IH.



Now for paint on the dolly.




Next for some new fuel tanks and side boxes and front bumper and air intake.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Here is how I did the trailer light plugs. I used Deans 4 pin mini plugs one for Pos and one for Neg and the wiring on the trailer.







And the stuffing of the MFU in the cab.








http://s58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...t=MVI_1316.mp4

And here she is all finished up..

[tc1cat]

Nice remake and build. Color is great. Always like COEs.

[Longhair]

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

What is the thing with the red/white switches next to the MFU?