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my frame-less tub
had this sitting around w/the parts for my welder to weld alum . So I decided to start putting it together . A local manufacture builds these and to watch them make them is . They're mostly used to haul scrap . this will be painted as you wouldn't haul scrap in an alum. tlr
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How in the world do you manage to git all this done?? You & Travis have some sort of time machine or elfs? You Guys must never sleep!
The ole-b/t is lookin good! Man! You can toss some big hunks of concrete in that baby & not worry about denting the sides. Looks good so far! FGD |
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LOL ,I did this because I was noding at the lathe so had to do something that I can do in my sleep this 2 shift in a row gets to yea after awhile
yea the guy that runs the opperation tells me they drop 3'chunks of steel I ( not hobby grade )beam in em with just a ding or 2 thank you fdg IHSteve
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Cool. You should definitely leave the tub raw, so it rusts. I've seen some trailers like this, just beat to crap - dents, bulges, scratches, the company name barely visible on the outside, and then a really sharp owner operator tractor pulling it, spit shined. Quite a contrast, but still pretty neat anyway.
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He said it was built out of aluminum, be kind of hard to get it to rust. |
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paint it rusty then!! i see the same thing when im driving during the day, a beat to **** rubble or scrap trailer from stuff being slammed in it and a awesome tracter! looks prehistoric or something especially when you turn corners and the trailer screetches. make it look like someone took a bite out of the mudflap! at least the one i see all the time looks like that. does look very good so far
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and they have rust marks all over them from the iron scratching them up at least down here in wet Florida they do |
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Well it doesnt have to look crappy when you do scrappy..
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Man, those are some sharp trucks! I like the paint jobs.
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Looks cool Steve! I want to get my hands on the super suspension you got there! LOL!!
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Cool build for a trailer Steve. I've loaded many of those bathtubs when i used to work in a scrapyard years ago. They took one helluva beating with rail scrap, and trucks and wheels from old rail cars.
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thanks rick these trailers/ bodies always caught my fancy being that they're light and can take a beating and still look good . well I wasn't going to mill the a frame but I did , and boy I wish I had the bigger mill all the repositioning every time I ran out of table . I'll post pics this coming weekend IHSteve
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here's some up date Pic's not much
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I love the tub trailers, when nothing was available in 1/50 scale I built this one by cutting up three First Gear dump boxes and stealing the hoist cylinder out on an old Conrad model. Sorry not trying to hi-jack.
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Steve, that frame looks awesome! How did you mill out the openings? Do you have an angle adjustable vise for your mill? It turned out really nice.
Pretty cool custom trailer, Craig. I like it.
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thanks Nate , lot of repositioning . This is where I wish I got the bp first , I was out off compactly on the tiag thanks craig , you did a nice job on that trailer . IHSteve
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looks Great Steve! You too Craig!
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thanks Brian
got a little more done till I almost took me finger off now that woke me up . Anyway I traded the 4x4 pt block for the suspension so brian , it's up for grabs unlessss I decide to build another , but then I got the patterns now and the form I'll post pics after I get these wheels out on sat. Gotta cut back on hours the elves are unionizing IHSteve
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up date pic
not a lot . tub bolted to ribs and working on suspension IHSteve
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Looks really good Steve.
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