6X6 Quarry Dump Truck

[dabears]

Man that's looking really good! I like the idea of a wooden box! after all after paint you cant tell what its made of! nice and sturdy!

[TRUCKMAKER]

Originally Posted by dabears

Man that's looking really good! I like the idea of a wooden box! after all after paint you cant tell what its made of! nice and sturdy!

Hi Aaron, Thanks! The box is a scale 19', it was originally made for a pup trailer to go behind a 24' main trailer, but that got side lined for this project. I don't have the metal working equipment to do a nice metal bed and my styrene skills aren't the greatess but I used to build a lot of RC airplanes so I thought I'd give it a try. I have some 3/8" aluminum channel (plywood cap) that will fit nicely on the top edge so the loaders and excavators don't tear up the wood.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Getting there slowly but surely. A few updates











The front tires and rims are just holding the front end up, still got to order the the tires. The wheels were a test in removing chrome. Made a set of rims for the front since it has a TLT drive axle.



Got to remove the chrome yet, no shiny stuff on this build.

Thanks for looking!

[TRUCKMAKER]

A couple more pictures, better idea of the fenders and front wheels still need to order tires, stole this one off my night hauler







I'm going slow trying to get the hard stuff out of the way

[glorydays24]

Taking shape very nicely. You also gave me an idea on my next R/C build for the front fenders. Keep us posted.

Big John

[TRUCKMAKER]

Thank Big John, the fender styling comes from the Western Star 6900XD along with the axle set back.