my oil field truck

[doodlebug]

They definately come in all sizes, from Class 6 single rear end on up to off road only.
I looked at a new Kenworth C-500 last, year that was 10 ft wide, 410 inch wheel base tandem-tandem, 25 inch off road tire's. I could park my Mack on the bed and walk around it! It went to Oklahoma after the Conexpo/Conag show. Only $750,000.00.
Cheer's, Neil.

[uk trucker]

Bet those 25 inch tyres looked mean!

Here is a photo of the winch, it uses a motor with a 100:1 gearbox to directly drive the drum


Here is a photo of testing out the gin poles,


before I make a pair of manually operated winches to raise and lower the poles.

I also learnt why there is a pulley at the back end of the bed, gets a bit exciting without it! Guess if you forget to use it on a real truck , it gets a bit crazy and very expensive.

[uk trucker]

Photo taken by a friend last weekend, takes a bit of careful positioning to get container onto trailer but hopefully with practice all will be well.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice Micheal, you need a tractor under that trailer so you can try and hit a moving target with the container!

[uk trucker]

[Vanisle]

Great looking truck! Now that you have done a single front axle bed truck though, I really think you need to do a twin steer (or if you prefer, tandem/tandem) bed truck. I live in BC so never see such trucks locally but I was in Alberta (in a town where the oil patch is big industry) for work last week and saw plenty of big bed trucks driving around town. After that, you should really build a twin steer picker. Camex is such a great site for inspiration.