Post by Muleskinner on Nov 2, 2011 15:32:53 GMT -8
Back in the 70's while living in Eugene I went Up to see a good friend of mine in Rowdy Creek down by Cottage Grove and I saw a dodge truck sitting in a field which some one built up to haul fire wood on their property. I thought it was a cute as a bug in a rug and last year, I decided to build the truck as I remember it when it was sitting in the field. Although the dodge l-700 was not the type rig which was used I built around it anyway and built my own version of the original using my memory of what I saw as a guide. Below is the results of the build. THE FIREWOOD EXPRESS.
Frontal view. Note the fifty five gallon drum welded to the front of the headache rack for the water cooled brakes. It was controlled by a spicket in the truck on the floorboard.
Trailer showing the Brakes and the water pipe used for directing water to the brake drums. They were gravity fed.
Coupler point link and pin and the quick connectors for the water and air lines. They were the standard type only a little larger used on air compressor units for attaching the lines.
Drivers side view with door open. Normal for this model if you try to make the doors open. They stay open! Note the directional wig wag on the head ache rack. Very standard item for trucks before turn signals.
Drivers side view. The silver colored pipe is the water line coming down from the tank and back to the brakes on the trailer. It came off a Y connector under the cab to water the rear of the truck and the trailer.
Another view of the drivers side clearly shows the wigwag signal controlled by a cable inside the cab, in this case mounted in the dash by means of a long choke type cable.
Was kind of a neat little truck when I looked at it and everything appeared to be shop built in the family tractor shed. The truck was strictly used on the property of the owner to haul Small pecker poles for cutting into firewood length and never made it on the road.
Frontal view. Note the fifty five gallon drum welded to the front of the headache rack for the water cooled brakes. It was controlled by a spicket in the truck on the floorboard.
Trailer showing the Brakes and the water pipe used for directing water to the brake drums. They were gravity fed.
Coupler point link and pin and the quick connectors for the water and air lines. They were the standard type only a little larger used on air compressor units for attaching the lines.
Drivers side view with door open. Normal for this model if you try to make the doors open. They stay open! Note the directional wig wag on the head ache rack. Very standard item for trucks before turn signals.
Drivers side view. The silver colored pipe is the water line coming down from the tank and back to the brakes on the trailer. It came off a Y connector under the cab to water the rear of the truck and the trailer.
Another view of the drivers side clearly shows the wigwag signal controlled by a cable inside the cab, in this case mounted in the dash by means of a long choke type cable.
Was kind of a neat little truck when I looked at it and everything appeared to be shop built in the family tractor shed. The truck was strictly used on the property of the owner to haul Small pecker poles for cutting into firewood length and never made it on the road.
