Post by Muleskinner on Dec 22, 2011 12:50:16 GMT -8
Mike mentioned on another posting about the use of trailers with a tank slung underneath them for hauling liquids, as apposed to the use of the large rubber bladders which were strapped down to the truck and trailer, so I decided to build a couple of them as I remember them as there were no pictures I could find on the net of them. If they are there, they are far and few in between.
The model started out as a K123 K Whooper which was a glue bomb kit that I had to do a lot of cleaning on. The cab was to be a full cab until I put my thumb through a softened spot on the top of the cab where a rather large drop of glue had ate into the plastic from the inside. I should say a tube would be more like it!!!! So with saw in hand I cut as much of the cab out to bring it down to a day cab, as space would allow, finishing by doing a lot of filling and scraping of the inside.
The frame was lengthened and a Flat Shop/ utility bed added to it, with a fixed head ache rack by shortening a lindberg flatbed trailer up to twenty feet. I then layed the real wood decking after adding the trailer details and painting.
The trailer was built from an AMT 40 footer and shortened down to 28 foot. Twin axles were added to the rear and the front received a single axle coaxial reach, for attaching to the truck.
The quarter belly tank was built using an old Lindberg tanker half and shortened to fit the space between the front rear and coaxial reach. The tank represents a welded unit which was externally pump filled and emptied. The fill and empty ports can be seen on the curb side of the trailer. Here too I used real wood on the decking.
The second trailer I am doing is the same principle except it is based on the forty foot welded fish belly type tanker. When finished it too will have real wood decking and will be painted the same color but will have a Pete as motive power. They will be added to my Simpson Lumber Company Great White Fleet from Humboldt County California. The tank on this trailer is built using a section of the AMT Tanker Trailer which was given to me.
The model started out as a K123 K Whooper which was a glue bomb kit that I had to do a lot of cleaning on. The cab was to be a full cab until I put my thumb through a softened spot on the top of the cab where a rather large drop of glue had ate into the plastic from the inside. I should say a tube would be more like it!!!! So with saw in hand I cut as much of the cab out to bring it down to a day cab, as space would allow, finishing by doing a lot of filling and scraping of the inside.
The frame was lengthened and a Flat Shop/ utility bed added to it, with a fixed head ache rack by shortening a lindberg flatbed trailer up to twenty feet. I then layed the real wood decking after adding the trailer details and painting.
The trailer was built from an AMT 40 footer and shortened down to 28 foot. Twin axles were added to the rear and the front received a single axle coaxial reach, for attaching to the truck.
The quarter belly tank was built using an old Lindberg tanker half and shortened to fit the space between the front rear and coaxial reach. The tank represents a welded unit which was externally pump filled and emptied. The fill and empty ports can be seen on the curb side of the trailer. Here too I used real wood on the decking.
The second trailer I am doing is the same principle except it is based on the forty foot welded fish belly type tanker. When finished it too will have real wood decking and will be painted the same color but will have a Pete as motive power. They will be added to my Simpson Lumber Company Great White Fleet from Humboldt County California. The tank on this trailer is built using a section of the AMT Tanker Trailer which was given to me.