Pete Axle back Off Hiway Logger

[Muleskinner]

The following is another rig which got shelved some time back, but I now just got finished. It is modeled off an Old PALCO unit from Scotia, California which ran the Pepperwood, Bull Creek route, hauling Redwood. It has welded non adjustable cheese blocks on its bunks and carries a bunker type Water tanks for cooling its brakes on a down hill run. This is actually a small rig when compared to the Bigfoot model, but still hefty enough to haul its loads.

Pacific Lumber Company had no set favorites when receiving off hiway rigs as they had Macks, K-Whoppers, Petes, Pacifics and so forth and also had a very large fleet of K-whoppers which were CBE Units and as massive as the Bigfoot rig or bigger. The loads these rigs carried was so massive, that they were unloaded at the mill with the over head gantry grapples which were used to unload rail Cars. Anyway below is the results of the build which is a kit bash of many type kits to get it into perspective.

[ap40rocktruck]

another uber cool off highway beast.

just my kind of truck

Ap40

[ewaskew]

Looks very cool and well used

[Ryan Rønning]

Looks great!

[boxer64]

Awesome,

I like the wheatering. Have you made this kit out of an AMT kit with some help with styreen?

This kinds of trucks I can look at for houres

Greets,
Eddy

[tufftin]

Your leakinf fuel from an over filled tank lol
Another great model.
Mike

[Joris Scholte]

Cool build William!

[Muleskinner]

Apr 27, 2012 22:11:48 GMT -8 boxer64 said:

Awesome,

I like the wheatering. Have you made this kit out of an AMT kit with some help with styreen?

This kinds of trucks I can look at for houres

Greets,
Eddy

Eddy,
its a combination of a bunch of parts from the spare box and also Evergreen Plastic. The Pressure Tank for water on the back frame I made from Plastic and then cast in resin. This is the standard bunker tank of the era. The rig also has a mix match of tires as loggers aren't particular when it comes to fitting new tires on a rig as long as the diameter is the same.

The stinger on the rear and safety chains are all scratch built as with the fenders and the trailer is combination of the ERTL and AMT trailers, so the reach on the trailer came out the right size. The AMT Trailer has a really off molded reach which is out of scale. The decals I made.

William

[boxer64]

Thanks for your comment William.

Is it difficult to scratch a stinger? Can you tell me what kind of evergreen I need to build one?

Greets,
Eddy

[superdog]

Parts box trucks are the best!!!! I love it!!...Todd

[Muleskinner]

Apr 28, 2012 13:10:31 GMT -8 boxer64 said:

Thanks for your comment William.

Is it difficult to scratch a stinger? Can you tell me what kind of evergreen I need to build one?

Greets,
Eddy

Eddy,
I will get you all the information and PM it to you on the plastic for the stinger. And no it is not hard to build one. Its just a matter of extending the frame out in the rear to accomodate the pintal, Air and Electrical cuplers. The stinger helps the trailer follow better rather than have it bunching up on the truck.

In the Camp Four section of this Forum there are a lot of pictures of these setups which I and a few other members have posted. There also you can find a lot of other helpful information which will help in building one of our American Logging Trucks. There is information posted all the time which keeps up on the industry and History which might also be very helpful in understanding the Timber Industry in the United States as it varies from state to state area to area.

Hope this helps.
William

[slurrydog]

Great build William. Areally fine job.
Dave

[gator]

I am another one of those who can lo at truck like this for hours. geat job!


Gator

[jfisher]

another great build William! I have a PayStar and the Peerless trailer I need to build SOMEDAY!
been seeing a lot of nice logger trucks!

[maxwell48098]

Another classic build.