Pete Off Hiway Logger

[Muleskinner]

Had a chance to do a little more work on the Pete offer. Added the cheese blocks and built up the trailer. Was hoping for some time outside but Mother nature brought that to an end, with rain. So I decided to go back and do some more modeling. Here are the results.













The pictures are just various views of the truck and trailer. The bottom picture shows the compensator or what we call the bull pecker pulled out of the trailer reach. These were made to expand the the coupler of the reach when going around corners and also because they rotated in the reach if the trailer went over on its side it kept the truck from being pulled over with it. The model has a lot of small details which have to be added but in due time. One thing I did do though was rebuild the reach and tunnel for the trailer as AMT made a mess out of the kit unit. To small and very out of scale as far as logging trailers go.

Thanks for looking.

[Ryan Rønning]

Looks great.

[Muleskinner]

With the rain here in the Pacific Northwest starting, I decided to do a little more work on the Pete and Bigfoot. These are the results on the Pete.


With trailer in the saddle position. Note the Tractor Bunk is turned point forward with the frame. A common practice here in the west with over sized bunks on an Offer.


I reworked the cab interior with the addition of the low air wig wag which would drop down if the trucks air supply ran low or became critical.


The "Y" tie for the trailer, to keep it on the truck. Some used a special binder here but I choose the older Hook and loop type "Y" tie. Here also you can see the bottom bunk turned Point Forward. The photo also shows the Swede mounted in its holder on the drivers side of the head ache rack.


Rear shot in the saddle position.


Shot of the rig with the bunks turned point out for loading.

Details of the rebuilt General trailer. Completely plumbed.

The Offer is about 95% complete as it will not have mud flaps, or a lot of lights to the rear.

William

[Ryan Rønning]

This truck is freaking awesome.