Post by arnd on Sept 25, 2012 5:00:22 GMT -8
Hi all
One night as I was working on my GMC I remarked that now I have started two off highway loggers but don’t have any trucks for roads and highways. So I decided to build up two more trucks. A Mack DM600 and a GMC 6500. This is the reason why I started the question about the frame too. I decided that all my trucks should run in the north British Columbia, Alberta or Alaska. As I read thru all the articles I noticed that the length of this trucks depends on lows in the state were it is running and especially on what the need of the truck is. So it is not possible to generalize that the truck has to be of the length x from to. So I tried to generalize it a bit for my use as far as I am not involved in to the logging business and as far logging up here in Europe is a bit different to the US. If I am wrong please correct me.
I want to take my Mack DM 600 logger as a showing object.
It will be a logger that is used to bring the loggs from the forest to the sawmill, so it has to drive off and on road. It is a shop build truck in the backyard of a logging company from some bought parts and old logger frames. That is the reason why this Mack has a straight frame.
Some facts:
heavy duty frame from Italeri
front axel and sprigs from Italeri
Mack camel back heavy duty rear axel from AMT
Detroit Diesel 6V-71 two stroke diesel engine from AMT
9 Speed Mack transmission from AMT
Mack DM 600 hood and cab from ERTL
cast spoke rims front and rear from AMT and ERTL
tires from Revell
the rest will be scratch build or comes from other truck kits of different producers
The start:
The frame is build up from three different frame rest parts that were put together to came up with the length I think it will be the right one for such a truck.
Measure A is about 114mm or 4, 5 inch. Measure B is the same 114mm or 4, 5 inch.
The cab and the hood were fixed to the frame with some self made brackets. The front bumper is reworked to have a used and old appearance. The firewall was reworked to have more space for the V engine. All the components like generator, air compressor and the steering fluid pump are mounted on the back The front lights were reworked to look more realistic. I decide to use the big tires on the rear axel as the truck need some traction on the roads in the forest. The front ones are normal highway tires.
Well that all for now I will work again on it this evening.
So long Arnd
One night as I was working on my GMC I remarked that now I have started two off highway loggers but don’t have any trucks for roads and highways. So I decided to build up two more trucks. A Mack DM600 and a GMC 6500. This is the reason why I started the question about the frame too. I decided that all my trucks should run in the north British Columbia, Alberta or Alaska. As I read thru all the articles I noticed that the length of this trucks depends on lows in the state were it is running and especially on what the need of the truck is. So it is not possible to generalize that the truck has to be of the length x from to. So I tried to generalize it a bit for my use as far as I am not involved in to the logging business and as far logging up here in Europe is a bit different to the US. If I am wrong please correct me.
I want to take my Mack DM 600 logger as a showing object.
It will be a logger that is used to bring the loggs from the forest to the sawmill, so it has to drive off and on road. It is a shop build truck in the backyard of a logging company from some bought parts and old logger frames. That is the reason why this Mack has a straight frame.
Some facts:
heavy duty frame from Italeri
front axel and sprigs from Italeri
Mack camel back heavy duty rear axel from AMT
Detroit Diesel 6V-71 two stroke diesel engine from AMT
9 Speed Mack transmission from AMT
Mack DM 600 hood and cab from ERTL
cast spoke rims front and rear from AMT and ERTL
tires from Revell
the rest will be scratch build or comes from other truck kits of different producers
The start:
The frame is build up from three different frame rest parts that were put together to came up with the length I think it will be the right one for such a truck.
Measure A is about 114mm or 4, 5 inch. Measure B is the same 114mm or 4, 5 inch.
The cab and the hood were fixed to the frame with some self made brackets. The front bumper is reworked to have a used and old appearance. The firewall was reworked to have more space for the V engine. All the components like generator, air compressor and the steering fluid pump are mounted on the back The front lights were reworked to look more realistic. I decide to use the big tires on the rear axel as the truck need some traction on the roads in the forest. The front ones are normal highway tires.
Well that all for now I will work again on it this evening.
So long Arnd
The front of the frame rails need to be splayed out. All Mack trucks since the 1940's have this. Plus the DM-600 frame in the kit is correct, with a deep center section. The straight rails were not a option for the DM-600, only the DM-800 had that available.
