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Thanks again everyone for the positive response. Making toys isn't for everyone so I appreciate you taking the time to let me know you enjoy seeing toys being built. I love my little shop projects. Here are some Payhauler Progress pics. Getting close to mounting the dump box. Then it should {...

They were the Tamiya Mammoth tires. I must have bought 100 of them . After these current projects I will have just TWO left . I been plugging away in the little workshop and making some progress. Here is the latest progress on the Service Truck. I am very pleased how it is looking so far. Still...

No , the vise doesn't work but now that I did my first one I see I could sure make the second one actually work. The air lines and lube lines are just electrical wire. Todays progress pics show me getting the last parts of the dump truck sanded and primed . I see a few spots I got to go back and...

Service truck box with most of the parts with red primer. Looks much cleaner and not as messy and it almost looks like plastic now.

This week I will finish the parts for the Service Truck. I added a welder, aux fuel tank and a air compressor to the left side of the box. Added 4 lube reels on the back, a work vise, tail lights, 8 spot lights, a light bar behind the cab and now I am working on flaring the rear fenders. These...

The snowblower worked great today, a layer of ice and 6" of snow on top. Here are the last two pics of the old dump truck construction. I will build the last few parts tomorrow and set this aside . I will start model number 5 this week. Once I come back to these four models I'll share the...

Thanks so much for the positive comments. I have always loved to putter my whole life . I bought my first welder in Mass. when I was in the Army. I was stationed at Fort Deven's. I rented a garage and I built two rail dune buggies on my days off. . I had never welded before. I been playing with...

Plugging away at the PayHauler project. The dump box is taking shape and now has 51 pieces cut out and welded together . Not too many more pcs to go.

Good news, my wife activated me a Twitter account today now I am building models again. I posted some photos this afternoon and will start posting regularly on Twitter with a few short videos . Thanks for all the nice comments. For anyone interested my progress it is at { doncampbelljd } I know...

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Thanks , Its a crazy looking design but this was actually a very popular early haul truck . They are still using some of them today . I see a few of them on Machinery Trader for sale. Todays progress shows the radiator , the engine and the exhaust system now all cut out and welded in place...

Eight days ago I sat 8 tires on my workbench and some 18 ga. sheet metal. Along with about 3 dozen photos and a side and front line drawing from a brochure. Here is my progress so far . I am pleased with the results so far and each day it looks a little better. A lot of guessing but I am...

I decided to set the grain truck project aside today and I started working on the PayHauler frame . I'll post the first progress pics of it next week. Should be another fun model to build.

Thanks again for the positive response. Todays progress shows I got the two trailer tailgate parts cut out , bent and welded in place. I also got both trailer attached to the frames and wheels. I designed some small pivot brackets with 5/16" pins. Still got to make some lift cylinders for...

The cabs are from two 1/6th scale RC trucks I bought 15 years ago. Most of the time I hand build the cabs too from steel. Very lucky the cabs were so close to the dia. of the tires I had. No measurements are used 90% of the time , the dia. of the tires determine the size of the models. I can...

Hi Guys, Been a while since I been in the shop. Fresh snow on the ground and looking like winter again I shifted gears and went back to building a couple new models. I had 50 of these brand new tires and rims so I decided to use them on four projects. The grain truck with a pup is something...

Thanks again for the kind words. I still think we will get more snow so I will get some action shots and a couple dark pics showing all the lights . Last year we got 18" of snow on April 19th . It was lightly snowing this morning .

Finished tractor cab pics. It was great to be back in the little workshop the last four weeks and now I have a cab to keep me out of the blowing snow. I installed 1" styrofoam in the ceiling and around the front and back. I bought a 6 switch box for the lights and got 2 60amp breaker fuses for...

I love that little old mini loader. Still starts everytime even below zero sitting outside. I had two of them at one time but sold one. I move a lot of snow around every winter with it. I have had it 7 years. I paid $3,000.00 for it . No frills , but built like a little tank. I have front forks...

Thanks, Not sure yet about the heat ? Just having the wind off me is going to be very nice. Not too happy what I am reading about these little diesels and the low amount of heat they put out . And the idea I would probably have to change alternators to a larger one. A deluxe heater and all...