I stumbled on this site… lots of nice heavy loads, factories in background… and Tilt trays (We call them “Drop Beds” or “Demounts”).
Anyone know what the day cab 4 axle trucks are? OR when tilt trays first appeared?
Anyone else think that we should try to persuade Athearn to make some?
I’m pretty sure that I’ve seen demount trash bodies in Walthers and, maybe, a cab similar to these in white metal…?
TIA
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The Tilt-trays are called “flat-beds” here in the U.S.A.
[:I] OOPS! [:I]
Looked like US and US trucks to me!
Any flat bed is a “flatbed” though isn’t it? How are the demounts distinguished… assuming they are…
(All Ozzies please note… at least I didn’t mistake it for a New Zealand site… You’ve got the Ashes back on short loan anyway… [xx(])
I was surprised to se 4 axle trucks… hadn’t seen them before in the US… Apparently I still havene’t. Do they have 4 axles like these in the US?
Um… when did the tri-axles start to appear… that’s the 1+3 four axle trucks… Boley make some… but they look very modern…???
TIA
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Tilt bed trucks usually have a longer body length behind rear axle than standard flat bed, because, bed slides back, then tips up and slides to meet road. They probally started being used commonly in late 70’s as a replacement for standard tow truck.
Three axle trucks started appearing around the 80’s, because truck were too overloaded for two rear axles, they added a third to distribute weight, most common on concrete mixers and dump trucks.
The only four axle trucks I’ve seen have been heavy crane trucks, usually a weight distrubution thing also. MIke
Here in North Central Texas I’m seeing alot of 6 axle trailers and 4 axle truck tractors. We have alot of drilling going on here right now for natural gas. They are moving some very heavy loads. When they took the drilling rig out of our ranch they had to have a D-7 as a helper on the back to get it up to the road.
The tractor looks to be an old Kenworth. The trailer is sometimes referred to as as “lowboy” here in the states, although a true “lowboy” has a deck in the middle lower than the top of the tires. The front of the trailer is coupled to a “jeep”, which, in turn, is coupled to the tractor. The “jeep’s” only purpose is to distribute weight. Most lowboy trailers can disconnect from the front portion that hooks to the “jeep” or tractor, and they are commonly referred to as “detachable goosenecks”. Here, I’ll show you…
A straight flatbed trailer.
A drop deck trailer.
A double drop deck trailer.
Drop and double drop trailers can be seen in 3 and 4 axle variations as well, and stretch decks (for longer loads) aren’t rare. This company in the US does this kind of thing http://www.dailyexp.com/daily/equipment.htm. Their page shows some of what you’re talking about.
Hope this helps.
Brad
Dave, you may want to look at the following sites to see if they have what you are thinking of:
Promotex has a large line of North American and European vehicles by Herpa and sold under their name. Check under construction equipment, and the trailers link under parts and acessories. http://www.promotex.ca/
Sheepscot Scale Products makes 40s and 50s vintage vehicles, the link is to their products page. Their 100 ton lowboy trailer couild be what you are looking for. Also check their Galleries section for photos of finished and kitbashed models. http://www.sheepscotscale.com/portal/prods.php
Alloy Forms makes cast metal cars, trucks and trailers, from the 30s to 90s. Look under trailer kits; unfortunatey, not every item has a picture. An older Walthers catalog would have pictures of most of their products, their Catalog page just says coming soon. http://www.jaksind.com/Page/af_main.html
Is this the truck?
We call those trailers low beds. Classic Mint http://www.classicmint.com/catalog.php has a very nice range of these, like this (at $500 US [:O] ):
Thanks all! [:P]