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Great pictures. Love those Speccast old trucks They do look small for 1/50th though. Thanks,CAW
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Quinella wrote:Great pictures. Love those Speccast old trucks They do look small for 1/50th though. Thanks,CAW They do look a little smaller. The IH KB8 is a lot bigger cab, but in real life is about the same size as the White. I like them though, and have a bumch of them. One of my favorites.  IMG_0633 by Ken Wheeler, on Flickr    IMG_0631 by Ken Wheeler, on Flickr"/>  IMG_0630 by Ken Wheeler, on Flickr"/>
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Ken: I've never seen the three axle version of that lowbed trailer. DId you add it? CAW
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Quinella wrote:Ken: I've never seen the three axle version of that lowbed trailer. DId you add it? CAW Yes I did Q. I cut the beaver tail off, added a third axle with a brass c-channel on the rear with machined light sockets and jewel lights. I covered the rear area over the axles with a piece of diamond plate.  
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Yes Ken, but how does the dozer now get up on the lowbed? The gooseneck is fixed. Just picking at you. CAW
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CAW: Loading dock at the factory, and a loading ramp at the dealership. Years ago I had my truck leased to White Brothers and hauled loaders out of the Dresser Plant in Libertyville, Illinois. I would back a doubledrop into their building up to a 36 in. nigh loading dock, and they would drive the loader over the rear onto the trailer. At the dealer, I would back it off the same way, onto a ramp. All dealers usually have a loading ramp because a lot of smaller equipment is shipped on step decks.  Ken
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Looking at the trailer, I forgot to add red marker lights on the rear corners.
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Is the winch a Don Mills Model ?
I don't remember the Spec Cast KB model only the White Mustangs guess I am getting old !
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RFSALES wrote:Is the winch a Don Mills Model ?
I don't remember the Spec Cast KB model only the White Mustangs guess I am getting old ! Yup, Don Mills winch. I use a lot of Don Mill's parts. The KB8 was a single axle (Bantam Crane) I think with a black trailer. I changed the cab onto the tandem axle White frame that the truck crane came on, added fender turn signals, Berkshire Valley 5th wheel, winch, deck plate, marz light, work lights, and Helders Motor Service decals.
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kcmtoys wrote:CAW: Loading dock at the factory, and a loading ramp at the dealership. Years ago I had my truck leased to White Brothers and hauled loaders out of the Dresser Plant in Libertyville, Illinois. I would back a doubledrop into their building up to a 36 in. nigh loading dock, and they would drive the loader over the rear onto the trailer. At the dealer, I would back it off the same way, onto a ramp. All dealers usually have a loading ramp because a lot of smaller equipment is shipped on step decks. Ken Ahah! Now I know why I see so many CAT pieces being hauled on a drop deck around Savannah Georgia. They must be coming from a nearby CAT dealer, or they are coming off a ship in port. Are CAT pieces shipped by boat to the South or by rail? Every time I go to Savannah I see CAT pieces being hauled North.
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Ken, great stuff there. Nice work.
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Thanks Graham. CAW, What you see is coming out of the port. A lot of the smaller equipment is still made over seas and Savannah is where a lot of it comes into the US and put on step decks (cheap freight). 
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I remember as a young kid watching guys from Latrobe Construction load a 2 axle Roger's trailer like your model from the side with wooden blocks! They made it look easy. Now I realize its not.Then turning the tracked machine on the deck. Nice model.
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