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very nice bucket , well done .
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So a couple of weeks ago I got a great deal on a twh 357 Pete boom truck. She was in really rough shape when she got to me. So I tried to save the cab but it was just to far gone and missing a lot of stuff. So I had a kenworth t880 that was waiting for some surgery to get turn in to a roll off. So I started measuring and did a little cutting and ended up with a t880 boom truck. I think it turned out pretty nice, I also think this maybe the only one like this. Let me know what you think. Thanks! The donors    The outcome   
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Looks great
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Ah, you beat me to it. I had a black T880 and boom assembly all ready to go - just need a longer chassis (dump truck is too short). Nice work!
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Dan85 wrote:Ah, you beat me to it. I had a black T880 and boom assembly all ready to go - just need a longer chassis (dump truck is too short).
Nice work! I'll give you a little tip... The chassis' are almost the same in dimension so if you cut carefully and glue them together you can barely tell anything was changed. Plus you keep all the detail the twh chassis has, I switched out the twh wheels in the back for the first gear ones, there way more shiny.
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honchoforever1 wrote:Dan85 wrote:Ah, you beat me to it. I had a black T880 and boom assembly all ready to go - just need a longer chassis (dump truck is too short).
Nice work! I'll give you a little tip... The chassis' are almost the same in dimension so if you cut carefully and glue them together you can barely tell anything was changed. Plus you keep all the detail the twh chassis has, I switched out the twh wheels in the back for the first gear ones, there way more shiny. Now I see what you did - good idea! My original plan was to just put the T880 cab on the TWH chassis, but the hood mounting points between the two are pretty different. I don't know why TWH wouldn't make a nice white truck, I bought the cream one thinking it was white, what a disappointment. Always enjoy your posts, Keep up the good work.
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Dan85 wrote:honchoforever1 wrote:Dan85 wrote:Ah, you beat me to it. I had a black T880 and boom assembly all ready to go - just need a longer chassis (dump truck is too short).
Nice work! I'll give you a little tip... The chassis' are almost the same in dimension so if you cut carefully and glue them together you can barely tell anything was changed. Plus you keep all the detail the twh chassis has, I switched out the twh wheels in the back for the first gear ones, there way more shiny. Now I see what you did - good idea! My original plan was to just put the T880 cab on the TWH chassis, but the hood mounting points between the two are pretty different. I don't know why TWH wouldn't make a nice white truck, I bought the cream one thinking it was white, what a disappointment. Always enjoy your posts, Keep up the good work. I agree cream is just so blah... Thanks for the kind words!
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I believe the cream is a national crane original color am I wrong. As many as I seen of this actual machine or set up the boom has always been cream colored. Cab and everything else is what ever but the boom neve any other color. Correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe what they agreed upon. Great job brother
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Looks Awesome !!!
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Those look really good. Are you making a roll off for them to fit on?
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3mscrap wrote:Those look really good. Are you making a roll off for them to fit on? I'm planning on building a few rolloff trucks. I just don't have the time at the moment. These were for a customer, I believe he's using them in a diorama.
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When are getting around to them I can get you info on 4 designs the company I work for use. They would be Canadian design which would be similar, but heavy duty. And I may be interested in one.
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Nice custom work. How did you get the TWH wheels off, just yank?
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3mscrap wrote:When are getting around to them I can get you info on 4 designs the company I work for use. They would be Canadian design which would be similar, but heavy duty. And I may be interested in one.
Dan I'll let you know when I'm ready.
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Cubanb343 wrote:Nice custom work. How did you get the TWH wheels off, just yank? I took the tires off and pulled, and they came right off. If your switching some out I could use 2 sets of twh/sword duallies. I'm in the planning process of building a Michigan gravel train. Kind like this...  And as you can see it has ALOT of wheels lol
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I modified another fg Kenworth t880, this will prolly be the truck to pull my gravel train. I took 40 mm out of the center and got rid of the pusher axle. I also added some chrome fenders out back and some stacks. Here's some pics...   
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Nice dumpsters. Did you shorten the frame on the Aztec gold KW or just do a swap?
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a Cutter wrote:Nice dumpsters. Did you shorten the frame on the Aztec gold KW or just do a swap? Thanks! I shortened the frame. I cut exactly 40mm out of the frame total. It started as a 4 axle tractor.
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Looks great, let me know when you're ready for me to send my T880 out to you.
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