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Quinella
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 9:17:14 PM

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Guy: I have always liked the SpecCast models like the White and the lowboys. I have had many but like the 6x2 versions of the White the best. And those rear loading lowboys are great. The models are built well and command a higher price than one might think. They made another brand of tractor that i cannot recall right now. And there are many colors and logos. Dang good model. CAW

I just remembered the other truck was the International KB-8. Great trucks and the engine covers flip up on the sides and the doors open.
GuyM
Posted: Thursday, June 27, 2024 2:36:36 AM
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Craig,

I agree with you: the White/LaCrosse and International/LaCrosse models look great. I have both the International and White in company liveries, already displayed in this forum:





I hope it helps.
Guy
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Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2024 3:12:41 AM
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In Germany these days, haulage of a forestry equipment:





MAN TGX 33580 BL SA 6x4/2 tractor and Goldhofer Stepstar L3 3-axle lowboy (Conrad models) carrying a 16.88 tonnes John Deere 843L-ii 4x4/2 feller buncher, equipped with a John Deere F55-DSFH cutting head (Ertl model),





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Guy

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Posted: Sunday, June 30, 2024 4:27:09 AM
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GuyM wrote:
In Germany these days, haulage of a forestry equipment [...]

MAN TGX 33580 BL SA 6x4/2 tractor and Goldhofer Stepstar L3 3-axle lowboy (Conrad models) carrying a 16.88 tonnes John Deere 843L-ii 4x4 articulated feller buncher, equipped with a John Deere F55-DSFH cutting head (Ertl model) [...]


Please note the error: the John Deere feller buncher is an 4x4 articulated unit and not a 4x4/2 tractor. Sorry for the mistake.

Guy
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Posted: Thursday, July 04, 2024 2:24:59 AM
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GuyM wrote:
[...]Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 419 CDI 4x2/2 van with Versalift VTL 145-F access manlift equipment: Siku model, [...]


2 other 1/50 models from the German toys producer:





- left: Nissan Navara 4x4/2 2.5 dCi 190 double cab pick-up car (Siku model)
- right: Volkswagen T6.1 Transporter 2.0TDI 4x2/2 California camping-car (Siku model).

To be continued.
Guy
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Posted: Thursday, July 04, 2024 2:29:17 AM
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The Nissan pick-up car:







To be continued.
Guy

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Posted: Thursday, July 04, 2024 2:33:15 AM
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The Volkswagen California camping-car vehicle:







Regards.
Guy
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Posted: Monday, July 08, 2024 3:31:55 AM
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In Belgium in the seventies:





DAF DO 2000 DKA 4x2/2 tractor (WSI model) and Carrimore 12T 1-axle lowboy (Corgi Toys model being modified, to be repainted) hauling a 10 tonnes Massey-Ferguson MF 300P bulldozer fitted with a tilting blade and a cab (NZG model),





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Guy
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Posted: Friday, July 12, 2024 4:03:54 AM
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in West Germany, beginning of the 70s:



Mercedes-Benz LP 329 4x2/2 fitted with a Buschbaum dropside body (modified Tekno modiel, to be completad) loaded with 5.03 tonnes of oak planks (homemade), towing a Buschbaum 1+1-axle dropside body trailer (modified Tekno model, to be completed) carrying a 6.5 tonnes Kramer 411 4x4/2 wheeled loader and cab (NZG model),







Regards.
Guy
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Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2:39:25 AM
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In West-Germany during the 50s:







Opel Blitz 1.5T/1952 4x2/2 light truck fitted with a tarpaulined dropside body (modified Welly model, dropside body to be repainted),



Regards.
Guy
Quinella
Posted: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 3:30:44 PM

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Guy: I love the DAF and Carrimore one axle with the Massey Ferguson. I had a MF like that, but I don't think it had a tilting blade. It's a great little dozer. What's the max weight for the trailer? Craig
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Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:02:46 AM
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Craig,

There are 3 positions on that MF300P blade (it's what we call here an "angledozer"), straight, with a left angle and angled to the right.
The payload I have found for the Carrimore trailer is 12 tons.

I hope it helps.
Guy
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Posted: Wednesday, July 17, 2024 5:29:34 AM
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Craig,

A picture of the Carrimore lowbed in 1952 with a hand winch (to be later installed on the gooseneck), both being shipped for export:



Picture issued from the British website NA3T.
Guy
GuyM
Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2024 2:52:54 AM
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In Germany late last century, road haulage of a mining shovel:





Scania/Läxä 143M-500 8x4/4 tractor (modified Unicata kit) and Goldhofer STVAH10/SKPH modular semi-trailer with a 6-axle low bed, ultra-low transport beams and a 4-axle dolly low bed (Unicata kit), carrying a 60 tonnes O&K RH 30-E mining shovel (NZG model),





To be continued.
Guy

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Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2024 2:56:16 AM
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Guy
Quinella
Posted: Saturday, July 20, 2024 6:23:53 PM

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Dang Guy: That truck and trailer seem like
overkill" What are the specs? Craig
GuyM
Posted: Sunday, July 21, 2024 3:50:34 AM
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Craig,

Specs are shown below:

- Scania/Läxä 143M-500 8x4/4 tractor: 500hp, GVW: 32/-- tonnes, GCW: 44/150 tonnes,
- Goldhofer STVAH10/SKPH modular semi-trailer with a 6-axle low bed, ultra-low beams and 4-axle dolly: GCW: 145 tonnes, payload:-- tonnes.

Läxä was the Scandinavian manufacturer at that time modifying 6x4 into 8x4 (mainly Scanias), as 4 axles tractors were not widely represented in Europe.
At low speed in Europe, Goldhofer trailer payload should be approx 120 tonnes, but this needs to be confirmed: the SKPH range was issued in West-Germany during the 1960s and was the light end (4 wheels per axle instead of 8 wheels/line) of the German manufacturer THP range.

I hope it helps.
Guy
GuyM
Posted: Wednesday, July 24, 2024 4:37:04 AM
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GuyM wrote:
Jean-Jacques built this Scania tractor from a Tekno kit:



The Scania tractor and its tank semi-trailer (Tekno kits):









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Guy
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Posted: Sunday, July 28, 2024 2:48:48 AM
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Two Renault T tractors of the CoGeBat company (Monaco) with their tipping semi-trailers, built by Jean-Jacques from Tekno kits:









Regards.
Guy
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GuyM wrote:
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Other combination with the same Unic tractor (Minitrucks kits):









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Guy
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