Jeff

Holy, super fantastic scratch building, VERY impressive

SO cool Danny, this will now be EPIC!!

Me too, but in my case it RARELY works in that order ..............

Geez..................... you guys haven't been just sitting around ............... the talent here, just blows my mind.... beautiful works....

a Little engine detail..................

Won't be long and you will be well ensconced into this, and if it grabs you , it is like a drug, you will find all sorts of cool stuff to build and research..... I drove for 38 years and was into it long before I ever started in the industry, and I am still learning new stuff even today.... so this is ALL good....

Steve's photos are GREAT, if I were to go back to our yard and try to take pics of our trucks, they would be covered in mud and crap.............

Thanks, and it is a Masterful job of weathering................. so many techniques to try............

what yellow did you use, it looks to be right on.... love the weathering....

That piece of angle iron is much more 'Skookum" than the piece of garbage I had on a Ford Louisville tandem gravel truck I used to drive, that piece of steel, would actually protect the cross over line.... yes that is EXACTLY what I meant................. geez between my explanations and your photos, we will cover this subject.. LOL!! Great pics, Steve.....

That is exactly what I was trying , in my long winded way to explain, Steve that is perfect, told the whole story in a few pics..... awesome and excellent reference too.... Love it !!

I think it look s really good Phil.......from where I sit, I sure don't see anything wrong................... I can't wait to see this one all dolled up with her decals..... I LOVE Phantoms....

That looks like a slow roll, and when it was dragging a bit he kept pulling...... oh man......and new vans too...... poor guy, doesn't know his indiscretion is known in Canada now.... comes under the heading of S@*T happens........... and it does to all of us......

Danny, I don't think there is anything specific in this regard to Freightliner itself, most of the trucks I driven over the years, GMC Brigadier, OLD Dodge tandem, Ford Louisville, International, Mack, Peterbilt, Autocar, Western Star, all looked roughly the same underneath, as far as air lines, electrical, etc....the only thing that may have been slightly different, is where the air tanks, and how many air tanks were mounted. Seemed to me the manufacturers, ran the lines pretty much anywhere they could under the cross members or if there was a hole in a cross member at the frame rail. All were tied to the frame rails then branched out as required, some air valves are mounted to brackets on the rear ends. That went for our Hydraulic lines on our plow trucks too..... and also there is a fuel cross over pipe, that usually hung below the cab, between the two fuel tanks ( that usually hung down low enough for a rookie driver to tear off in rough areas if he weren't paying attention) and that was also usually mounted on a very flimsy light weight piece of angle metal...bottom of left tank to bottom of the right tank, and on some, like the old School Ford Louisville, there was a tap, and sometimes that was turned off...... usually at an inopportune time one was to discover...............

Sir Barnes Wallace would be MORE than impressed, and I'm sure he is well smiling at this dedication to supreme detail............... this is incredible Fidd, old Mate.....

Ron................. you are a MACHINE!!!

Yes, Steve, it does, here in Canada we used to call them just a "tag axle" and it also compensated for more weight per axle and GVWR over all. But it has been many years since I have seen a Tag around here. We will see tag axles usually in a big city most for P&D flat deck trucks that would haul lumber, plywood, insulation etc, for your home building projects or the like. But for the line trucks and gravel trucks etc, usually will have full on tandem drive units , mostly due to the extra weight carried and for climbing the hills etc,. I can see in Hawaii, that is mostly flat, a second rear drive axle may not be actually needed to hump huge weight. Also the extra cost associated with a full on tandem drive. Your explanation hits the mark, perfectly

Thanks Ron...............

Danny, NOT trying to Hi-jack your thread, but as we are talking trucks trailers and loads............... this is what happens when one has a very heavy load, going too fast, and ( speculative) possibly a bit heavy at the top..... 1/2 mile from my house, we were without electricity for 5 hours.... it is still a mess, and traffic is moving albeit 1 hour delays....... second time on this same corner, my daughter was at this EXACT intersection only about 5 minutes before this......

TOP DRAWER , Buddy, I LOVE it !!

Awesome stuff, Ron, man your attention to detail is fantastic.............. now I have to ask the stupid question, and may as well get it out of the way now so as not to embarrass myself later on.................. the silver and brass nuts.................... where did you get those? They look like they fit the bill perfectly..... I may have to invest in some...

HAPPY Birthday Ernie !! Cathy and I wish you a VERY great day, and many more birthdays to come...

Those are the days , when a guy who always wanted to be a truck driver says to himself............... "Maybe I should have stayed in school and paid MORE attention"............ I know I had one or two days like that ,............. it is tough if one gets into unfamiliar territory though..... and all this stress is compounded by other motorists, who just want to get going and get him out of the way.................

I see other places, this discussion went on for 15 pages ! Holy Doodle.....no wonder we, in this world have a tough time agreeing, good thing we don't have to really decide something important ! I might have to jump off my wallet too... this maybe kind of cool, I do hope maybe a Sopwith triplane too..

All I know is those 'paper' straws are disgusting, and the guy who dreamed that one up needs to go on vacation.............a LONG one !