Lee Drennen
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Very nice. Those tires are very Aggressive looking. Updates look good also. Seated and waiting for next update.
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Update. Rachel Allan’s wife said to thank everyone for the condolences per. a member of another forum I’m on. I told him I posted what happened here and he told Alan’s wife. Thanks for your loving support guys.
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21 hours ago, biggtim said:
Anyone have any details?
There were speculation on another Forum about what happened and the Mods reprimanded the person who posted it and took down his reply. That forum has funny ideas but It was the same thing about the Motorcycle accident but it sounds like that’s it. A friend of ours here in the USA was killed on a motorcycle the same day Alan passed away exactly the same time but we’re 6 hours behind where Alan lives.
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1 hour ago, ScottsGT said:
Thanks for posting this. You just took me down a rabbit hole of memory lane. I saw your build and had to Google the one and only semi truck/trailer I built as a kid. I think I might have been 10-12 yo. I bought the old SONOCO trailer and truck combo kit.
I see that Round 2 has reintroduced the tanker trailer once again. So tempted….but I know better.Your most welcome Scott. I have another Chevy Bison I’m building I’ll get a thread going soon on it as well.
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On 8/13/2024 at 12:43 PM, Jeff said:
Ok. It’s in. But talk about ‘shoe horning ‘ it in…. a very snug fit. And took a little finesse to get it in place with out breaking some of the fine fittings that are no longer visible. If I were to do this one again I think I would shave a little material off the lower channel of thew frame. No kne would even notice and kt would give a little more wiggle room. All the detail on the fuel and oil filters and lines are lost but I know it is there. Still a way to go yet but it is progression
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On 6/15/2024 at 1:41 PM, Jeff said:
Ok. Here is a tid bit I will toss in for anyone who doesn’t get the spring brake thing. As you know last week Cathy and I went to Ontario (CFB North Bay) to attend our daughter in law’s promotion ceremony. Of course we stayed with them and they have a couple dogs….( I am going somewhere here. Bear with me ) and I went out side to see one of them playing with a ‘frisby’… this ‘frisby’ turned out to be none other than a Type 30 spring brake diaphragm. This is inside the spring brake chamber that traps the air so the spring brakes ( park brakes) can be applied or released. The basic concept is air over spring. The air pushes against this rubber diaphragm which compresses the spring to release the spring brakes. And to apply the brakes for parking when the parking valve on the dash is pulled , releases the air and the spring unloads, pushing on the push rod which turns a shaft that is connected inside the brake drum to an ‘S’ cam where there are rollers on the brake shoes and internal springs which apply the brakes. And to release the ‘park brake’ the driver pushes yellow button on the dash , which applies air to the diaphragm in the spring brake chamber which in turn pushes against the main spring and reverses the former process to release the park brake
That’s not a diaphragm that’s a “Pancake” lol. Well that’s what us old School truckers like me call it. I’ve changed a many of those have to cam the brake chamber or that front part of it will be like a rocket if you unbolt it without cam first. This has killed many truckers and mechanics that were inexperienced changing these.
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1 hour ago, Martinnfb said:
Absolutely, I have been thinking about this big boy.
Your thoughts are like mine thanks for posting that pick. I only have about 6 Italeri 1/35 scale of that truck in the stash 😂. I’m thinking of turning it into a M932 truck tractor another one on my bucket list I need to build.
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I have to go with Sandbox also I really like the Modern Armor that was used in the Gulf war.
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On 8/12/2024 at 5:11 PM, Jeff said:
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The top is on and just a few more bits and it’s finished.
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1 hour ago, Martinnfb said:
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Thank you kind sir.
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4 hours ago, Peterpools said:
Glad to see the build back on the bench and underway again
Yes me too.
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Beautiful truck Jeff
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On 5/9/2023 at 3:27 AM, GazzaS said:
Looks great!
Sorry for the very late reply. Thanks for the complement I appreciate it hope that I’ll be getting this one done.
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Jeff sorry for the very late reply thanks for the complement and yes those rubber block rode rough. I feel your pain with the back issues.
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It’s been a very long time since I post any progress pics on the truck. I’m almost done with it now.
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I have sad news I read on another forum AlanG has passed away on July 14 after a Accident no details were released.
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Here’s some updates on the Bison.
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On 4/14/2022 at 7:56 PM, DesertModeler85 said:
What yellow did you use on your Bison? I really love it! Those white spoke wheels really pop! Excellent job!
Thanks for the complement. I will have to look to see what paint I used. I think it was a Krylon color.
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On 5/2/2022 at 11:10 AM, Peterpools said:
Lee
Very nicely done and an extra bonus for us with the bio - adds to the build.
Keep 'em comin
Peter
Thanks for the complement Peter. I need to revisit this build and finish it.
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Dump bed has been mounted now to add a few more details
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Getting some work done on the truck. I’ve upgraded the engine to a 350 instead of a 250
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This is a old AMT Autocar DC I’ve had for about 16yrs always undecided what till make till last winter. I decided to make it a Dump truck. I took my brother Bill’s old bed he gave me back around 1986 and re-do it. Bill bought a new AMT Autocar Dump Truck when it first came out in 1972. He painted the neighbors fence to buy it of course I helped I was 3yrs old. The cab shied and front was bad so I replaced it with a Ertl one I had. Here’s some pics of the bed and truck in progress.
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SANDBOX GB :) basics
in The Sandbox Group Build.
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I’m in I’ll get some pics together and post later. Thanks for having me.