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Excellent work as always! Interesting idea on the exhaust! Looks great!! I like spokes on a Peterbilt!

Looks Awesome!!

This one is going to be great! Looking forward to seeing more!! Dave's service is great and really fast! Gary's service is great too! These are two aftermarket suppliers that I would recommend to anyone.

Sorry to see this! The blue Peterbilt wrecker was one of my all time favorites! I even have the build thread saved in hopes of building a similar boom assembly some day. I hope that you're able to repair at least some of them.

They look great! I wish that I could find a deal like that!

Thanks for the pictures! I wish that I could have been there!

Thanks!

Looks great!! I like the colors!!

Thanks Dave!!

Looking forward to seeing more!!

Some pretty amazing scratch building going on here!

Looks Great!! I'm sure those decals were a bit tedious, but look great!

The contest is finished! We had a lot of great entries! The winner is Jeff Bulmer "gotnitro" with his Mack R Model and Tanker. Congratulations Jeff! Thanks to Greg and Model Cars Magazine for providing this forum for us to have this contest! Thanks to Dave at A.I.T.M. for donating the $25 prize. Thanks to the Administrators and Moderators that help to make this possible! Thanks to all 28 who entered the contest! Thanks to those who were able to finish some great builds!! Thanks to all who took time to vote for a favorite! I think that the Big Rig Build Off 2019 has been a big success!! Thanks again to everyone!!

Well it looks like we have a winner folks! Congratulations to Jeff Bulmer "gotnitro?" with his Mack R model and tank trailer! Jeff will be receiving a $25 credit with A.I.T.M. I will be sending you a PM Jeff. Thanks to Greg and Model Cars Magazine for providing this forum for us to share our builds and have this contest! Thanks to Dave at A.I.T.M. for donating the gift certificate! Thanks to the Administrators and Moderators that helped me with this contest! Thanks to the everyone who entered from the very beginning even if you were not able to finish in time! Thanks to everyone who finished your builds! Every build was great and it was hard to choose a favorite. Thanks to everyone who took the time to stop in and vote for your favorite!

Just an added note. I had my terminology a little off. Of course if there is one thing that I do well, it is butcher the English language. I found out that tag axles are behind the drives and pusher axles are in front of the drives. We are looking forward to seeing your project!

So is it still going to be a tandem drive with a tag in front of the drives, or single drive with tag? If it is a third front axle, I would make a "U" axle. You can simply bend the axle tube or like this build, the center is box tubing and it is drilled for the axles. If it is going to be a third axle you can rob the Peterbilt air ride from one of the snap kit for suspension. If there is lots of drive line clearance you can also simply use a straight axle. As far as steerable tags the ones that "I've seen" are lift axles not to say that they don't make non-lifting steers . Even doing a search of non-lifting axles, most of the results that come up are lifting axles. But steer axle is an option that you can simply use a front axle from most any kit. If it is going to be a third axle, I would definitely go air suspension, if not from a snap Peterbilt, then AMT, Revell, or Italeri will work too, or even the old Ertl Transtar air ride. Another option, moluminum, and GW trucks offers a nice axles with suspension as well.

Thanks Jacob! Thanks to everyone who has voted! This was a hard group to choose from. I didn't vote since I moderated this one. It would have been hard for me to pick a favorite. Remember everyone, tonight is the last night to vote if you haven't already. Thanks again to everyone who entered the 2019 Big Rig Build Off. Brian

Tag axles come in a large variety designs, if you let us know what kind of project you're planning we might can help more. Rear tags are usually straight. Front tags often "U" in the middle to clear the drive line. If your drive axle has air ride, then you could add a tag with a similar set up making the axle out of rod as Kerry said. Also will it be a lifting tag or not? Give us an idea of what kind of project you are planning. Brian

Very cool project Pat! I really like the sound of those. There are quite a few of those in this neck of the woods. The Southeast Threshers Reunion is held about 15 miles up the road every year the week of July 4th and there are several there in various sizes. I like the great big ones. There's a store about 3 miles up the road that uses one of the smaller ones every weekend to make ice cream. Looking forward to seeing this one!

Looks good! Are you still going to go with Movin on style decals?

Thanks Jeff! I'm glad we were able to finish a truck build off. I'm thankful to all who entered. My goal was to inspire some great truck building and that is what has happened. Even those who didn't meet the deadline have started some great builds that I'm looking forward to seeing completed. Thanks again to everyone who entered!! Also to all forum members, if you haven't stopped by the "Big Rig Under Glass" section to vote for your favorite truck build in the Big Rig Build Off, please stop in and vote, even if you don't usually visit the truck section. Thanks, Brian

Like Tom said, most likely so. If I don't host it, I'm sure someone will.

Well the contest is finished. We had seven to finish. Please look in the Under Glass section to vote for your favorite. Thank you to everyone who participated whether you were able to finish or not. A special thank you to Dave at A.I.T.M. for the $25 prize for the winner.

I wanted to invite everyone in the forum to stop by the "Big Rig Under Glass" section and vote for your favorite build in the Big Rig Build Off Voting thread. Even if you're not a truck builder stop in and pick your favorite. Thanks, Brian

I have bumped all the threads up to find them easier.