Kenworth C500

[Gary Chastain]

58 minutes ago, Swamp Dog said:

Cults sell's a C500 file you can print yourself. it says its 14 scale but can be scalable at 1/24..The model has 3 cabins: Day CAB (Extended Version) with 1 only back glass, Day CAB (Extended Version) with 3 back glass and the cabin for the Sleepper (without rear part). has a great detailed dash. i had bough one a few years back (twin steer) from another printer but did not like the cab. i wish it had the option with a flat roof. also Gary if you ever looking for nice grip tires look up the Mack i just posted in WIP ....  https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/kenworth-c-500-scale-cab

That’s way more detailed, that would be really nice to have, wish I knew how to print or owned a printer. Thanks for that. 

[Gary Chastain]

Need some help, way out of my knowledge zone on this build. I am thinking about a winch for behind the sleeper with a cabinet style headache rack and I think there is a winch under the front bumper on this truck . I can rebuild 8,000 or 10,000 lb winches on my Jeeps. Know nothing about these really big winches. Looking at 3D Concepts site but no idea what winch for the back behind sleeper or under the front bumper. Need some help. 

[BK9300]

1 hour ago, Gary Chastain said:

Need some help, way out of my knowledge zone on this build. I am thinking about a winch for behind the sleeper with a cabinet style headache rack and I think there is a winch under the front bumper on this truck . I can rebuild 8,000 or 10,000 lb winches on my Jeeps. Know nothing about these really big winches. Looking at 3D Concepts site but no idea what winch for the back behind sleeper or under the front bumper. Need some help. 

The single axle, tri-drive tractor/bed trucks that I've been gathering info on often have two winches behind the cab - a main, 40 ton winch and a light duty 10 ton winch.  I have yet to find model names for the winches.  The trucks I seem to find most often didn't have a winch on the front.  Winch cable for the 40 T runs over top of the deck and over a two position, live roll, while the 10 T cable runs under the deck, out to the back -

 

 

Live roll on this truck has two positions - raised and truck can operate like a bed truck; lowered and the truck is back to being a tractor -

 

Head ache rack above these winches -

 

Winch control tower - 

 

I think there is a lot of info to be found if you have the time to wade through a bunch of Youtube videos!

Edited 11 hours ago by BK9300

[Scott Eriksen]

4 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

Need some help, way out of my knowledge zone on this build. I am thinking about a winch for behind the sleeper with a cabinet style headache rack and I think there is a winch under the front bumper on this truck . I can rebuild 8,000 or 10,000 lb winches on my Jeeps. Know nothing about these really big winches. Looking at 3D Concepts site but no idea what winch for the back behind sleeper or under the front bumper. Need some help. 

I used a 3D Concepts winch on the front bumper of my FDNY wrecker Gary