My home made drop axle

[rronning84]

I got board yesterday so I went through the parts box to see if I could scrounge the parts to build a drop axle for my blue truck. I am happy with what I came up with but I know it is not accurate and perfect so go easy on me. You all know I am not a scratch builder.

Any way the materials used were the front axle from the Revell w900 snap kit. Air bags and suspension from an AMT Ertl Pete. Two hole budd wheels from ebay and the tires are from the peerless log trailer kit.

It went togter pretty easy. I used some left over frame from the California hauler to mock it up with.

I can see I am going to need to leangthen the frame on the blue Pete.

[Bryan H]

Accurate or not, it still must be pretty satisfying to add a different look to the Blue Pete. In your photo, it appears the lift axle centerline is in the neighborhood of 43 scale inches from the first drive axle's centerline. This would represent the minimum spacing necessary on a full-scale rig. For bridge-formula states, all axles within 96 inches are considered part of a "tandem" and limited to 34,000 pounds. Your "tridem" looks to be eight-feet-plus and could scale 42,000 pounds. So, I think the Blue Pete looks good without frame lengthening.

Bryan

[mackinac359]

Nice change.

Tim

[Kostas Parchas]

Nice change,

The white on the rims makes the diference!!!

I don't think that you have to strech the frame, it looks realy nice as it is.

Kostas.

[Guest old man]

Nice change,

The white on the rims makes the diference!!!

I don't think that you have to strech the frame, it looks realy nice as it is.

Kostas.

WELL DONE KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK

[rronning84]

Thanks for the compliments