early 70's White Freightliner logging truck

[bitner]

This is the newest logging truck to be added to my growing collection. I used the new reissue White Freightliner cab over, but with the single axle's day cab. I stretched the frame 5' in front of the rear suspension and behind it to lengthen it by 10'. I used AITM steel wheels on the drivers, with the kit's front chrome units painted silver. I altered two front bunk units from two Peerless logging trailer kits and set them on a frame mounted to the main frame rails. I painted the cab Tamiya chrome yellow with a red strip Per Douglas Veneer's practice, which this truck represents. The frame, running gear and trailer were sprayed Testors gloss red. I drew the door logos on CAD and colored them in with Windows Paint. The rest of the decals such as the Keep Oregon Green logo, General Trailer logos etc were also printed out by me.

The trailer frame was scratch built from Evergreen plastic beam and strips. The rear tandem is from the Peerless log trailer kit but was made to operate. I used parts of a Lindberg trailer for the suspension of the front axle, and scratched the rest. The trailer represents an old late 60's early 70's unit that used to be used quite often on the west coast. I actually built two of these at the same time, however the other one has cheese blocks instead of stake on the bunks to represent a unit that used to haul redwood logs in the area I live in. Again the bunks of the trailer were taken from a couple of Peerless kits along with the wheels and tires. The truck represents a typical Douglas Veneer short logger out of the Roseburg, Oregon area in the late 60's to mid 70's.

Cheers:

Bill

[highway]

Very nice!

[disabled modeler]

Very nice! Love those older trucks

[SpreadAxle]

Outstanding!

[cowboysevens]

very very nice!!!! supprised you dont have a picture of them both together. how long did it take you for them both start to finish? great job and a great lookin truck

dennis

[chuckyr]

Seeing your models is like seeing a history of the logging industry in the North West US.

[rronning84]

Awesome looking rig. Not many people take on that style but I am glad you did. It looks great.

[mackinac359]

Sweet! I love COE loggers.

Tim

[David G.]

WOW! Just... WOW!

[eagle2159]

nice work, precision work.

[bitner]

Thanks guys, It was fun, You hardly ever see cabover logging trucks anymore, and even then I think it was rare.

Cheers:

Bill

[rronning84]

I have been around Pacific NW logging my entire life and can only think of a few and most were the configuration you have built. I can only think of two long loggers.

[Paul B]

Outstanding model! Love those old loggerrs. Brings back moemories of watching the logggers ina round Roseburg when my grandparents lived there.

[Chuck Doan]

That is a neat rig. You did a really good job on the frame and trailer, well built. Nice paint scheme too!

[Kostas Parchas]

Bill,

You have build a very nice rig!!!

Very nice detailed and painted!

Kostas.

[Old Albion]

Bill,

Another great looking truck for your collection. I'd like to see how it would look with a log load?

Dave

[The Modeling Hermit]

That is impressive. I would think that would be a back breaker on some of those logging roads.

[Sergey]

I agree! Fantastic work!