KW W900/Ranco Bottom Dump

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

What's goin' on...

Here's a pair or projects that's been in the works now for two years! The W900 is the AMT W925 (Watkins) w/ the AMT (reissue)K100 air ride suspension. This truck's been plumbed using fishing wire and the rubber tubing found in AMT truck/trailer kits. Other things such as the air ride leveling valve/linkage emergency/service valves and other misc have been scrtch built. This link is to earlier in progress photos of the W900.

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex...31499726&f=

The trailer started out as a CPS bottom dump but I couldn't find enough reference to complete it like a CPS. So I found some info about the Ranco and finished it up as one of those. All but the suspension (from the AMT tanker kit) is scratch built. Soon I'll build a tarp assembly for it. This link here as well shows earlier in progress pics.

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/AlbumIndex...31982156&f=

Thanks for lookin'!!!

[Old Albion]

Scott,

Very Impressive. The attention to details is superb. Scratch building is great fun and very rewarding.

Great Work!!

[SpreadAxle]

Awesome!!!!! That looks like the trucks that I see in Texas and the southwest states. Very, very nice. 8) 8) 8)

[SpreadAxle]

Hey Scott, I cruised thru your albums. I finally got to see what my 40ft trailmobile project will look like, only you took the time to add swinging doors. I saw quite a few projects I've had in mind actually. The tanker caught my attention. Nice to see the old AMT tanker can be done in different ways. Very nice work displayed on your page. Very nice.

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

What's goin' on...

Ray

Thanks man!

Actually what I did is used two of the trailers from US MAIL kits and made a 35 footer if I remember right. Back when I worked for SWIFT Transportation (Columbus,Ohio trailer shop) there was an old Trailmobile rib side used for storeage that I got the idea to build this model from. Somewhere in that EPSON album is a picture of that trailer.

I had to use a sheet of 1/4 inch thick styrene adding details to the back giving the illusion of a set of doors. Using the 1/4 thickness gave the rest of the box (trailer) rigidity because everything wasn't square and would not have been had functioning swing doors been made.

Look forward to seeing your Trailmobile completed!

Good Luck

[mackinac359]

Looks good !

Tim

[SpreadAxle]

It's one of those projects I'm surprised no one else ever did. Seems fairly simple. Mine was going to have the roll up rear door, with markings for a ROADWAY, CF, ABF kind of company. I may make up a name too, not sure, but thanks for the tip. I have a couple of the AMT Tandem vans I bought off ebay, and there's at least one kit missing parts, so it was going to be the kit I used for the longer version. I may make tow long trailmobiles now.

[pete359driver]

looks great! impressive work! 8)