canadian trailers

[steven]

Hi this is Steven. I was looking at hanks trucks lunch at the overpass for inspiration and I found my next project. A freightliner pulling two flatbeds. Now my questions If the second flatbed trailers fifth wheel is mounted on the rear of the first trailers frame above the wheels is this a b train ? Also how long are these trailers typically ? It looks like Im going to be scratchbuilding most of the trailer. Any help will be appreciated.

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

What's goin' on...

Yeah you're right those trailer configs are b-trains. I can tell ya the length depends on the company and the region (length weight laws) where it's being pulled at. I'd say for the lead trailer build it as a tri-axle 30-40 feet and the second trailer 20-28 feet long. Here in the Columbus(Grove City) Ohio area there aren't many of those B's that pass thru. Another thing. If ya can watch that show Ice Road Truckers you'll see alot of those on there. I too have been kicking around the idea of building a B-Train as well. There was a fella that used two Beall tanker kits to make a tanker b-train. I can't remember who built that.

Good Luck

[SpreadAxle]

What's goin' on...

Yeah you're right those trailer configs are b-trains. I can tell ya the length depends on the company and the region (length weight laws) where it's being pulled at. I'd say for the lead trailer build it as a tri-axle 30-40 feet and the second trailer 20-28 feet long. Here in the Columbus(Grove City) Ohio area there aren't many of those B's that pass thru. Another thing. If ya can watch that show Ice Road Truckers you'll see alot of those on there. I too have been kicking around the idea of building a B-Train as well. There was a fella that used two Beall tanker kits to make a tanker b-train. I can't remember who built that.

Good Luck

I believe it was Ken Smith(If I'm wrong, correct me). I'm pretty sure he was the one who wrote the article in Car Modeler magazine a few years back, involving 2 Revell AG Beall tankers to make a B train. I myself plan to try and adapt that article to AMT's Fruehauf Tanker, since I have several of them. Watching Ice Road Truckers gave me the idea.