January 2007
Monthly Archive
Hendrickson pull trucks at work
Posted by doncampbellmodels on 24 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: From the Workshop
Here is a cool picture of the Heavy Haul Pull trucks in action. Along with two heavy push 8 wheel drive vehicles behind this massive load. WOW !! It looks a little top heavy so they will need to go slow around the corners, ha,ha.
SIXTH TIME PLOWING SNOW YESTERDAY- It kept snowing yesterday so I decided to go get the tractor out and do some plowing. The weatherman is saying possibly 4 or 5 inches tonight. A normal Jan. I would plow 12 to 15 times.
SKI-DOO BLAIR MORGAN EDITION- I went for another ride on my 600 MXZ yesterday. The snow is great riding now and after lunch I will go for another ride .
Next week if we get a nice sunny day, I would like to ask Tom to take a day off and have us ride up to the Mackinaw Bridge. We did that twice last year. It is about 65 miles from Gaylord and a nice ride.
FARM VIDEO CLIP- Deb redid our visit to our farm video clip last night . She tried to put Loui Armstrong’s; ” It’s a Wonderful World” music to the farm clip but it didn’t turn out so good. So she redid it and it is nicer to watch now.
Lampson ; Beauty and the Beast Truck Model Progress- I just got the rear bumper and rear swivel hitch done . After I return from the sled ride I will start working on the front frame section.
TOP TEN COUNTRIES THAT VISIT MY PAGE REGULARLY- hERE IS THE LIST,
1. UNITED STATES
2. CANADA
3. GERMANY
4. AUSTRALIA
5. ENGLAND
6. SWEDEN
7. FRANCE
8. DENMARK
9. SWITZERLAND
10. BELGIUM
Tomorrow I’ll post the top ten states in the U.S. who visit my page on a regular basis.
Hendrickson pull truck , green version
Posted by doncampbellmodels on 23 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: From the Workshop
Here is a picture of one of the massive Henrickson pull trucks in green like I am currently building the model of. This picture shows the dozens of extra weights mounted on the flatbed for extra traction. I will build it with the weights on it. This morning I got the bed in place on the frame. Now I am working on the rear tailight support brackets, and the mudflaps. I should get the rear hitch and frame done by tonight. Tomorrow I will start working on the front frame . Then I will know the space available for the cab and the engines hood. I still have not built the other front fender or the other tanks or anything on the drivers side. First I want to get the look from one side to see if things will look right. So far, so good.
SNOW- We got a couple more inches of snow this morning so that makes three inches of new snow in the last two days. It is lightly snowing now so I could get the tractor out in the morning to plow .
TOP TEN LIST- Kinds like David Letterman , ha,ha. One day this week I am going to post two Top Ten Lists. I get weekly visitors from every state in the U.S. and I thought it would be fun to show the top ten states that people look at my webpage the most from each week.
SECOND TOP TEN LIST- The second top ten list is going to be the top ten countries. I get regular visitors from over 80 countries so it would be fun to share the top ten countries with everyone.
Thanks again everyone for continuing to visit my webpage. It is still a lot of fun for me to try to post interesting pictures everyday .
Thanks again Nicole for the new Video section , I have recieved many positive E-mails from people saying they like seeing us moving and talking, ha,ha.
Rear flatbed / winch/ fifth wheel hitch view
Posted by doncampbellmodels on 22 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: From the Workshop
I have one side of the truck roughed in and next I will get the flatbed bent up and the underbody frame work cut out and tacked together . After that I will either work on the rear frame/hitch area or I will build up the cab mounting supports for the floor. I got some other errands to do today so I am not sure how much time I will get in the shop. Later this week i will post the first early stage picture of it .
ONE INCH OF SNOW- We got one inch of snow overnight and the temps were near 7 degrees.