Heil garbage truck, 1970s

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In honor of the upcoming Garwood refuse truck, I give you an old build of mine, a Heil garbage unit. I had heard of the "phantom" Garwood release years ago, and I was convinced it would never happen. I preferred the look of the Heil unit anyway, so I built my own. This build is at least 15 years old, but still survives in my showcase. Everything works...the doors open, the rear area scoops, the ram compacts, etc. The features are useless, of course, but nothing looks like an operating mechanism more than a mechanism that actually operates. I was going to weather the exterior more, but I didn't know how at the time, and just never revisited the project.

[Mopar - D]

Wow this is awesome! Your details and working parts really make it look real. 

[ZTony8]

Hope it doesn't smell like a real one!

[Doug 1061]

Very nice.  I owned a trash company years ago,  started with an  IH Cargostar with  Heil 4000 like that.   The truck was great, packer not so much.   Did you build this from blueprints or eyeball engineering?  Either way great job all around.  

[Repstock]

58 minutes ago, Doug 1061 said:

Very nice.  I owned a trash company years ago,  started with an  IH Cargostar with  Heil 4000 like that.   The truck was great, packer not so much.   Did you build this from blueprints or eyeball engineering?  Either way great job all around.  

First of all, thanks everyone for the positive comments. To answer the question, I found a discarded body in a friend's junkyard. I took pictures and measured dimensions, and made the model off of that. The cab choice is what I remember from our trash pickup service when I was a teen. i still remember my friends' family getting a Lincoln that cost over $10.000. I just couldn't grasp such an astronomical figure for a CAR! How times change.

[Toys4Don2]

Amazing level of detail. Looks better than the one scheduled to be released. 

[Jim B]

That's very impressive.  Well done.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Your work is always amazing! This one looks great! The scratch building and the weathering are spot on! Excellent work! 

[vincen47]

Very nice work, as always. Great detail, and working parts is impressive. Looks like a unit that’s had a few years of use, but well-maintained, having had a recent exterior paint job. Maybe getting it ready for a new owner, no lettering yet.

[kilrathy10]

Awesome!! This is very well done... What a model... Very nice, and I can't wait to get my hands on that new garbage truck, too.... Great build...

[grodudulle77]

Awesome work !! ??

[iamsuperdan]

That is some amazing work.

[leafsprings]

Outstanding work!  IMO, can't get any better!  I like the subtle changes to the chassis with manual trans and single exhaust too!

[Warren D]

Very well done, I agree the Heil looks better than the Garwood. 

[1959scudetto]

Outstanding work, Tom - looks very realistic!

[Intmd8r]

Very cool - the weathering is spot on

[ChrisR]

Awesome!!!

[gotnitro?]

Fantastic work! All the subtle grime and wear really show off the details 

Really like the Heil style packer shape. 

[Chariots of Fire]

That is quality craftsmanship!  Well done!!

[slusher]

impressive! I use to wat at home the men get our garbage ? in Chicago until I was a teen. That’s the unit they used..

[ewetwo]

Wow. Excellent build.

 

[Biggu]

Holy............. that is spectacular !!!

[Bainford]

Excellent work. Very nice scratch building, and you nailed the look. The C-600 makes it period perfect. Nice work!

[Mike C]

That's a really great build. I can almost smell the trash.

[PappyD340]

AWESOME!!