Farm Floater Truck 1/24th scale

[Randy D]

Hi Folks,

  First time in this section of the forum.   This project is to build a floater truck. These rigs are everywhere in the fields out here in the great plains during the growing season.  The "floater" name comes from the huge tires used.  The idea being that the tires help distribute the weight of the truck when out in fields that have just been cultivated to loosen up the soil.  They can be "wet" or "dry" applicators'....... 

couple dry trucks ...

 

 

I am going to doing a wet truck.  These are used to dispense seed, fertilizer and pesticides. Now these come in all shapes an sizes.  Small tank trucks ,  500 gallon to 1500 gallon,  are typically short wheelbase medium duty rigs.....

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

When the fields start to be measured in sections instead of acres the big boys come out to play....

 

 

 

 

more post to follow...

 

 

 

Edited June 11, 2024 by Randy D

[Randy D]

I am going to be doing a heavy duty single axle 4 x 4 with a 2500(???) gallon tank.   Started to gather goodies for this.  KFS for  the driven front axle , assorted valves and the floater tires and rims.  CTM for rear axle, hubs and assorted goodies.  Engine will come from the new release GPModels Detroit Diesel series 60 12.7   I will solder up a frame.  The tank will be a chopped up water bottle.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

more to follow..

the engine will wind up somewhere between these two....

 

 

Edited June 11, 2024 by Randy D

[Randy D]

Mock up with tank...

 

 

Starting the motor.  A 3d printed kit designed and printed by Claudio de Bellis.  It is beautifully detailed and even includes decals for all the labels and service tags.

You do have to be prepared for alot of this.....

 

but it is not too bad:)

 

 

 

lots of this...

 

 

 

 

 

[Randy D]

Compressor and primary and secondary fuel filters ...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That is all for now, thanks for looking in.

Randy

[Ace-Garageguy]

Extra big fun to see this thing come together.  

[porschercr]

Looks great.

 

 

[vincen47]

Watching this one intently for many reasons, including one, the unique subject matter - I see these rigs fairly often in my area, and two - the gp modeling series 60 - this will be the first one built up on the forum. It looks great! I bought two for myself. Also, very impressed with the water bottle idea!

[Gary Chastain]

Interesting project, will be watching

[Nacho Z]

How amazing is this?!?!  That engine and tranny are fantastic!  This is going to be a fun one to watch come together.

Edited June 16, 2024 by Nacho Z
Added missing word

[Street Rod]

Great project idea! Gonna follow along, too. The engine is looking great already, if it weren’t for your hand in the pictures I’d say it was a real engine.

[gotnitro?]

Very nice work on the engine so far, and looking forward to your truck build! 

[Rockford]

Seems a shame to put that engine under a hood, should be on display itself! Very realistic. Excellent stuff, well done. 

[Volzfan59]

I'm going to be following along. Your detailing on the engine is great. I've never have seen a "floater" truck before, but just looking at the pictures makes me want to drive one!

[TarheelRick]

Going to be an ambitious project, looking forward to updates. Really impressed with the way you photoshopped your thumbs into that picture of a real engine.

[DRIPTROIT 71]

Cool project! I built one of these a few years back with a spreader bed and one with no bed. It looks like yours is going to be a lot nicer than mine were. Beautiful work on the Detroit! Looking forward to seeing more!

[BDSchindler]

Randy...are the lines for the Compressor and primary/secondary fuel filters have crimped connectors?  How are they connected?

Your work is simply amazing!

[cdntrucking]

Impressive details! 

[Randy D]

Thanks Bill, yes , this is just a touch bigger than another of my projects...

 

Thank you Trevor!

Victor,  Can't wait to see what you do with your motors after seeing the cat motor detailing on your RV build!!!

Appreciate the comment Gary.

Hey John, yeah, new part of the forum for me!

Thank you Jeff!

Thanks "Rockford" !!

Steve H.   I'm with you:)

Thank you Ricky

Brian, Thank you!  If I may ask, do you remember what tires you used.  These ones I have from KFS are the "weighted " style and while they are nice I would like to have more options????

Lewis,  thank you !

 

Brian,  on the crimped connectors,  I use a slice of thin walled nickel silver tubing then slide it into the printed nut on the part.  Sometimes using a nut from RB Motion..

 

 

 

Next up on the motor is  adding some of the wiring harness for the ECM system....

 

 

 

more pics  following...

[Randy D]

I am using some small springs to simulate all the corrugated sheathing that covers all the wires....

 

 

 

 

And I discovered that I should have done this part first before the compressor and fuel lines...

 

 

 

next up is the starter,  added small nuts and bolts so i could wire it up....

 

 

 

 

 

more pics to follow.....

[Randy D]

Starting to add the decals...

 

 

Next up is power steering ....

 

 

 

 

That is all for now,

Thanks for looking in.

Randy

[BDSchindler]

Thanks Randy...your work is just amazing.

[Nacho Z]

The thing that is blowing my mind is how cleanly built it is and how realistic it looks!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

2 hours ago, Randy D said:

Brian, Thank you!  If I may ask, do you remember what tires you used.  These ones I have from KFS are the "weighted " style and while they are nice I would like to have more options????

On the Paystar without a bed I used KFS tires all the way around. It is a four wheel drive.

 The GMC with the spreader bed is two wheel drive. It has 66” monster truck tires on the rear that I made to look weighted and KFS tires on the front.

2 hours ago, Randy D said:

 

 

[Jürgen M.]

Omg! That engine looks great! Amazing details on an engine that size! 

[Fanman]

I think it’s obvious you have some mad skills. I’m really looking forward to following this build.