Walthers Terex Dump Truck

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railBuilderDhd

railBuilderDhd

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I've been working on the model from Walthers of the Terex (so they say) dump truck. I've got some photos to work from and trying to get the "toy model" to look more like the prototype. I'm not going for exact prototype as this will only be a part of the scenery in the free-mo module I'm building of a rock quarry and cement plant of some sort.

Here are the progress shots of what I've done so far. I have more details I'm going to add before I do any painting or weathering. I had planned on just painting and weathering the kit from Walthers but realized it wasn't "real" enough for me so here it is:

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That looks like a TR45 model? Havent seen one in years but thats what I remeber them looking like.

Whats going to load it?
 


If I recall those pit trucks were painted both a dull white or a pale green? but yellow works just as good as most older pit trucks were yellow. I built a walthers Rubber tire loader years ago. this one was small and basicly used to load semi trucks and perform site work..not the size comonly used to load a 40 Ton capasity pit truck.
 
lmackattack said:
If I recall those pit trucks were painted both a dull white or a pale green? but yellow works just as good as most older pit trucks were yellow. I built a walthers Rubber tire loader years ago. this one was small and basicly used to load semi trucks and perform site work..not the size comonly used to load a 40 Ton capasity pit truck.
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I plan on painting it white when I'm done bashing the kit. The original color was a orange-yellow and I painted it yellow before I started to kit bash the model. I just had to bash this one because it needed details.

I hope the bashing of the wheel loader (like the one you built I think) will make it work for the quarry and not look like it out of place and should be loading a smaller truck someplace else.
I just can't see playing hundreds of dollars like some of these trucks cost and I've not found any other model kits that will work for 1-87 scale. Please let me know if you know of any.
Thanks,
Dave
 
Dave, the walthers rubber tire loader I have will reach to a hight just above the sides of my standard HO scale semi dump trailers. it looks very prototipical next to a normal truck. I dont think it would reach into the bed of a mine truck? that truck likey has about a min of 12' to the top of the bed sides/ most semi dumps are 9'-11' to the tops.

Trent
 


Good info Josh.. That larger sized loader would be commonly used to load Mine trucks. The one I have is the smaller loader.

for refrence the small loader would take about 6 buckets to load a semi trailer with 22 tons of material. Daves mine truck looks to have a capasity of around 40-45 tons,twice that of a semi trailer. However it is pretty common to build a dirt burm to aid in loading larger trucks with smaller machines. we do this with bob cats all the time.

Trent
 
I've seen the larger Walthers front loader on eBay so I'm going to have to keep an eye out for it in the future so I can have both working in the mine. Would there be any other tyope of trucks in the pit as well? Say something like a Excavator and what about a dozer pushing the stuff around? Would these be a special size for a quarry pit or normal size. I'm not looking to put in any special dragmine or anything like that. First you only see those models in the high end (costly) and second it's only a free-mo module I'm building.
Thanks for the imput guys, it's been a great help.
Dave
 
railBuilderDhd said:
I've seen the larger Walthers front loader on eBay so I'm going to have to keep an eye out for it in the future so I can have both working in the mine. Would there be any other tyope of trucks in the pit as well? Say something like a Excavator and what about a dozer pushing the stuff around? Would these be a special size for a quarry pit or normal size. I'm not looking to put in any special dragmine or anything like that. First you only see those models in the high end (costly) and second it's only a free-mo module I'm building.
Thanks for the imput guys, it's been a great help.
Dave
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All depending on the pit in question an excavator or shovel crane would be the most commonly used to pick at very rocky harsh hill sides. They are more stable on uneven ground and if the rocks are very big they can bite into the earth better than a rubber tires larger bucket. Rubber tire loaders are good for moving material that has already been extracted / broken up and piled. If the earth is louse they do just fine picking the material out of the hill sides and loading trucks. bull dozers are commonly used to grade and push louse dirt or rock around.They can move large piles on level ground but they are pretty much limited to pushing stuff around unless they are used as traction to pull attachemnts on wet/uneven ground.

What I see at some of the gravel pits near me..

Explosives brake the hillside out

Excavators move the rock into piles and help load trucks if they have spare time

Rubber tires load the trucks from the piles

bull dozers work the other side of the pit backfilling where the rock came out. they get the dirt from semi trucks hauling it in from city/suberb construction sites.

A grader may be working to keep the haul roads smooth for the mine equipment that runn all day over them..

Hope this helps
Trent
 
Here is an update to what I've got done so far. I plan on a few more details and then it's time to paint it.

Let me know what you think.

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Here is a shot of the bottom side. You can see where the hydraulic hoses will connect. I have some product I found at Micheals Arts & Crafts store that will work great for the hydraulic hoses.
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This one you can see the exhaust that will go behind the heat plat on the left side of the truck right in front of the dump. I had to extend the frame of the truck in order for the exhaust to fit between the front of the truck and the dump.
Also, you can see the hand rails I've added to the front. I'm not sure I like it to much now because the nose is to long and unrealistic.
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Here you can see I added a little to the transmission to look like there is more on the underside.
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Dave
 
Looks like a heck of big truck to me, Dave. :) I don't know a thing about that model but you're doing a nice detailing job.
 


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