ICE CREAMER MIXER UPDATE

[fredmellini]

I don't quite know what I was thinking when I modified the chassis of the ice cream truck to accept a rear tandem axle, because I put the two rear axles in at the same height and did not account for the rake of the truck........So when I put the wheels and tires on the truck, the tires the farthest back did not touch the ground .................(axles are same height in this photo)


I ended up cutting and making longer rear axle springs and tweaking the chassis to get the rear axle to drop down so that now all six tires touch the ground.

[davea]

That sure looks good, coming along nicely!

[hobbybobby]

That looks good, Fred! I like it!
But, in my opinion, the front wheels are a little too large in the diameter for this tender front. I would take smaller. As said, is only my opinion. ;D
Whereby , if you do down cross section tire now on the front rims, you must change again the axle height ...

[fredmellini]

Yeah you are right Bobby, but I just went with the stock rims and tires from the icecream truck and they are glued in/on.......Not to mention that the chassis and axles/spindles are so fragile on this kit that I do not dare mess with them anymore after trying to correct the rear axles ;D ;D ;D........I must have broken down the chassis atleast 4 times trying to get it to sit right. ......I almost threw this one across the room, but thought better of it and just walked away!!!!!(LOL) ;D ;D ;D ;D

[davea]

LOOKOUT!!! Mad Klown throwing plastic! (LOL) Man, been there, done that! Ever take a hammer to something especially frustrating? HeHeHe!

[zeppy1320]

l don't know Fred l think it doesn't look to bad
l think it's coming along pretty good

[johnverkerk]

:oThat's look'in killer Fred,, i like it!!! ;D ;)Nice paint as well!!!

[Tim Nolan]

Interesting color Fred, BUT IT AIN'T GREEN!!! LOL!! ;D

I think we've all made those boo-boo's once in a while (even on 1:1 cars, when it's a REAL problem!!) Keep hackin'! Your doing a great job on it!

[ShowRodFreak Don V.]

That double axle looks good fred


don v

[colbart/colin]

Imagine doing that on a full sized rod, I remember such an article in a car magazine, although the weight of the pick up kept the back wheels on the ground, they suffered a lot of bounce problems/wheel tramp, and 'fighting' the other axle going over uneven ground.

Is that a 3 axled rod behind it??. Tripple Ripple Iced Cream??