Hayes trucks in the logging industry

WOW!!! I am sure Dendoff Springs in Vancouver would be proud

That looks Awesome!

More great looking work Reg, your eye for detail is what makes your work so awesome!

Thanks guys. Going to put a little more time in on it today so we'll see what I can get done.

About three hours worth of machine work netted me these little frame parts today. They started life as a single piece of 1/2"x2"x2 3/8" aluminum flat bar.

HDX said:

Parksville!!!! H159 P16 orange Pacific went there on Friday They are stashing them in the industrial complex across the highway from Tigh Na Mara on that road that runs parallel to the highway Moh Creek's old yard There is a sandblasting place in there also From what I can gather this will be where they all end up for now till they are re-sold

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Those trucks were bought by Ron Coulson and he has started up a company called Hayes Heavy Hauling. My dad, Hugh Frechette (Hughie to some of you) is there refurbishing these to be sold as heavy haulers, yes he is still working on those big trucks and loving it.

Don't know if this will work but here's a couple of pictures of Dad's pickup beside some of the trucks in the yard.

Yes do stop by, I'm sure he would not mind a few pictures being taken. I know this isn't a Hayes but here's one of the few pic I have.

Boulder Bill , R.G. Daines , Campbell River HDX Hayes

Boulder Bill , HD Hayes

Boulder Bill

We have a brush guard finally.

A couple more frame pieces roughed in. How does this look HDX? Do you think it looks too deep or close enough? It looks a bit odd to me but it may be because none of the other details are bolted on and it is all scuffed up and doesn't match the rest of the frame. The pieces basically double the frame depth and I think that is about right for scale? I can shallow them up if necessary.



Reg

Looks good..I like it...Its a shame somebody wrote all over that nice wood table tho...

What gauge aluminum and what alloy are you using..There is a lot of work in that front bumper..

diamondtguy said:

What gauge aluminum and what alloy are you using..There is a lot of work in that front bumper..

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Thanks Cory. The front bumper is .063 and the rest is .050. The bumper wasn't too bad as it's made out of one piece. I made one and after fitting the fenders properly, I wasn't happy with it so I made this one. The other bumper ended up on the front of another project I have(see pic and more graffiti) so it all worked out well. I did some more work on the Hayes today but haven't taken any pictures yet. The memory card in the camera has almost 2500 pictures on it and now the camera is getting stupid and bogged down so it says there is no card in it half of the timeointhead. Time to replace the card with a fresh one I guess...



Edit, I almost forgot... The cab is made out of 1100 grade and the frame, bumper ect is 5052

I have welded 1/16 aluminum before but I cant imagine trying to weld that bumper up..My eyes hurt just thinking about it....
I think my Miller 250 syncrowave would cough and fart being turned down that low..
I know 5052 well.1100 is the soft almost hand bendable grade ???

diamondtguy said:

I have welded 1/16 aluminum before but I cant imagine trying to weld that bumper up..My eyes hurt just thinking about it....
I think my Miller 250 syncrowave would cough and fart being turned down that low..
I know 5052 well.1100 is the soft almost hand bendable grade ???

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Because it's made from one piece of sheet there's only 8 small welds in the bumper. Getting the right angles in it to begin with is much worse than welding it in my opinion. I think your welder would do just fine but you would probably need a smaller torch head. Is yours liquid cooled? I'm using a Lincoln Precision 225 which is not nearly as fancy as your Miller but gets the job done on thinner metals quite nicely and I don't know what to do with all of the knobs and switches on yours anyway.lol Someday I would like to get a slightly larger inverter style TIG that has a higher duty cycle when turned up. It's hard to justify spending the money though when I rarely weld anything thicker than 1/8" and when I do it is for personal stuff and not $$$$.

Yes, the 1100 grade is very soft. I bought some new partial sheets of 050 1100 from a hydroponics store that had changed owners a couple of years back. It is perfect for the cabs and fenders. I tried to buy more from Metal Supermarkets as I am starting to run low but all I could get was 040. The 040 is just way too soft for anything structural. Hard to believe that 010 would make such a difference. I ordered it to build a U shaped end dump trailer for a guy in the US but after I bent up the tub I could tell it wasn't going to work. I guess in some ways it was realistic because if you dropped a rock in it, it would have dented the tub. I ended up remaking the tub out of 050 5052 like I would normally do but it was a b#tch to bend the tight radius for the corners.

Yes my Miller Tig machine is liquid cooled.Inverter machines are nice but the Miller one was $3000. more..
I made a dozen 4' long torpedos for a movie once out of 1000 series aluminum.Easy to work with and it welded up fine..
Stainless can be the same way...get the wrong grade or thickness and it can be a very long day....

A bit of an update. Muffler, heat shield, fuel tank are roughed in and I got a start on the shutters. I made the back wall of the fuel tank out of 1/8" so that I could machine in the V braces. I then had to machine each end of that panel so that it looked like it was the same thickness as the rest when the side were installed. Lot's of time but that's model building.lol