Do your flatbed trailers and trucks have bulkheads?

I made some out of splines as shown in pictures below. Now the drivers won't get bad headaches should the loads shift forward into the cab.


For the 45ft flatbed,<kuid2:386914:1007:2> by stealthsteam I used Wood Fence 02,<kuid2:133671:50021:1> by railcentre with 4 spline points set 1.50 meters above ground level assuming the static vehicles sit right at ground level. The posts are on the side of the partition facing the back of the tractor cab.


For the Truck Mack B61 flatbed 01,<kuid2:68213:29059:3> by dinorius_redundicus I used Fence-3 bar,<kuid2:133671:50010:1> by railcentre with 3 spline points set 0.80 meters above ground level assuming the static vehicles sit right at ground level.


For the Mack DM600 flatbed,<kuid2:119692:8009020:1> by alien 3 I used Fence-3 bar,<kuid2:133671:50010:1> by railcentre with 3 spline points set 1.40 meters above ground level assuming the static vehicles sit right at ground level.

That is so cool.....Looks very nice and more appropriate.....

blueodessey said:

That is so cool.....Looks very nice and more appropriate.....

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Trainz is much like physical model RR hobby. Scavenging odds and ends to make things. Black thread for telephone wires, a thread spool to make a spool of cable, a match stick for a sign post, etc.

blueodessey said:

That is so cool.....Looks very nice and more appropriate.....

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One could use wood fence spline to make a stake-side truck out of a flatbed to boot. Is there a way to put stanchions in the boxes of static pickup trucks?

As a matter of fact, I indeed made one of my flatbeds a steak-side with 3-bar fence, a load of iron pipes:

JonMyrlennBailey said:

steak-side

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If you study most US flatbed trucks they do not have stake side fences, so as to enable easy forklift access, and rely on ratchet strapping to secure the load.

And when you move your truck in Trainz, the bulkheads and stake sides do not travel along with them, so all this tedious work placement is in vain.

MP242 said:

(SNIP)...And when you move your truck in Trainz, the bulkheads and stake sides do not travel along with them, so all this tedious work placement is in vain.

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I will disagree. I find that the more tedious the build, the more rewarding the end result.

MP242 said:

If you study most US flatbed trucks they do not have stake side fences, so as to enable easy forklift access, and rely on ratchet strapping to secure the load.

And when you move your truck in Trainz, the bulkheads and stake sides do not travel along with them, so all this tedious work placement is in vain.

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The custom body sidings I made are for static trucks only anyway so they will never move in game play. Naturally I would not do this to driveable content.

MP242 said:

If you study most US flatbed trucks they do not have stake side fences, so as to enable easy forklift access, and rely on ratchet strapping to secure the load.

And when you move your truck in Trainz, the bulkheads and stake sides do not travel along with them, so all this tedious work placement is in vain.

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If you use Pev's Attachment Maker and a bit of work in the config you can have your truck drive on the road with a load and the stake sides etc.

Doug

Depending on the period of the route, the US used to have a lot of trucks, and even more in farm & ranch country. In the modern age they have replaced the stakesides with tiedowns and straps, but there was a time..... And even today, if you get out where people still get their own firewood, you will find a lot of pickup trucks either headed out to the woods with chainsaws and gas cans and bar oil in the back, or headed back to town with loads of firewood. A full length stakeside pickup fully loaded can get a cord of wood if built right...