6 Trucks it is!!
Nice to see some older model year looking trucks too 
These are fantastic. I had recently been buying the flatbed trucks and turning them into road tractors for tofc trailers. Menards you could save me some work if you made some into road tractors.
Yup, steak truck, stake truck what's the difference...LOL
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Mark, are these similar in quality to the ones the employees received?
jeremy ferrell posted:These are fantastic. I had recently been buying the flatbed trucks and turning them into road tractors for TOFC trailers. Menards you could save me some work if you made some into road tractors.
Jeremy, You remove the sides and deck and shorten the wheel base for an ideal tandem semi tractor. The red tractor is a shortened Ertl which left the factory the same length as the green tractor. John
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Not a steak truck, it is an open bed truck with fenced sides. 
John Pignatelli JR. posted:Not a steak truck, it is an open bed truck with fenced sides.
OK,, How about a open bed truck with fenced sides to keep the Steaks in? .. LOL..
Great looking trucks.
rattler21 posted:jeremy ferrell posted:These are fantastic. I had recently been buying the flatbed trucks and turning them into road tractors for TOFC trailers. Menards you could save me some work if you made some into road tractors.
Jeremy, You remove the sides and deck and shorten the wheel base for an ideal tandem semi tractor. The red tractor is a shortened Ertl which left the factory the same length as the green tractor. John
But John, how does one reattach the shorter frame?
BTW, I love the late 50's early 60'look. It seems to be missing in O scale!
NOW we are talking........50's era vehicles!!!! I want a REA truck for sure!!
Menards posted:We've got some cool stuff coming!
Here's your first teaser for our January 9th release.
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train Guy
It's probably me, but what did the above actually represent and how does it tie into the stake trucks ?
Ordered! Very cool!!
Richie C. posted:Menards posted:We've got some cool stuff coming!
Here's your first teaser for our January 9th release.
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train GuyIt's probably me, but what did the above actually represent and how does it tie into the stake trucks ?
Perhaps the lighted headlights on the trucks. There are multiple trucks being offered so multiple headlights. I doubt many saw it like this because the "headlights" were too close together.
Richie C. posted:Menards posted:We've got some cool stuff coming!
Here's your first teaser for our January 9th release.
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train GuyIt's probably me, but what did the above actually represent and how does it tie into the stake trucks ?
Head lights..
rattler21 posted:jeremy ferrell posted:These are fantastic. I had recently been buying the flatbed trucks and turning them into road tractors for TOFC trailers. Menards you could save me some work if you made some into road tractors.
Jeremy, You remove the sides and deck and shorten the wheel base for an ideal tandem semi tractor. The red tractor is a shortened Ertl which left the factory the same length as the green tractor. John
Are these still readily available?
prrhorseshoecurve posted:rattler21 posted:jeremy ferrell posted:These are fantastic. I had recently been buying the flatbed trucks and turning them into road tractors for TOFC trailers. Menards you could save me some work if you made some into road tractors.
Jeremy, You remove the sides and deck and shorten the wheel base for an ideal tandem semi tractor. The red tractor is a shortened Ertl which left the factory the same length as the green tractor. John
But John, how does one reattach the shorter frame?
I can’t speak for Johns but the menards Mack style trucks I was buying and modifying were diecast. I literally just sectioned the chassis with a hack saw. Smoothed our my cuts and used Jb weld to reattach the sections. Good thing about in weld is you can file it and sand it. This new release truck appears to have the same setup or something close. So I’d say it’ll be a very doable modification on these as well. Where there’s a will there’s a way. I’ll share some pics when I get another one completed.
prrhorseshoecurve posted:Richie C. posted:Menards posted:We've got some cool stuff coming!
Here's your first teaser for our January 9th release.
Thank you,
Mark the Menards Train GuyIt's probably me, but what did the above actually represent and how does it tie into the stake trucks ?
Perhaps the lighted headlights on the trucks. There are multiple trucks being offered so multiple headlights. I doubt many saw it like this because the "headlights" were too close together.
Someone at Menards has a future in modern art ! 
Nice to see earlier body styles. Too bad I can’t get any.
Steve
The REA one will fit on a lot of layouts. I'm thinking about ordering one.
