I suppose a stanchion trailer could carry things other
than logs, maybe pipes or rebar, but logs look the best. I
harvested these "logs" from fallen branches in my back yard, trying to
find things which had a reasonable diameter and were straight enough
over the required length to fit. Even so, a couple of these at
scale would be very large logs indeed. The chains are from a local
hardware store. I've included pictures of the trailer behind a
couple of different trucks. These huge logs would seem to be more
appropriate to an American style longnose truck, but for some reason I
still think the scale of the trailer looks better with the Scania.
This trailer has a very long overhang in front of the kingpin. In
fact, it couldn't be towed by the King Hauler without moving the
kingpin forward into another hole because the front of the trailer hit
the sleeper on the tractor. Once the kingpin is moved, the leg
retraction system doesn't work any more. The Scania fits with the
kingpin in the stock location.
