Kenworth Trike (pictures are big)

Hello everyone,
I dont drive a truck, but I do work on them, Have been working on them for almost 6yrs now, and can back up one better then most drivers can drive on the road. Ive been around big rigs ever since I can remember, and I never get tired of it.
Im a diesel mechanic for Rock On Repair in MN, Last winter work was starting to get slow, and the boss asked me to bring in a old truck the business had aquired. He told me what the plan was for it, and I thought it was a joke.
Next thing I know, Im building a Trike, Just like the one in the Monster Garage series, that Jesse James Built.

I thought the truckerc community might get a kick out of this, Everyone that walks through our door, has to see it.

It took me about 5 weeks to build, from tearing the old truck apart, to custom fabricating the whole trike. Thats right (me), I built it on my own, with the exception that another employee mounted the rear tires, the forman spent an hr to prep the motor to run, and the boss helped for a few hours mounting the steering shaft in the front control arm. Otherwise I was on my own for the whole thing, including removing and installing the motor,trans, axle.. several times.

Details:
The Truck was a 88 Kenworth Dump Truck, with a Cummins Big Cam Motor, and 9spd Trans.


And a few Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtvA0r8PC5w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBCufK29OOo

 

Sorry, but Im not posting any that arent watermarked. Trying to prevent my pictures from being ripped.

 

It was just a address so people knew where this came from. Same thing on the you tube vids.

The link to the other site was of a thread I made there that documented the process from beginning to now. Its to much to post here, so I supplied the link.. but thats not allowed.