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Author: Zeger van Hattem Scale: 1:24th

SCRATCH
BUILT
REVIEW

Scratchbuilding Part 1

FTF Heavy Haul Tractor

In this issue, I start a four part story highlighting the amazing skills of Zeger van Hattem
as he builds a FTF heavy haul tractor, Nooteboom 4-axle low loader trailer and Hitachi
lattice boom crawler crane from scratch.

Zeger takes up the story
diesel V8 engine with 365 hp, Fuller several years at Roseboom, it was
The prime mover is a four axle heavy gearbox, a lowered cab, heavy Steyr sold in 2000 and after that it had a
transport tractor in the old colors rear axles and air suspended Kirkstall number of years' service with Kandt
of Roseboom Ede. This truck was de- front axles. And where I later found from Nieuwekerk a / d IJssel. Until
livered by FTF to Roseboom on the out, by those air-suspended front it finally came back to Roseboom
3rd of February 1989 and has been axles, this FTF was the only one of in 2011 and then was completely
specially built to their liking. A Detroit its kind. After the FTF had served for restored by EBAG trucks from Ede.

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