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Building Heavy duty Seaplane Lift Trucks / Beaching Gear

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Building Heavy duty Seaplane Lift Trucks / Beaching Gear

At D28 Tanglefoot we have a 1973 Chevy Seaplane Truck, it was pretty good for 5 years or so, but we've been having a lot of trouble with it as it's a classic car + a seaplane truck so I've started to commission building a few more trucks.

I've acquired 3 Gasoline Single Cab F Series Trucks, 2 2016 Ford F350 and 1 F250.

Our plan is to fix these up and then have an established builder in Canada put together the trucks. He has several already as good working examples. These won't be cheap builds but our goal is to get some discounts at scale by building 3 rather than 1. These will use electro-hydraulic switches with eagle pumps.

I know we've all seen the vintage chevys and the toronados and had them work for years, these builds are using a more modern truck as a starting point.

I am probably going to keep 1-2 of these, so the other one, or potentially 2 are up for grabs - and can still be customized with paint or sized to your fleet or Seaplane.

So if you're looking for a truck and want to get in on a group build please let me know!

I have a Tilting Trailer/Truck setup and can move these around/deliver as well.
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