Description
The Woodland Scenics D247 HO Scale Dump Truck is a metal casting kit of a vintage 1½-ton Federal dump truck — the early 20th-century crank-operated dump truck with steel wheels typical of 1910s–1930s construction sites, quarries, and railroad MOW yards.
Prototype: Federal Motor Truck Company (Detroit, founded 1910) built rugged commercial trucks through the 1950s. The 1½-ton Federal dump was a workhorse for construction, gravel, and municipal use in the early automotive era — distinctive for its crank-operated dump mechanism (hand-cranked rear hopper rather than the later hydraulic tilt) and solid steel artillery wheels (no pneumatic tires until the 1920s).
What's in the kit: Metal casting parts for assembly. Comes unpainted — paint and detail according to your era and scene. Load the rear hopper with gravel, dirt, coal, or scrap for a realistic loaded look.
- Scale: HO (1:87)
- Prototype: Federal 1½-ton dump truck (crank-operated, steel wheels)
- Era: 1910s–1930s
- Type: Unassembled, unpainted metal-casting kit
- Use: Construction sites, gravel pits, railroad MOW yards, industrial scenes
- Series: D&D Series HO Vehicle Kits
- Woodland Scenics SKU: D247
Tip: Glue actual fine ballast or sand in the hopper for a convincing load — the metal casting takes paint and weathering powders well.
About Woodland Scenics: The largest US scenery / landscape supplier for model railroads (Linn Creek, Missouri). The D&D Series of HO scale vehicle kits provides period-correct early-20th-century trucks, cars, and farm machinery — finely detailed metal castings the modeller paints and assembles.
In stock at Oakville Model Trains Depot.