Steering Rigs

Hot Wheels Steering Rigs was a line of detailed semi tractor and trailer sets that were released in 1981 and 1982. On the back of the trailer, there was a large wheel on top which could be used to steer the rig. See detail below:
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They were produced in two locations: Hong Kong and France. Both pieces will have the country of manufacture on them. The differences between the France and Hong Kong can be very minor (just the base) or significant (colors or opening doors). The French weren't too discerning when putting the tractor and trailer together. There have been several examples where the semi and trailer were mixed up, i.e. a Peterbilt semi with a Allied Moving trailer (should be a Mack semi). In 1982, along with the blue Hong Kong packaging, red packaging was introduced like the French pieces.
Another special feature of the Steering Rigs is a piece of rubber on a set of the semi wheels and a set of the trailer wheels, see the following pictures. The rubber is needed to give the wheels grip. Without it, you can turn the wheel but the truck will continue to go straight.
==Vehicles==
Year	Toy #	Name 	Cab Color	Trailer Color	Country 	Notes 	Cab Photo	Full Photo	Boxed Photo
1981	1917 	GMC Hauler 	Yellow 	Yellow 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1981	1917 	GMC Hauler 	Yellow 	Yellow 	France 	Brighter yellow cab & trailer 	 	 	
1981	1920 	GMC Van 	Grey 	Grey 	Hong Kong	Blue trailer door 	 	 	
1981	1920 	GMC Van 	Grey 	Grey 	France 	Gray trailer door 	 	 	
1981	1918 	Kenworth Tanker 	Blue 	Grey 	Hong Kong	 	100px 	 	
1981	1918 	Kenworth Tanker 	White 	Grey 	France 	White cab with gray tanker trailer w/"Arco" logo on sides 	 	 	
1981	1915 	Kenworth Van 	White 	White 	Hong Kong	Gray trailer door 	 	 	
1981	1915 	Kenworth Van 	White 	White 	Hong Kong	Red trailer door 	 	 	
1981	1915 	Kenworth Van 	White 	White 	France 	White trailer door 	 	 	
1981	3431 	Mack Moving Van 	Orange 	Orange 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1981	1919 	Peterbilt Hauler 	Orange 	Orange 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1981	1919 	Peterbilt Hauler 	 	White 	France 	Red cab with orange gravel trailer w/"Bob's Sand and Gravel" on sides	 	 	
1981	1916 	Peterbilt Tanker 	Red 	White 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1981	1916 	Peterbilt Tanker 	Red 	White 	France 	Dark orange cab 	 	 	
1982	3430 	Ford LTL Cattle Trailer	Blue 	White 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1982	3433 	Ford LTL Moving Van 	Yellow 	Yellow 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1982	3434 	Mack Grain Trailer 	Blue 	Blue & Tan 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1982	3434 	Mack Grain Trailer 	Blue 	Blue & Tan 	France 	 	 	 	
1982	3435 	White Cattle Trailer 	Red 	Grey 	Hong Kong	Red cab & gray trailer with white, black, & yellow tampo 	 	 	
1982	3435 	White Cattle Trailer 	Red 	Grey 	France 	Darker red cab & light gray trailer with white, black, & orange tampo	 	 	
1982	3432 	White Grain Trailer 	White 	Grey & Black 	Hong Kong	 	 	 	
1982	3432 	White Grain Trailer 	White 	Grey & Black 	France 	 	 	 	
==Steering Rigs Cabs==
The trucks from this series can mainly be found in the Steering rigs series. But whereas the Steering Rigs included a Trailer, these trucks where packaged alone under the name Steering Rigs Cabs. They came with a small sheet of stickers so you could add tampos to the trucks. These were produced in 1982 and all were made in Hong Kong.
Toy #	Name 	Color 	Notes	Photo Loose	Photo Carded
5674 	Ford 	Light Blue	 	 	
5677 	Ford 	Yellow 	 	 	
5673 	GMC 	Gray 	 	 	
5670 	GMC 	Yellow 	 	 	
5671 	Kenworth 	Dark Blue 	 	100px 	
5668 	Kenworth 	White 	 	 	
5678 	Mack 	Dark Blue 	 	 	
5675 	Mack 	Orange 	 	 	
5672 	Peterbilt	Orange 	 	 	
5669 	Peterbilt	Red 	 	 	
5679 	White 	Red 	 	 	
5676 	White 	White 	 	 	
==Gallery==
Rigs HW from 0 to 50 Kris Palmer.JPG|Tampo design sketch (Kris Palmer)
Steering Rigs Hong Kong Back of Package.jpg|Steering Rigs Hong Kong Back of Blue Package
Steering Rigs France Back of Package.jpg|Steering Rigs France Back of Package
Steering Rigs Red Package Back Side.jpg|Steering Rigs Hong Kong Back of Red Package
Steering Rigs Red Package Peterbilt Hauler Orange Hong Kong 1919.jpg|Steering Rigs Peterbilt Hauler Hong Kong 1919
Steering Rigs GMC Van Red France 1920.jpg|Steering Rigs GMC Van with Red Cab France 1920
Steering Rigs GMC Hauler Gray France 1917.jpg|Steering Rigs GMC Hauler with Gray Cab France 1917
Kenworth steering rig hot wheels racing team trailer.JPG|Kenworth Van passenger side
Steering Cabs Mack Blue Sealed.jpg|Close Up of One Word Model Names
Steering Rigs Cabs Back of Card.jpg|Steering Rigs Cabs Back of Card
2016-08 Jonathan Steering Rig 1.jpg|not yet 3yrs ol' & nephews Favourite type of HW§ becomes STEERING RIGS
2016-08 Jonathan Steering Rig 2.jpg|Aug'16 my Bday rigs• 3 months later Nov '16 Nephew got His 1st FRANCE Mint + other played with [ MINE shown here] Lil' nephew is under 3yrs old
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