Workhorses

Workhorses is a line of Hot Wheels that ran from 1980 to 1989. They were usually construction equipment vehicles or heavy trucks. Most of them had big construction tires and were painted yellow, but there were always exceptions to this rule. These castings are sometimes still reissued, with new colors, but not under the Workhorses nomenclature.

Versions

Vehicles in the Workhorses line include:

Col #	Year	Vehicle Name	Color	Tampo	Base Color	Window Color	Interior Color	Wheel Type	Toy #	Country	Notes / Variations	Photo
1171	1980	CAT Dump Truck	Yellow	No tampos	Unpainted / Metal	No Windows	Black	Yellow CT		Malaysia	Raised C777 on side
1171	1980	CAT Dump Truck	Yellow		Unpainted / Metal	No Windows	Black	Yellow CT			Raised C777 on side
1172	1980	CAT Bulldozer	Yellow		Yellow / Plastic	No Windows	Yellow	Special Black Rubber treads		Hong Kong	Blade moves up and down
1172	1980	CAT Bulldozer	Yellow		Yellow / Plastic	No Windows	Yellow	Special Black Rubber treads		Malaysia	Blade moves up and down
1173	1980	CAT Wheel Loader	Yellow		Yellow / Plastic	No Windows	Black	Yellow CT
1173	1980	CAT Wheel Loader	Yellow	No tampos	Yellow / Plastic	No Windows	Black	Yellow CT		Malaysia
1168	1980	CAT Forklift	Yellow w/Black plastic cage	Black and White "Cv80" on sides	Unpainted / Metal	No Windows	Black	BW		Hong Kong
	1980	Peterbilt Cement Mixer
1169	1985	Peterbilt Cement Mixer	Red with White Plastic mixer	No tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Blue	Black	BW		Malaysia
	1980	Hiway Hauler
9549	1985	Hiway Hauler	White	Hot Wheels Racing tampos on sides	Unpainted / Metal	Smoke	Black	BW		Malaysia
2548	1986	Hiway Hauler	White	Black, Red and Blue "Masters of the Universe" tampos on sides	Unpainted / Metal	Smoke	Black	BW		Malaysia
4969	1991	Hiway Hauler	Blue	Red "Goodyear" tampos on sides	Unpainted / Metal	Blue tint	Black	BW		Malaysia	International Boxed Line only
	1981	Peterbilt Tank Truck	Orange	"California Construction Company" tampos on tank	Unpainted / Metal	Smoke	Black	BW		Malaysia	Metal tank
2547	1986	Peterbilt Tank Truck		Hot Wheels Railroad tampos	Unpainted / Metal			BW
2800	1989	Peterbilt Tank Truck	Yellow with Unpainted Metal tank	Shell Tampos on tank	Unpainted / Metal	Smoke	Black	BW		Malaysia		File:Peterbuilt Tank Truck - 5638ef.jpg
1699	1981	Airport Rescue	Yellow	Red and Black tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Smoke	Black	BW		Hong Kong	Black Plastic water cannons on top
	1982	Airport Rescue
	1982	Ford Dump Truck	Green w/Grey Plastic Dump Box	White, Yellow and Black "Sunset Trucking" tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Chrome	BW	3253	Hong Kong
	1982	Ford Dump Truck	Green w/Grey Plastic Dump Box	White, Yellow and Black "Sunset Trucking" tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Chrome	BW	3253	Malaysia
3254	1982	Construction Crane	Yellow	No tampos	Unpainted / Metal	N/A	Black	BW		Malaysia	Boom extends and swivels
3254	1982	Construction Crane	Yellow	No tampos	Unpainted / Metal	N/A	Black	BW		Hong Kong	Boom extends and swivels
#11	2003	Fire Eater	Red	"51" and Shield on sides w/Black and Yellow tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Blue tint	Clear Blue	RL	9640	Hong Kong	1977 Flying Colors #11
#11	2003	Fire Eater	Red	"51" and Shield on sides w/Black and Yellow tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Blue tint	Clear Blue	BW	9640	Hong Kong	1977 Flying Colors #11
048	2008	Fire Eater	Yellow	"Engine 52" on top, "Fire-Eater" w/Black and Silver tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Clear	Gray	5SP	M6814	Malaysia	2008 All Stars
048	2008	Fire Eater	Red	"Engine 52" on top, "Fire-Eater" w/Yellow and Silver tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Clear	Gray	5SP	M6914	Malaysia
3912	1982	Trash Truck	Orange	Green, Black and Blue "Dept Of Sanitation" tampos on sides	Black / Plastic	Clear	Black	BW		Malaysia
3924	1983	Thunder Roller	Yellow	"2" and Eagle tampos on sides	Chrome / Plastic	Smoke	Tan	BW		Hong Kong
3924	1983	Thunder Roller
3924	1989	Thunder Roller
	1983	Rig Wrecker
	1983	Rig Wrecker
5905	1984	OshKosh Snow Plow	Orange with Plastic top		Unpainted / Metal	No Windows	Orange	Orange CT	42	Malaysia	1984 Hot Wheels Workhorses
201	1995	OshKosh Snow Plow	Orange with Plastic top		Unpainted / Metal	No Windows	Orange	Orange CT		Malaysia	Part of the main line for 1995
5609	1984	Phone Truck	White	Orange, Yellow and Black "Marks Phone Co." tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Yellow	BW		Hong Kong
5609	1984	Phone Truck	White	Orange, Yellow and Black "Marks Phone Co." tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Yellow	BW		Malaysia
5609	1984	Phone Truck	White	Orange, Yellow and Black "Phone Co." tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Yellow	BW		Malaysia
9550	1985	Peterbilt Dump Truck
4017	1989	Peterbilt Dump Truck
100	1996	Peterbilt Dump Truck	Red with Red dump bed	No tampos	Unpainted / Metal	Clear	Black	7SP		Malaysia
	1985	Sheriff Patrol	Metallic Blue	4 White door tampos
5904	1986	Good Humor Truck	White	Good Humor and ice cream tampos on sides	Black / Plastic	Clear	Blue	BW		Malaysia
136 or 057	2002	Known as Ice Cream Truck or Grillionaire	Orange	"Saucy Sanders," "Come 'N Git It" Black, White and Pink tampos	Black / Plastic	Smoke	White	Gold 5SP		Malaysia	Part of the Wild Frontier Series #3
2537	1986	Rescue Ranger	Green	"Forest Service" Yellow and Green tampos	Chrome / Plastic		Black	White Hub RR		Malaysia	1986 Hot Wheels Real Riders
2537	1986	Rescue Ranger	Green	"Forest Service" Yellow and Green tampos	Chrome / Plastic		Black	White Hub RR		Malaysia
2537	1986	Rescue Ranger	Green	"Forest Service" Yellow and Green tampos	Chrome / Plastic		Black	BW		Malaysia
5145	1988	Rescue Ranger	Red	"Hot Wheels Rescue" tampos	Chrome / Plastic	Smoke	Black	BW		Malaysia	Named Rescue Ranger for this release
4018	1986	Ford Stake Bed Truck	Blue	"Sunset Trucking" tampos				BW			Originally released in the 1983 Hot Wheels Extras line
237	1997	Ford Stake Bed Truck	Red w/Yellow plastic stake bed	Red, Yellow and White "Rapid Delivery" tampos	Blue tint / Plastic	Blue tint	Chrome	7SP		Malaysia	Part of the 1997 Hot Wheels line
3715	1987	CAT Earth Mover	Yellow	No tampos	Yellow / Painted	No Windows	Black	Yellow CT		Malaysia
3853	1987	CAT Road Roller	Yellow	"CB-614" tampo	Black / Plastic	No Windows	Black	Special vehicle-width rollers			5 bars on safety rail
3853	1987	CAT Road Roller	Yellow	"CB-614" tampo	Black / Plastic	No Windows	Black	Special vehicle-width rollers			3 bars on safety rail
3853	1987	CAT Road Roller	Yellow	no tampos	Black / Plastic	No Windows	Black	Special vehicle-width rollers		Malaysia	3 bars on safety rail
5027	1988	Flame Stopper	Red	"Fire Dept" and "Unit 31" tampos				CT
761	1998	Flame Stopper	Red w/ Grey water cannon	White, Gold, Black "FIRE DEPT." "31" on sides	Black Plastic	Black	Unseen	Saw Blades SB	5027	Malaysia
1795	1989	School Bus	Yellow	"School Bus" w/Wide Black tampos on sides	Black / Plastic	Clear	Black	BW		Malaysia
1790	1989	Big Rig	Black	Red, Blue and Orange tampos on sides	Black / Plastic	Solid Gray	None (? - Can't see to tell)	BW		Malaysia
76	1995	Kenworth Big Rig	Black	Red, Blue and Orange tampos on sides	Black / Plastic	Solid Gray	None (? - Can't see to tell)	7SP	1790	Malaysia		File:7-Spoke Big Rig - 6632cf.jpg
2808	1989	Delivery Truck	White	Wonder Bread tampos	Black / Plastic	Smoke	Black	BW		Malaysia	Also known as Letter Getter and Combat Medic
	1989	Ambulance	White	"American Ambulance" tampos	Black / Plastic	Blue tint	White	BW	1792	Malaysia