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06-29-2008, 08:36 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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|  Start of trailfinder build
Well this will be my first build thread so bear with me. I only really get to work on it on the weekend so it will be somewhat slow. So far it is a runner albeit without body until I can get a grill and decide on permanent body mounting. anyways on to the pics I have so far.          Well thats it for now, more next weekend.
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06-30-2008, 07:42 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: columbus
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Looks good so far.
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07-03-2008, 09:55 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island-Land of one batch of rocks in Sag Harbor and at least one fellow crawler
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Any updates on this one?? Good job so far  |
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07-03-2008, 11:01 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canada
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Right on, I'm doing a similar truck starting next week and love the look of this one!
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07-04-2008, 08:36 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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I'll post up some more pics tonight, I'm pretty much finished with the suspension setup. I'm waiting on a grill and roll bar for it so I can start painting and detailing the body. rc4wd is supposed to be sending out some new body mounts for the hilux body - so I'm waiting on those. If anyone has a side by side pic of a trail doctor and a rockcrusher tire, I'd like to see it. I'm thinking about buying a set of trail docs for this truck.
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07-04-2008, 08:01 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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O.k. few more pics from todays progress - the suspension is done. next will be body work. (when I get a grill and new mounts from hua)      Last pic is a limiter I had to make to keep the rear suspension from collapsing all the way.
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07-08-2008, 07:06 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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I uploaded a short vid to youtube of me beating my truck against a 2 inch ledge where my driveway meets the garage. I figure I'm going to try and break anything now rather than when I'm out in the middle of nowhere ( so far nothing broke). right now my truck weighs somewhere between 10 and 12 pounds without body. by the way I love the way the tires sound on concrete (towards end of vid.) this weekend I'll get a better quality video with someone actually filming instead of just setting the camera down. anyways heres the link. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOhmIoCEklY |
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07-08-2008, 08:31 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island-Land of one batch of rocks in Sag Harbor and at least one fellow crawler
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What motor are you running? Video looks good |
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07-09-2008, 06:55 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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I'm running a 55 turn integy. that whole vid was in high gear, next time I plan to use both gears to show the diffrence in speed between the two.
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07-09-2008, 09:31 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Hiatus..sutiaH
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I should know more about your components but I am still learning. what axles and chassis is that? Maybe I didn't read it before.
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07-09-2008, 10:39 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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it's a trail finder chassis from rc4wd with an r2 2sp trans and the upgrade toyota scale axles.
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07-09-2008, 01:33 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On the Rocks Granite Dells
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| trail finder chassis Hey thats looking real good, can't wait to see what you do with the body . Mine just arrived and still in the box. How hard was it hooking up the two speed , what servo, etc ? Also did yours come with instructions ? Mine didn't. WTF |
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07-09-2008, 03:02 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: HELL.....
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07-09-2008, 04:02 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ST LOUIS.MO
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HERES MINE AFTER A BEATING TODAY.   |
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07-09-2008, 04:30 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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looks good jeff, looks like you are as hard on yours as I am on mine. I should have another short vid up tonight to show the diff between low and high. setting up the tranny was easy with a dx3 radio, I used a servo that came with the radio and since the rooster has the drag brake I used the center position on the switch to go between the two gears so that I can freewheel if I want to.
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07-09-2008, 04:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: ST LOUIS.MO
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I Dont Wanna Post Whore, On Your Post ......but Thanks! This Truck So Far Is Bomb Proff! BTW DID YOU SEE IT ON RC4WD'S WEB SITE? CHECK IT OUT IN THE TRAIL FINDER AD!
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07-09-2008, 06:26 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: May 2005 Location: dfw
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Thats awesome, I'll have to submit a pic of mine if I ever get all my body parts in. Heres a crappy vid to try and show the difference in 1st and 2nd gears - never mind the shaky camera work and sign language at the end (my brother) some day i'll get a real camera and post up a proper video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0CoeAletrY |
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09-01-2008, 11:31 AM
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| On the lookout for Rocks   Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Monroe, Louisiana
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what pinion are you running?
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