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07-19-2009, 05:22 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arendal,Norway
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|  Off road trailer build #1 Finished!! 56k I tougth I could post my build over here as well.. Buildthread is taken from scale4x4... My buddy wanted a off road trailer for his rig, the Bugbuddy, see thread here: http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23198 After surfing the net, we forund te look we where after. The build will be based on this design.  Building matrials will be mainly styrene, some aluminium and steel.... The trailer hitch will be of the millitary type, like this  For the eye, I will be using a bolt like this  Spec will be as follows: #90% styrene with round arches to be like design as the beetle #Millitary hook system #Leaf suspension #Stock car wheel, like the beetle. #Lights, using the spare rear vw ones.. #Lights of a 9v system #Rack on top of the trailer..... I started a few days ago.. My coupler consist of these parts... A 6x4mm steel tube, some crossmember tubes from the TLT kit, 6mm washers and a eye bolt..  Parts put together for mock up  The trailer box itself is 12x15cm and the rails are 9.5x6mm styrene tube. In the rear of the steel tube, I gonna epoxy a 4mm allthread. The rear end of the rails will be cut in a angle for a batter clearance on the trails..  An angle bar will be added on either side of the tube  As stated obove, I will be using leaf suspension  The wheelaxle is a 4mm allthread with an 4x4 tube outside, this is because I want to use regular bearings and 4,, wheelnuts. Wheels have to be modded to allow the bearings to be mounted. I will epoxy a small ring on either side of the wheels for the bearings to sit in.. And I don't like allthreads as u bolts, so I gonna use the u bolts from some 5mm wire clamps, the ones that is beeing used on boats.. Have glued the xmembers..   The angles are on, xmember for that, all thread glued in and the tubes are glued.  To get easy access to the trailer box, I used 6 screws to hold the box to the frame   If you are wondering about the size of this trailer, I can place 2 stick packs in the trailer if I want to   Tonigth I will be working on the suspension....   To locate the wheelaxle on the leafs, I took some HL parts and modded them to give space for the axle...    Glued the spring hangers...  The HL parts on the leafs.  Used a tube to test...  The wheelaxle is finished, it turns out that I don't need the ring to hold the bearings on the wheels. A 1150 bearing just fit nice inside the fake wheelnuts on the stock car wheels.. This is the ride higth for now. Axle is under leaf, but I can mount it the other way if I want to later..    Got mounted up the ubolts and the plates for these, and it works like I planned     Ok flex on this thing, but I don't think I can use all the travel with regular weigth in it, but with a stick pack or two, it will work good.. Without weigth in it  Loaded....  And here a quick video I made how it works...  http://vimeo.com/5526650  Also made up the triangular piece that goes in front of the trailerbox. My plan is to build a box that hold the 9v battery for the ligths.  I wanted to make this plate removeable, for repair, modding etc.. The plan is to get 3 parts when finished, the frame, the trailerbox and the triangular plate. Make it much easyer to work on... I glued two angeles to the plate to secure it to the frame..  Bolted up  Earlyer today I took it for å quick testdrive outside my doorstep. It works just as I planned  To test the suspension I strapped a 7,2 pack on the bed, and the leafs did a top job....hehe My millitary hook system worked great, this will be very fun when it's finished  The trailer bed is beginning to take shape...       Took some quick clips under some indoor testing today.. First clip is with 2 stick pack in the bed, the other ones, one... http://vimeo.com/5552944 http://vimeo.com/5554244 http://vimeo.com/5554268 http://vimeo.com/5554293 http://vimeo.com/5554334 I tested it a few days ago with my Pajero.. Here's a short video.. http://vimeo.com/5647190 One more... http://vimeo.com/5647280 I did install the trailer lid, but my glue wouldn't hang so good on the hinges, so I bolted them on, not pretty, but they do the job just fine...  Open lid  My toolbox   The 9v battery just barley fit inside the box   Testing the toolbox lid  Made a hole so the wires could go into the trailer bed.  A WW jerrycan modded to fit the trailer.  Hole for the wires to go inside the bed.  Toolbox and jerrycan on trailer...    Have to clean up my work bench, too messy to work on rigth now....  Last edited by caprinut; 08-11-2009 at 11:12 AM. |
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07-19-2009, 06:15 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Florida
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| Very cool cant wait to see it finished  |
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07-20-2009, 04:34 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SWEDEN
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| Really nice build. Thinking of doing something like that myself. |
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07-20-2009, 10:01 AM
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| IVE BEEN SZCZERBOTAGED!!   Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: roland,ar
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| awesome build! |
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07-20-2009, 10:16 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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| Very nice work on this thing man. Where did you get those small hinges at? |
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07-20-2009, 10:48 AM
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| I like to #*&^  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: sittin in the sky
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| looks great man! |
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07-20-2009, 10:59 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arendal,Norway
Posts: 91
| Thanx for all the nice coments guys Quote:
I have forgotten where I bougth these hinges, but prob at my LHS, but every rc shop that carries aeroplains scould have them.. But Tower also have them..... http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXD943&P=SM | |
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07-20-2009, 11:06 AM
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| DIRTY SOUTH  Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dirty South
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| great job on the little trailer . |
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07-20-2009, 11:19 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Windsor, VA
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| Looks good. Can't wait to see the finished product! |
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08-04-2009, 04:50 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arendal,Norway
Posts: 91
| Thanx, I really appreciate the kind words guys  Have done some more on the trailer this evening... I made the fenders with 3 layers of 0.5mm styrene. Zabbe told me this was the way to go if I wanted to build something with a arch and I wanted to let them stay in that shape. Work like a charm  Couple of pics from mock up.   After the fenders are glued on...     The fenders are gonna be cut a bit under the bed for clearance on the rocks.. They gonna be rounded at the end to mimic the beetle fenders. Beetle tail lights with leds will be mounted, together with the license plate light holder, so there will be no doubt that this trailer are going to be towed by a beetle  The beetle was yellow before like this  But the owner wanted to change the paint so either the paint will be like the new RS Focus  or... like a Kawazaki Ninja....  So the paint on the trailer will match the beetle... Most prob the bed with fenders will be green, all other details will be gloss or matt black, exept the gas can that will be brigth red.. Got some more done.... Got hold of some speaker mesh and did cut it out from the subwoofer ring...  The fenders are cut to rigth length and the corners are rounded ala beetle...      Made up the roofrack on mounted it on the trailer..    Today I made the lock for the bed lid. I did use the same method as on my 4x4 Lunchbox trailer, using small magnets.. On the lid I did use a small magnet with a hole in the middle, securing it with a countersunk screw and nut on top  For the trailer side, I used a 4mm screw with concave head that fits the hole in the magnet. I installed a nut under the screw head to adjust the higth on the lid, and a nut under the styrene to fasten it...  And here are some small test videoes. My ballast was 2 complete wheels from bugbuddy and bicycle.. http://vimeo.com/5862491 http://vimeo.com/5862496 Same things in the trailer, but now with lock system installed http://vimeo.com/5866273 Soon finished with the fabrication work, just have a few things left to do... After the fab work, the sanding and painting prosess begins... The owner wanted some chain for the lid, I obayed lol  No guess work now that this is a trailer that are gonna be towed by an beetle.      Have made some heavy duty safty chains for the trailer  I also installed led's in the beetle clusters and made up the license plate ligthning, but they will be connected whrn the trailer is painted..    Teaser pic of the color  Details will be matt black... |
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08-04-2009, 05:10 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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| Wow!!! That trailer came out GREAT!!! |
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08-05-2009, 11:56 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arendal,Norway
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Painting has started... Primer...   Chassis and suspension painted matt black  Difficult to capture the true color and effekt on this paint so I took two set of pictures, with and without blitz.. The paint will pop in sunlight...         After the green has dryed, we will paint some areas black... | |
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08-05-2009, 01:10 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: i think its called houston
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| Looking good |
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08-06-2009, 03:24 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Ontario
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| sweet trailer! what were the leaf springs from? and where did you get the chain? |
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08-06-2009, 03:58 PM
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| Fumb Ducker  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: United States of the Offended
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| Very nice job on the trailer!! Quote:
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08-11-2009, 11:11 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Arendal,Norway
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Yep those leafs are HL ones.... Chains are from a cheap store not fra away from me... The trailer is finished.. Just missing the license plate.. Took some poser pics outside today of the finished trailer and Bugbuddy. Have some small things to do left, but nothing other than me will see..                                                        | |
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08-11-2009, 11:17 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: z-hills
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| Great job. Really looks good. |
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08-11-2009, 11:40 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Franklin ME
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| FYI its called a pintle hitch. Trailer looks great... |
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08-11-2009, 12:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: casa grande
Posts: 221
| This thing turned out awsome. I like the trailer idea with the volkswagen, but I am partial to them anyway. Keep up the great work.  |
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08-11-2009, 12:54 PM
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| Hateraide  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Mission BC
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| that turned out great, i love the engine on the vw |
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