military recovery truck

[dcrou7]

hi guys, a while ago I bought this cab on ebay built by SEMIJOE (globeliner military construction cab only) and finally got around to doing something with it, I am going for a military style recovery truck with a crane, it is far from finished and haven't even started on the crane yet but you get the idea. keen to get peoples opinions as this is the first time I have attempted a build of this kind.
anyway here it is!

[dcrou7]

Thanks mate will do, once I have everything figured out I will get started on the crane I am thinking something simple like this

[dcrou7]

Small update. Made some drop shackles today to help it flex more as it had about as much flex as a skateboard lol

[ngward79]

Looks good man , keep the updates heading our way.

[stelerzman]

Love the looks of the bed, the rivets give it that scale looks. Keep it up.

[dcrou7]

Thanks man I would have liked to find some slightly smaller rivets though but they were the smallest I could find at the hardware store and I will be filling in the small holes on top of the rivets before paint to make them look abit more scale

[Noll11]

Thats really coming along nicely!

Man, I need to try to extend my honcho's wheelbase like this sometime.

[dcrou7]

Wil be interesting to see how it will handle I've never driven anything with a wheelbase this long and it's going to be damn heavy by the time it's done lol. I've added drop shackles to the front today made a BIG difference

[dcrou7]

hi guys, an update on the truck bed, not too far away from paint just a few more things I need to get done first. and also I have decided to leave the crane out for now and get the truck going first and later on when I get the crane built and working correctly I will install in on the truck, mainly cause I just cant wait to drive it lol. I have also installed the servo and have all the electronics ready to go when its done so hopefully I will be starting on the crane soon

[old man 52]

Thats one badazz looking rig, Its a definite one off. I like it.

[dcrou7]

Thanks mate! Glad to see people are liking it.
I took some full shots earlier today to give a better idea of what it's turning out like

[arcanecrawler89]

Different from the idea but still sweet one of these days iam gonna try my hand at this scale scratch build!

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[dcrou7]

Another

[dcrou7]

And another, sorry guys I can only upload 1 pic at a time on my phone lol

[dcrou7]

Originally Posted by arcanecrawler89

Different from the idea but still sweet one of these days iam gonna try my hand at this scale scratch build!

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Thanks man, it did turn out a bit different than my original idea but will still be a recovery truck... Eventually lol. Once I figure the whole crane thing out lol

[minijoe]

My question is how will u get around the drag brake i want to make a wrecker style tow truck but i woknder about the towed drag brake

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[sweli]

Very cool, one off, rig!!

Def watching to see this one running!

Are you planning on powered boom or manual boom with powered winch line?
Swinging boom?

[lonleycreeper]

Disconnect the driveshaft like they do in 1:1.

[dcrou7]

I honestly hadn't even thought if that lol but I suppose I will just disconnect the drive shaft as lonelycreeper said unless I can come up with something else.
And it will be a powered winch, will not a swivel boom but I want it to be powered but I am yet to figure out how and the hydraulic kits you can buy are WAY out of my price range lol this has really been a low budget build so far I have spent probably $200 and most of that was the wheels and cab. So if I can figure out a way to make it work then I will but if not I'm happy to settle with a manual boom.

[arcanecrawler89]

Do some type of screw shaft with a servo on it so the servo can lift and lower the boom. Basically some sort of worm gear type set up :thumbup:

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