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10-21-2008, 05:19 AM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kalispell Mt
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Doesn't this.... o 2.1.3.2 - Unibody – Constructed of a single piece of solid material (fiberglass, aluminum, plastic, etc) and must be self supporting. A Unibody cannot be fastened together in any nonpermanent way such as, nuts & bolts, pins, rivets, zip ties, etc. The roof must be raised from the main chassis to resemble a cockpit and should resemble a 1:1 vehicle. pretty much outlaw TVP tubers doesn't it???... unless you run a lexan body on it I would guess. |
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10-21-2008, 07:14 AM
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| On the lookout for Rocks  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Monroe, Louisiana
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That is only if you are running a solid body. It must be in one piece. Nothing about a tuber in that rule....Read the rules above that one...... 2.1.3 - Bodiless vehicles: Must be a self-supporting, structurally complete, rigid frame. The roof must be raised a minimum of 1” from the main chassis to resemble a cockpit. The frame sides must be an overall minimum of 1” tall (The cockpit & frame side are to be measured vertically from where the hood intersects the cab). Bodiless vehicles should resemble a 1:1 vehicle. NOTE: These bodiless rules are in a 1 year trial period to see how people respond to it and after that time these rules & requirements may be revised. o 2.1.3.1 - Bodiless vehicles must have solid hood panel, solid roof panel and a minimum of 2 solid side-panels. Hood, roof and side panels must be separate pieces of solid material installed onto the bodiless vehicle frame. All body panels are to be separate pieces from the complete structural frame. Body panels must be solidly installed in a manner that is representative of a 1:1 vehicle. It is required that at least one point of the side-panel must reach to a span of 1” tall or more & at least one other point of the side-panel must reach to a span of 2.5” long or more. In the case of a Unibody vehicle (See sec. 2.1.3.2 for Unibody definition). The Unibody is considered to have all body panels needed without having to add separate body panels as long as the hood, roof & side panel areas meet all the general panel & side-panel size requirements above. |
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10-21-2008, 07:24 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2008 Location: Philippines
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so is this legal????? My crawler after 5 months... |
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10-21-2008, 07:29 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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the side panels need to be seperate from the frame the way the rules are currently written.
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10-21-2008, 08:07 AM
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| RCC Addict  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Minnehopeless
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As long as the tuber section is welded/brazed to the tvp part (making it a single solid piece) it is legal. The tuber section can't be bolted to the tvp. | |
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10-21-2008, 12:29 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo   Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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10-21-2008, 08:04 PM
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10-22-2008, 06:40 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Kalispell Mt
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| Matt. I ain't scared! just wanting some clarification. I thought that those TVP tubers were kinda pushing the rules a bit but if not... cool. I like the idea behind them, just wasn't sure how a guy would slide them into competition if they weren't legal. If they are... everyone should have a couple. |
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10-22-2008, 06:54 AM
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10-22-2008, 07:19 AM
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10-22-2008, 12:02 PM
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| PapaGriz Yo Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: In the garage building the wife a crawler
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It's not a big factor though. Unibody falls under the bodiless category so a unibody still must meet the requirements of a bodiless vehicle, just like a TVP tuber.  | |
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10-22-2008, 01:17 PM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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10-22-2008, 01:30 PM
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10-22-2008, 01:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I think im going to get my lawyer to read over these rules and interpret them for me.
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10-22-2008, 09:11 PM
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10-23-2008, 11:07 AM
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| ~THE SCALE SHOP~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: KILLEEN TX
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i think its just me, i thought i remembered discussion of anything TVP having to run a body. it appears that went byu the way side and i am wrong. looks sweet imo
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