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05-17-2006, 05:25 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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|  Rollback Tow Truck
Okay, it's not a crawler, but when the crawlers break, something's got to haul them away, right? This thing is 1/12 scale, uses the front half of a CC-01 chassis and the rear axle from that kit, Jugg leaf springs, a lot of aluminum channel, a King Blackfoot body, big rig duallies, the top from a computer case and about 16 inches of 1/4-20 threaded rod to drive the rollback mechanism. It's a LONG way from done, so don't judge it too harshly. I know the rollback needs to be mounted to the frame better than it is, as well as some other sins that need absolution before this one gets the done stamp. But I got the rollback mechanism working last night, and I was so stoked, I just had to share. For now I have to rotate the shaft by hand, but if I can find the old motor from my Mini-T I should have it motorized by the time I have to go to work today. |
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05-17-2006, 06:07 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence.
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Goat, you have way too much time on your hands! Looks awsome. |
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05-17-2006, 07:34 AM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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| That is sweet Goat, keep up the good work. MIke |
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05-17-2006, 08:09 AM
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| Dirt Addict   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Stumblin' thru the parking lot of an invisible 7-Eleven
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That's cool!! Jay |
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05-17-2006, 08:18 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: USA
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Man that looks sweet. Great job. You do have to much time on your hands.
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05-17-2006, 08:22 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: between heaven and hell.
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I like it. I was thinking of doing something like that, I'm glad someone else did it first. Good job. I have some small motors if you need one. Jason |
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05-17-2006, 08:51 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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Are you kidding me Stu? that thing is awesome. Your wife must be VERY understanding for you to build this much cool stuff all the time.  |
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05-17-2006, 08:56 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Crawlifornia Uber Alles
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unreal! that put a smile on my face!  |
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05-17-2006, 09:11 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Valencia
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thats Amazing!!
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05-17-2006, 09:33 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Ben, she's in Florida for the week for a romance writers' convention, or I'd never have the time I need to get this far  This week I'm camping out in the basement. As soon as I get home from work, I fire up the Dremel and get to work. I do sometimes forget to eat, sleep and shower, though. |
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05-17-2006, 03:09 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Rochester
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Thats nuts! Are you going to be using some switches to cut the rollback motor when the bed reaches its limits?
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05-17-2006, 03:59 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bethlehem, GA
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Awesome! More pics.... Closer and undercarriage pics. |
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05-17-2006, 05:10 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Concord Ca
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That is cool did not see much of the cab thought. More pictures I agree! About the wife beeing away I am just waiting for my wife to get busy with Scout camping and I will have more time to work on all kinds of projects now that I am well.(back to 100%)
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05-17-2006, 05:23 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Good to have you back, Randy The cab is just a King Blackfoot body, nothing too special, but I'll snap a couple pics for ya later tonight when I get home from work. Switches on the end points would keep it from going back the other way, so I'll just keep an eye on it and shut it off when it gets to the end. Have to have an ESC on there, as it's pretty fast on 6 cells  about 3 seconds from full forward to all the way up.I really need a video camera for this thing, it's so fawkin' cool to see it work. |
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05-17-2006, 06:48 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cleveland, OH
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Like I said, the cab's nothing special. I need to come up with a clever name for the towing company (NOT something weak like The Happy Hooker) but it suits the mission. Still needs some mirrors and emergency lights. Underneath you can see the stretch. Hard to believe this thing used to be a Touareg, huh? And the business end of the bed slider. If you use your imagination you can make out how it works. I know I had to use a hell of a lot of it to make it happen. |
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05-17-2006, 07:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wyckoff, NJ
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Holy driveshaft batman!! thats awsome, good job
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05-17-2006, 07:03 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: st marys
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Have you thought of modding a old servo board to use as youre speed controle. It might slow it down some. Plus it you were to remove the pot from the board Im sure you could wire something up to manually stop it when it reaches the end point on travel. |
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05-17-2006, 07:24 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wethersfield, Connecticut
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that thing is sick. Def need a video of this thing.
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05-17-2006, 07:35 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Crawlifornia Uber Alles
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holy driveshaft is right!!! that body fits the bill perfectly. |
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05-17-2006, 07:36 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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wow! need a video for sure Stu!
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