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12-11-2008, 02:27 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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|  The Rock Punisher THE ROCK PUNISHER Evileddy420 in association with The High Country Crawlers, is proud to introduce the Rock Punisher rock racer. I have been trying to get this tuber finished for about 10 months now. It has sat in a box collecting dust for at least 6 of those months. Now that the snow has fallen in Breckenridge, all I have time to do is work on RCs and sit down and type this. Yep, very bored. I love rock crawling, and it is almost impossible to crawl in Summit County this time of year {except from bar to bar}. Anyway, on to the truck. SPECS Tube chassis 3/16 solid rod mig welded {no finite element analysis needed to determine this was strong enough for me} WK axles rc10 stealth tranny 35t lathe motor 18t pinion 87t spur 3 cell lipo mtroniks esc {sidewinder coming soon} maxx driveshafts 4 link rear suspension, maxx shocks 3 link w/ track bar front suspension, maxx shocks Rock Lizard tires on HPI rims wheelbase= 11 1/2 width =11 1/4 height to roof= 7 axle clearance= 1 1/2 ground clearance= 2 3/4 And now some pics    Here is the rear suspension   The front suspension and steering            So far I have driven it 3 times. In the snow. At 2:00 in the morning. I need rocks. Now hopefully I can make it to some where with out snow to drive the thing. Evil Ed |
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12-11-2008, 07:38 AM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: scottsdale
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Sic 3 Link! Iwas thinking about doing a three link on the rear. Thats alot of thinking there!
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12-11-2008, 07:54 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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Looks great man. How is the panard bar working out for you? Justin |
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12-11-2008, 10:52 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Very unique and custom, I'm curious about the panhard setup also. Nice! T.D. |
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12-12-2008, 02:14 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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I actually found some rocks to test with. The rig crawls good for being geared kinda high. Pretty fast, too. I might gear down a little. the front suspension worked well in the run I made yesterday. Articulated well and seemed to handle the fast, rough terrain well. The steering would be better with a better servo. the rest works well. the only damage was a broken rear steer lock out, and some loose screws. Not to bad. Here are a few pics.          |
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12-12-2008, 02:48 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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Here are a couple of really short videos. http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=100_1663.flv http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=100_1665.flv |
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12-12-2008, 10:58 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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Was there a dog or fox in that second to last pic?
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12-13-2008, 01:05 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Albuquerque
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unique. but looks like the suspension needs quite a bit of work.
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12-13-2008, 02:18 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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12-13-2008, 02:19 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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12-13-2008, 09:37 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Albuquerque
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a bit of both. good start though  |
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12-15-2008, 01:51 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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Agreed. I just moved 200 miles from Breckenridge to get away from the snow and it followed me. As soon as it is melted, I will thrash this rig and find out what is weak and what needs to be changed. | |
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01-07-2009, 01:39 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Portland OR / SLC
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looks great, and a blast to drive too i love your lower link mounts, make them youself? is there enough room to put a nut inside the axle housing or what? keep up the good work brotha
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01-08-2009, 09:58 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Fox Valley WI
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Definitely some awesome terrain you have there, what a playground . It looks like you spent alot of time making all those custom link mounts and bracketry, very nice work!T.D. |
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01-08-2009, 02:44 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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Yep I built all the aluminum brackets myself. There is plenty of room inside the axles for a nut and washer. I finally got to really test run the punisher yesterday and all I can say is it is going to be fun!! I went to a rock quarry 2 minutes from my house and crawled for a while. Once the springs broke in, the suspension works better. It might need a bit more flex, but I am not sure. I just got done charging my brand new 3s, 1500 mah, 25c lipo. Now I am going to test some more. Hopefully I can get some good pics to post up. ED |
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01-09-2009, 10:41 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: searcy
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that thing looks badass
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01-10-2009, 11:33 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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Thanks for the compliments I am trying to upload some pics from the last couple days of test runs. Had some carnage. Took out the rear drive shaft. fixed that and than eventually stripped the front locker. other than that and some loose screws, it is holding up well. Hopefully I will have pics up soon. |
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01-10-2009, 12:21 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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I HATE COMPUTERS  I have been trying for 45 minutes to log in to photobucket to upload pics and this computer is so slow it won't let me look at any websites except this one. WTF I am about to go get my sledgehammer and see if I can "fix" the problem. Pics soon. |
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01-12-2009, 12:15 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In a tree top with my chainsaw!!
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Finally got a few pics to upload     took it out on sunday and broke the front jb locker and it went into open diff mode. and than the 35t motor gave up on me. |
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01-12-2009, 02:54 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hamburg, MI
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wow a lil hard on your rigs lol, i like the looks of it makes me want to build a tuber
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