Ralph Ver 2.5

[JasonInAugusta]

Pics will come after this coming weekend, I'm sure.

Ralph will be out pounding the rocks during the Scale 4x4 meet here in Augusta.

[badhoopty]

no new pics of ralph? :-(

[JIA's Dad]

I shot this pic of Ralph while at the Scale Comp in Augusta. He still looks great and now looks complete. SUPER NICE JIA!!!! But he's still a little un-shod.

[dezfan]

If HPI doesn't jump on the Crawler King name and build a crawler from the WK axles, it would be a shame.

[cartronicshn]

What kind of foams are you running on Ralph, if any? i can't get my all t's to hook up to anything, i have them on my BECkWORKS tuber at 14" wb with full foams, what would you guys recomend, i have 2.2 mashers, moabs, swamp dawgs, redrocks and g hawgs to choose from, but at 14" the all t look good, i want to make these tires work, any help is greatly appreciated

[JasonInAugusta]

Originally Posted by JIA's Dad

I shot this pic of Ralph while at the Scale Comp in Augusta. He still looks great and now looks complete. SUPER NICE JIA!!!! But he's still a little un-shod.

Yeah, he's still missing that one rock ring. :-(

I think Pyro has one on the way.

Originally Posted by cartronicshn

What kind of foams are you running on Ralph, if any? i can't get my all t's to hook up to anything, i have them on my BECkWORKS tuber at 14" wb with full foams, what would you guys recomend, i have 2.2 mashers, moabs, swamp dawgs, redrocks and g hawgs to choose from, but at 14" the all t look good, i want to make these tires work, any help is greatly appreciated

Stock foams on double-narrowed Revolvers. The only cutting I do is to cut a cone out of each side...from the outer edge of the foam to the inside portion of each bead.

It's not much but it offers support and allows the tire to flex.

I'm not too worried about traction with Ralph...he's on the hefty side at 9lbs.

I could put TLT tires on him and find traction.

[cotharyus]

That's still an absolutely sweet rig. No matter how many times I see a picture or video of Ralph, it always impresses.

[cartronicshn]

Thanks JIA i will try that .

[noob@this]

cartronicshn

I'm running my All T's without foams, on Axial beadlocks...they seem
to be working fine.

But, My WK is alot lighter than Ralph

NooB

[Cslax06]

Ralph still impresses me ot this day.

Now watch HPI make an affordable tube chassis for the WK. Damn I would want one.

[62PYRO]

Originally Posted by JasonInAugusta

Yeah, he's still missing that one rock ring. :-(

I think Pyro has one on the way.

You never got back to me on that.I'll PM you.
Pat

[JasonInAugusta]

Thanks man, back at ya.

[laxjj14]

Originally Posted by JasonInAugusta

As of now it'll cost you two Wheely King kits. All the parts required for the 4WD conversion aren't available just yet. So if you absolutely have to have a 4WD WK you'll have to buy two and use one for a donor right now.

highmark, hugacious I like it!

wayfastwhitey440, the upper link is a solid unit. There is no flex in the unit itself, just in the three ball ends at each corner. The upper link mounts on the axles are held in place by three screws and can be removed and flipped depending on if the axle is used front or rear. HPI's site has an exploded view.


Dave, Yeah, he's definitely growing up. Finally decided to transport him in style...



My dad is in town right now. He saw Ralph and the two of us were discussing when I took the rig crawling in Florida.

"When he rolled everyone said DAMMMNNN!"

Dad was like "When who rolled?"

That's when dad learned that this rig has its own personality. Folks don't refer to it as "it" but "him" or "he".

Definitely a unique rig.

they are both nice looking rigs im working on a tlt sw2 right now

[smokinubyrc]

i kinda want to build a ralph sine you will never give him up

[elbo]

[quote=JasonInAugusta;608087]Trikster,

Dad's tuber is a great little scaler that shares a lot of Ralph's traits. They're both cool looking, heavy, too big for the comp 2.2 class and too small to be classified as a Super.




You might have already said this but...with ralph being too big for the 2.2 class, do you run in the super class? and how does ralph stack up against trucks that are 2-3 inches longer in wheelbase...

i told my gf she needs to marry somebody like ralph someday...the strong handsome silent type...

[WaWa]

Hey JIA, any chance in getting a pic in something like 1280x1024 for the office wallpaper?

thanks
WaWa

[@tw!ll]

Just wanting to look at some pics of Ralph, I'm planning a solid tube slightly larger tuber. Where's all the old pics Jason?

[4u2nv]

Originally Posted by @tw!ll

Just wanting to look at some pics of Ralph, I'm planning a solid tube slightly larger tuber. Where's all the old pics Jason?

Ralph the Tuber???

[@tw!ll]

that'll work thanks