A humble build thread.

[robertjpjr]

I am proud of my accomplishment, but it's not nearly as intricate as some of the others posted here. That being said, PICS!!

I'll give you the short and sweet.


Design taken from my head and MrRangeRover1996





















Thats the progress of it all. Thanks for looking!

[cg78]

Gotta start somewhere cool build. I need to finish mine.

[BoyFreakWonder]

Any vids on YouTube?

[Mike Flea]

That's one sharp looking rig, great job

[robertjpjr]

Originally Posted by BoyFreakWonder

Any vids on YouTube?

January 2014 - YouTube

Thanks guys! It was a fun project. The video shows the truck with the snow plow attachment. It crawls slow and trails great. In 2nd gear itll do probably 15mph. On a 2s!

[TraceTheDog]

Are those 1.9s or 2.2s. What did use to do the dually setup.?

[robertjpjr]

The tires are 1.9 Ripsaws. I used 3" m4 bolts ran through holes in the rim. You can either squish the tires together, or, like I did, Get some plastic tubing and us it as a spacer. 4 bolts per tire set, seems to be holding just fine.
You can spend more money and get aluminum tube for a more sturdy spacer, but It's what I had on hand... Spacers are about 1 1/4" long If memory serves. And you have to drill the outer rim center out to fit a wrench through. So you ruin the outer 4 tires essentially as it messes the hex up.

[cooperDG123]

thats a very very nice bed you've got on the back, very nice job.

[robertjpjr]

Thanks Very much for the compliments guys!

Added a plow few weeks ago. Not much snow to plow lately here in Maine, but it's still a blast to run on the trails with. As big as it is...

[Crawl Space]

Nice! Have you thought about adding a towing crane?

[robertjpjr]

Been a while since I've updated this thread. Here's the progress.
The plow frame was too weak for the bashing I give it. I was thinking of making it turn with a servo, but I know I'd just destroy my servo on the first run. So, it remains in a fixed state, but much stronger.



Needed some lights. So I picked up a flashing light bar off the EBay's and painted the frame of it black.
Also added 5, 3mm amber led's right above the windshield.







I'm happy with how the cab and plow sits now. I'm considering redoing the bed area though. The length doesn't fit my wraith, and barely fits my scx10.

I'm toying with the idea of making the tow crane as was suggested. Or a battery / supplies truck.

Any thoughts??

[vicstag]

I just saw these Wreck over booms SSD Unlimited Scale rc trailers and custom rc bodies, Florida maybe you could do both

[robertjpjr]

Originally Posted by vicstag

I just saw these Wreck over booms SSD Unlimited Scale rc trailers and custom rc bodies, Florida maybe you could do both

Cool stuff! Makes me want to get a welder.

[vicstag]

Ya I liked their tow boom on 6x6 like yours it could make a awesome SVC/tow truck

[Docwolf]

$200 !?!?! That is a massive mark up for what is there....

Add you a salt spreader to the back ;)

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[robertjpjr]

So I had an idea tonight. 1hr and $25 later...















So I am really happy with the suspension changes I've been making. Totally a trial and error situation. Tons of pics as usual.

I'll see about making the dump section functional. Some fine tuning tomorrow.

[Emarknot]

I like the new look, nice job !

[robertjpjr]

Thank you! I'm trying to figure how I can make it raise while using my stick radio (Hacked GT3B)


???Any thoughts???

[robertjpjr]

So got the dump bed working. Here's how it site as of right now. I may change the servo to a motor and ESC when my motor to threaded rod coupler arrives.

[robertjpjr]

I'm still figuring this whole YouTube thing out. That being said, this is my channel. Has a few videos, nothing fancy, but you can see the truck in action.

Robert Pedreira - YouTube