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Etype R · 07-17-2005, 05:46 PM

Well I finally got a start on a flatbed for my TLT Bruiser today. It all started with a simple sheet of steel. Then shortly after some side bars were added to it.

I am not sure what I will do next with it. But this is a good start. And I like it so far.

So here are the pics.

ILoveRCRockCrawlin · 07-17-2005, 06:49 PM

thats sweet

TwistedCreations · 07-17-2005, 06:52 PM

very nice looking. looks better than badgers truck( no offense rckjeep)

to-fast-4-u · 07-17-2005, 06:55 PM

nice i like the look of that more than some of the big ones ;]

Etype R · 07-17-2005, 07:49 PM

Thanks guys :P

I actually love how Badgers bed turned out, and would trade my bed for his any day

Its taken far to long to get to this point though. I tried quite a few ideas and scraped them all. The other designs were all very complicated. And I wanted somthing simple, yet strong.

Thundermaxx · 07-17-2005, 09:21 PM

I likes it a lot. I would dream of cutting my body but looks sweet. I tried duplicatating one real truck and srapped it. Thinking about doing a full skeloton to save the body but might do something kinda like yours with the flatbed if I get a cab off of ebay. Tires scrub in the back. I want at least one original body. Lookin' good. Love the front bumper.

rckjeep · 07-17-2005, 09:25 PM

Yup it's flat. I had some huge issue on clodtalk about the one I built for badg not being a flatbed. Freaking techno geeks. anyway are you planing on adding anymore to it?

Etype R · 07-17-2005, 09:48 PM

Right now it feels like it is missing somthing, just looks naked. But I am not sure what I will add just yet. I will have to play with some ideas.

Frkan · 07-17-2005, 09:55 PM

two tubes from the cage down to the bed perhaps???

Will · 07-17-2005, 10:00 PM

yea that would look awsome

rckjeep · 07-17-2005, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Etype R

Right now it feels like it is missing somthing, just looks naked. But I am not sure what I will add just yet. I will have to play with some ideas.

Well first off I'd take some 1/2" x 1/8" flat stock and add it along the underside of the sheetmetal with a wheel well notch. Then I'd add some of that 1/2" box to the rear underside. In between the newly added sides. That will cap the box tube and give you some place for tow points or faux tail lights. Then I'd something cage like to the top by the cab. Shall a draw pic to help with the visual? I can if it needs better explaination. I'm better with drawing than words, and even better with metal.

Etype R · 07-17-2005, 10:03 PM

But then I wouldn't be able to remove the cab, unless I remove the back panel that I added to it :-P

Thundermaxx · 07-17-2005, 10:22 PM

Yeah, I'm tryin' to think of a cage I can remove with like 4 screws or 8 at the most. Protect the cab but not be a pain

to remove.

Frkan · 07-17-2005, 10:29 PM

put a roll bar on the bed and mount the tubes to that.

rckjeep · 07-17-2005, 10:30 PM

here's some crappy pics hopefully to help.

Frkan · 07-17-2005, 10:37 PM

yeah like that, only you should add some more triangles..

like this

pedesrule · 07-17-2005, 11:05 PM

yeah i like the way rckjeeps drawing looks. Gives it a bit more beef. From the side that flat metal plate looks a little whimpy.

Etype R · 07-17-2005, 11:06 PM

WOW! what cad programs did you guys use? Those are great looking :-p

Actually really impressed by your two different views rckjeep. And Frankn yours is a good layout too.

I'll have to take some scrap material and try some mockups. I am not sure if I want a full cage on top of it, or just some side padels. Also I will probably make a rear bumper to match the front.

Will · 07-18-2005, 12:03 AM

both those designs look awsome cant wait to see it in real life

rckjeep · 07-18-2005, 12:06 AM

Ya I use a older canadian version called crapCAD. I doubt I'd ever figure out CAD. I"m a computer moron. I call badger every few days asking him questions.

Frkan, always needs "more triangulation"

07-17-2005, 05:46 PM	#1
Etype R Web Wheeling Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 3,004	The start of my Flatbed, tlt Bruiser Well I finally got a start on a flatbed for my TLT Bruiser today. It all started with a simple sheet of steel. Then shortly after some side bars were added to it. I am not sure what I will do next with it. But this is a good start. And I like it so far. So here are the pics.

07-17-2005, 09:25 PM	#7
rckjeep I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose Posts: 5,207	Yup it's flat. I had some huge issue on clodtalk about the one I built for badg not being a flatbed. Freaking techno geeks. anyway are you planing on adding anymore to it? Last edited by rckjeep; 07-18-2005 at 12:04 AM.

07-17-2005, 10:30 PM	#15
rckjeep I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose Posts: 5,207	here's some crappy pics hopefully to help. Attached Images

07-17-2005, 06:49 PM	#2
ILoveRCRockCrawlin RCC Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Central NY Posts: 1,980	thats sweet

07-17-2005, 06:52 PM	#3
TwistedCreations Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo! Posts: 8,626	very nice looking. looks better than badgers truck( no offense rckjeep)

07-17-2005, 06:55 PM	#4
to-fast-4-u Pebble Pounder Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: P.A. just out of philly Posts: 165	nice i like the look of that more than some of the big ones ;]

07-17-2005, 07:49 PM	#5
Etype R Web Wheeling Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 3,004	Thanks guys :P I actually love how Badgers bed turned out, and would trade my bed for his any day Its taken far to long to get to this point though. I tried quite a few ideas and scraped them all. The other designs were all very complicated. And I wanted somthing simple, yet strong.

07-17-2005, 09:21 PM	#6
Thundermaxx Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Between rocks and hard places Posts: 371	I likes it a lot. I would dream of cutting my body but looks sweet. I tried duplicatating one real truck and srapped it. Thinking about doing a full skeloton to save the body but might do something kinda like yours with the flatbed if I get a cab off of ebay. Tires scrub in the back. I want at least one original body. Lookin' good. Love the front bumper.

07-17-2005, 09:48 PM	#8
Etype R Web Wheeling Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 3,004	Right now it feels like it is missing somthing, just looks naked. But I am not sure what I will add just yet. I will have to play with some ideas.

07-17-2005, 09:55 PM	#9
Frkan Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Crafty mexicans and your glass candy... Posts: 216	two tubes from the cage down to the bed perhaps???

07-17-2005, 10:00 PM	#10
Will Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 265	yea that would look awsome

07-17-2005, 10:03 PM	#12
Etype R Web Wheeling Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 3,004	But then I wouldn't be able to remove the cab, unless I remove the back panel that I added to it :-P

07-17-2005, 10:22 PM	#13
Thundermaxx Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Between rocks and hard places Posts: 371	Yeah, I'm tryin' to think of a cage I can remove with like 4 screws or 8 at the most. Protect the cab but not be a pain to remove.

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07-17-2005, 10:29 PM	#14
Frkan Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Crafty mexicans and your glass candy... Posts: 216	put a roll bar on the bed and mount the tubes to that.

07-17-2005, 10:37 PM	#16
Frkan Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Crafty mexicans and your glass candy... Posts: 216	yeah like that, only you should add some more triangles.. like this

07-17-2005, 11:05 PM	#17
pedesrule Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 202	yeah i like the way rckjeeps drawing looks. Gives it a bit more beef. From the side that flat metal plate looks a little whimpy.

07-17-2005, 11:06 PM	#18
Etype R Web Wheeling Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Twin Cities Posts: 3,004	WOW! what cad programs did you guys use? Those are great looking :-p Actually really impressed by your two different views rckjeep. And Frankn yours is a good layout too. I'll have to take some scrap material and try some mockups. I am not sure if I want a full cage on top of it, or just some side padels. Also I will probably make a rear bumper to match the front.

07-18-2005, 12:03 AM	#19
Will Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 265	both those designs look awsome cant wait to see it in real life

07-18-2005, 12:06 AM	#20
rckjeep I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: San Jose Posts: 5,207	Ya I use a older canadian version called crapCAD. I doubt I'd ever figure out CAD. I"m a computer moron. I call badger every few days asking him questions. Frkan, always needs "more triangulation"

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