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02-22-2006, 03:27 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DETROIT
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|  Well, like it or not.........
You guys were a big part of the blame, in my building this truck. I dont remember how I stumbled upon your forum, but I have been searching it ever since for info on this very cool part of our hobby. I found this chassis on Ebay, I liked it so I bought it (he has I think 6 left) the guy did a pretty good job on it too. I have not taken it to a good site yet, just chased the animals around the house. I still have some details to work on yet, like narrowing the wheels and attaching the Rock Rings, widening the axles and making better servo mounts. I have seen some pretty incredible trucks while searching around and I am sure this site will be the blame for yet another big leak in my wallet. As a matter of fact I have already started to gather parts for a Clod rig. Thanks to all you Rock freaks. http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...stCrawler1.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...IstCrawler.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...tCrawler11.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...stCrawler7.jpg http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...stCrawler5.jpg Last edited by YOKEIFF; 02-22-2006 at 05:45 PM. |
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02-22-2006, 04:07 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lehi
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I think it is pretty cool looking!!!  |
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02-22-2006, 05:06 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sin City
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YABA DABA DOO! Looks good. Mine should be here any day now. Give us some detail?? How is it overall?? What kind of tranny etc?? DETAILS man, DETAILS!! LOL!
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02-22-2006, 05:28 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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That is way cool! Looks very clean.
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02-22-2006, 05:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Calgary
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Looks like it's been stepped on! I love it! The design is very low and unique. Good score! |
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02-22-2006, 05:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Easthampton
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looks good. just one question, in the fourth link, it looks like the driveshafts cant move in and out like a slider, doesnt that bind?
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02-22-2006, 05:35 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Happiness is a warm AK.
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One sweet little tuber!  |
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02-22-2006, 05:38 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Wheeling
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Very nice. Looks like I might just get one of those chassis. What are those drive shafts made from?
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02-22-2006, 05:41 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Orlando
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| Ahhhhhhhh look at the little tuber Looking pretty sweet man, I love the tires!
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02-22-2006, 05:42 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DETROIT
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| Details.....
Overall I think it turned out great! I have been in the hobby for years now, but this is my 1st "Crawler", so I dont know how objective I am being. Like I said the guy who built the frames did a great job. Its MIG welded, but no jagged or gloppy joints on my frame. Also the Acrylic panels fit like a glove, I didnt have to fit anything. The faux carbon fiber paint job looks good too. I think the frame was well worth the price. I used the standard Stampede trans in mine, I tried an Emaxx trans but it was a little tight. I didnt have any "sliders" on hand, so I dipped into the Hilux -Bruiser box of stuff, and came up with a couple of rear drive shafts, that, with a small bit of trimming, fit very well. The motor is the 55T Integy and so far I have it geared at 87/18. I may drop the pinion to 15 though it seems fast, maybe cause I have only run it inside. I have the 4 wheel steering hooked to a servo reverser for now and am running it with a 2 channel radio. |
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02-22-2006, 05:51 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DETROIT
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| Driveshafts Quote:
The drive shafts are from the old Tamiya Hilux/Bruiser trucks and they do have a bit of a slide mechanisim built into them. The Juggernaught also used them as does the XC / CC-01 chassis. There is enough "give" for this application. | |
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02-22-2006, 07:42 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: COTTAGE GROVE
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very nice crawler. I like the low/ chopped top look
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02-22-2006, 09:06 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: over there
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I love the CF Side plates  I like it a lot!!! |
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02-22-2006, 09:29 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: philadelphia
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if you dont mind me askin what did you pay for that frame
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02-23-2006, 03:09 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: DETROIT
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| Link to frame Quote:
Here is the link. http://cgi.ebay.com/Custom-Rock-Craw...QQcmdZViewItem | |
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02-23-2006, 10:00 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: G6'N
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| Very nice, different, but nice. |
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02-23-2006, 10:42 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Sep 2004
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that looks really cool. put it on some rocks and tell us how it does.
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02-24-2006, 03:32 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minneapolis
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Cool chassis. Doesn't look like it has much flex though. I hope that the flex pic wasn't maxed out.
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04-21-2006, 08:22 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wyckoff, NJ
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looks cool, the shocks seem to vertical to get any articulation, but if it works for you then more power to ya.
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06-05-2006, 12:10 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Idaho
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Recently saw one of these on e-bay, hows yours holdiong up? What's the wheelbase?
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