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12-08-2006, 08:00 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: just west of "joisey"
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|  Custom Billet TLT Here is a TLT I built a little while back. Some have asked me to post it since they saw it on the trailer in my King Krawler Hauler post in Gen. Crawlers last week. Pretty much all custom build.  I machined the Chassis, Bead-Loc Rims, Servo-4-link Mts.and skid. Also the one of a kind single speed tranny. The pix tell the rest…          |
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12-08-2006, 08:05 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vegas
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Looks pretty cool. Really like the wheels. |
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12-08-2006, 08:07 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Grand Blanc/Traverse City
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that is a sweet build i hope my turns out half that good |
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12-08-2006, 08:44 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: May 2006 Location: HONDURAS...ROCK HEAVEN
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Nice build, you built the tranny? any pics of the tranny build up, specs on it, ratios? |
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12-08-2006, 09:19 AM
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| Quarry Creeper  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: sacramento
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that is sweet |
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12-08-2006, 09:52 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Murrieta
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looks sweet, now all you need is billet axel caseings steering knuckels shocks and rc4wd drive shafts, then it will be completely billet |
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12-08-2006, 11:03 AM
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| Sinking with the ship   Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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FINALLY I have been waiting for you to post this, I guess my nagging finally paid off   You guys have to see this thing in person to really appreciate it, its a work of art and crawls good too!    |
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12-08-2006, 11:12 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: I live Here
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awesome pics! ! ! where did you get those white shock offsets ? ? ? |
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12-08-2006, 11:20 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV
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That is some sweet fabrication. Nice chassis. Nice spur gear, too. That looks beefy. Your body mount solution is fabulous. That C-10 body looks even better with no body posts poking through it. And it looks ridiculously easy to fine-tune the position of the body on the chassis. I spent a couple hours drilling 30 holes in my chassis moving the posts around trying to get the new body position just right. Great idea you got there. Now I really regret punching 4 holes in the '73 Bronco body I just finished for my TLT. Damn!!! I've gotta ask, where did you get those savory blue washers for the allen head bolts? Those just reek of trickness. I've gotta have some... Last edited by Big Mike; 12-08-2006 at 11:30 AM. |
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12-08-2006, 11:46 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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And I seem to be getting a bad case of beadlock envy... and skidplate-envy... and tranny-envy... more or less just general crawler-envy I guess... | |
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12-08-2006, 11:47 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Tweaking my shaft
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That looks outstanding. Very nice machine work. I have thought about making some wheels for my TLT, how did you make the hex? ( I hope you don't say CNC mill)
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12-08-2006, 11:56 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: just west of "joisey"
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| Lotta "?'s"..: Chivas72: Those bushings are the ones I make up for the Dual Shock Mounts I make for Bruisers Quote:
The Bodymount holds real good, only problem you don't always get it straight, but is adjustable... ..The trim washers are some I had left over from my Heli days, shop around on some Heli sites and you might locate them if not I'll try to find a link and send it to ya...Thanks for the comments...much appreciated | |
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12-08-2006, 11:56 AM
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| Release your anger..   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: North American Union
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WOW, great job it looks very clean and just by looking at it i'm sure it's a capable crawler. I hope you start selling these chassis cuz i would buy one.
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12-08-2006, 12:00 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: just west of "joisey"
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but thats how I did the hex...sorry..:-( I didn't use a Machine Center w/ a tool changer and all, just a retrofitted Bridgeport | |
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12-08-2006, 12:06 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: just west of "joisey"
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| here is a link to where I got the trim washers, :-P give them a try and maybe some net surfin will turn some up trimwashers |
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12-08-2006, 12:21 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2005 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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12-08-2006, 03:43 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sin City
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WOW! Talk about CUSTOM! Kevin I have been waiting for you to post this. It is BAD A$$!! Great job like always!!
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12-08-2006, 04:40 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: griswold
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Damn I wish I could do half as good but all I got is a hacksaw and files lol
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12-08-2006, 05:05 PM
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| Sinking with the ship Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: El Capitan...sole survivor and sinking fast
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Hey Kevin, arent you forgetting the part about you machined your own half shafts and wideners too |
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12-08-2006, 05:38 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: just west of "joisey"
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 shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, yeah I did..... ................. | |
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