We'll come back to this, probably, maybe, or scrap it

LittleSteve · March 21, 2021, 02:53:10 PM

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LittleSteve · April 02, 2021, 10:28:40 AM

OVRAROK · April 02, 2021, 01:37:19 PM

What are you making...

Snowtoy · April 02, 2021, 04:41:22 PM

His cat is wondering the same thing.

Wainiha · April 02, 2021, 06:12:07 PM

Nice welds.

LittleSteve · April 04, 2021, 11:11:13 AM

Wainiha · April 05, 2021, 04:35:12 PM

What is the last pic? An axle mock up or jig for axle/suspension?

helipilot77 · April 06, 2021, 10:25:58 AM

Quote from: LittleSteve on March 21, 2021, 02:53:10 PM

This looks like very heavy fabrication for an RC truck. I'm not following.

LittleSteve · April 06, 2021, 11:09:23 AM

Wainiha · April 06, 2021, 07:37:42 PM

Oh, trailer. got it. Looks good.

:(worstgen4runner · April 07, 2021, 04:12:36 PM

interesting coupler

:(worstgen4runner · April 07, 2021, 04:24:06 PM

looks like you are building a front axle trailer to haul that piece of junk out of there.

Gnarly4X · April 07, 2021, 07:19:44 PM

helipilot77 · April 09, 2021, 07:40:07 PM

Quote from: :(worstgen4runner on April 07, 2021, 04:24:06 PM
looks like you are building a front axle trailer to haul that piece of junk out of there.

Pretty sure that's what he's doing.

LittleSteve · April 10, 2021, 12:24:50 PM

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helipilot77 · April 30, 2021, 09:53:38 PM

It's a roller!! Steering and drive systems are bit overcomplicated, but it's wheelable.

Is it done yet?

LittleSteve · May 01, 2021, 10:16:51 AM

LittleSteve · May 01, 2021, 01:30:41 PM

Quote from: helipilot77 on April 30, 2021, 09:53:38 PM
It's a roller!! Steering and drive systems are bit overcomplicated, but it's wheelable.

Is it done yet?

It don't flex for

either

Nope waiting on 90164-45005.

LittleSteve · May 05, 2021, 11:25:44 AM

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LittleSteve · May 09, 2021, 09:37:29 AM

LittleSteve · May 09, 2021, 10:15:20 AM

Moral of the story...
If you have a buddy help you, make sure they are not limp wristed and when told to hold the brake, they do so and don't make excuses that the brakes don't work, when in fact the brakes do work they are just a wimp and cant push the pedal without the vacuum or don't have a fast enough processor to pull the park brake.

Was shunting the truck round the yard 6 yrs ago with a telehandler and it stabbed itself on the tine. I was in the telehandler. Truck was uphill of me

This is the same reason it has a busted grille headlamp and bent passenger fender. the other fender is bent because wife stuffed into a tree.
Wife is also the reason the aerial is broken off.

Piece of advice: wire a switch into your aerial wiring so you can retract it and still use the head unit, like what is stock in an 80 series.

Had to build the dolly to extricate it from the barn as i had sold the front knuckles off it to some fella dreaming of making his own portals using IFS and IRS parts.
I have seen these built and they don't really have an advantage, they are really heavy and take ages to repair.

Wainiha · May 09, 2021, 12:44:32 PM

What's the red rod? Hydraulic steering?

LittleSteve · May 09, 2021, 01:08:43 PM

Quote from: Wainiha on May 09, 2021, 12:44:32 PM
What's the red rod? Hydraulic steering?

Portapack or Portapower, hydraulic cylinder. I had to push the front straight to take the crease out that is in the pictures and the one that wasn't.

Shoved it 2" to get the crease to stay out.

Then straighten the front panel out.

News:

We'll come back to this, probably, maybe, or scrap it