Forum: Truck Building Tech
11-10-2014, 02:12 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,147
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Forum: Mechanical tech
11-06-2014, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 17,393
Re: Integy axles for Tamiya semi's
Sorry fore dual-posting, but trying to spread the Good News!
Kyle at Integy has told me the axle parts ~ARE~ interchangeable...
And no promises, but they ~may~ be able to give us a...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
11-06-2014, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,147
Re: 8x8 chassis under-guts... anyone tried this?
NEWS!
Kyle at Integy has told me the axle parts ~ARE~ interchangeable...
And no promises, but they ~may~ be able to give us a quantity-discount if we can organize a group buy of the #1 and #3...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
11-06-2014, 03:16 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,147
Re: 8x8 chassis under-guts... anyone tried this?
~wince~ Hate to be loading my own thread...
amusingparts123 on eBay has a 4-axle (8x8) axle set... but $495 & shipping is a chunk, and the setup from Integy is only $360 (if its do-able)...
Who...
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Forum: Mechanical tech
11-06-2014, 01:49 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 17,393
Re: Integy axles for Tamiya semi's
Travis,
Thank you for a very enlightening posting on this new product.
Now, when I asked Integy more, I did get that they ~ARE~ manufactured overseas... so if we could contact the maker,...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
11-06-2014, 01:42 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,147
Re: 8x8 chassis under-guts... anyone tried this?
Thanks Travis,
I wasn't gonna take the 4x4 forum guys word, and they tend to drive their trucks harder (on average) than we do, though we have a few exceptions, eh Joe?
Any chance you could...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
11-04-2014, 12:37 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,147
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-20-2014, 05:16 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,277
Re: Frame catwalk material.
For what its worth...
I'll take a pic of the mesh that I salvaged from a desktop tray in the local Dollar Store, for size reference. But for reference, the diamond mesh is 4 per inch wide, 6 per...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-20-2014, 12:08 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,277
Re: Frame catwalk material.
I also found an eBay dealer...
He sells the pieces for automotive grillework, and I've asked him if he would cut the 6" x 36" pieces into two 6" x 18" sections to save on shipping cost for...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-17-2014, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,277
Re: Frame catwalk material.
Arrgg...
I found a site that had 9" x 10" (I think) sheets of perforated metal, with round holes, square ones, and even hex patterning... and then I ~stupidly dinna mark the damned thing...
All...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-17-2014, 04:19 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,753
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-16-2014, 07:42 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,753
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-12-2014, 07:20 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,753
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-12-2014, 06:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,753
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Forum: Get it out of your system! HERE!
10-12-2014, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 12,535
Re: Carson Goldhofer Low loader
Other ~stupid~ flaws in the Carson:
The u-bolts for attachment of the axles to the suspension 'leaves' are made of plastic. Start the supplied metal nuts on one, and *SNAP* goes the plastic...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-11-2014, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 5,147
8x8 chassis under-guts... anyone tried this?
Hey...
I was pointed at the Integy site with that nice ladder-chassis, and then thought about their semi axles... and the way they have the bolt-on tranny-caps.
Looking at them, I thought one...
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Forum: Body Shop Tech
10-11-2014, 12:37 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 11,480
Re: WTF HAPPENED !!!
*Sigh*
Seen this all-so-often when using brake fluid... stuff has petroleum by-prods, and they can attack the plastic.
Me, I use 'Easy Off' oven cleaner, in the pump bottle, not the aerosol....
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-11-2014, 10:21 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,277
Re: Frame catwalk material.
Guys...
I found the generic equivalent: its medical bracing/splint material. I got a 12" x 3.75" section for $2.10, locally (rolled gently). If that's enough width/length-wise, its a good buy. But...
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-11-2014, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,753
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Forum: Truck Building Tech
10-11-2014, 07:22 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,753
Replacement parts for Carson STN-L3 trailer...
Hokay guys...
Any of you Carson STN-L3 owners know that the plastic u-bolts for attaching the axles to the suspension arms are crap, right? Well, silly woofie went to go replace 'em with 2-56,...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-22-2013, 02:38 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 7,323
Re: Trucks from the movies
I've got a ~reverse~ mention of a truck here...
Why? Its a model of a Semi used in a movie. Punisher (1989) w/ Dolph Lundgren. He uses it to deliver a bottle of booze to his source, 'Shake'.
As...
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Forum: Get it out of your system! HERE!
07-21-2013, 09:47 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 18,497
Re: Brand new f$cking trucks with TONS of problems
*laughs his (*tush*) off* :popcorn:
I was tempted years back to try for a truckers license (think its AZ/DZ in Ontario, hm Kenny & Mario?) but then though " I got my Disability, and companies will...
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Forum: Boats!
06-17-2013, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 8,038
Re: My attempt at an air boat.
Travis:
If you don't want to use something as complicated as fibreglass, you might consider another option as equally strong and waterproof: epoxy.
I use Hoby-Poxy 2-part stuff, 45 min. set,...
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
06-15-2013, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,114
Re: slipping rubber tracks?
*nods*
And buying a roll of the anti-slip tape, if/wjhen it peels ow wears out, you can re-apply it!
If ya go the heat-shrink way, be careful ya dun warp th drive wheel getting the tubing...
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
06-15-2013, 12:54 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,114
Re: slipping rubber tracks?
Cossie:
Option #1 : some heat-shrink tubing, carefully applied, then roughened with sandpaper.
Option #2 : some of that anti-skip floor tape (looks like black emery-paper tape)
Option #3 :...
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