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Old 01-25-2012, 10:23 PM
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I had started this a while ago and well frankly I could use some thoughts....so I won't bore you with the chassis build pics but here goes....

standard rear of the king hauler....


my conversion - picked up the center plate on a trade


picked up these pete styled fenders from S&P here on the board.... alittle sanding and trimming and their looking real good...




Choping the cab fenders off....







had to do a test fit of the cab -


here's where I have the cab now .... moved the front axel forward and lowered the cab a bit....






some PMD tanks I had from some other trading...




standard steps with some air tanks that were in a trade...


what ya think so far??? Thanks for lookin..
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Old 01-25-2012, 10:36 PM
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Always a fan of your work

Great Job So far


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Old 01-25-2012, 10:41 PM
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WOW! that's all i got is WOW!
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Old 01-25-2012, 10:48 PM
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Looks great!!! You are good my friend.
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Old 01-25-2012, 11:32 PM
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looks good, please tell me where do you guys get those realistic looking tires from love the look of the drives they look so real
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Old 01-26-2012, 01:29 AM
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nice work on the day cab Izzy

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looks good, please tell me where do you guys get those realistic looking tires from love the look of the drives they look so real
I got mine off ebay.co.uk, item No. 190609765954

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Old 01-27-2012, 12:46 AM
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as always , nice work Izzy

I noticed here a problem
on the suspension photo from our UK trucker Brel

Brel , do I see this correct and you use a solid drive-shaft ( no length-adjustment ) instead of the original dog-bone for your rear axles ?

You can not do that , you gone put your suspension in a bind .
If you want to do this you need to replace the lower control-arms from at least one axle
and replace them with something what has a variable length , like a shock

check out this link here ,
http://www.customrcmodels.com/Trucks/new_6wd_project.htm
it shows one of my 6WD builds
and pay close attention to the photos how I did the rear-axle suspension



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nice work on the day cab Izzy



I got mine off ebay.co.uk, item No. 190609765954

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Old 01-26-2012, 08:04 AM
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Looking real good Izzy
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Nice start, Izzy. Any hints as to what you are going for???
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Old 01-26-2012, 09:08 AM
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Awsome truck Izzy ! I like the fenders
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Old 01-26-2012, 01:57 PM
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Great start! The fenders are really nice. We never see many photos of them, in a raw state, or slightly cleaned up and sanded. It's the best way to make a King Hauler a Peterbilt. Looking forward to this project!
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Very nice I love the rear suspension awsome
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Old 01-26-2012, 09:11 PM
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Looks real good Izzy

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Old 01-26-2012, 09:48 PM
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off to a good start.. i really like the black rim and nice job on the fenders
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Old 01-26-2012, 10:10 PM
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Great start! Love all the references to trading! Great way to get stuff you need!
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Nice work looks great.
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Old 01-27-2012, 06:40 AM
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Looks great so far Chris! Any idea on color?
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Default Re: Day Cab Work Truck by Izzy

Willy, I believe that is a rc4wd shaft in-between the axles and it has a slip yoke in it. Don't quote me on that, but it looks just like the one I looked at yesterday on the rc4wd website and it says it can be used for the semis
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Old 01-27-2012, 03:31 PM
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Willy, I believe that is a rc4wd shaft in-between the axles and it has a slip yoke in it. Don't quote me on that, but it looks just like the one I looked at yesterday on the rc4wd website and it says it can be used for the semis
Now that is interesting .. I just looked at that too …
Guess you are right , that could be it , since by the dimensions they list there it should fit/work .
Good find ! Must be a new item …guess I need to get me a set and check it out .
I am wondering how it’s done , if it can fall apart when you excide these 50mm length ?

What irritates me on the UK-trucker photo is that the u-joints are lined up so strange ,
not even , not 90 degrees offset , just a few degrees offset
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Old 01-27-2012, 09:24 PM
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Now that is interesting .. I just looked at that too …
Guess you are right , that could be it , since by the dimensions they list there it should fit/work .
Good find ! Must be a new item …guess I need to get me a set and check it out .
I am wondering how it’s done , if it can fall apart when you excide these 50mm length ?

What irritates me on the UK-trucker photo is that the u-joints are lined up so strange ,
not even , not 90 degrees offset , just a few degrees offset
You are correct they (yolk's) need to be lined up or a vibration problem will result, I'm guesing it's just off by 1 spline. Good eye to catch that!
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