First Build - King Hauler

[Goose19]

Originally Posted by Supermario

Looking sweet Dude! I like how the chicken lights are incorporated into the sleeper skirts . Can't wait to see it all lit up!

Mario

Oh yeah, the driveshaft looks real beefy! Is that a rc4wd shaft?

thx mario, i caught the bug at clifford

the drive shaft is a $11 special. if you look back in this thread i made a lift axle from some copper pipe and gorilla glue...... where i learned just how strong gorilla glue is. its a piece of 1/2" styrene tube with traxxas driveshafts glued in the ends

also, i spread the drives out to scale 60" spread, and made a small driveshaft the same way.

[russisloud]

Looking good man, i like the longer spread on the rear drives

[Trucker_Jo]

I really love this truck! Keep it up with the lowboy and you'll be golden!

[1985 kenworth]

hey mario we should get him out to the truck shows more often...it seems to have lit a fire under you know what...alan the truck looks great...thought you sold it...sorry i wasn't going to say that but ......well you know the rest...looks great .keep the updates coming

[Trucker_Jo]

Originally Posted by Trucker_Jo

I really love this truck! Keep it up with the lowboy and you'll be golden!

I forgot to mention, some skinny straight pipes would look killer

[JAMMER]

Very nice looking horse and you have a great start on a beam low boy trailer I wish someone made these so I could buy one to haul my excavator around on it all the other are to narrow. Ed

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Killing it as always these picks look much better then the email ones..

[bigdogrod]

trailer metal work is awesome, especially with limited tools.

[Goose19]

Originally Posted by russisloud

Looking good man, i like the longer spread on the rear drives

thx. just trying to be different....in a good way, not the short bus way.

Originally Posted by Trucker_Jo

I really love this truck! Keep it up with the lowboy and you'll be golden!

no pun intended right? haha thx

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

hey mario we should get him out to the truck shows more often...it seems to have lit a fire under you know what...alan the truck looks great...thought you sold it...sorry i wasn't going to say that but ......well you know the rest...looks great .keep the updates coming

always one comedian in the bunch huh thx Dwayne

Originally Posted by Trucker_Jo

I forgot to mention, some skinny straight pipes would look killer

there are more things to add, just need the time and the $$$ to get them

Originally Posted by JAMMER

Very nice looking horse and you have a great start on a beam low boy trailer I wish someone made these so I could buy one to haul my excavator around on it all the other are to narrow. Ed

Thx Jammer, the trailer is being redesigned some.

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

Killing it as always these picks look much better then the email ones..

why because its a real one, and looks right? haha thx paul

Originally Posted by bigdogrod

trailer metal work is awesome, especially with limited tools.

its not as awesome building it with limited tools, but it gets the job done.
thx

[russisloud]

you know there is always a seat for ya on the bus

[Diesel Demond]

truck is awesome i like the short work stacks. trailer is sick great job

[Espeefan]

Nice updates, Goose! Keep'em coming. I know that's not easy this time of year. My own build has lost some momentum with summer, but nice to still see some progress. Looking at your trailer photo and your explanation of the webbing, I see exactly what you did. Nice.

[toniolillo]

I have wanted to see finished your trailer

[RodneyO]

This is a awesome build.Like the trailer so far.I'm gonna try building my own lowboy myself.

[Goose19]

thanks guys.

im waiting on a few parts before i can continue on, im looking for a mfu also, but im too cheap to pay for a new one when i only plan to use the sound, i have my own plan for lights.

[rcman]

Looking good! I really like the paint colors excellent choice! the trailer is looking really good too!. keep up the great work.

[Goose19]

so, once upon a time, long long ago, i drew up a grill for this truck. i finally got around to sending it off to russ, and this is what i got back





now somewhere along the line my crayola crayons got mixed up and the grill came out a touch long.....i think it was the program i originally drew it up with didnt agree with the milling program. not sure what im going to do about it, but even at that, it looks alot perty-er with a grill and headlights.

its hard to see without the backing i have yet to make, im thinkin some screen painted silver or black.

[Radio Control Trucker]

Originally Posted by Goose19

(I'm...) not sure what im going to do about it, but even at that, it looks alot perty-er with a grill and headlights.

Don't worry Alan. It should be easy to modify the front-end. Just make some front metal plates to come up under the head-lights like in the this photo:



It should look good, help hide the spacing, and make an amazing build look just that much better.

Good luck.

- RCT

[Espeefan]

You could also have the front bumper notched to fit around the bottom of the grille. Wouldn't look that out of place either. Some Kenworth trucks have such an arrangement. Your grille does look pretty nice though!

[Goose19]

Originally Posted by Radio Control Trucker

Don't worry Alan. It should be easy to modify the front-end. Just make some front metal plates to come up under the head-lights like in the this photo:

It should look good, help hide the spacing, and make an amazing build look just that much better.

Good luck.

- RCT

Originally Posted by Espeefan

You could also have the front bumper notched to fit around the bottom of the grille. Wouldn't look that out of place either. Some Kenworth trucks have such an arrangement. Your grille does look pretty nice though!

thanks guys, i dont feel as bad for goofing on it, i actually thought of both ideas too, the stainless rock guards or a gullwing bumper, but i think im going to have another one made for this one, and build a second KW, a T-800H model. looks like a W900B with a setback axle. it'll likely be my heavy spec truck, and this one will be the highway queen