New kits

[RoadFlyer]

Great topic.
Well I'm a newb to this fine hobby. I don't have any trucks...yet. Looks like I've got some catching up to do. What's a good first truck to build? I'm leaning towards the Knight Hauler. Any advice?

[JoseFL10-4]

Hi I start with a blue Mack vision from wal mart up grade with Futaba radio, I take it to Indy in 2008 ,now I m addicted I use to buy something or build something every week. Now my fleet. 3 king haulers 1 globe custome 2 Mack from wal mart 1 Mack from china 1 wrecker and 2 projects on way. I will post pics soon. Indy this year oh yes

[Bigrigger]

Too many RCs and not enough pics!

I have 1 King, and 1 WIP King, a dry van trailer, and a flatbed, and I've been in this hobby for 2 or 3 years! So don't worry about taking it slow, Buzzy!

[WhiteWolf McBride]

But Sue...

Remember a friend used to tell me (and we always had a swimming pool in the back yard) " Never jump in head-first, 'cause the first part that'll take damage is yer head, right, and inside's yer brain. So, are ye stupid, or just crazy? "

So we ALL gotta be a little 'bent' don't we? Either toward crazy, or styupid, or perhaps ~both~?

My dad never understood my hobby, but when I compared it to some others, he relaxed, as there was always ~some~ colateral in it (unlike other 'hobbies/habits, be they material, smoked, drunk or otherwise ingested)

He still hates the clutter, but " I'm not the mooch my nephew is " (and ~that~ ALWAYS shuts him up, ending the argument!)

Heck, its a vice that won't give us cancer, ruin our livers, though it may leave us begging on streetcorners...
- " I need a new hydraulic pump from Germany, can ya spare a fiver? "
(* insert canned laugh track & music from Benny Hill *)
(* PS And if you've never seen him, look it up! *)

[dabears]

Well lets see I don't have a problem that ill admit too

I have
1 Custom Globe liner
1 Globe liner dump truck
1 Night Hauler
1 King hauler
1 Dump trailer
1 flatbed trailer
1 lowboy trailer
a custom cattle pot(now a production) in the works
and a bunch of other projects

Oh and a bruder plow truck im starting soon


HAHA I think I fit in the group a little

[BRICKNICK]

Were all sick.....tamiya should thank us. I think we payed there electric bill this month haha.

[RoadFlyer]

Okay thanks guys...now I feel real inadequate. I only have one. I guess I'll have to work on my problem. Anyone know of a 12 step program for single truck owners? I figure the only cure is to BUY MORE TRUCKS!

[dabears]

Originally Posted by RoadFlyer

Okay thanks guys...now I feel real inadequate. I only have one. I guess I'll have to work on my problem. Anyone know of a 12 step program for single truck owners? I figure the only cure is to BUY MORE TRUCKS!

Theres a cure for that in the buy sell area right not lots of good stuff up for grabs

[kcusumano]

hey guys I am more crazy than all you

1 wedico peterbuilt dump truck
1 old tonka truck conversion
1 custom build mack flat bed with detachable sides and the truck dumps
2 bruder spinter van conversions
2 ertl chevy pickup conversion
1 custom excavator
1 bruder backhoe
2 bruder skid steer
1 bruder fork lift
1 custom mack model r dump
1 custom ford f550 dump
1 custom hook lift dumpster truck
and more to come and I'am only 13 come on guys catch up

[1985 kenworth]

Yea but i only listed whats on one side of my room and since then added more i can't get enough of them.just when you think... hey ok thats it...you spy a small mt area in your place and think yea that idea i have.... i got room for it.but here is the other key guys and gals. Do you drive all of them or just a few.i make it a point to exercise all of mine....

[Tamiya Cowboy]

I have a long running problem...

2 Areomax's
8 King Hauler Petes
4 King Hauler Kw's
2 Knight Haulers
1 Mann
1 FH12
3 Merks.. 1 van/1 truck/1 4x4 flatbed
4 Globe Liners.. 1 kw cracker/ 1 pete cracker/ 1 IH 9670 toter/ 1 IH 9670/1 IH 9670 hay truck/ 1 IH Transtar
1 King Hauler f350 6x6 KW 996 oil field prim mover
1 King Hauler 6x6 Army truck
2 GMC Top Kick's
1 Wedico Frieghtliner
17 trailers
1 Stieger Panther with Blade rc
1 custom rc tractor
1 Bruder Tracker skid rc
1 Bruder dozer rc
1 Uni Mog 4x4 snow plow
plus other various rc's

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

Yea but i only listed whats on one side of my room and since then added more i can't get enough of them.just when you think... hey ok that's it...you spy a small mt area in your place and think yea that idea i have.... i got room for it.but here is the other key guys and gals. Do you drive all of them or just a few.i make it a point to exercise all of mine....

LOL!! I know what you mean!! My son leaves for collage and will have cleaned off 2 of his shelf's and I plan to move trailers on them and make room for my last 4 trucks I have in the works..

[REV73]

Mike here...Due to the cost of these trucks I find myself with just 1 king hauler and the box trailer, but it is the pride of my rc collection which consists of several restored vintage tamiya kits.

tamiya fox
tamiya super sabre
tamiya hotshot
tamiya falcon
tamiya striker
tamiya wild one
traxxas slash 4x4
2 mini helicopters
and there will be more to come in the future for sure!!!

[1985 kenworth]

Hey paul.... do play with all of them? Clearly you are a IH man.lol.. Hey mike i didn't knowyou did the vintage r/c

[ihbuilder]

you guys and your trucks now imagine having the ability to build any construction equipment you want oh crap ran outa meds straight jacket time

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

Hey paul.... do play with all of them? Clearly you are a IH man.lol.. Hey mike i didn't knowyou did the vintage r/c

yeah i do run them all Dawyne me and the boys and the wife. this weekend we are going to a semi truck show we go to every year we will run trucks all day for 3 days we are taking 9 to this show we do 7 truck shows a summer plus i have a area to run them at the shop too.

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

you guys and your trucks now imagine having the ability to build any construction equipment you want oh crap ran outa meds straight jacket time

yeah Steve your right i would go crazy building but i can't soI 'll have you do that part.

[crisis time]

Nice collection Oztruck
I really like the old Ford

[ekim]

It would appear in this thread that there is in fact a proper number of rigs to have, and that proper number is.........current inventory +1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have yet to committ to a purchase yet.....so I should relent to the pros.........

Michael (ekim)

[crisis time]

Only been messing with the trucks for 2 1/2 months already have one truck built (Aeromax) one pole trailer and a 40' container outfit there is also a king hauler waiting to be customised a little just waiting on a pile of parts to turn up and that is just the trucks
Also have quite a few 1/10 cars (three Tamiya F1 cars still in boxes)and half a dozen 1/8 trucks three HPI baja's and a 1/5 SCT and a 1/4 scale yankee F7 waiting to be put back into one piece.
Then there are the Planes balsa kits from Royal/Marutaka , Pica ,Top Flite and a 1/4 scale Balsa USA nieuport 11 and kits from several other manufacturers Then there are the Quads , Helis and a boat.
Mozza tells everyone that I don't have a hobby but I have a serious addiction.
If it is an addiction I hope they never find a cure.

Ian

[ears111]

Well, the way I look at things, 2 x weekends on the beer, waking up every Sunday, with nothing to show, but a hangover, = one nice truck if ya dont , and you have something to show for it, and its an investment.....bonus! So, get them while ya can mate!

that's what i was telling my old lady sharky but im still waiting to get my first truck but between youtube and the several forums im on i already have like 10 trucks a couple trailers a forklift, excavator, a couple sprinters, and a few cars already planned! now if the funds would just keep up!