HillBilly Deluxe

[diddys trucking]

Hi those wedicos look ok but i would still rather have 2 king haulers lol
good lookin truck though
diddys truckin

[Claus]

Originally Posted by diddys trucking

Hi those wedicos look ok but i would still rather have 2 king haulers lol
good lookin truck though
diddys truckin

And that is why they make both brands!

[CrimsonCorsair]

I knew they looked good - now I know why! Keep the updates coming.

[Claus]

Here is another update, I found my sleeper parts right under my nose. Now it's a large car. Somethings on these Wedicos seem so well thought out and some things seem like a they thought "how can we make this more difficult?", putting the sleeper together drove me crazy!

[Claus]

Thanks everybody, Dustin I just have the one truck, I do have an extra raw cab and hood but no intentions on ever having two complete trucks. One is a handful for me! Nathan has me drooling for Scale Art locking differentials and Oswalt suspension upgrades, those will be the next costly improvements.

[Espeefan]

Dustin, what made you sell off your Wedicos anyway? You had some pretty big plans.

Hmm, so that's why the Rust axles looks so close to the Scale Art axles. The internals are a little different though. Rust has 2:1 and 4:1 ratios, and Scale Art only seems to have 3:1, but they do have the lock-ups. Locking diffs are nice, but one extra thing to fine tune and worry about. Routing the cables and mounting another servo.

I never noticed Scale Art's axles having output and output shafts at different levels, but now that you mention it, you are right. Strange. Are all Rust axles shafts inline, or is it just the 2:1 diff ratio versions?

[Espeefan]

I see. Well I like my 3:1 ratio axles, for my Wedico. They seem about perfect, as far as gearing goes. I wouldn't mind going 4:1, with Rust axles. In fact, that's what I need. My lift axle would intrude on the driveshafts, in the lowered position, and so the Rust axles will give me the room I need because the input/output shafts are off center. I will kind of miss the lockers, but I guess I can live without them. Going for scale looks over the functionality of lock-ups, I guess. Rust axles look so much nicer then Wedico's.

If I hadn't gotten into these Wedico trucks, and I was looking to buy one now, I'd definitely be getting a Scale Art Man TGA dump. Those are nice trucks.

[Claus]

Dustin, Nathan, strudel machines?? Really???

[Espeefan]

I do like strudels, Craig, but the kind you can eat more then the Euro trucks. Once a Peterbilt fan, always a Peterbilt fan.

[Claus]

I went to Indy today and picked up a few things. Ric said he did not bring most of his parts that were specific to Wedico, too bad because I was on a mission. I did buy three Peterbilt emblems, Swan hood ornamnet, C.B. antennas, mud flap brackets, new fuel tanks and single round headlights. I had bad luck with the single round headlights and that is too bad because Ric did an awesome job on them. They do not fit a Wedico Peterbilt without drilling new mounting holes in your grille surround. I would highly reccomend them for a King Hauler, although one of mine broke as soon as i was tightening the mounting screw.

[ihbuilder]

craig , could you get a pic with at least 1 of those head lights on ? I'd like to see how they look

[Dreamweaver]

Craig don't suppose you have the ability to get a picture of them on a Tamiya hood.

Wonder how they would look scale wise with Tamiya

~Mike~

[Claus]

Sorry, sold my Tamiya.

[ihbuilder]

mike , just from the pics , I think they;d look better on a tammy . wedicos , just look too big for them I'll have to think of something

[Espeefan]

Shame about the single round headlights. They would look really good on a Wedico, but if a guy has to drill new holes to mount them higher, the old holes kind of detract from the look. Are they one piece cast? Looks like the headlight broke off the J bar?

[Dreamweaver]

Might have to look into them. The lights I was planning on getting are $110 and then I still need a mount for them.

~Mike~

[Claus]

The lights are two pieces, the screw or whatever it was is what broke.

[Espeefan]

I see. No chance of getting the screw out? I'm guessing the bulbs are not LEDs?

[Claus]

I drilled it out, now it's worse, it did not come with any bulbs.

[Claus]