One little dump truck.

[fhhhstix]

I got the idea for this truck from pigeonfarmboy at Indy and when I first heard the idea I wasn't sure but it kinda grew on me so I built it. Thanks for the idea Nate. I still need to finish the bed and paint the cab, let me know what you guys and gals think.











And yes it does work here is the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnD7FVTEbk

Thanks for looking.
Travis

[steamer]

Travis . That thing is awesome. You must have been scratching your head to get that screw drive in there. You won't need forty acres to turn that rig around!!!!!
Rob

[fhhhstix]

Thanks Rob and like I said I can't take the credit for it it was Nate's idea but I just could not resist building it. The dump bed is operated by a hi torque servo and it has plenty of power for whatever you put in the bed.

Travis

[Stylin n profilin]

Travis your too much..only you would make something like that...it sure is awesome though....works great..

[ihbuilder]

now thats a baby dirt bucket

[Brian in PA]

What? No 3 speed!

[pigeonfarmboy]

The 3 speed is longer then the truck! I believe you went even shorter than what I had in mind (job well done)!!!

[dsm4g63punk]

haha great little truck! kinda reminds me of an ed big daddy roth hot rod dump truck

[fhhhstix]

Thanks Nate this may just be the most fun I have had building a dump truck.

Travis

[glorydays24]

This is a really cool truck. When I saw this, I was lmao!!!
When the bed lifted, I thought it was going to throw the can against the kitchen cabinents.
It may be little, but boy it sure is short.
Great job buddy.


Big John

[Stepside]

Originally Posted by Brian in PA

What? No 3 speed!

hahaahhahaha!!!

[Snochaser]

Funny Travis! One of a kind. Now your bus and your dump truck match. I'm sure it's a hoot.

[Roadmasters]

Travis that is pretty interesting! I cant believe it actually works, theres not much room to play with there.

[tc1cat]

Interesting build But can you get it any shorter?

[Tamiya Cowboy]

LoL!!! I love it that is SOOOO cool.. Nice work Travy now ship it to Spudd for a kick butt paint job to finish it off!!

[pigeonfarmboy]

We need wheely-dump video!

[Diesel Demond]

That is hilariouse when it dumps the can. The sound of it hitting the floor from a little truck! Thats how i would feed my weiner dogs if they could catch it!

[hippy]

awesome! sure looks like a lot of fun!

[Espeefan]

Funny. I didn't know Tamiya made a Smart Globeliner dump truck. Ha.

You should build another, and make it a tractor. Build a really short dump trailer for it, that has the trailer wheels just behind the drivers and 5th wheel. It would be good practice for backing up!

[fhhhstix]

Thanks to everybody for the comments and I hope you got as much of a smile from seing it as I did while I was building it.

Originally Posted by Espeefan

Funny. I didn't know Tamiya made a Smart Globeliner dump truck. Ha.

You should build another, and make it a tractor. Build a really short dump trailer for it, that has the trailer wheels just behind the drivers and 5th wheel. It would be good practice for backing up!

Nate you send me a truck kit and I will build you one.




For those of you that are curios here are the specs on the truck.

Total length tail gate to bumper= 9 3/4in
Cab= 4in
Bed= 5in
Wheelbase= 5in and just so you know the distance of the tandems on a stock truck is 4 1/8

Thanks for looking.
Travis