Forum: Electronics tech
01-23-2013, 12:02 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,054
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Forum: Electronics tech
01-22-2013, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 2,054
radio question
I'm about to start building an amphibious vehicle which is likely to be built out of aluminium .
Just wondered if any one has tried this before and were there any problems with radio reception.
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
01-18-2013, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 43,625
Re: Knight Krawler
Hi Kent,
Looking good, to answer your question about lift speed, here in the UK you can buy servo slowers that fit between the receiver and servo, I have used one from here before...
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
09-20-2012, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
A bit more video taken at a truck meet last weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4iksu524nk
Truck is a whole load of fun, very few people in the UK have seen anything like it.
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Forum: Get it out of your system! HERE!
08-25-2012, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 12,099
Re: House is ruined!!!
I've only seen the trail of devestation on a TV programme about Stephen Fry touring America, so I can't really begin to imagine what its like but hope it soon gets sorted. Sounds like you know the...
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Forum: Mechanical tech
07-20-2012, 08:44 AM
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Replies: 76
Views: 95,109
Re: Driven front axle options?
thanks for posting the info on this thread, its helped me a lot. I'm making a 6X6 tipper (in UK terms)
Already got a Carson Truck Puller motor so dont need a reduction box. Instead I'm making a...
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
05-26-2012, 12:32 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
Your friend is indeed fortunate to see these trucks for real.
The model is proving to be great fun winching loads on and using the gin poles to load other people's trailers. Just waiting the right...
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
05-23-2012, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
Thanks for the interest and positive comments.
Here is a photo taken a short while ago at a local (to me anyway!) truck meeting,
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/018.jpg
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
04-22-2012, 06:44 AM
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Replies: 79
Views: 31,811
Re: Oilfield King Hauler
Very nice truck and workmanship, just love it!
Its maybe a bit short for gin poles, mines a scale 28 foot bed /400 inch w/b and poles are just long enough , they are the length of the bed.
Good fun...
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
03-30-2012, 11:41 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
03-30-2012, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
Photo taken by a friend last weekend, takes a bit of careful positioning to get container onto trailer but hopefully with practice all will be well.
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-24-2012, 11:46 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 43,625
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Forum: Metal forming & tools
03-13-2012, 12:02 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 4,244
Re: A question about turning aluminium
Yep, hss tools are the best for aluminium, the carbide ones tend to gouge it out rather than remove material by cutting. Watch out that the ally does not attach itself to the end of the tool if you...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-12-2012, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 43,625
Re: Knight Krawler
Filing and sanding sounds the way to go with plenty of eyeball to check the profile.
Its looking a nice job so far. Guess the cat is keeping a close eye on the job :)
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-11-2012, 11:25 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,275
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-11-2012, 12:14 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,275
Re: My trailer build
Now I know its a long shot but...at Gaydon last year there was a modeller from either Carlisle or Cheshire who was there with his mum, they had some realy nice scale 1 tonne bags with a corn...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
03-10-2012, 08:09 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 8,275
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Forum: Euro Style Trucks and Trailers
02-29-2012, 01:19 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 36,549
Re: is it a tipper or a hook lift truck
Looking good,
With regard to the springs, I put an extra leaf inbetween the Tamiya ones.
I used the springy banding that comes on packing cases to make the extra leaves.
We will have to have a...
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Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers
02-28-2012, 02:36 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 43,625
Re: Knight Krawler
Headache rack and soldering look very neat and tidy,I'm beginning to understand where you are going with the build, looks like a good use for a pole trailer ,or two, Great imagination!
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
02-27-2012, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
Bet those 25 inch tyres looked mean!
Here is a photo of the winch, it uses a motor with a 100:1 gearbox to directly drive the drum
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/0054.jpg
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
02-22-2012, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
Thanks for those links, most of which I had not seen before.
Can't get mine to lift the front end like the one in the first video though.
The PDF I could not paste in was this one
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
02-22-2012, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
gregg, I understand where you are coming from but there are a lot about with only one front drive axle, if I knew how to do it I would paste a pdf from CAMEX showing the one I loosely based mine on.
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
02-20-2012, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
A couple of photos showing modifications to Tamiya flat bed trailer so I can load containers on to it by using winch on the truck.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q112/amysdad2/0053.jpg
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
02-19-2012, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
Smart racer,
Flat top fenders do look mean, any photos of your truck?
This link should take you to some youtube video of loading a container, the voice over is not me , I was too busy...
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Forum: Big Boys of the road 4x4/6x6/8x8/10x10 Trucks
02-16-2012, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 22,672
Re: my oil field truck
Yes to the gin poles, if you look very carefully you can see them layed alongside the outer planks, yet to drill them for the pulley though.
The 5th wheel slots into the bed for now above the pivot...
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