i finally get to join the king hauler club!

[hippy]

santa finally came by last friday and dropped of my truck! what a nice truck to build. just need my electronics now and then time to start modding. and since there has been a couple hundred built, no need to show the stock build up.






now to mod this truck and start the rest for the big rig rat.

[Goose19]

cool stuff! is this one going to be the rig rat, or is this an additional one?

[gun]

Congrats on the king hauler ! Santa made you wait long enough. Lol . Now you just need to take it all apart and stretch the frame and get some S&P fenders for the front and rear and stacks and the list just keeps going ! Be sure and post lots of pic. For us

[SWAGGER]

Nice one hippy, congrats! I really wanna get myself a King next, although, there have been a few nice GL builds of late too, startin to struggle with a decision. Oh...ok....both!

[Diesel Demond]

what a great feeling!!

[hippy]

thanks guys,
yes the pipes are coming, yes on the single head light. no on the fenders, just going to fix these ones. i like the looks of these fenders and tall tires. yes on the stretched frame. no on the rig rat, needed the measurements of the frame and rear diff to get the frame set up for rat.

on the gl or kh, it was a hard choice yes! thought of the globe and put a huge drome box on like the rig my dad had many years ago. but the king hauler was easier to get here so they made my choice for me.

and yes it is an awesome feeling to have her here, thank you.

[hippy]

well spent the weekend rapping other rc's but, it's a runner. let the modifications begin.
here is the trailer that came with the mack truck(donor for the rig rat).

[SWAGGER]

Pretty decent trailer. Did you say that you picked up the Mack and trailer for around 100 dollars? That's a great deal!

[hippy]

thank you

yes i did, at a husky truck stop here in Edmonton. mack was an rc already. but when i charged the battery for it and put it in for the first time. poof! up in smoke went the circuit board.

[hippy]

made my pipes today,

[TRUCKMAKER]

Hippie, are you going to paint your stacks or have them plated? Nice and fast build BTW!

[biggusditchus]

Looks great, what size copper pipe is that?

[hippy]

thank you.

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Hippie, are you going to paint your stacks or have them plated? Nice and fast build BTW!

yes i am painting them, was thinking painting the whole thing orange with satin black accessories.

Originally Posted by biggusditchus

Looks great, what size copper pipe is that?

they are 1/2 inch od.

[gun]

the stacks look sweet are you going to have them powder coated or chrome them?

[hippy]

thank you. ya sorry i forgot to say. the stacks will be prepped and painted with bbq paint. after spraying them i will be heat treating them so the paint will stick. they will be satin black too.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Satin black and orange will definitely POP! Can't wait t see it.

[Brian in PA]

Cool build, I cant wait to see the painted pics.

[hippy]

thank you.

built the bumper today, what a lot of work for something so flat.

[hauler_10-4]

Looking good and welcome to the king hauler club.

[hippy]

Thank you. Working on rear bumper today.