Gaullee Pa,Always wanted a 9 spd Atlas movin truck

[Diesel Demond]

absolutely fantastic work. cant waite to get my trailer from ya

[TINY-TRUCKER]

Hey cool work on the frame work it must have been a big pain in the rear working it all out, can`t wait til you start on the trailer. do all the ramp`s, stand`s lock in place & what did you use to lock `em in with ?? any pixs of them please??
cheers paul
tiny-trucker

[FreddyGearDrive]

WOW! Thanks guys! Glad you boys are liken the build so far.
Those diffs are all aluminium & the drain plug is stock. The only problem is there a tad wider than the Tamiya diffs but found ways around that.
sk1cent,the exspanded metal is from pmd & works rather well for this build.
Tiny-trucker,the framing wasn't to bad to make,but figuring how to make it come off & on the truck was a different story.
Really wish I had some new progress to post on this baby.But since this forum opened haven't done dittle on my builds.So hope'in this week I can get back on my building again.
Later today I'll do up some pics of the ramp locking system,& the sizes of the square stock used for car hauler.
Thanks guys!
FGD

[JAMMER]

Fred how did you find a way around the wider axles? Your doing a nice job. Ed

[FreddyGearDrive]

Yea Ed,I think you were one of the first guys I saw useing these babies.Had the truck driveline done,& started installing the mud guards & quarter fenders. When I noticed the diff was like a 1/4" wider than the stock ones. So got out mr trusty dremel & went to work on setting the hex mount a tad deeper. Well after makin a real mess out of one of my rims,decided it might be better to get the mill involed in this butchin.
Couldn't hog out enough of the rim to make up the differance,so also turned hexes down a tad & still was a little wide.So then came up with the ole-spings in mud guard mounts. Now you really have to look to see there just a tad to wide. Yea there to wide for dualls,& to narrow for super singles to look right on the rig.Can't believe rc channel didn't think of that when they made these axles. But there still bad to the bone!
FGD

[JAMMER]

I also saw that they were to wide. I haven't found a solution to the problem yet but I am going to get a set of Scale Art axles. I think some material can come off the inside of the axle were the bearings are I don't know how much. I f you look at the housings the cap on the end is pressed on and that may be a way to shorten them. Ed

[Tamiya Cowboy]

HEY HEY Time to dust off this old thread and see if we can breath new life into it..

[Finster]

Great work so far and really unique truck. I've seen pictures of "Toters" haul a pilot car, but never on the roof with front loading ramps.

So what car do you plan to carry? I imagine you'll have to modify the car speeds to really slow it down so you can drive it up there. Looking forward to your updates.

Brian

[Beans]

Whats the update on this one pops. I wanna see some progress.

[Rogue]

Another outstanding build from your camp Freddy. I'm really diggin' the spring mounted rear flap hangers. Nice touch

[Cossett]

Originally Posted by Beans

Whats the update on this one pops. I wanna see some progress.

Patience Beans,

Our Fearless leader hasn't been well lately I'm sure the pic's will come when his well again

Cheers Cossett

awesome job freddie

[tc1cat]

UPDATES PLEASE!! This is about the longest build to date for you. Come on, Freddy get with it!! (Like I have any room to talk!! 3 years and counting!!)

Looking at the 1st picture! thats what i call a FULL house move when they take the **** car aswell LOL.
Some very nice work there Freddy.

Steve.

[Roadmasters]

Time for an update?

[Beans]

I agre pops, what ever happened to this beaut?

[FreddyGearDrive]

Thanks Guys!
Yea, she's been sittin for awhile.Can't afford the graphics to be put on via pro air brush right now.So she's back together,MFU is all in,& both tranys shift perfect.It's gunna take some doing to get used to shiftin this thing. Here's where shes at now.




Some stickers,back tail light plate,exhaust tips,change steps & drom box.
Then the trailer.
Thanks for lookin!
FGD

[rcman]

wow great job! love the 9 speed idea! how do you shift it? do you have a separate channel to toggle between the 2?

[Bigrigger]

Fredward? LOL Well, nice to see this build's still moving! Keep it coming!

[FreddyGearDrive]

Rcman,the first trany is on a toggle.The second is on a stick.Kinda like a splitter.
Thanks Guys.
Well back tail light plate made & mounted,Also started on drom box.




Thanks for lookin!
FGD