Oilfield King Hauler

[uk trucker]

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 though now I have got them working by a winch.

3Racing make a 1:8 scale winch which might be strong enough, depending what you intend to pull on board.

I have those tyres, grip is a bit more than the Tamiya tyres but think the real advantage is in the looks!

Photos of winch installed have just popped up, guess you found 3Racing winches! Still getting used to this forum!!

[pumptech]

@ Gun
Hey Gun ,thanks man I don't see as many of these type of trucks as I used to ,new wells being drilled has slowed down quite a bit.

@Espeefan
Hey Nathan ,yea I agree those are some nice tires, still have a few things to get for this build ,esc ,etc.. mabey I can swing them .

@uk trucker
Hey uk trucker ,thanks for the compliments ,I thought about gin poles ,may leave those out though .

Had to put the build on hold for a couple days ,have had some spring projects to do.Will get back to it this week ,fitting the chrome back bumper with the lights in the back

[pumptech]

Well a little update on this slow build, , Been working on the rear section ,had to rengineer the back some to allow for the chrome bumper that came with the kit ,was a little thicker than I thought,also put the fuel tanks under the door,had to drill and tap some new holes for it ,added some grab bars to the rack,ordered the axial bucket light set ,mounted some lights on.Need to stop by the local hobby shop and pick up some leds.
Couple more pics of some slow progress.

[glorydays24]

Boy you are doing a fantastic job This build gets better and better all the time.Can't wait to see more.

Big John