2000 freightliner 2

[dabears]

Can you take an underside pic of that steering mod??? in a 1:1 for my truck it would have to use a football field to turn around.. My old COE i used to drive turned on a dime.. course it had a shorter wheel base then the stretched framed globes we build. haha..

[skl1cent]

Thanks Diesel

Thanks dabears I drive a fedex rig Freightliner P1000 heh turns pretty quick! heh

Here's the pic of the little cut I did on the knuckle


that gives it a little more radious works pretty awesome

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by skl1cent

Thanks Diesel

Thanks dabears I drive a fedex rig Freightliner P1000 heh turns pretty quick! heh

Here's the pic of the little cut I did on the knuckle


that gives it a little more radious works pretty awesome

This bwont hurt any thing it all I have been doning this for years and a few of my trucks are very heavy in the nose and I run 645 servos so I have lots of tork I can turn the wheels lock to lock with out moving the truck and I have never broke one you can also bend the ends of your tie rod a little and get even more turning. I have to set my remote so I dont over steer as the tires will hit the leaf springs.

Nice work on the cab Silvo you are doing great work..

[dabears]

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

This bwont hurt any thing it all I have been doning this for years and a few of my trucks are very heavy in the nose and I run 645 servos so I have lots of tork I can turn the wheels lock to lock with out moving the truck and I have never broke one you can also bend the ends of your tie rod a little and get even more turning. I have to set my remote so I dont over steer as the tires will hit the leaf springs.

Nice work on the cab Silvo you are doing great work..

Thanks TC for that info!!

Silvo the cab is fantastic with that step and opening doors!! I love seeing what you great builders create it always gives me ideas and inspiration to attempt more things i want to do!! Keep up the great work!!

[skl1cent]

thanks guys

[dabears]

thats pretty nifty thanks!! what does it do to the integrity of the parts? anything? doesnt look like it should affect it too much

[skl1cent]

well as far as I can see, it wouldnt affect anything. If any weight the weight lays over the axel basically where u have that bolt that holds the knuckle in place So I figued cutting that much of the knuckle wont have any effect on the integrity. when you look at the knuckle and you but it theres like a little triangle shape support on the top side. dont cut or go passed that triangle and you should be fine

[dabears]

sweet thats kinda what i thought looking at mine... I think maybe some of our fine aluminum machinists should produce some modified front end parts id buy some and wouldnt have to worry about strength

[skl1cent]

haha Agreed!

[Diesel Demond]

very good idea thanx for info!

[skl1cent]

thannks diesel btw, what trailer do you guys think it shall haul? heheh

[dabears]

Hmmm that a tough question... so many look great behind these... tarp top belly dump like TC just made, hog hauler, i always think of farm trucks with these.. anything is going to look good behind it!

[skl1cent]

I was thinking something like this would be awesome!

[skl1cent]

This is how the big boys do it

Added my little side cab step!


Switched out the fuel tanks from globes to knight haulers
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Next step

[SWAGGER]

Neat work! You're movin' pretty fast.

[SWAGGER]

Forgot to say, those hinges are perfect. Where on earth did you get those?

[skl1cent]

thanks bro they are piano hinges i got them from ebay

heres the link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRASS-FINISH...item1c279c7262

[SWAGGER]

Originally Posted by skl1cent

thanks bro they are piano hinges i got them from ebay

heres the link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRASS-FINISH...item1c279c7262

Thanks for sharing that. These are the best hinges I have seen so far. Deffo the right job and nice and strong too.

[Diesel Demond]

i personally think cab overs look so good with flat beds and thats not just because im a flat bedder but the van i think takes away from the cab unless its a 351 wheelbase. or a tank trailer not to many real nice tanks out there

[plow jockey]

Awesome work, great job on the doors.