Hammer Down Trucker's Army 6x6 Build..

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Well my son has been on me for about a year to do this build but I made him get his act together at school and save some money first and he has so it is time own up on my end of the deal. Ill be helping him with the body and fab and all the building will be on him so here we go..

First we started with is Amax King Hauler and changing the bunk to a signal sleeper.

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Now in Half
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Tape for a straight line of what I am cutting out.
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Now cut the other piece out and fit it back together.
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And here is how it looks back with the truck. It is not glued on and it wont be I keep the sleeper free from the cab it is much easier to get at the goods his way when you need too.
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And here is a little mock up of the cab with its tire for looks
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The truck will be on custom 25 inch frame rails running F350 axles front and rear with RC4wd straight ends on them with signal rc4wd 1.9 Mud pluggers on there hummer alum beadlock wheels. Tamiya big rig trans with a wheely king T-case and metal drive shafts and a Custom walking beam rear set up I had Russisloud build for the truck. It will also have one or 2 spare tires behind the sleeper and 2 winches behind the cab and one on the front bumper.

We are also taking 2 Bruder drop decks and making one 6 axle heavy duty trailer that will fit the truck and its height..

More to come..

[glorydays24]

This is going to be one beast of a truck.:eek: And congrats to your son. I love to see kid's doing constructive things, and bieng a dad myself seeing a father-son project together just simply warms my heart.:)
Can't wait to see more:D:D:D And I really like the single bunk, look's sharp:cool:

Big John

[Dreamweaver]

Cool Paul... Which Boy, the first or second?

[Tamiya Cowboy]

This is going to be one beast of a truck.:eek: And congrats to your son. I love to see kid's doing constructive things, and bieng a dad myself seeing a father-son project together just simply warms my heart.:)
Can't wait to see more:D:D:D And I really like the single bunk, look's sharp:cool:

Big John
Thanks much John yeah it is a great project to do together he had a blast working on it all day today.

Cool Paul... Which Boy, the first or second?
Thanks much Mike it is joe my youngest. Tristin and I built him a FH12 when he wwas this age and he had to buy his too.

[Brian in PA]

Paul is that one of those aftermarket king hauler re-pops? If so will the Tenex work on that plastic?

Brian

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Brian it is real close to tamiya plastic.

[Claus]

Nice project, is it going to have a winch behind the sleeper?

[crawler07]

Looks great in mock up! I think I will be getting some of the RC4WD rims for my 5 ton as well.

[Hammer Down Trucker]

Thanks guys and yes it is going to have two winchs on top of each other behind the sleeper.

[Smokin Joe]

I love military trucks! This should turn out sweet.

[russisloud]

nice chop on that sleeper mr.paul :p

[Diesel Demond]

Sweet little joe now we can play! I think this is gonna be a wicked build maybe kinda like your dads red pipe truck!

[Izzy]

we need an update here - get to it guys!

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Thanks Much Guys.. Chris.. Russ's Mill broke down on him so we are waiting on the rear walking beam set up for the truck as of now there is not a hole lot I can do till that shows..

[russisloud]

being broke down sucks :(

[dabears]

Any updates on this one??? I liked what you have planned for it! I cant wait for my oldest to be older so i can help him build his first truck. He has been hounding me to teach him to fly already.... YIKES!! That side of r/c is just about as expensive as this one (if you crash :) )

[Tamiya Cowboy]

No waiting on Russ his Mill is broke down once I get these 2 parts from him I can get the frame rolling..

[dabears]

Yikes that sucks!! Hope Russ can get up and running again soon!

[WhiteWolf McBride]

Those look like stock Hummer rims, but what are the tires?

And the body looks like it could become a Zil 131, Ural 375D, or mebbe ditch it, go armored car, and make a BTR-152 like the beast that chased the SEALS in that bad movie " Navy Seals "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTR-152

Keep us up to date, ok?

Whitewolf

[SWAGGER]

Well Paul, did I read somewhere else that Russ has his mill sorted out, or was I imagining that? Looking forward to seeing this beast come together.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Those look like stock Hummer rims, but what are the tires? No they are RC4WD Military Beadlocks.

And the body looks like it could become a Zil 131, Ural 375D, or mebbe ditch it, go armored car, and make a BTR-152 like the beast that chased the SEALS in that bad movie " Navy Seals "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTR-152

Keep us up to date, ok? It is just going to be your plain old Pete army truck not going to change the body it all that is what the boy wants.

Whitewolf

Well Paul, did I read somewhere else that Russ has his mill sorted out, or was I imagining that? Looking forward to seeing this beast come together.

Well we got the parts now waiting on one more to get here and I will be at it I have the walking beam figuared out so now i can get going..

[Tamiya Cowboy]

OK this one has been dead in the water for a bit but finally got some bugs worked out in the product trial and error process but we got them worked out and here is the walking beam set up for the 1.9 tired trucks..

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Here is the front end I set it up with GMADE drop perches for the f350 and Juggernaut leaf springs. The rear I am waiting on the coil springs and a also a F350 tranny the set up I was going to run hung to low so change of course with that.. Also working on a set of heavy duty drum winches for behind the sleeper.

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[dabears]

killer rear setup!! This should be able to tackle any terrain!!

[plow jockey]

Paul that truck is a beast. Love that articulation, you done a great job setting that up.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

killer rear setup!! This should be able to tackle any terrain!!

Paul that truck is a beast. Love that articulation, you done a great job setting that up.


Thanks alot guys I am looking for a f350 tranny now if I don't find a good priced one soon I am just got to put a 2 speed r2 in it working on the drum winches right now and the battery box and tank mounts should have a update this weekend.

[gun]

Looks like I'm missing a few parts on my walking beam. But yours looks great!

[powerstroke_1999]

That thing is cool man

[powerstroke_1999]

Where did you get the front spring drop perches from or did you make them

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Where did you get the front spring drop perches from or did you make them

G-MADE highlift spring lift blocks.

[Dairyland Trucker]

now this is interesting kind of like the concept can't wait to see the finished product...

[rcman]

wow thats going to be one bad mamma! great articulation on it for sure.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Well my son has not worked on this much in awhile but lately he has been kicking it around and his gotten back after it so I have some update picks of his work..

Big hang up has been the tanks for him his plastic work is not where he would like it yet so he has scraped a couple of tries and went a different way and got great results..

He came up with this idea to make his tanks.. He took a 2x2 of framing lumber and then went over to the table top belt sander and made up some tanks..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/theonlytamiyacowboy020/065.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/theonlytamiyacowboy/media/theonlytamiyacowboy020/065.jpg.html)

Then made some tanks straps out of alum on the sheer and formed them and brad nailed them on the back side
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/theonlytamiyacowboy020/069.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/theonlytamiyacowboy/media/theonlytamiyacowboy020/069.jpg.html)
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Then he took stock king hauler step brackets and mounted them and the steps..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/theonlytamiyacowboy020/070.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/theonlytamiyacowboy/media/theonlytamiyacowboy020/070.jpg.html)
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/theonlytamiyacowboy020/071.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/theonlytamiyacowboy/media/theonlytamiyacowboy020/071.jpg.html)
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And here is his end result.. Now onto the winch deck..
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/theonlytamiyacowboy020/074.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/theonlytamiyacowboy/media/theonlytamiyacowboy020/074.jpg.html)

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/theonlytamiyacowboy/theonlytamiyacowboy020/075.jpg (http://s58.photobucket.com/user/theonlytamiyacowboy/media/theonlytamiyacowboy020/075.jpg.html)

[flatdeck]

Paul the tanks look great, that's is thinking out side the box....


Wayne

[skeeter]

Father son projects, (OR my case uncle nephew, since I DON'T have, or want my own children) are the best kind. It's great when we can help the next generation entering the hobby.