question about a pete

[td9clyde]

ok your guys's and gals trucks are 1/12 right? ok what would be the measurements from a pete or kw day cab if it was in 1/10 scale? i need good pics and measurements please my lowboy will be 10 inches wide the wheels/axels of the truck will be ten inches wide but as far as the cab i have no clue and i know the tires will be close to 3 inches tall hmmmm might take a couple of motors to make this one go lol

[Claus]

You could start with a Tamiya BullHead body, they are 1/10 scale.

[fhhhstix]

Clyde the Tamiya trucks are 1/14th and the tires are 3.25 in so if your going for 1/10th scale you will need some bigger tires close to 4.5 in. As for measurements on the cab i will have to get back to you unless someone beats me to it.

Travis

[td9clyde]

ok that works lol my bad sorry guys i was just runnin some rough measurements

[fhhhstix]

You could start with a Tamiya BullHead body, they are 1/10 scale.

Claus the bullhead is 1/10 but I beleave that the body is the same size as a King Hauler.

Travis

[td9clyde]

i donno if i need to make it 1/10th then i was tryin to scale to my dozer and when i measured the lowboy width it was 8 feet scale that to 1/10 and it comes out to 10 inches right? 1 1/4 to 12 inches or per foot

[fhhhstix]

ok that works lol my bad sorry guys i was just runnin some rough measurements

Nothing to be sorry about asking questions and sharing your ideas is how you will figure out what you are going to need.

Travis

[fhhhstix]

8ft in 1/10th is 9.6 in.

Travis

[td9clyde]

I have been pondering on a lowboy / drop deck and a semi for my dozer and scraper and i want to build a rogers drop deck like the real one dad has and the truck i was thinking a pete or kw or a mack but i am liking the pete's and kw's slope stub nose's but yet i like the granite macks too so here i am lol

[fhhhstix]

Clyde how wide is your dozer and how wide is the real one then we can get close to what scale you have.:cool:

Travis

[td9clyde]

lol i was close lmao

[td9clyde]

My dozer and the real dozer is wider than the trailer the real dozer is 8 inches wider than the trailer at the tracks my dozer is10 3/4' at the tracksso how wide would my tailer need to be ?

[td9clyde]

as for the real dozer i am not shure lol been a while since i measured it

[td9clyde]

the way i have been building is 1 1/4 of and inch is equal to 12 inches of the real thing ok thats how i have been scaling lol i donno what scale it really is but i know it is close to 1/10

[fhhhstix]

If your dozer is 1/10th scale then the trailer needs to be 9.95in to be a scale 8in narower than the dozer.

Travis

[JAMMER]

My 1/12 scale excavator is 12 inches wide you 1/10 scale must be wider. Ed

[td9clyde]

thats soooooo close to 10 inches lol right?i am no where close to bein exact I would definatly call that 10'' i think

[td9clyde]

your excavator is wider the dozer is 10 3/4'' wide at the tracks your excavator is modeled after a huge excavator lol

[Espeefan]

Kind of an odd scale to go with. 1.25" = 12" ?

Works out to be about 1/9.6th scale.

[fhhhstix]

Ya Nathan I got 9.6 as well so I guess we will call it 1/10th scale.

Travis

[td9clyde]

lol i know but it works for me lol

[td9clyde]

what would the next scale be from 1/10th ? 1/11 or 1/12 i donno lol i wish i coulda made it to indy to measure my dozer to you guy's trucks and lowboys but i know 7 and 71/2 inches is too narrow for my dozer to set like it should this whole scaling perfectly is makin my head spinn lol i am happy with getting things within a 1/4 of an inch

[fhhhstix]

My 1/12 scale excavator is 12 inches wide you 1/10 scale must be wider. Ed

Wow in 1:1 that thing would be 12ft wide and a lowboy is 102in wide so that excavator is 42in wider than a standard lowboy.:eek::D

Travis

[fhhhstix]

Ok Clyde get a king hauler make a 1/14 scale 102in wide lowboy which will be 7.28in wide and use 1 1/8 side bords to give you a total width of 9.53in and the dozer will hang over both sides and look fine.

Travis

[td9clyde]

actually i could widen out and highthen a truck out and make the trailer wider make it look like a chopped top lol actually i have a cxt i could cut up the cab i guess and try to scale it out or i could measure out dads old semi tractor and change the cab couldn't i? arent the cabs about all the same size? i was thinkin about makin the cab outts steel and the dog house outta fiberglass like the real thing i know alot of cabs are aluminum but me and aluminum doesn't get along hmmmm still thinking on this one i might actually get something done

[td9clyde]

well i did some measuring lol the cab of the scale of a 2006 367 pete is 13.5 inches from the nose to the back of the cab 10 inches wide at the bumper and 8.5 inches wide at the back of the cab and 7.5 inches tall lol and 4 inch tall tires lol