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Sweet looking flares HM! This truck just keeps looking better and better! :D

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The wider steer tires are called "High Flotation" tires - for severe off road work. They aren't as wide as a super single.
Tamiya's "super single" tires are not really wide enough for real super singles, but work well as high flotation tires.

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Joe that bumper came out amazing. Great job all around thus far !!!!


Alfy

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thanks guys for clarifying my thoughts .... much appreciated....

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Joe, I saw on of these on the road today and thought of you. Yours looks spot on!

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Joe , Roadranger cleared it up . Growing up , I always heard the fronts called super singles and always referred to them as such till my tire guy corrected me I still call them ss yet today ( I guess I'm indoctrinated :( ) now I would stay with the wide tire thats what's on the real one in the pic ( common for , at least around here , on a sterling dump ) . Like everyone said , you got that baby right on . : THUMBS UP : Making me think about building 1 myself :rolleyes: but a different body though .


IHSteve

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Thanks guys for the tire info and kind words. Will be going wider in the front. Next up is drop axle and dump box. Saw some good ideas on drop axle and have to decide if buying box off the shelf or building from scratch. Hmm....

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Sorry guy but the Tamiya 385/65r 22.5 tires are super singles here is a link to the real tire in that size. They also use them for on road as well.

http://kumhotire.ca/tires/details_sp...at=20&ptn=943W

The wider tires you see on the rears are wide based tires here is a link to them.

http://www.moderntiredealer.com/News...-products.aspx

Travis

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385's are the only steer tire's I've had on my dumptruck's for 16 year's.
Later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug.

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Been almost 3 weeks since I posted anything on this. Decided to work on refining these parts a bit more and run off a batch for guys that wanted some of these.

Frame around the main grill now has nice even width all the way around and I'm cutting the whole profile w/ CNC (instead of scroll saw and belt sanding) so getting real consistent fit on these.

Bumper has a bit of taper on the ends now more like the real thing.

That's about it. Freddy's getting me set up in the vendor section so for you guys that wanted these...they will be available real soon. Man, I'm ready to make something else...I'm burned out on these parts! :confused::eek::D Thanks for looking. Joe

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/n...inprogress.jpg

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Looks Great!! Its very scale looking!

Brian

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Boy that's some great work there a real improvement on the Tamiya front end :) so what's next maybe a proper sun visor ? thenit would be almost complete on the front end :)

Cheers Tracy

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Awesome work! The flares really complete the look of the front end.

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Thanks Brian and Mustang for the compliments!

Thanks Cossett! And hey, good call on the sun visor..had kind of overlooked that in thinking about what's next. So...kind of thinking of going with something to match a conventional factory Sterling dump like the trucks on the previous page. Or should I go with something a little more tricked out like on Brian's truck above?

Joe

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You're gonna need a more realistic looking cab to match your amazing grill, bumper, and flares!:D

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Looks fantastic.http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...es/popcorn.gif:D:D

Travis

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Wow, just wow!:D

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Hi Joe, as for the visor I'd go for a stock factory look but for those that like the bling bling a custom one as well ether way you wont have a problem selling them:D

Cheers Tracy

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For some reason I have missed most of this build:confused: WHAT A BUILD:eek::eek: Everything looks like the real thing! Great machine work and polishing. The dump should match a factory truck. Why waste a perfect cab with an aftermarket bed. Go for the stock look!

Lynn