2000 freightliner 2
 

My fav truck 2000 freightliner workhorse :)


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Glad to see your finally back at it building again...great job man...you should naiL
This one again..:D:D:D

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heh thanks John :) hopefully it comes out just like i picture it lol

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OOOOOO a cab over!!!! :) ill be watching this one!! I cant wait to see how this one turns out!! Great start so far!! Did you make the grill? its looks good!

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wow the angle of the front looks good as well as the grill!

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Oooohhh you got one of those new fancy a$$ aluminium transmissions!!! They are tasty, very scale looking. Are they worth the coin?

Lovin' the styrene work too, cab is very authentic!

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Great looking coe. have you had it runing yet was wondering what you thought of that tranny you got in it.

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Look's like another great freightliner c/o coming our way.;) And the two hole wheels look very nice on her.:D

Big John

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Great start! looks very scale. Cant wait to see it working.

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thanks everyone I do like the metal transmission it seems to be really torqy which i like can probably be geared down even more to have more power but I havent messed around with it much yet :)

I was thinking if i should ge the simulated air suspensions for this project would like freaken nice, but I really dont know if its any better than the stock one. If it has a lot of travel and easy movement that can climb over things easy i def would. but not sure yet, anyone tried one of them?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-8-Simu...item4602c67e49

I'd love to see a video of them working but I havent seen any yet

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That freight shaker is sweet.Luv C.O.E.'s.That truck is gonna be a work horse for sure.Cant wait for the updates,great job.

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Hey skl1cent, I was looking at that transmission before and have to ask you something. It says it's 3 speed with metal gears, ball bearings etc, but does not require a servo. So is it automatic? Does it actually change gear itself according to throttle? If it does, that is WAY cool!

With regards to the 8 bag suspension, did you notice that the guy that makes / sells that is Russ, as in Russisloud? So send him a PM. I am sure he would be happy to answer any questions you have about it.

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Here's moreeeee

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Nice styrene work as usual!!! loving the build so far!! how long did it take you to build that rack box?

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Thanks Bro! :) Rack box only took me about 20 mins

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man you got some sick stryrene skills!! that would have taked me 4 attempts and 3 days time to do it. :) Awesome work again!!

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haha you can do it, it was easy LOL :) at first you just take ur time and work slow but then after you know what you want, you will already know how to build what you picture in your mind. and you'll just go right at it without thinking ;) takes alot of time but you will get it with time n patience ;)

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just a little steering action! :) I dremel the back of the steering knucle where it touches the actual axel now it has a little circle cut in right on that spot, gives the truck much more steering power :) thats always useful :) I know b/c my real truck turns on a dam dime the wheels stick out wayyyyyyyy out

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that truck is looking real good! the rack looks perfect on their! and those rims i need some but dont have a truck for them. maybe a necklace thats how much i like them!

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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..

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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 :)
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that gives it a little more radious works pretty awesome :)

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

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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 :)

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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

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haha Agreed!

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very good idea thanx for info!

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

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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!

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I was thinking something like this would be awesome!

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This is how the big boys do it

Added my little side cab step! :)
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Switched out the fuel tanks from globes to knight haulers :)
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Next step :)
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Neat work! You're movin' pretty fast.

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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!!

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thanks guys :)

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

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thanks bro they are piano hinges i got them from ebay

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

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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

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Awesome work, great job on the doors.

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thanks ! :) and yea I was thinking about along flatbed too :) with some heavy equipment on it would be pretty awesome :)