Heavy Haul Cascadia with 6 speed transmission
 

Here is my new heavy haul cascadia that I recently finished. We have done several mods to the stock tractor. First of all, the frame was extended to accommodate for the tag axle. The tag is made from a front axle and is liftable with a retract servo. The truck also has a 6 speed transmission. This is achieved by putting a two speed "high low" transmission inline behind the stock transmission. The two speed tranny is from an old king hauler. We decided to go with the 1:1 and 1:4(first and third gear). Second gear gave us overlapping gear ratios. I am running 3 - 2s 4000mah packs in parallel in the sleeper for a total of 12,000 mah. Te trailer is custom made from 1/4 " steel square stock. The gooseneck is removable with functional catch and locking plate system. It uses a waking beam suspension. The tractor has rails for the lowboy to ride on when lifting the trailer off of the ground.

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Very nice truck, the truck must pick up alot of speed with that 6 speed tranny.

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Can anyone else see the pictures? I uploaded about 5, they are resized to meet the requirements and are .jpg. Any ideas?

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Thanks thebigo, the truck in 1,2, and 3 high is the normal speed. When in 1,2 and 3 low, the gear ratio is much lower, allowing for scale driving, for example indoors.

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all of the pictures were uploaded the same way

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I can't see any of the pics

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Nice build.

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Nice lowboy, I really like the hookup, did you build as a kit or from scratch? I need a truck and lowboy but want more of a off road truck. THought about the cross-rc truck with a dolly and a lowboy behind?

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The trailer is a scratch build

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Very nice build....

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would you have some close-up pictures of the trailer? that looks like a tandem version of an aspen lowbed I used to pull many years ago. I'd like to be able to make a tridem version of the same trailer. the trailer had a break-neck and beaver-tail assembly, just like yours.

:)

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Im liking those Cascadias more and more. Your version is lookin good.

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cool build!! everything looks better pulling a lowboy

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That red looks great on the cascadia

Nice setup

Alfy

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I agree, gotta get one this winter. Still saving for the pmd