Project "Gin Hauler"
 

Pole truck:

So I have started making a Gin Pole truck, similar to what we see in oil the patch down in South Texas, still in the early stages as you can see.

The drive train consists of a stock tamiya 3 speed with a PMD 4:1 and 65T RC4WD motor. Seems to get around ok, just does not turn well at all. I can attribute that to the long wheel base....

Nothing is screwed down on the bed yet if you notice some dimensional issues......


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The Gin poles will be telescoping and fit into grooves in the bed when not in use.

I have also added a little detail to what will be the rolling tail board, any idea on how to fasten the half-round to the tail board? I'm leaning towards JB weld but in general I would like to stay away from that product. My tig is DC only so I cannot weld Al with it.....

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Lastly, I am trying to figure out my winch situation. I'm thinking planetary gear motors will be the strongest. Any suggestions?

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

what about muggy weld. kinda like aluminum soldering
what kind of work do you do with a gin pole truck??

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

Thanks for the tip bigford, I tried 1/8" stick rods last night with poor results. Gin pole trucks are basically a cheap, dangerous crane. they are used for moving and assembling drilling rigs, tanks and skids. The real goal is to lift enough to get the front wheels off the ground :)

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

look on ebay for aluminum brazing rod there susposed to melt with map gas

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

Made a little more progress recently. Its finally cooling down enough in South Texas to play in my garage.

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5th wheel mounting plate I made. I'm thinking of getting some really small endmills to add some detail:

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made a 'headache rack" as well

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With the gin poles folded up. There are also slots in the truck bed for the poles to scope down and fit flush into the bed:

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Still trying to work out the winches. I bought some motors from servo city but am struggling with what ESC and such.

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

I want to build a crane someday and I want to use the bumper winches from RC4WD . There cheap and come with little controllers . Just a thought . Mike

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

the rc4wd winch are cool and will flat pull 6 pounds. you can spool the rope out
with little effort and forget dead lifting

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

Even if you double up the pulleys ? Mike to Bigford

Re: Project "Gin Hauler"
 

If you have room for it or can hide it somewhere your best bet is a servo winch. It will out do the RC4WD by a ton and depending on what one you get some have a freespool feature. So instead of using the radio to have to unspool the line you just pull it out by hand.