My F550
 

Had my Highlift since they were first released, and like many the horrible flex from the leaf springs and the body not be the correct 1/10 scale quickly made me shelf the truck. Jump forward and after getting into the semi trucks i started looking at the ol girl and said "that would make an awesome dump truck" so here we go ( will be a somewhat slow build)

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i bought what i was told a stock king hauler frame, well after starting the build yesterday i found out the previous owner cut nearly three inches off the front of the frame. So i have a new king frame coming so i can get that part all figured out. Right now i have the F350 front axle in place for mockup but im not feeling the 4x4 thing for this one...... so i might sell the highlift transmission and front axle and install a semi front axle with RC4WD R2 trans, ill see how i feel after the new chassis shows up

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i have the chassis flipped just for mock up, new chassis will be mounted in the standard position just with new holes added. Im using a Tamiya Euro rear suspension system (love the five beefy springs) and the dump bed will be built by fellow member RCP57

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Looks great so far! I have been looking forward to this one for sure! It's going to be very unique and I like that!

Keep the updates coming....

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As soon as the new chassis rails get here ill get everything mounted where i want and ill get it shipped to you. Cant wait to see that beautiful aluminum dump mounted up!

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Got screwed by a ebay seller and after some emails I got a refund and then bought a new stock king frame from JTS. I wasn't into the 4wd but after I figured out i had the rear semi axle flipped (axles were turning in different direction, only took two hours for that oops) i got her swapped on the new frame and sitting as a roller

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Tamiya highlift f350 front axle (open diff), Tamiya semi front and rear shackle mounts AND toyota tundra front leaf springs

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Stock high lift f350 cab body mount bolted to the stock king hauler frame holes. I lucked out with spacing when i used the short tundra springs in the front. Wheel well centering is almost perfect and good enough for me to leave it alone. lol

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Unknown Tamiya semi frame used for jig to drill new holes for rear suspension. I gotta have things identical or it will really steam me LOL, i hate it when you mess up and its offset cuz you messed up a hole location

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Drilled and mounted, got the shackle angle perfect:D frame is level might add a spacer above the axle to lift the rear a little just gotta get the servos motor and trans installed and see how much the front springs sag.

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RCP57 I'm waiting on my RC4WD pintle hitch and a few other things to arrive hopefully Monday and then I'm ready to discuss the dump box we've talked about

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looking good

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maybe interested in getting some badges made for F-550!

looks good!

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Yea i gotta figure out how to make some nice F550 badges and 7.3 Power Stroke

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Off topic here, anyone know what tires are on my truck? I got them in a trade over a year ago..... they feel like Tamiya semi rubber same hardness but they have that aggressive off road tread and scale size molded on the sidewalls?

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Its been a long time but i pulled the F550 off the shelf and started to build her again. Ordered a R2 from *** Hobby from the clearance section and installed my Novak 21 turn brushless setup with seven tooth pinion. Started the steering mockup and seems like i cant find the stock semi steering mounts so im using Axial mounts and a six mm spacer unless i can get a stock semi setup? Also removed the six mm spacers from the body and digging the more natural looking ride height

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For some reason even though the body mount is flat the R2 is on a slight angle. I removed and double checked and everything is flat but when I mount it its cocked up...now that its mounted I'm not liking the way the R2 is only a few mm higher than the axle centerline. The truck wont be a rock crawler but its too low for going off payment to dump rock and mulch so im gonna cut the cab mount and bend a piece of aluminum stock and lift the R2 up another ten mm maybe a little more

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