triple axle show truck

[bigdogrod]

had an idea for a triple drive axle show truck..

drew something up in cad..




bought some rails, a ton of parts from russ, and some bits from ebay:


36" frame rails
full boneyard air ride
russ's crossmembers, fender brackets, front and rear bumpers
top cad 7 hole wheels
rc4wd lo rider tires
aluminum 5th wheel, 5th wheel frame mount, fr & rr bumper mounts
capu engineering front axle

[bigdogrod]

drilled some holes, tapped em and ended up with a roller..

[bigdogrod]

after a lot of unscrewing and rescrewing (is that a word? ) 6 bolts on each wheel, we finally have rubber on the road

[bigdogrod]

now we need a body, but none seem to be close to my cad drawing:

aeromax?



king with big sleeper?



globe?

[DaBomb6988]

You said you got parts from Russ. Who is Russ? I'm breaking into this side of the hobby and always looking for new sites to drool over haha.

[Dairyland Trucker]

Russ is a vendor here under the bone yard, he make some awesome aluminum parts for these trucks.

[dabears]

I think chop 10" off your rails and use the aeromax cab and itll look just like your drawing. Looks like your rails are the full 36" yikes!!!! Good luck turning. 26-30" frames thats a good length for a strecthed truck.

[DaBomb6988]

I've seen the bone yards stuff. It is awesome for sure.

[Dunga_CZE]

IMHO Ford looks quite similar and should be cool

[russisloud]

Originally Posted by DaBomb6988

I've seen the bone yards stuff. It is awesome for sure.

THANKS!!

anyways i would go with the ford too and a bit shorter frame to match your picture, but thats just me

[bigdogrod]

went nuts with the exacto knife... hope i don't regret this..lol

[bigdogrod]

drew some more stuff up in cad that's more to scale

stock aeromax



aeromax aerodyne



aeromax pete style



pete style whole truck

[Izzy]

That aero - Pete style looks kool

[hammer]

looks good so far, I have to agree with taking a few inches off your rails I have a stretched Pete and with a trailer turning sometimes sucks. Good luck keep us updated. TONY

[bigdogrod]

some grinding, some glue some styrene, some filler...you can see where the chop top is going to be

lengthened about a 1/2 inch, ground off the hood vents, extended the cab and fenders down,



and whipped up some fenders.. got russ's bumper on for mock up, going to need to make it flip up, or raise the mount a bit.. ants are in danger of getting hit by the bottom of that thing.. lol

[Bigrigger]

That is a lot of chopping and hacking, but it looks like it is paying off!

[glorydays24]

This is going to be another head turner. Keep up the great work.

Big John

[DaBomb6988]

Looks great so far!

[rcman]

wow looking good so far! that was a lot of cutting!

[AzItalian]

very nice