Heavy Haul Cascadia with 6 speed transmission

Tagaxle · #1 10-02-2014, 07:14 PM

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.

Tagaxle · #2 10-02-2014, 07:37 PM

Some pictures

thebigo · #3 10-02-2014, 07:41 PM

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

Tagaxle · #4 10-02-2014, 07:44 PM

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

spudd · #5 10-02-2014, 07:48 PM

only one use photobucket

Tagaxle · #6 10-02-2014, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigo

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

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.

cabs · #7 10-02-2014, 07:49 PM

photo bucket

Tagaxle · #8 10-02-2014, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by spudd

only one use photobucket

all of the pictures were uploaded the same way

Tagaxle · #9 10-02-2014, 08:14 PM

BRICKNICK · #10 10-02-2014, 08:18 PM

I can't see any of the pics

Tagaxle · #11 10-02-2014, 08:25 PM

spudd · #12 10-02-2014, 09:26 PM

Nice build.

thebigo · #13 10-02-2014, 09:35 PM

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?

Tagaxle · #14 10-02-2014, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by thebigo

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?

The trailer is a scratch build

flatdeck · #15 10-02-2014, 09:44 PM

Very nice build....

kevmeister · #16 10-03-2014, 12:51 AM

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.