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Old 01-25-2012, 12:30 PM
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A few photos of the work in progress,
It started off here


and sorta grew into this



and gained a push frame or front end guard, not quite sure what you guys call them,



and this is where we are now



as you can see, there is a long way to go!

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Old 01-25-2012, 09:30 PM
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Bull bar's and Cow exploder's, LOL! Great start. Here's another video to watch for idea's, I like there bullbar/cowexploder.
This one load's slow, be patient. http://www.emisales.net/trucks-videos.html
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Old 02-15-2012, 09:17 AM
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Another great video , thanks for the link.

A few more photos of work in progress.




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looks great, are you basing it off a 1:1? my only observation is that the rear axles seem too close to the rear of the truck, at least based on the flat decks I see around here, looks great none the less!
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Old 02-15-2012, 11:35 AM
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Thanks for the observation,its not based on any particular real one.
I've only seen photos of them and the rear wheels seem very close to the end of the chassis, maybe I've over done it a bit! We don't get any 1:1 versions over here to measure. The bed could be extended in the fullness of time.

Going to give it a work out on Sunday, maybe a lot more will need changing after that!
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looks great, are you basing it off a 1:1? my only observation is that the rear axles seem too close to the rear of the truck, at least based on the flat decks I see around here, looks great none the less!

It is looking great glad to see you get picks up on the board I think you are hitting the mark perfectly.


Civic on these oil field boom truck the rear axles are right at the rear so that way when they use the boom it does not pick the front off the ground so easy it gives them more lifting power..


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Man that truck sure did grow!!! What did you feed her, steroids???
Anyhoo, the truck look's great, and keep the pic's coming.

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Thanks for the positives, plenty of steroids.

Heres one of it using the steroids


The containers are two Bruder ones fastened together and put on a skid like those on CAMEX videos
Great fun! got to make gin poles work next.
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looks good, have you got any video of it pulling the container onto the truck
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Ah that makes sense about the axle placement, i hadn't considered that.
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No Brel, no video as yet but expect Tamiya Monkey will take some at Clumber Park on Sunday. Not too bad a ride out from Staffordshire if you get bored!
I'm taking it to try out and grab the "longest turning circle" award!
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Way to go! I like it.
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are you going to put in a flip over fifth wheel and gin poles on the bed ?
i like the look of this oil field truck
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Old 02-16-2012, 03:41 PM
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Yes to the gin poles, if you look very carefully you can see them layed alongside the outer planks, yet to drill them for the pulley though.
The 5th wheel slots into the bed for now above the pivot for the rear bogie.

Truckmaker has given me an idea for a king pin rising up out of the bed, something to think about!
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Yes to the gin poles, if you look very carefully you can see them played alongside the outer planks, yet to drill them for the pulley though.
The 5th wheel slots into the bed for now above the pivot for the rear bogie.

Truckmaker has given me an idea for a king pin rising up out of the bed, something to think about!
sorry i didn't look hard enough lol now i see both and the fifth wheel on the headache rack
the pop up pin will be good, easy to do with a little servo
now how will the poles be lifted lol i guess i watched that video to many times lol but i did like the step /chain locker on the rig-up bed, again easy to do with a tiny servo , but sitting here at the computer it is all easy ROFL
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Nice container! Is there any weight to it? I can't wait to see a video of it hooked up to something that will lift the steer axle off the ground while it picks it up.
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Very cool!!
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Can you do a three point turn with that, That a nice setup.
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well done job on the bed/pole truck build...I used flat fenders and oil field bumpers on the rigs I built...again great paint job and work
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Smart racer,

Flat top fenders do look mean, any photos of your truck?

This link should take you to some youtube video of loading a container, the voice over is not me , I was too busy concentrating on the loading process!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK-id...yer_detailpage
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