S&M Trucking open for bizz nizz !!!

[BRICKNICK]

**** Mario you got a serious building shop/man cave. I'm jealous bud. I can't wait to have a place to buold like that.

[flatdeck]

Dump truck looks good, coming along.. Even a work truck can some bling...


Wayne

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Mikeo78

Looks great! What are ur plans for stacks?

Thanks. I'm going to use the stock stacks with PMD turnout ends as shown in post #425. Once I get the cab mounted I will trim them down and will be a lot shorter.

Originally Posted by Kaf343

Looking Mario, very nice work.

Thanks Keith. I just realized my biggest hurdle is going to be the paint job! It's the middle of winter, don't want to paint in the basement and no heat in the garage I might try it at work but the air is so filthy there I know it will be almost impossible to have dust free

Originally Posted by RCP57

Nice job on the lights in the bumper!

Service truck??? You already know I'm in! Maybe we can build two! I have a fleet of equipment with no mechanic....

Thanks Reg. The plate is perfect to work with. The light bezels fit it perfect

Glad to hear you like the service truck idea no rush though. I have an entire backyard that needs a Rc makeover this spring so, funds go there first!

Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

**** Mario you got a serious building shop/man cave. I'm jealous bud. I can't wait to have a place to buold like that.

Thanks Nick. Just think, it only cost me 160K
I liked my old set up but having a space in the house is great!

Originally Posted by flatdeck

Dump truck looks good, coming along.. Even a work truck can some bling...


Wayne

Your absolutely right Wayne. I'm French and can't help but need a little bling here and there to frenchy it up a bit !


Mario

[dabears]

I would hold off on paint till spring when you can get it the way you want it without having do redo it... hate to see you get a aggravated at it cause of a run or something... looks good the way it is so I'd say it can wait a little longer. .

build is looking great!

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by dabears

I would hold off on paint till spring when you can get it the way you want it without having do redo it... hate to see you get a aggravated at it cause of a run or something... looks good the way it is so I'd say it can wait a little longer. .

build is looking great!

As much as I hate to admit it......your right Aaron and Keith . Best to wait till spring
Heck, it might take me till then just to figure out how to make everything fit inside the cab!
The plan is rather than fill the opening in the back of the cab with styrene, I want to mount a aluminum plate ( anchored to the cab floor plate, not the cab ) The rookie window will actually be where the rectangle speaker I have mounts and hoping enough room below for the 2 ESC 's . Servonaut sound board under the hood....now just gotta fit the battery, receiver and light module

[Kaf343]

Yeah, I agree with Aaron. There is nothing worse than shooting the paint just to get it done and then not be happy with it, I've got three cabs right now that I just stripped and are on deck waiting to painted again.

Truck is looking great, gonna be a nice addition to S&M trucking.

[dabears]

What tanks you gonna run? just an idea BUT even if you get custom tanks from like Russ or Steve have them not glue the caps on drill 2 holes on back side twards frame. Find 2 smaller 1600 MAH batteries then cut plugs off, send wires thru holes then up to the cab where they connect together to make 1 3200mah battery that has a switch... then go even farther do like I did on the globe get 3 position switch battery in middle charge lead on one side and truck power on other side... flip right (or left) and bypass truck and just charge batteries, flip other way and drive away. it'll save you some room in that cab.. Just an idea.
you could even put esc or receiver in your step boxes depending on which ones you use too. if you look at the blue dump travis used aeromax tanks I think maybe they are knight hauler and glued the batteries under it.

[Supermario]

I was planning on using the stock tanks but now that you mention it, that's a great idea for freeing up some cab space. The ESC's are small. ( same as the ones in my loader as a matter of fact ) I think it would be money well spent to buy some custom tanks. Thanks!

I'm on the rc4wd site right now. Going to pull the trigger and order this light system. It's small and has some decent options and cheap to buy.


http://store.rc4wd.com/Auto-Hazard-L...er_p_3132.html

I think the charge port is a great idea to minimize opening the truck all the time but when you want to play for more than a charge cycle it's nice to throw a fresh one in, throw the old on charge and keep on trucking!

[dabears]

See that's what nice about having more then one truck. When one goes on the charge the other gets driven. You could do stock tanks like i have on the blue dump just put quick connect on batteries and use velcro instead of double sided tape. This way you could still swap out for fresh batteries if need be?

[Dunga_CZE]

This thing may be a better alternative to RC4WD's one

http://www.bel-shop.eu/en-detail-110...stem-dss2.html

It provides turn signals, breake light, front light, beacons...

Only con is, that I'm not sure about the shipping costs...

[Supermario]

Thanks for the link. that does have everything I want. I already placed the order from RC4WD but if I don't like or get tired of it I can try this one. Thanks again.


Small update on my crappy dump truck build compared to some of the great ones being built right now if it wasn't for Reg's box I probably wouldn't even post it

had an idea for the aluminum back cab plate im using. it will be secured to the floor and not the cab so i thought of doing this....







looks like i also have enough room for power and light switches.

thanks for looking.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Dunga_CZE

This thing may be a better alternative to RC4WD's one

http://www.bel-shop.eu/en-detail-110...stem-dss2.html

It provides turn signals, breake light, front light, beacons...

Only con is, that I'm not sure about the shipping costs...

Thanks again for the link Dunga. Myself and a fellow forum member Flatdeck ( Wayne) placed an order for two and shipping was quite reasonable

Here's a video showing the light module I'm installing in the Dump truck.

http://youtu.be/KSPRo84AEpc

Mario

[Supermario]

update on the dump truck! With all fitting and electrical testing done its time for final assembly Upgraded the stock rear suspension to handle more weight with these,



also added a new punisher driveshaft and alloy trailing arms





Now the wiring begins... my 3rd build and my first day cab and what a challenge it has been to make it all fit but so far so good As the layers of wire get laid out, things are all still going good











trying to keep it neat, tidy and fit. If I plan on removing cab to replace the battery on a regular basis, its gotta be user friendly !

thanks for looking.

Mario

[Claus]

Whoa Mario! Just crawled out from under my rock and checked your thread, that dump truck is going to be beautiful! Love that style of dump box, not the big coal style but more the rock bed. Excellent.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Claus

Whoa Mario! Just crawled out from under my rock and checked your thread, that dump truck is going to be beautiful! Love that style of dump box, not the big coal style but more the rock bed. Excellent.

you got a rock problem Craig? not to worry, I got a dump truck to take care of that!
Glad you like it. I'm hoping to get more done on it soon!

cant work in my space right now. new furnace installed yesterday, now have to complete studding walls, wiring, insulate and vapour barrier so everything is kinda clumped together in the middle.

So on a different note I wanted to share pics of what I do when im not home working on RC stuff.......

this is a rear frame section of a underground scoop after complete tear down and stripped to bare bones. it gets sandblasted , welding repairs, machining, painted. Same happens with front frame.



then the reassembly begins...










and a few of a dozer from the steel plant coal yard, in for a new engine, torq and tranny.





thanks for looking.

Mario

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice pics Mario, thanks for posting! I could look at that stuff all day long.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Nice pics Mario, thanks for posting! I could look at that stuff all day long.

Well then here's a few more for you

A brand new 349E. its been awhile since I've worked on excavators and this new one is a real nice machine.








The D9 is gone. Now a 990 loader in for a torq and tranny job. I figured Steve ( IHbuilder ) would like these pics and yes, seems like wherever I go theres a 990 in the neighbourhood!




The tranny and torq out on the floor.






Thanks for looking. More RC posts in the future. posting pics of work is like invading my play time!

Mario

[ihbuilder]

oh yea

[Supermario]

Small update on the dump truck. Finally got a chance to try a few ideas with how to arrange everything inside.











I'm just wondering if having the receiver close to the speaker magnet is going to be an issue?? otherwise, so far so good. Next is a mount for the servonaut sound board.

thanks for looking and all comments.

Mario

[RCP57]

Kinda reminds me of my S10 pickup...except there the subwoofers point into the cab from the box, not into the box from the cab. My guess is that it will sound a lot different with the box up or down but it should work!