How about more, detailed pics of your trailer builds!

[1985 kenworth]

steve unfortunately you are right about other people trolling to get the info then next thing you know your idea is being sold on their site or page without them needing to do any work whatsoever .....however some people do post the thread builds of their trailers so you can build one

[Prodrvr2006]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

steve unfortunately you are right about other people trolling to get the info then next thing you know your idea is being sold on their site or page without them needing to do any work whatsoever .....however some people do post the thread builds of their trailers so you can build one

Is that a shot?

[ihbuilder]

Maybe you took me a lil to personally, for that I'm sorry . There is a good amount of detailed trailer builds on here , you just need to take some time and read through the builds in both trucks and construction threads . Most 1:1 trailer manufactures have basic dimensions of their trailers they sell , you just need to do some scaling . All of us , including me, are willing to help ( I just get grumpy at times )

[Prodrvr2006]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Maybe you took me a lil to personally, for that I'm sorry . There is a good amount of detailed trailer builds on here , you just need to take some time and read through the builds in both trucks and construction threads . Most 1:1 trailer manufactures have basic dimensions of their trailers they sell , you just need to do some scaling . All of us , including me, are willing to help ( I just get grumpy at times )

Well I appreciate that. I'm a grumpy bastard too at times. I'm not here to learn how to build trailers to sell. First off, I don't have the time or nearly anywhere near the equipment I see a lot of you guys have to build these things. I don't have tig welders, slip rolls, metal brakes, cnc machines, etc... But the insinuation of me trolling to get info just blew my mind. As mentioned before, besides now getting into r/c semis, I also run crawlers, onroads, boats, and heli's. Every person on forums for those things will gladly go out of their way to post pics, give dimensions, and give you sites to where they got the raw materials...even the guys who make aftermarket parts to supplement their income. I ask for pics and details because I don't want to waste time or money buying things that won't work or styrene that's not the right thickness or the wrong type of tool for the job. It's all about promoting the hobby, not being all secretive about something you create. And by the way, without a patent, anyone can copy and reproduce anything that's out there. To really be an a s s, you can buy someone's trailer, reproduce it all and resell it for less than them and make a nice profit...just saying.

[fhhhstix]

Originally Posted by Prodrvr2006

Well I appreciate that. I'm a grumpy bastard too at times. I'm not here to learn how to build trailers to sell. First off, I don't have the time or nearly anywhere near the equipment I see a lot of you guys have to build these things. I don't have tig welders, slip rolls, metal brakes, cnc machines, etc... But the insinuation of me trolling to get info just blew my mind. As mentioned before, besides now getting into r/c semis, I also run crawlers, onroads, boats, and heli's. Every person on forums for those things will gladly go out of their way to post pics, give dimensions, and give you sites to where they got the raw materials...even the guys who make aftermarket parts to supplement their income. I ask for pics and details because I don't want to waste time or money buying things that won't work or styrene that's not the right thickness or the wrong type of tool for the job. It's all about promoting the hobby, not being all secretive about something you create. And by the way, without a patent, anyone can copy and reproduce anything that's out there. To really be an a s s, you can buy someone's trailer, reproduce it all and resell it for less than them and make a nice profit...just saying.

It is more of the section that you posted it that got the members worked up. Had you just posted in the general discussion for help finding build threads on trailers you would have gotten a better response. There are plenty of builds on the forum to learn from and you can ask for more pics and most will help you out no problems asked. But to start off by complaining did not go over well as you can see.

I will agree that there are not a lot of build threads on trailers as most just modify the stock trailers and often include it in the build of their trucks. Some do keep parts of their builds to themselves and leave you guessing but it just because it makes there build unique which will just make you work harder to figure out how it’s done.


Travis