WRECKER

[kaptain Jack]

So, me and my buddy went fishing, but the day was hot and fish didn't bite.
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So, we decided to go back home and build a wrecker. What should we use for the telescopic boom? asked my purring buddy. Well, how about this luggage dolly? I suggested. That will do, and let the the building begin.
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Firstly, is to separate the sections and attache a nut for the screw drive.
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The wooden block, serves as a guide for the long screw.
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Geared motor added
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Cable winch added

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Drive motor covered anhttp://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/59EB0545-4215-4FCA-8CE0-4BD967069656.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/59EB0545-4215-4FCA-8CE0-4BD967069656.jpg.html)d support brackets added.
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Working on elbow mechanism to scoop the tow.http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/E6F8FFA0-2F32-420D-BEB7-9CA7FF4D7126.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/E6F8FFA0-2F32-420D-BEB7-9CA7FF4D7126.jpg.html)
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Rollers for thhttp://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/5D4AA004-0CF9-41C0-9218-C1C7393B8F05.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/5D4AA004-0CF9-41C0-9218-C1C7393B8F05.jpg.html) rollers for the cable
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Firgelli achttp://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/AFF3D8F6-E665-49A3-BEA6-6B8C5E309F83.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/AFF3D8F6-E665-49A3-BEA6-6B8C5E309F83.jpg.html)Firgelli actuators
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Thats all for now, more to come.

[bigford]

looking god so far.. just so you know the T bar needs to pivot

[Howie]

Looks like a smart idea, keep those photos coming.

[kaptain Jack]

Thanks guys. Made a bit more progress.
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Shortened the sleeper.

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[126happy]

Now that's cool!! great boom mechanism build and thanks for showing how you built it! you've helped me will some ideas I've had bouncing around my head for awhile but didn't know how to make so of them!
keep up the amazing build Keptain jack!

[1985 kenworth]

Wow..jack glad to see you back at it again ..love to see this when its done ...hint ...hint ....lol you know what😊😊😊

[kaptain Jack]

For the main frame I decided to use Grand hauler with addition of third axle.
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[FabOne]

GREAT job! Keep us posted.

-Terry

[Roundabout]

Looking great.

[kaptain Jack]

Test fitting and test drive.
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Locked the trany in low gear.
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[Doggy]

I wish my cat would go fishing with me like that.

This is going to be a very nice and big tuck!

[Northern Farmer]

Looking good Jack. How strong are those actuators ? I like how solid that wrecker arm looks! :cool:

[bigford]

they will lift my china kat on the lowboy. 4 of them lift cooper d11 on his scissor lift

[frizzen]

Thats really wicked looking.

Are you planning to have the tbar just do bumper lifts, or add an actuator and a pair of L arms to make it a self loading wheel-lift?

[Northern Farmer]

they will lift my china kat on the lowboy. 4 of them lift cooper d11 on his scissor lift

Oh wow more then capable!

[Hwheeler1973]

I'm kind of in the process of planning out a wrecker build. I'm very interested in seeing the outcome of this one! Great job so far!

[kaptain Jack]

A question for electronics savvy: Did a test drive today with all the functions connected, Firgellis are working fine, however, when connecting winch motor with its own speed control and its own battery,to the RX, the truck goes full throttle....

[Brel]

nice work

[TRUCKMAKER]

A question for electronics savvy: Did a test drive today with all the functions connected, Firgellis are working fine, however, when connecting winch motor with its own speed control and its own battery,to the RX, the truck goes full throttle....

It almost sounds like you have both speed controllers on the same channel. Without knowing what radio and how you have your channels set up its hard to tell.

[kaptain Jack]

The radio is Futaba FASST, throttle on ch 3 and winch on ch 4.

[kaptain Jack]

Brandon, the actuators are:L 12-30-210-6-R

[Northern Farmer]

A question for electronics savvy: Did a test drive today with all the functions connected, Firgellis are working fine, however, when connecting winch motor with its own speed control and its own battery,to the RX, the truck goes full throttle....

Could it be electrical interference ? Jack have you tried moving the wires around that power the winch while it's working to see if it effects anything.

[gismow]

Hi do you have a schematic drawing of the cabeling or some photos to get an overview what is setup at the moment?

[frizzen]

When you run 2 esc, you are supposed to pull the red wire out of the RX plug on one esc so the 2 bec in them don't fight over trying to power the rx. Lift the tab and slide it out and just heatshrink or tape it out of the way. It'll smoke the bec inside one of the esc fairly quickly if you don't.

It gets even more important when running 2 isolated battery packs, or external bec.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/electronics/116914-definitive-wiring-diagrams-becs-rx-servos-motors-etc.html

If that doesn't get it, post a pic or wiring diagram of your setup.

[kaptain Jack]

Great advice Frizzen, I'll look into it. Mean while, I changed the esc, from chinese to RC4WD and it seems to work fine.
here is the picture of aftermarket esc
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I'll try again with aftermarket later on today and will pull the red wire out, will post the results.
Thanks to everyone who replied to my question.

[kaptain Jack]

Disconnecting red wire from rx connector worked great!! But now, new question: I have attached retracting legs to the rear of the truck (Tamiya, the ones that go on the trailer), I have only one channel left on the radio, up and down switch I thought of using it to deploy and retract legs. I soldered the motor wires to the the motor of the servo and it works,however, the travel distance is to short !!! Disconnecting the stopper on the servo makes it rotate continuously non stop. Any suggestions on how to deploy the the legs?
Thanks

[Cossett]

Depending on what radio you have you could run another RX and have it in a different model memory like others do when you run out of channels or just but a new radio with more channels...

Cheers Tracy

[frizzen]

Glad to hear pulling the wire got the esc working!

Does your radio have 'epa' or end point adjustment on that channel? If so, you can start dialing the endpoints further away from center until you're happy.
If it doesn't, you might be able to fit a 'servo stretcher' in the model that wires between the rx and servo to control endpoints. Its a set of pots and a circuit card that let you configure center and each end stop independantly, so they take some time to fiddle with.

[kaptain Jack]

Thanks Tracy. Thanks Frizzen, I'll see what my radio is capable of doing.
Jack

[kaptain Jack]

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[spudd]

great idea on the rear down riggers

[dabears]

Starting to look like the 50 Ton I used to drive before I moved back to Illinois. Great start!

[PaulNZ]

Looking good Capt!

[kaptain Jack]

Did some more work on the truckhttp://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/F908F085-3D90-4784-B40B-863D8ED6FAA4.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/F908F085-3D90-4784-B40B-863D8ED6FAA4.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/31B26699-FF1D-48DC-A35E-9E9CBBCC6030.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/31B26699-FF1D-48DC-A35E-9E9CBBCC6030.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/17EDF467-C0A3-4886-844A-F40F497ADEBC.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/17EDF467-C0A3-4886-844A-F40F497ADEBC.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/E871B5EF-F300-4044-8668-2695D024C23E.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/E871B5EF-F300-4044-8668-2695D024C23E.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/8374A821-868A-41B5-B763-5C0E1A9B491B.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/8374A821-868A-41B5-B763-5C0E1A9B491B.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/0ABFA834-470D-4D4F-A70D-7D9DFEE423EB.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/0ABFA834-470D-4D4F-A70D-7D9DFEE423EB.jpg.html)

[egronvold]

Beautiful work!

[Kaf343]

Great work so far, Looking forward to more pics and updates.

[kaptain Jack]

Getting close to finish linehttp://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/FC16D87E-B0C6-4A35-8217-290D9AC8B2D7.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/FC16D87E-B0C6-4A35-8217-290D9AC8B2D7.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/5AC17131-E083-41C1-BDB8-A712F552A248.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/5AC17131-E083-41C1-BDB8-A712F552A248.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/C492B36A-E10E-4923-9F3A-3E62F05432FB.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/C492B36A-E10E-4923-9F3A-3E62F05432FB.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/0F6EEF2D-8BE9-4C25-B644-16A0E6208EEF.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/0F6EEF2D-8BE9-4C25-B644-16A0E6208EEF.jpg.html)

[pontiacmann]

:jaw:very nice work

[scottyk]

That is awesome! Doing great man

[1985 kenworth]

wow jack looks fantastic..let me know where i can pick it up when its finished ;)

[kaptain Jack]

Ha ha, you are welcome to visit anytime Dwayne. The truck is finished, I just have to take some pictures, but the weather sucks, its a winter here in Toronto.Need to wait for a nice sunny day.

[low&slow]

Man, that truck is sweet. The detail on the side of the truck bed is just killer, nice clean lines.

[kaptain Jack]

Took few pictures indoorshttp://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/84C8A19A-859B-4AA1-9F1E-5DBBD294B9EE.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/84C8A19A-859B-4AA1-9F1E-5DBBD294B9EE.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/122EC953-C61E-4819-9A58-A9C300E6174D.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/122EC953-C61E-4819-9A58-A9C300E6174D.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/7D9F9820-C2BC-4B47-A6B3-C14E3F875191.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/7D9F9820-C2BC-4B47-A6B3-C14E3F875191.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/3DA8497D-3631-40DC-AE43-811F1033B5CC.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/3DA8497D-3631-40DC-AE43-811F1033B5CC.jpg.html)http://i1059.photobucket.com/albums/t436/2750709/B7ADE4F7-1EDD-4249-897B-300AB324201C.jpg (http://s1059.photobucket.com/user/2750709/media/B7ADE4F7-1EDD-4249-897B-300AB324201C.jpg.html)

[low&slow]

WOW :eek: Looks even better finished!

[toniolillo]

Good job, I really like how you finished it.

[tamiya fan]

Nicely done!! I've wanted a wrecker for a long time, slowly collecting parts. I enjoyed this build. Keep up the good work.

[darth_spirou]

Nice work !!! Really enjoyed this build !! Greetings from france :)

[kaptain Jack]

Thank you guys. Will take better pictures and video, weather permitting.

[bobby1154]

i want to build a wrecker but........ I need money and money and money oh and somemore money and someone to build it for me

[BRICKNICK]

Outstanding kaptain Jack

[1985 kenworth]

beauty:cool::cool::cool:

[kaptain Jack]

Thank you guys. A big question: the rig drives nicely, but the turn radius is big, which is ok taking in account the length of the truck,how ever, under load even with a light tow, the turning radius is abnormally huge. As a point of information, the two rear axles are locked.
Thank you.

[frizzen]

Would only 1 locked axle work for you?

Add more weight to the front end. Things like, thicker steel bumper, ballast hidden in the frame, shot filled steer tires.

[GlobelinerBrad]

Looks great Kaptain! Are those the xtra speed wheels from RcMart? I just ordered a set. Did you polish them more? Keep up the great work!

[TRUCKMAKER]

Thank you guys. A big question: the rig drives nicely, but the turn radius is big, which is ok taking in account the length of the truck,how ever, under load even with a light tow, the turning radius is abnormally huge. As a point of information, the two rear axles are locked.
Thank you.

The rears being locked combined with the rear suspension allowing weight to come off the steer will cause this, your options are add lots of weight to the front end or talk to Reg, RCP57, about his solid rear suspension peices to replace the springs.

[Claus]

Nice job!

[Paulzo2112]

Great truck.

[Just_Build_It]

Great looking wrecker, very nice build!

[kaptain Jack]

thank you guys

[kaptain Jack]

It worked! Added a pound of led shot to the front of the truck and had dramatic improvement. Need my body Wayne to come over and shoot the video.

[Efroeh]

Look forward to seeing the video