Thanks Harold... The end is near, just need to make some more parts!

The bandsaw was 100 bucks, and the smaller drill press was about 125. The larger press in the back was a harbor freight special. Lots of power, but the bearings wore out fast... I guess I could change them, but it was a 60 dollar press...

I would recommend a bandsaw to anyone, I usually use it to cut plastic, but it will cut 1/8 al like butter. Better models are available, but it was a gift, and I have easily got my money out of it!!!

Spend some money on some tools Chris, you will not regret it!

Looks good..look forward to seeing it done

You and me both...

One of those projects that takes A LOT longer than expected....I can relate

Very nice. Those beadlocks look familiar. :)

Yeah, the small stuff just takes longer than expected... Could be worse, at least the concept is sound.

Actually the ones that are not on the truck would look alot more familiar...

I like it man looks really good :)

Soo do you have any thoughts about what body your going to use?

Thnaks! I was either going to use one of the 18 wheeler style bodies from proline, or buy the tsr body (that body is kinda ugly...).

These 6x6 trucks are pretty cool. If someone made one w/all wheel steering....:whistle: I know that it would be a challenge but it would be pretty cool.

Ah! my only plan for the body was to find a large enough cab that might fit most of the wheel width under and then match that by buildin fenders like those on a real semi. Im in the same boat as you cant really find a body that tickles my pickle :)

On a side note do you have a picture of you plastic welder? been wondering what that looks like?

Pretty easy with this truck. You can install a lst steering setup for the center wheels, as the lst1 chassis is basically mirrored front to rear. As for the rear wheels, I would have to redesign the brace, but it would not be too difficult to do. I would have to use either an 1/8 scale style bellcrank setup, or make a shortened version of the stock chassis to connect the front to the rear. Either way it would not be too difficult. I stuck with fixed wheels as I plan to jump this truck, and the fixed lst2 rear hubs are much stronger.

I had contemplated building a cab for the front, but decided that a lexan body may be better as I do plan to beat the truck up...

I would like to do a larger scale semi build... Maybe I will keep a look out for a big body...

I have a smaller 6x6 that I am working on, it use tamiya tlt live axles. I plan to make a flat front semi style cab out of brake tube (mimic the shape of a semi cab at least) and have a full tilt/sliding bed like a flat bead wrecker. That way I can drive my scale crawler truck on it!

Change of plans...
 

So I was going to do a 6s setup with a MMM and a hacker c50xl. Well, I decided to do something more interesting. I have a 1521 2.5y smooth can motor and 10s lipo hanging around. I also have a lutach 10s esc that ids currently not in use.

So I came to this setup as i was deciding how to make the motor mount. Due to lack of clearance between the single servo and the tranny I could not mount the lipos up front. So I dedided that the motor would fit better there, and i could place the lipos behind the tranny. They are 2 5s packs, so one can sit in a cutom tray where the fuel tank normally sits, and the other could sit on its side in another cutom tray in the stock ntro engine location.

I planned to use some thick al flat stock to create a L shaped motor mount. But I started looking at the savage flux mounts and decided that they could be used to hold the motor in place. They would be much stronger than the L shaped mount, and support the motor at both ends. Since I am making another chassis plate I can put some slotted holes to allow for mesh adjustment. In order to get the desired speed, I will have to use 59/30 gearing. Motor speed is low, 10s lipo with the 2.5y is around 23k rpm. So it should run cool, but I hope it starts easy... I do still have the high/low selectable gearing in the tranny, and I think I will be in low gear most of the time, so it should not matter too much.

i want to see a 6x6 wheelie :)
dont hold out on us man!

I fully plan on pulling the front wheels...

with all that traction becomes an issue

Updates!
 

So I got some more work done on the truck tonight.

Added full lst2 front suspension, 6 aftershock shocks and modded 2 more Cen 23mm hexes to fit the front axles. Mounted up the last 2 tires and set it on the ground to eyeball it. Completely blown away by how well it articulates. That is a std size 12oz al can under it in the pics. I have a feeling I will be finishing this up pretty soon!

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...p/DSCF3502.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...p/DSCF3503.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...p/DSCF3504.jpg

thats sexy!

If only you could find a trans with a really low first gear to crawl, and a decent speed gear for everything else.



Hmmm... Revo 6x6 ;)

I have that, the stock lst tranny has a manually selectable high and low gear. Low is 4:1 and high is 2.something:1. So if I gear for 35mph or so in high I can switch down to low for about half of that speed and bunch more torque.

Very nice!

Hey Linc how long your 6x6 have you tryed puting hpi 5t body on your truck?I building a Revo 6x6 already =)

I know it's a 6 wheel but with that pass through diff doesnt it make the other side go the opposite direction ?

The rear diff is flipped, so even though the rear driveshaft spins opposite to the center shaft all of the wheels go round the same way.

Cette voiture est tres jolie!

Thank you, I enjoy long walks in the park as well.

I like the cham-wow avatar. That dude needs a good ass-whippin' IMO.

Second that! (The ass-whoopin part). I think nitrostarter enjoys long walks in the park as well, but with a little candy after....

Candy after what? I am sweet enough as is, baby!

I would actually like to smash that crystal meth-head sham-cow dude in the nose and see how well his "absorber" does with a good nose bleed.

The commercial is completely fake. You can tell the "interviews" they did in the commercial are really smart too. They probably think you can slam a revolving door... As you can see on the commercial, when they pour the soda onto the piece of carpet, it is soaked well thru the bottom, but they switch the carpet out for a piece of carpet that barely has any soda in it, therefore having the shamwow hardly pick up any at all. Remember their old commercials when they said the shamwows could hold 50x their weight in liquid? On the new commercials they say 12x their weight. The scamwows probably weight next to nothing, so basically 12 X 0 = 0. Wow! The scamwow can hold 0 liquid! What an amazing product!

Synthetic chamois are pretty cool, I use them at work to dry the cars after we clean them for delivery. Not sure about 50x their own weight, but judging by the commercial they can handle close to what he gets in it. The carpet test is a joke, no underpad to soak the fluid up, and the carpet is pretty open so the chamois can easily pull the liquid out. Somewhat smoke and mirrors.

How did you know?:party:

I would like to see a celebrity fight between the shamwow dork and Billy Mays! I have been watching the show pitchmen with Billy Mays and Nigel Sullivan and will say at least both of them make sure there products truly work before pitching them. That shamwow garbage has been around for years, I remember my dad buying those back in the eighties at a boat show and they sucked back then too.

I just want to see Bily Mays wail on the shamwow doof!

I think Billy Mays would knock his block off. Mays is not a small dude, looks like he could crush a head if he got his hands on it! The shamwow dude looks like he may be quick...

Hi what are you going to power the truck with ???
:yes:

Might go with a 1527 2y on 10s lipo.

What sort of power will that give you ? I've not had a lot to do with them motor's .

Plenty of power with a 1527...

how bout this???

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...ner_(eq:_70-55)

is it done yet????:lol:

It will be by the end of the year... Just need to make some room and finish a few other projects.

R/C projects are like women; you can do one at a time, or several at once....

Women are easier to finish than rc projects... But you are correct, you can certainly have several of either at once!