1/6th Scale Chevy Monster Truck

[Semi Pro]

well you have influnced me to build a 1/6 scale truck this winter

[NickRummy]

Originally Posted by Semi Pro

well you have influnced me to build a 1/6 scale truck this winter

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. These big trucks are too much fun!

The inner tube idea wasn't going to work. To much weight and not enough displacement.

I got in a set of Ofna Pirate rims because they're 4" wide, almost full offset like my truggy wheels and 17mm. How perfect right!? Wrong. I went to mount the Jumbo Kong on there and it turns out the Ofna rim is smaller than the 3.2" maxx size rim. So the tire would never fit on there correctly.

Took me a while to come up with a solution and it's still not perfected but it's forward progress. I had a set of rims that come with the jumbo kongs and these fit well enough that they hold air without even being glued. So I know I wanted the beads from these rims. Got the calipers out and did some measuring and came up with a plan.

Cut the bead rings off the rims that come with Kongs usin a band saw then cleaned up with a belt sander. The front is going to need a lot of clean up work with the dremel since some of the center cut off with it. Should be ok though. I'll be using this on the backside of the modded rim just in case it doesn't look as nice.



Setup the router to take the lip off the edge of the rim and leave just a tad bit of material to make the fit nice.



Now the rim has a new bead that I know holds air



Backside of the rim will be the same using the front of the cut up rim, it's just going to take some work cleaning up that bead. I'll glue these rings on with CA then I'll run a bead of silicone around the inside just to make sure it's sealed up.