Bondo's 6X6 Scale/Crawler recovery truck

[redshift]

Originally Posted by pinkpanda3310

Moisturising sunscreen! And his eyes are bloodshot to hell! What has he been smoking?

Being named the Wraith I expected to see Charlie Sheen behind the wheel- guess it's the undead post-apocalyptic version... I don't think smoking is the problem so much as the rotted-away nose.

More evidence that the driver is in fact Charlie Sheen.

Nice ride Bro :D

[Bondonutz]

Hehe, most of the scaler guys choose muscle bound wrestlers or GI types to "drive" their trucks, I had to be bit different. I named my driver Bob Zombie and went with the theme a little further with custom made beadlock wheels with "Double Tap" on the rings (quote from Zombieland) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDJedaxA2eU

[Bondonutz]

I was batteling a bump steer issue with all 3 axles, the #1-#2 were horrible where-as the 3rd wasn't bad at all. I reconfigured the linkages for #1 & #3 and the bump steer is nearly non existant now via bench testing. The 2nd axle I fabricated a entirely new mount due the old one rubbing the shock a little, this mount far exceeds the first design anyway. I'm now going to be putting everything back together for a test later today or during the week when time allows.

A big thanks to James/Lincpimp, his help made figuring out these issues a bit easier.

I made spacers to drop the servo down 15mm, made abig difference.





The new servo mount










Also have a short video of the this servo and mount in actionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T9EENrKvSY







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[Bondonutz]

Ben taking some time to add a few things to chassis and cab and now working on assembly and getting everything wired back up.



Perscription Med's bottle fuel tanks






Went for more of a Road Warrior vibe, was worried about the lexan windows getting knocked out so used this plastic garden border mesh.(8"x20' roll $6.00 @ Lowes)

[brainanator]

Bought 20' of the mesh and used up a whole 6"? You'll find more uses for it now that you have it I'm sure, haha.

Lookin good! I like the fuel tanks.

[Bondonutz]

For those whom are following my thread I greatly appreciate your interest, I do have the 6x6 100% complete and have done a limited control test here at home but Sunday at a scheduled meet I hope to get some good still pic's and video of it at "work".
Please stay posted for the first actual real world test.

Thanks for looking

[mikesauto]

will be nice to see it in action awsome build!!

[Bondonutz]

Another "poser" shot with my Losi Micro Trekker hitchin' a ride.







I built a tow rig that incoorperates the usage of the boom and winch to tow a crawler, please see pics and video attached.













VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRg9MNl3IQw






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[nitrostarter]

Dude! That's just too cool!! It sucks to see Bob Zombie getting a tow but that works phenomenally!!

Thought about stiffer springs in the rear maybe?

[Bondonutz]

Hehe, Thanks Corey.
Ol Bob is pissed because he thinks he's getting repo'd.

Thinking about springs also but really wanna drive it befor I decide to do next.

[Bondonutz]

Went for a scale run this AM and had a blast, A real nice spot with a great mix of everything from trails, gravel, sand, mud, creek, steep banks etc except rocks and all completely shaded. I was so into wanting to drive and test I completely forgot about the camera and HD recorder in the car, DOH. Luckily DontSlowDown/Chris had his Iphone and snapped a few pics, Thanks Buddy !

[sikeston34m]

Great Job Bondo!

Reminds me a Lizard Lick Towing.

"But.......But...........I PAID my Bill! You ain't taking my ride!"

LOL

[nitrostarter]

Come on!! No video!!!


Next time we better have some footage! Sounds like a cool spot to have some fun at!!

[lincpimp]

Glad you got the steering figured out. I like that canted servo mount, really thinking "outside the box" there. Not like you have been "inside a box" in a while, at least since your last "lifestyle change". Lay off the estrogen, and maybe you can remember the camera next time you go scale wheelin'!!

[Bondonutz]

@ Sikes; Thanks Bro, glad u like.

@ Corey; you'll live till next time. I was pretty dissapointed myself sorry.

@ James; The servo/steering compliment is appreciated, I appreciate the help w/that.
The rest of your comment; Go EAD.

Just charged one of the 3s packs from Sunday, I ran 1.25hrs with a 3200mah 3s 30C pack and the Hyperion charger said it still had 43% charge. Happy w/that !