Bondo's 6X6 Scale/Crawler recovery truck

[_paralyzed_]

Truly a bad ass build. After seeing this my next build will definitely be a crawler or scaler or some combination of the 2.

The fab work and overall project are just top notch.

Thanks for sharing this with us Bondoballz

[FG101C]

This truck is just awesome, I want to build a scale crawler myself. What are some good crawler sites for info?

Thanks.

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by FG101C

This truck is just awesome, I want to build a scale crawler myself. What are some good crawler sites for info?

Thanks.

Thanks FG
These are the only forums I personally visit but I'm sure there are many more.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/
http://scalebuildersguild.com/forum/index.php

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

Truly a bad ass build. After seeing this my next build will definitely be a crawler or scaler or some combination of the 2.

The fab work and overall project are just top notch.

Thanks for sharing this with us Bondoballz

Thank You Harold, glad I could help inspire you and I appreciate the kind words my friend.

[millzee]

Love you work nutz, just awesome

[Bondonutz]

Another video from a small get together today



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ7OGfupPJ4

[Bondonutz]

[jayjay283]

That sure did turn out sweet ! I watched a show the other week where boondock Russians or somewhere around there drove 3-4 of those to recover rockets that fell off during launch or reentering satallites etc. They got tens of thousands for the aluminum and drove those bad boys into ice helll

[Bondonutz]

@ Jay; Thanks bro, I seen that show as well, great stuff !


Ben working on my 6x6 and adding a few things, I'm ventilating the electronic compartment with a small fan and exhaust outlet. Unfortunately with it being so well sealed it gets pretty warm in there, the temps aren't crazy or anything but I figure it wouldn't hurt to get some air in there, it'll be on a switch as well so it's not on constantly.
Also putting together some Blue and Red LED's so when I'm towing something I can hit a switch for the "caution lights" Would cool if they would blink or flash but o-well.

[redshift]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Also putting together some Blue and Red LED's so when I'm towing something I can hit a switch for the "caution lights" Would cool if they would blink or flash but o-well.

Maybe?
http://www.valuehobby.com/accessorie...ht-system.html

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by redshift

Maybe?
http://www.valuehobby.com/accessorie...ht-system.html

I'd love to have a kit like that but unfortunately being laid off from work I don't have the luxury of expendable income ATM, buy it for me ?

These are the cats meow
http://www.store.rc4wd.com/search.as....y=7&search=GO

The gimmick I'm making is with stuff I already have in the treasure drawer.

Ideally I want one of those giant light kits with the speaker and down loadable deisel sound track and air horn, that would be friggin' awesome but they start at 200+

[Bondonutz]

Exhaust Stacks, 1/2" diameter

Insert sound effects........blub blub blub blub blub

[magman]

Cool exhaust. Quite the extensive project my friend. Looked over all of it this am again and wow. I would love to to something like this, but life for me is just to busy right now. I would love to make my own 1/5 buggy from scratch...made specifically for the beach/climbing. Someday.

[Bondonutz]

Thank You Brian, your kind words have ben very much appreciated

Did you ever convert your 10-T to a buggy ? I found a a pretty nice body when I had mine, It's yours if you pay for shipping ?

It has a few scuffs and some decals on it but it's 100% intact, Heres a pic
http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...cbodies001.jpg

[Bondonutz]

Ben busy the last week when I had spare time, Installed LOTS of LED's and got the stacks painted and installed. I'm running the LED's off a switches in a "control panel" I made and all is powered with a small axillary 1000mah Thunder Power 2s Lipo.

I also have added 21oz to the wheels because when I raised the cab the 1/4" I haven't ben happy with how the COG was compromised, this should more than bring it back to where it needs to be.

I also added a lot of brass work, the roll cage for the bed was a ton of fun to make and made it in such a way I can carry a couple of spare tires without needing anything to secure them. They just wedge in between the bars and go no where. I also made a window on the winch box cover so I can peek at the spool without having to remove the entire cover.

Heres a short video showing the caution lights while towing/recovering a truck and actuation of the towing device.

You Tube Videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVEx_0KG7e0

Tow bar can be stored on the bed via a couple body clips when not in use




The new brass work on the bed, I'm trying to be humble but I'm pretty proud of this.