[DeTomaso] Off topic Nascar
gow2 at rc-tech.net
gow2 at rc-tech.net
Tue Jun 9 12:21:00 EDT 2015
That's cool. You're going to have to show us a photo of that.
>
> Love the air bags. You can get it to kneel for loading and unloading.
>
> Rodding doesn't get out of your blood even if you get older. My three
> wheeler has a tricolor fade paint job,a roll bar and rally lights as
> well as a gun rack. Speaking of the gun rack, I guess rednecking
> doesn't either.
>
> On 6/9/2015 9:17 AM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
>> I would say very much it was based off the Truckster but a little more
>> heavy and a slightly larger bed. Bed will be aluminum Diamond plate. It
>> is
>> a Haulster rear axle. The gearing was a little low. It had a 2 speed
>> gear
>> box to reduce the speed. I turned the gear box around and it is now a
>> doubler:
>>
>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Build/Build12.jpg
>>
>> I had an old used 3 wheel Truckster before this. It was rough and the
>> way
>> they are made restoration seemed a like it would have been quite the job
>> the way the frame is constructed. It would have been more like making
>> one
>> from scratch so I did.
>>
>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c1.jpg
>>
>> While I had it, I did convert the rear to a triangulated 4-link with
>> airbags and it worked out fantastic. Then I added a stake bed:
>>
>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c4.jpg
>>
>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c5.jpg
>>
>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/c11.jpg
>>
>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/cush%20haul.jpg
>>
>>
>> It was an awesome POS.
>>
>>
>> I liked the triangulated 4-link so much it was how I set up this new
>> one:
>>
>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Build/Build17.jpg
>>
>> I did not like the airbags so much because on a vehicle as such it gets
>> abused and I was always chasing an air leak. If it would sit out during
>> the winter for very long I always had to air up the bags before I used
>> it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> Is that the 4 wheel version of the Truckster? A valve shop locally
>>> used
>>> to have 3 or 4 of the 3 wheel version in gas. At an estate auction
>>> last
>>> year I did see a fully restored version they had been using in their
>>> garden. I have a 3 wheel Heald Hauler that I have used for years at
>>> the
>>> farm for feeding. They are not only useful but will carry a lot and
>>> the
>>> loading is easy because the bed is low.
>>>
>>> jerry
>>>
>>> On 6/9/2015 8:02 AM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
>>>> Here is another project I got side tracked on. I needed a buggy to run
>>>> between the shop and the house to carry thinks like welders, engines,
>>>> and
>>>> sticks to the back of the woods. Most UTV's any more are set up to be
>>>> fun
>>>> 4x4's. I didn't need anything like that so I am making a UTV electric
>>>> truck:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Build/Build37.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/cush/Build/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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