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total_psycho
02-15-2007, 11:24 PM
well here is what i got 2 of the F350 4x4 trucks from radio shack i am pulling apart for scrap and i figured i try to build a crawler out of it i am realy suprised how well it is built and some of the parts on it i am going to try to use as many of the stock parts as i can i plan on having a 4 wheel stear and twin motors so wish me luck and any advice from anybody would be great.
savage100
02-15-2007, 11:49 PM
My neighbor got one and it is pretty cool, just it got killed when he hit a curb and electronics started dragging behind it.
total_psycho
02-16-2007, 11:24 AM
Ok since I was a little tired when I first posted this I am going to re type and fix a few gramor errors so I can make my self alittle clearer. What I am doing is taking two of these trucks and converting them in to one rock crawler I am also going to make it a 4 wheel stear and twin motors I will also be using as many stock parts off the trucks that i can so wish me luck and all help or advice will be aprecated.
savage100
02-16-2007, 03:23 PM
Ohhhhhh, good idea. Do those come with the tracks on them? My friend's did.
awnelson
02-16-2007, 05:02 PM
I have the Mattraks Hummer version of that. Thought that I would use the body for shelf display and the tracks aren't good for anything, so I actually like your idea of using them together to build one good one.
total_psycho
02-24-2007, 10:40 PM
well it is coming along very good and no it is not the one with mattracks that one sucked i work for radio shack and my manager gives me all the dead rc that come in and i usualy rip them apart for the parts on them and this is the first ones i am doing anything with but i will get the new pics soon.
well it is coming along very good and no it is not the one with mattracks that one sucked i work for radio shack and my manager gives me all the dead rc that come in and i usualy rip them apart for the parts on them and this is the first ones i am doing anything with but i will get the new pics soon.
Hey, if you have any of those tracks laying around I would love to take them off your hands. They may be crap, but I have a couple of ideas I would like to try out with them.
grizz
11-06-2007, 07:34 PM
maybe more ground clearence would be good
total_psycho
11-13-2007, 11:03 PM
ya this project got put on hold because of money and this is as far as it has got i plan on shorting the arms and of corse this is my ms paint additions that will come soon i am trying to use as many of the stock parts as i can and keep under a $100 budjet but i aint got $100 right now for the budget so oh well one day it will be done
rustla
11-14-2007, 12:17 AM
lol thats a long crawler
total_psycho
11-14-2007, 12:20 AM
yes it is quite long as i said i will be shorting the arms a bit
andystoybox
11-14-2007, 07:31 AM
Im not sure which item in the picture impresses me the most: The great value drinking water, the truck or the Jack Daniels!@! Or... the fact that your bed has a crack of it's own.
Seriously though, the truck looks like you have a good start.
total_psycho
11-14-2007, 11:21 AM
Im not sure which item in the picture impresses me the most: The great value drinking water, the truck or the Jack Daniels!@! Or... the fact that your bed has a crack of it's own.
Seriously though, the truck looks like you have a good start.
its not a bed it is a lounger that both sides can be adjusted to who ever sits on it. also here is the rest of my work area if you like the Jack Daniels sign
grizz
11-18-2007, 04:56 PM
its a wonder you get any work done in there just kiddin looks like it'll be a good crawler what kind of body will you use
total_psycho
11-25-2007, 11:50 AM
ya i have not picked a body for it yet or just about anything else