My Monster Crawler...

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 3:40 pm

Damn thats nice.

Nasphere · Post by **Nasphere** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:20 pm

All you crawler guys are bull shit

I wish I had the initiative to just build something like that

I like it though, very nice job!

Coincidentally my buddy has a 1943 army jeep just like that, went off roading yesterday!

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:17 pm

Nasphere wrote:All you crawler guys are bull shit

I wish I had the initiative to just build something like that

I like it though, very nice job!

Coincidentally my buddy has a 1943 army jeep just like that, went off roading yesterday!

Real 1:1 wheeling is the best. no better way to spend your time.
We are currently in the looking into buying this. http://tulsa.craigslist.org/car/371135693.html

supergroup_crawler · Post by **supergroup_crawler** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 9:59 pm

SHAUN wrote:
Nasphere wrote:All you crawler guys are bull shit

I wish I had the initiative to just build something like that

I like it though, very nice job!

Coincidentally my buddy has a 1943 army jeep just like that, went off roading yesterday!
Real 1:1 wheeling is the best. no better way to spend your time.
We are currently in the looking into buying this. http://tulsa.craigslist.org/car/371135693.html

That's pretty sweet man. I wish I could go with a full size crawler.... maybe my Grand Cherokee TSi will turn into one one day.

For now, I am going to have to enjoy Bit crawling. I am trying to find a beater 1:8 crawler on the Bay for cheap and go from there. I've never dabbled in this stuff before the last six months... now I am hooked. I want to go bigger. the wife is just going to have to fuckin' deal with it.

supergroup_crawler · Post by **supergroup_crawler** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:09 pm

Nasphere wrote:All you crawler guys are bull shit

I wish I had the initiative to just build something like that

I like it though, very nice job!

Coincidentally my buddy has a 1943 army jeep just like that, went off roading yesterday!

Thanks, I appreciate it.

I got the idea for this crawler while at my city's 4th of July parade. There were some old vets riding in a few sweet ass Willys MB's (completely restored... axe and shovel handles on the side thoroughly oiled, even). I thought to myself, "that would be the shit with some 44's." So, a week and a half later, here I am.

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:26 pm

Check here there's always rollers and parts for sale:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16

Buying an already built one is the cheapest wat to go but not the same as building it yourself. This site has loads of info as far as setups etc. Happy hunting.

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:32 pm

Wow, missed the last part of the previous page. That thing came out really good. That scale looks great. Dig the spring set up too!

supergroup_crawler · Post by **supergroup_crawler** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:40 pm

redrustbucket wrote:Check here there's always rollers and parts for sale:

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=16

Buying an already built one is the cheapest wat to go but not the same as building it yourself. This site has loads of info as far as setups etc. Happy hunting.

Thanks man. I want to buy a used crawler with decent components (steering mechanisms, transfer gears and differentials..etc) that I can use later on in a custom project. Something to basically just get my foot in the door and then go from there. I will check that site out for sure.

Here is a short video of the Willys crawler in action. You will notice I don't have the proper gear reduction (ran out of green gears), but it still does OK.

[YouTube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRr4GTsgrcY[/YouTube]

supergroup_crawler · Post by **supergroup_crawler** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 1:31 pm

Found some better tires. They are off of a quad, but they are slightly larger in diameter and also wider. The quad was called Super ATV from Family Dollar.

They fit onto the rims I made for the other quads but the inside ring is larger than the outside. Instead of a beadlock type fit, I had to glue the outer tire to the rim and leave the inside open and unattached. This is good because when you hook up on a rock they flex considerably more than the others.

Pictures might help....

they are much bigger... in fact, if they were a taco hair bigger, they wouldn't work.

Since the inside of the tire is not attached to the rim, it can flex and really hook the rocks.

They look better on this truck too...

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:33 pm

Man, I'd really like to try out a set of those tires. This may be too much to ask but any chance you could grab a set for me? I'd gladly pay the purchase price plus shipping or maybe we could work out a trade? Let me know.
Thanks , Jeremy

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:36 pm

That looks really bad ass, great work you did. That truck looks so much bigger than the normal ZZ on the left.

supergroup_crawler · Post by **supergroup_crawler** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:53 am

redrustbucket wrote:Man, I'd really like to try out a set of those tires. This may be too much to ask but any chance you could grab a set for me? I'd gladly pay the purchase price plus shipping or maybe we could work out a trade? Let me know.
Thanks , Jeremy

I'd be happy to do that man. I will pick up some more today. How many sets?

The ATV was $2 I think, and a huge POS. The tires are the only thing salvageable. I took it out of the package and accidentally dropped it on my kitchen floor and the thing broke in three places.

I am pretty happy with them so far... I mean it when I say, "if they were just a tad bigger, they wouldn't work". It's close. With the open "channel" in the back, you can add and take away lead sinkers easily to get the front end weight dialed in. I just let them roll around in there and it seems to work good.

redrustbucket · Post by **redrustbucket** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:33 am

How's 3 sets sound? At that price a few would be good to have. Let me know when you've got 'em and I'll PM you my address so we can work out the shipping. Thanks bro!

supergroup_crawler · Post by **supergroup_crawler** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:21 pm

redrustbucket wrote:How's 3 sets sound? At that price a few would be good to have. Let me know when you've got 'em and I'll PM you my address so we can work out the shipping. Thanks bro!

I didn't have time today, but I will shoot you a PM tomorrow. I am going to pick up a another set for the new mini crawler I am working on.

I started working on the transmission today... it's still a work in progress.

Figuring out how to make micro u-joints is a SOB. These are made out of antenna tube and bb's.

It works, though, I don't think they will hold up to any amount of torque. If anyone knows where I can find some micro u-joints please let me know.

supergroup_crawler · Post by **supergroup_crawler** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:13 pm

SHAUN wrote:That looks really bad ass, great work you did. That truck looks so much bigger than the normal ZZ on the left.

The Jeep on the right could eat the one on the left in one bite.