Monster Truck Madness – Loggin’ with the Cross RC HC-6
Hey everybody and Happy Thursday.
Before attending to this week’s topic, I wished to level out that these attending the June fifteenth BIGFOOT 4×4 Open House who plan to race r/c monster vehicles ought to know I made an amendment to my information publish from final week discussing the schedule- we begin an hour sooner than I initially wrote. You may see this post on the Trigger King R/C Facebook web page for the most recent particulars in full.
It has been a very long time since I gave an update on the build of my Cross RC HC-6. My final publish on the leviathan was final Summer. Quite a bit has occurred since!
The greatest change was that I put in a Cross RC T835U Logging Trailer, which is an enormous equipment in and of itself! Given that the trailer isn’t made to be a direct match on to the HC-6 platform, I needed to modify a few of the mounts by the use of measuring and reducing the thick plastic (the logging cage is especially styrene, whereas the trailer is just about all steel), after which welding it with some good styrene cement. It wasn’t that troublesome of a job to get it to suit, and it feels VERY sturdy when assembled. Here are some pics of the cage going collectively.
With the added weight on the rear of the truck, I wished it to have twin rear tires on every axle to higher assist the heft. I imply, this wasn’t solely from a sensible standpoint but additionally from a beauty one, too. I picked up two pairs of Pro-Line Carbine wheels together with 4 extra Cross RC tires that the truck was already using, and so they match like a glove. I shot them in an off-white paint to the match the entrance wheels earlier than doing a ultimate mount.
The ultimate result’s a friggin’ monster of an 18 wheeler. I haven’t weighed it but, however unloaded it must be each little bit of 30 lbs.
The shot above is of the trailer within the transport place.
And right here it’s deployed, whereas transporting a load (at round 4′ in size!!).
Sorry for the truck not being loaded down tremendous effectively within the pics- it’s so lengthy that I couldn’t discover any applicable wooden round my home! I must make an tour into the forest to search out some stray branches for it. I additionally plan to get some PVC pipe and paint it as much as appear like massive industrial piping.
Cross RC navy vehicles are beasts, man. It has been a lot enjoyable to work on this truck the final 12 months and a half, particularly as a pallet cleanser between monster truck truck stuff. I’ve loved constructing it a lot that I’m already eyeing my subsequent Cross RC heavy rig. But hey- this truck isn’t performed but! I nonetheless want so as to add sound and likewise, as talked about, drum up some applicable cargo for it to haul. Once I do, I’ll share one other replace and embody some video of taking it on a protracted haul down some wooded trails.
Until subsequent time, preserve it on all 4’s!