Hoosierdady
Fan of wheelspeed
So I have been seeing all of these Mega truck builds and wanted to get in on some tall tire, high ridin', diff destroying, mud flinging fun :twisted:. I've built a handfull of FOFF rigs using these same components, so it's just a matter of modifying what I have to make a Mega-ish truck. The goal on this build is to use spare parts I have laying around, and to use less than $100 out of my pocket. Should be very easy right? Well considering the tires alone will eat up 3/4 of that, maybe not. As a matter of fact, the only funds still left in that budget will go to tires of some sort as I have already ordered a couple of things. But enough talk, here's the pics "thumbsup".
I started with a scx10 frame...
As with most Mega/Monster truck frames I need it to drop at the skid so I can lift this thing and kill my COG. This chassis should do the trick. The trans is full of RRP gears. Part of my $100 went to a Lockeduprc slipper eliminator kit.
So I grabbed a RidgeCrest chassis and skid and chopped it in half. This spot on the chassis will give me 4 mounting points on each side to ensure it doesn't go anywhere. I used my Dremel to make the sides nice and smooth so it'll mount up solid.
Fastforward a few hours and I had this. I'm using some slightly upgraded axles from my FOFF project along with the Gmade XD piggy back shocks. The links are a miss matched mixture that'll work for the job.
Who knows, this project may die off as quick as my last FOFF project did. Until then it's a slider.
SO I planned on 2.2 Mayhem Evolution wheels and some RC4WD 2.2 Mud Basher Mega truck tires (the paddles are way to small).
But I have two of these 1.9 Giant Pullers staring at me. Decisions, decisions...
I started with a scx10 frame...
As with most Mega/Monster truck frames I need it to drop at the skid so I can lift this thing and kill my COG. This chassis should do the trick. The trans is full of RRP gears. Part of my $100 went to a Lockeduprc slipper eliminator kit.
So I grabbed a RidgeCrest chassis and skid and chopped it in half. This spot on the chassis will give me 4 mounting points on each side to ensure it doesn't go anywhere. I used my Dremel to make the sides nice and smooth so it'll mount up solid.
Fastforward a few hours and I had this. I'm using some slightly upgraded axles from my FOFF project along with the Gmade XD piggy back shocks. The links are a miss matched mixture that'll work for the job.
Who knows, this project may die off as quick as my last FOFF project did. Until then it's a slider.
SO I planned on 2.2 Mayhem Evolution wheels and some RC4WD 2.2 Mud Basher Mega truck tires (the paddles are way to small).
But I have two of these 1.9 Giant Pullers staring at me. Decisions, decisions...