Grand Hauler Custom Build

[Tooeleflyboy]

Well, I have wanted to build one of these bad boys for at least the past 10 years so here we go!

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Drive shaft upgrade.

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Feel free to ask questions. This is my my build so learning myself about these amazing trucks.

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More pics as I move slowly along.

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More pics. Made my own custom release for the hitch.

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Battery boxes slash steps.

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Fuel tanks.

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Working on lighting the dash.

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Moved the speaker to the front of the truck so I can do the interior. Used a small Glad container cut down to fit over the speaker. Held by some tape then glued on with foamtac. Double faced taped it to the servos for mounting.

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Pics.

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Rear bumper lighting. I added two extra small LED's for the side markers. These will work off a second switch. I also found their stock running lights to be too bright. I used a resistor to dim them down a bit.

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Here is a video of the rear lighting in action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nuhrWg_K3A

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I had some plastic rectangular tubes sitting around. So cut one side open to make it a C channel, painted it green. Then made a box around what use to be the plastic chrome grill of the truck and made a cover for the rear over the frame rails.

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Going to add lighting to the stock front bumper.

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Here is the wires ran from the back bumper up to the cab in wire loom.

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This is where I will attach any other lights I am using that is hooked up to my power switch. https://www.motionrc.com/products/gt...ch-gtpelswitch

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Here is the lighted front bumper with fog lights. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjlLYUQw74g

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Starting my body work to turn this into a Peterbilt. Ground out the old headlight buckets and filling in with plastic as best I can before using putty.

[Tim Dunn]

Nice work! That is quite a project.

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Bought some tool boxes to mount behind my fuel tanks. Took some time to polish them up a bit.