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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/10/2006 11:36:15 PM   
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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/10/2006 11:37:34 PM   
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Do you glue those tires to the aluminum wheels?! Any tip on a clean looking glue job? I think I need to get a finner tip for my CA glue.. (for now, I don't care, those are buggy / truck tires.. so I just splash a bunch on.. do a good job.. )

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 12:32:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		The tires do not get glued to the aluminum rims. Tamiya suggests the plastic wheels be glued, but I chose not to here.

Here's some pics of the wheel assemblies. No quick wheel changes here!

The inner wheel is the plastic wheel from the kit. Once assembled you can't see the inner rim.


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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 12:36:48 AM   
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Do you glue those tires to the aluminum wheels?! Any tip on a clean looking glue job? I think I need to get a finner tip for my CA glue.. (for now, I don't care, those are buggy / truck tires.. so I just splash a bunch on.. do a good job.. )


I use 100% silicone(clear) instead of CA. No white residue and they are easier to remove when it comes time to change tires.

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:20:49 AM   
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Cool.. so you need to get six aluminum wheels then?! Are they identical? Or the front 2 are different?

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:23:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, I posted some photos showing the front and rears.

You need 2 pair rear and one pair front.

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:26:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is the shifting process of the tranny.

In order of the pics: 1st-2nd-3rd

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:31:36 AM   
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Look for this on the Ford HighLift!

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:36:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		The F-350 will have an extra transfer case for the 4WD! Should be interesting!!

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:40:15 AM   
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The F-350 will have an extra transfer case for the 4WD! Should be interesting!!


I believe it will also have a gear reduction and slipper clutch.

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:47:07 AM   
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Slower than the semi?! Wow!

Slipper clutch will not be good for the crawler crowd.. I am sure they will tighten that way up.. In terms of drivetrain weakness, those axles should be pretty strong (metal gears, similar to TLT..) so it will come down to whether the tranny can take the rock crawling torque...

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 1:59:06 AM   
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Slower than the semi?! Wow!

Slipper clutch will not be good for the crawler crowd.. I am sure they will tighten that way up.. In terms of drivetrain weakness, those axles should be pretty strong (metal gears, similar to TLT..) so it will come down to whether the tranny can take the rock crawling torque...

I'm pretty sure the slipper was used to not damage the tranny as it is quite sloppy and any sudden jerks under a heavy load would certainly do some damage. The rigs are on-road only and don't go through much rigor, but I am sure the 350 would. Plus, the tires are quite large adding even more stress to the tranny.

Taken directly from TUSA:

"SLIPPER CLUTCH

Includes slipper clutch as standard part to protect
gears during tough off-road running."


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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 2:25:14 AM   
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Yeah, I read that... should be interesting.. hope they make some improvement on the tranny too.. with ballbearings and all, hopefully there's not that much slop!

Anyway, not trying to hijack your thread.. Time to go back to the semi!!

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 5:53:25 AM   
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$$$ is not the issue here.. DX6 has digital trims.. can't work with MFU... Or I'd get one!



The MFU will work with Radios with digital trims as long as they can transmit PPM Signals. The MFU expects PPM
signals for servo and will have problems if you transmit PCM as most computer radios are capable of. Most of the
Futaba line (6EXAS for example) are PCM or PPM selectable and will work great with Tamiya MFU. There is additional
issues with the DX6 as the AR6000 receiver has the fail safe programmed at continous for planes/helis. You'll need
the BR6000 receiver which has failsafe set at hold. DX6 also can't shut down MFU via the transmitter, you'll have to
get a kill switch rigged to one of the spare channels on Ch5 or 6.

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RE: Knight Hauler and Box Trailer build thread - 8/11/2006 5:56:37 AM   
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