Recent content by tomcat404

I'm in the north west just outside of a town called Lancaster....

a few off the half shafts... made of 300m heat treated and shot peened. 35 spline to go from rd 99 air locker to the CTM joint them stub shaft to the portal box thumb.gif

:wtflol: its been 6 months since i last updated this thread? thanks to everybody and the words of advice.! so.. i bought another buggy to go any play with while i slowly finish this one and have competed a few times getting 9th and 12th out of about 30+ entrants on most events. Progress...

hi, i already have a build thread but it does need updating lol ! i will find it now and try and revive it :eek:

Evening all, Well I have a very very slow build thread, for a winch challenge truck here in the UK. The axles are spidertrax with my own portal boxes and running 44" boggers. I have a 40KG winch on the front and about 100KG of winches on the rears and center plus on occasion perhaps a spare 40"...

Sorry for the delay on the build i have been moving units to a place where i have more space so i can actually get some work done! So....progress so far...... I have a pto on my atlas box for my new twin drum mechanical winch!,!,,,, I bet you`ve not seen one of those before? Ill post pictures...

:wtflol: obviously i need some glasses.... thank you

great idea.... dont forget to add my little build from the UK thumb.gif ( new tube buddy from across the water)

thanks for the advice.... I have a mate coming round this weekend to look at some tube work a sits easier to fit in the tight space i have to mount the shock . Question.... Does anybody have any experience with spidertax steering arms? any good ? what are the other options out there? Also...

Re: Dopalicious - My Yota/Sammi/Hayabusa build very sweet truck... great to see a realistic everymans build! ive always wanted to build a super lightweight truck with a pto winch and just drive/ winch over everything ! thumb.gif

right gents i need your thoughts on how to mount the shocks please. They are currently mounted on single sheets of laser cut 5mm and then cycled to ensure they clear and use the full travel of the shocks. I have 1 x 14" triple bypass and 1x 14" 2.5 coilover in each corner and these mounts need...