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I've been thinking about replicating the lowboy at work for a while now and ended up finding a black T800W. The string at work is a 2x3x1 Aspen but i think the Rogers will suffice. I plan on building a jeep kit from ACM but I still had to build a booster. Snagged some reference photos at work Friday afternoon and gave it a shot. This is the rig I want to build  Heres the jeep i put together     The Sword T800W is a bit longer in wheelbase and has dual tires on the drop axle but I don't think I can bring myself to shorten it up. I'll post more as i get more done on it.
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That's look awesome!! I'm currently building the same project with my T800 and a 2x3x1 setup. Can't wait to see the finished project!
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Looks good,with the excavator load.Must be good to work with the 1:1 version.
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modelmaniac wrote:Looks good,with the excavator load.Must be good to work with the 1:1 version. Yeah the life of a lowboy in the drilling/ blasting/ crushing business isn't super glamorous. I'm the fab guy there and I don't have to work on it very often. Seems like it's a tough combo.
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HCF wrote:I've been thinking about replicating the lowboy at work for a while now and ended up finding a black T800W. The string at work is a 2x3x1 Aspen but i think the Rogers will suffice. I plan on building a jeep kit from ACM but I still had to build a booster. Snagged some reference photos at work Friday afternoon and gave it a shot. This is the rig I want to build Heres the jeep i put together The Sword T800W is a bit longer in wheelbase and has dual tires on the drop axle but I don't think I can bring myself to shorten it up. I'll post more as i get more done on it. How are you going to extend the neck on the trailer?
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johndeere4020 wrote:
How are you going to extend the neck on the trailer?
Probably build a flip up extension out of styrene.
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Nice little project there. Looks like you have enough axles for your 470 now 
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Basketball Man wrote:Nice little project there. Looks like you have enough axles for your 470 now It would make my model building a lot easier haha. Still need a two axle jeep to be legal here. It's mind numbing how much weight laws differ state to state.
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great work
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towoc999 wrote:great work
Thanks! It's slowly coming together.
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Evenings this past week after work have been surprisingly uncluttered with life so I had some time to work on this project. I finally got to plumb in air, electrical and the wet kit lines for the trailer. I also decided to go ahead and put wide singles on the drop axle in place of the duals (those wound up on the booster) and try my hand at building a couple light bars for the headache rack. The 5th wheel looked a bit too shiny so I had to grease it up a bit.    Thanks for looking,
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That's a good lookin truck my friend!! Excellent work!!
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