My F350 crew cab tow rig build

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          I figured I would start posting a build ive been putting off for some time now(i started it 2 years ago, sold it and got it back).I started with 2 tamiya f350 cabs and turned them into one crew cab ford, I have already lengthened the cab and completed the bodywork, dropped the bed floor and opened the tailgate. I have also built custom steel front and rear bumpers as well as stretched an axial scx10 chassis and converted it to rear leaf spring/front 3 link, I will be scratch building a full styrene interior and dash with a full floor and finishing up the paint and detailing. I intend to build a murdered out tow rig, it will have 1.9 swampers with cac blacked out 2.0 derlin wheels, I will also be scratch building a RBP grille and many other custom details.......we'll see how this goes, my wife is helping post pic so please bear with me

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nice build ry ry.i see u kinda got pics up.looks good.

Yo, that's an awesome looking crew cab.  Nice work so far.

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pictures of the dropped bed(after the first time I painted the truck, hated the colors)

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Pictures of the truck being prepped for repaint, with the cabover camper loaded up.......

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these are the CAC 2.0 derlin wheels ill be puttin on this thing, the chassis has since been re-worked due to poor planning on my part the front suspension had great travel but not enough room for the front driveline ,and the rc4wd trex axles being total crap(broken 3 knuckles just test fitting stuff!),so... ive grafted the front framerails and skidplate/motormout to the rear of my chassis, keeping the rear leaf springs and re-mounted the bumpers, in turn, I was able to lower the body on the frame and correct a small wheelbase issue it had.

Thanks for looking

saw it tonight....looks great.black cab,bumpers,and wheels really works......nice rig.

Looks like a sweet project for sure with some nice body work. That bumper is nice it looks like a Road armor one kinda. I look foward to seing more of this build as it goes. Also on the pics with photobucket if you copy and paste the img code (bottom one out of the 4) the pictures will appear directly on the forum

Those are my favorite of the ones they make. I have a set on my mrc right now ;D

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As of tonight......

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This weekend it will be getting 2 more coats of black, 4 coats of clear, the RBP grille and then begins the interior build and full chassis teardown for paint and some new drivelines and electronics.....thanks for the feedback and I will have a few more updates soon

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Thanks for the kind words and for the killer advice on the picture posting, kepp checking back, i think ive got some killer ideas for this crewcab comin up

I kinda figured out how to post pics...

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Nice poster. The wheels aren't bad either! Was that in bad taste? LOL  Nice rig. I can't even imagine building something like that at my skill level.

A tow rig is useless without somethin to tow.......so I'm building a gooseneck trailer, the main frame is done and tomorrow I will install the axles and then build the hitch into the bed of the f350 crewcab,

Saw the start of the trailer..kinda jealus looks good ryan.hopefully the truck axles will hold up to hauling all tht girth around! Lol are the t rex axles still under it?

What is up with the axles? I see axial front and a trex in back? Which ones are you going with?

What is up with the axles? I see axial front and a trex in back? Which ones are you going with?
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The trailer is only 1 lb so far, should be around 2lbs finished so add a 6lb crawler and The axles should be fine, it has,an axial front diff and trex60 rear, I will be swaping in the trex 60 front once I get some aluminum knuckes and cvds I hate how the rc4wd stuff looks awesome yet cant even hold up a rig thats sitting on a shelf......retarded

Got a couple of pics with the trailer, still alot of work to do but this gives you an idea of what im going for, just a tandem axled dovetail gooseneck,

You crawler guys sure fabricate a lot.  Kudos!

Heres a crappy pic( crewcab and trailer are 4ft long and I have a very small house so sorry in advance) ow, and the crewcab fits on the trailer...barely fits