JasonDawg

Here is a picture of my 6WD Clodbuster. I plow snow with it. To angle the plow left and right, I now use a HiTec D956 servo that can handle over 400-ounces of torque. This part of the plow takes a BEATING. My original servo was one by RC4WD (which you see in this picture). That servo blew out the gears when my plow hit a small chuck of ice. I put the HiTec one in yesterday, but the servo horn stripped it's splines when my plow hit a small crack in the pavement. The HiTec servo itself seems much tougher than the RC4WD one it replaced, but the servo horn was the evident weak spot. I've contemplated switching to a metal servo horn, but then you go back to the problem of putting all the beating on to the servo gears. I'd rather replace servo horns than servos! Sooo.. I reckon I need a super-high-torque servo saver. Any recommendations?

Very nice! I saw this before on Youtube. Your truck is FAST!!! I'm using three Holmes Hobbies 45T 550 brushed motors on 12 volt NiMH. All run by a Team Tekin ESC. I'm actually thinking of building an 8x8, with a tridem axle setup in the rear.

The plow control mechanism was from a guy on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-rc-Snow-Plows-kit-for-TAMIYA-1-10-4x4x4-Clodbuster-Bullhead-Monster/171096949476 But I replaced the blade with a much bigger one, and with more of a frame too. My blade was 3D printed by a genius friend of mine. I have also added a working salt spreader on my truck. It's a Scott's handheld grass-seed spreader that I wired to a switch and then to my radio:

I just had this splendid idea: I want to add leaf-springs to this truck. How can I do that?

Here is a video of my 6WD / 6WS RedClod! I think I have all the bugs worked out of it. Holmes Hobbies 45T 550 brushed motors Team Tekin RS4 ESC Three Holmes Hobbies servos for steering, all on one channel. They each have about 600-oz of torque! One Holmes Hobbies servo for lifting the plow blade. (The Holmes servos are all powered directly by the 12 volt NiMH battery) RC4WD Twister servo for angling the plow blade. T-Maxx shocks JConcepts Firestorm Tires mounted on RC4WD Delrin wheels Now the question is: should I get a longer chassis and attempt an 8WD / 8WS truck?

Selling some metal gears that I pulled from locked axles made by Integy. See here for more information: Ebay Link for Clod Gears I wanted open differentials, so I remove these gears.

Another problem: The truck drove around fine today. But then I would notice a clicking noise. Upon closer inspection, if I hold one of the tires, and spin the tire on the opposite side, sometimes the motor turns (as it should), or there is the clicking noise and the motor won't turn. Feels like something is stripped. This is happening on all three axles, with stock Clod gears. I opened the axles and can find NOTHING stripped! Gears look great, splines on the shafts (going from gears to wheels) look great. I can't see anything wrong, but clearly something is wrong. I just realized that I forgot to install the "counter gear spacer" that you see in the Clod manual. Maybe that is the problem? Something is fishy.

I'm having a problem with the servos. The rear steering servo moves slowly. So, when the center wheels turn, they hit the rear wheels. I think I'm overloading the BEC. So, I think I need an External BEC. Any suggestions? I'm running three hi-torque steering servos on one channel, and two high torque steering servos for the snow plow.

IMG_4956.mov Here it is with the stock Clod gears.

Thanks, everyone. I appreciate all the advice. I think I'm all set for now. I replaced the locked gears in the rear axle with stock-Clod-gears, along with the steel pinion. Only took me like 3 hours!!! Two more axles to go. Anyway, I think I got it all figured out now. By the way, here's a pic of my stock Clod.

My current pinion gear is a steel pinion from Crawford. Do you think this will eat up the stock diff gears? Maybe I should go back to the stock pinion.

I'm running three 540 brushed motors with 80T. Using one beefy ESC by Team Tekin. Right now I'm using three hi-torque steering servos by HiTec. But once I open the diffs, I might just go with front steering.

Thanks. That's what I was wondering. I'm worried that with the axles currently locked, and the truck being soooooo heavy, that I run the risk of breaking stuff. So, I'm figuring if I open the diffs, that will take off some of the load. Plus, since the truck is still sooo heavy, I don't think I will lose much by way of traction.

I'm building a 6WD, 6WS truck like a Clod.It weighs 30 lbs now. The axles are locked. But I want to open the diffs, and use steel gears for open differentials. But I can't find such gears anywhere. Any suggestions? Attached is a picture of my truck, which I will use to plow snow.

Interesting .