I'm glad to see you are outgunning Rodger on the RIG. Are we on the Nascar schedule next year or did I miss the memo? :unibrow: :rofl:

Kelli wants to have a nice place to hang.....

I think you should paint the western mural from Snowman's rig in Smokey and the Bandit on the trailer. If you are spending all of this money, you want the outside to be just as classy as the inside.

Yeah -- I'm going to have some tweaker taggers in the area do some "artwork" on it. :cheers:

Mine's bigger...



"we"? :_paranoid

Perhaps I missed it somewhere, but do you have to get special licensing to drive that rig? That joker is a monster, hope you make it down to RTTA again next year in it. :)

As long as it's not COMMERCIAL - which it's not... we do not have to do anything special in WASHINGTON... and that's the state where it'll be registered to... and my license is from.

Yes -- I agree -- it's gotten to be a bit of a monster. Originally I had envisioned a 17' toter (same Freightliner Cascadia class 8 truck)... and a 36' stacker. But like most things "automotive" -- you start poking around and then things tend to get bigger!

Once I saw that you could get a queen sized "bedroom" it was game over.... that meant it had to be a 22' 'box' - then for 2 more feet - you get the galley all on one side and the larger push out on the opposite side. Once you've been inside. You can no longer "live with" the 17' or even the 19'.

I had to shrink the stacker 2' in order to stay legal... and I didn't even want to do that.

Will you go through any kind of special class/course to learn to drive a rig like that? I wouldn't think it would be something you just pick up and drive. ;-)

It's only 20' longer than what I drive now. My plan is to pick it up at the factory and then cruise through New York City. If I survive that. I'll bring it home. Hahahahahahaha

Man I'm lovin this....

In how many ways? :unibrow:

You better get that driveway widened -- pour it a bit thicker too with lots of #4 rebar. This thing is HEAVY. Widen it out at the street so I can come in from either direction... and have 'em move the mailbox back out of the way.

Do you think the neighbor would mind if I used his (your) dragstrip to spend a couple nights once or twice a month?

What are you looking at for weight on this rig? What axles are under the trailer? Be sure it is plenty. It needs real tires not this cheap 7000lbs axle stuff. It needs big truck stuff.

Trailer has two 14,000# axles with 22.5" wheels and commercial truck tires. The trailer is all aluminum.

Perfect

I don't know if it's the right thing to do or not - but I had them delete the 12KW diesel genset and the BARD A/C unit in the trailer. I'll never use it. I had them ADD a 50 amp "shore power" cord and outlet to jack the power from the Toter genset. There is a 4hp compressor on board... so that would be the big power draw.

I thought about leaving the genset etc -- but that's "pro racer boy" stuff - where they'd be working in the trailer. I'm not going to be hanging out in there... or working in there. If the car is broken - it'll just get loaded up and fixed when I get home. Or I drop it at Charley's and let him fix it. :hail: :rofl:

Why carry around all that weight - 37 gal diesel fuel tank - generator - A/C unit for "nothing". If I want to be cool - I can go inside the toter.

I was just informed that the truck is now going to use a 600hp Cummins ISX motor -- not the 525hp version.


Oh my.....




:rofl:

:morepower :cheering:

Charley doesn't care about power ----- here's what he's looking for!!





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Exhaust Fans up stairs are super important. I was working up stairs in my hauler this winter when it was like 40 degrees outside sweating my ass off. Roof vents with fans is plenty the AC is kinda over kill for the once a year you will use it. If it's hot go in the Toter. 110 plugs in the wall everywhere is the most important. We plug fans in upstairs at the shows before start to tear down. Air flow up stairs in super important.

Now were talkin...

Hopefully it's not IRS. :_paranoid

Oof, ouch! :)

Yeah, but the real question is - who you gonna get the wheels from? :lol:

That's got my nomination for Lat-g's Sunday's Spankin' Award'!

:woot:

can intro custom build 22.5's??

I'm thinking about making the stacker a donk.... and goin' with some 30's

Only you could afford somthing so f'n stupid. :unibrow: :cheers:

:rofl: :woot:

ASSHOLE :cheers:

This should be some rig. I just took a peek at Racingjunk to see what a basic toter home sells for used that is several years old:wow: I am guessing you could have bought two more R8's and then some. I look forward to the pictures:thumbsup:

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26's are it for 10 lugs... im sure the load rating of the rubber band wont be an issue either:unibrow:

Charley is still in the "easy monetary" stage... and I can get a 3/1 ARM with no money down... and borrow 110% so I can fuel it for the first 4 months.


There's no bubble in the toter home biz yet.

Just for Charley I'm having "Girard" awnings on all sides of the trailer and the toter -- figure about 8 football fields of shade... in a checkered pattern of course!

Actually = I lied = I can only get solid color awnings... so sorry Charley -- No checkered flag awning for ya!

Think with the PPG Barcelona Blue -- like the '32 Ford I posted -- I'll do an off white or tan color...

Consider tan, it will age gracefully and still reflect heat.

Maybe a checkered chair to make Charlie feel extra special. :D

That big lummox has his own chair he brings to the track.... He even let me sit in it once.



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Greg,

These cooling, senior friendly awnings you're adding will wisely attract pro-touring type shuffle-boarders.

They'll be a calming effect on this hobby, which seems to need their age marked/sun spotted yet steady hands right now.

Steal it, find the right fabric and take it to the upholstery shop!!!!

That's exactly the chair I thought of. :rofl:

Okay -- I finalized the plans for "da rig" so in 18 weeks we should have birth of this whale....


I just have to find some hot rod flames for the front of the tractor that I like... and maybe I'll do them and maybe not. Have to see it done graphically FIRST... I must be from Missouri.


If I'm lucky I might have it in time for the Buttonwillow track day in September.