Tri axle reefer trailer with steering axle.

Just a quick video with my new Tamiya Reefer Trailer. The trailer's a bit plain Jane at the moment. I've decided to put my own designs on the sides. Will do that soon. I liked the idea of a steering axle so i left the bits off that stop it from steering.

The steering axle works off the principle of drag you will notice on most Tri axle trailers here in Australia and some across the world, The last or first wheels on the trailer get 'dragged' mainly because the second wheel is the pivot point.

With this design from Tamiya you can disconnect 2 arms and let the trailers rear most axle 'steer' whilst towing and turning in either direction. Mind you I've noticed the trailer tends to keep turning long after the truck has straitened up lol. Although it does take a bit to back the trailer because the rear axle tends to have a mind of it's own and goes where it wants to , if you take it slow it all works out and backs straight

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• 'Tamiya
• reefer
• trailer'
• 'Scania
• R620'
• 'Tri
• axle
• hauling
• 2'
• 'Steering
• axle'

[skl1cent]

be careful hahaha if that was a lipo i'd be scared, too low voltage n they swel n catch fire lol thank for for nicads lol nice trucky tho hehe looks great in red like that

[Jaynic2005]

Yeah got to be careful with those batteries lol. I don't drive up that ramp anymore i think it's a bit too steep i use a couple of long planks and drive up 'n' down to take the gradient down a bit.

Cheers

[LIPOTRAK]

guapisimo creo que comprare uno cuando pueda

[thestuffz]

had similar thing happen to my mercades, and it ended up in the front bumper cracking :(

[Pugragger]

so ive designed a circuit to cut the truck off when the battery reaches a certain voltage

[Pugragger]

my battery voltage was low and it steered into the curb, smashed both steps off each side and bent the bumper underneath the truck :(

[thestuffz]

lovely truck. gotta love it when a battery caves on ya!

[skl1cent]

haha , I think you can if you put a higher T motor :) are you using the stock one? In my trashy I use a 55T motor, its strong as hell LOL