Tamiya Flatbed Semi-Trailer - Tips and Tricks 

Thanks for the tip. So, I just finished building mine yesterday and because of your tip on lights and poles, I made the wooden slats removable by gluing all wood pieces together while fitting them on the flatbed. I used a thin abs plastic sheet to glue them together. Then after the glue cures, I fixed other pieces of wood underneath the now wooden panel to keep the panel straight/flat. Now, I can remove the wood and replace the lighting or do other things with the trailer without damaging the wood pieces.

Looks very good, should be getting my grand hauler in a couple of weeks. That will be my first Tamiya truck. Had lots of buggies but fancy a change & love the look of the trucks. 👍

I know this is an older video BUT I've recently got my first Grand Hauler Kit along with the Flat bed trailer and following the instructions as best I could and starting from the middle as the instructions call for, all my pieces fit as per manual. Needed to loosen both side and starting from middle I did one half and then the other half. Then I use wood clamps to clamp the side and all the board nicely together and secured both side rails. All pieces fit and didn't need to trim them. As for the lights, I was originally planning on building it without lights and enjoying it out of the box before I invest more time and money into it. Quickly changed my mind about it and installed an inexpensive car/truck light kit off of amazon but since I am doing it wireless ( separate rx and battery ) I ran the wiring in 1/4" wiring loom and secure that in between the rails where the battery pack and RX are located. ( these would never have fit under the boards anyways, the benefit is that I don't need to make connection to the truck if for example I wanted to show it off. Also this tamiya kit from amazon will go into some sort of display mode when it doesn't see radio signal. If flashes the turn signals like four way flashers.

Love the name FastFreddy, solid lol. I liked how the wheel chock fell out when you lifted the trailer up and you didn't even flinch lol. Not a big fan of the wire coming out of the front deck like that, kinda prevents you from butting up freight against that front wall which in real life is necessary for certain types of cargo. Still a great highly detailed, quality trailer. Very informative video by the way Freddy. 👍🥇

Awesome awesome video I subscribed

I havent stuck my wood down, I just used the adjustable side rails to clamp the timber in place

Awesome channel great insight keep up the good work I hope when you start to upgrade your truck you will do step by step instructions like wiring up grade light and aluminum parts anyway keep it up

Thank you for the tricks I wanna use for my the time to get here my house

nice build !

Very nice

Why should the index be in the middle, I did the same, but it doesn't bother me?

Did you use all your wood slats

Hi Freddy, I was looking for some advice in a build I am planning. I want to build a 379 Peterbilt like the one I own and need some advice putting the parts together. Some of the Tamiya kits are nice but they look like a lot of the parts a plastic and I am planning on taking it to the next level by replacing plastic parts for metal ones. Would it be adventitious to start with a model kit and bone the parts that I cannot get separate? I found some very cool rear differentials and air bag accessories but don’t know where to get some of these parts, any advice would be much appreciated.

Nice build. I’ve never built a RC model before and have the flatbed and tamiya cascadia eco. If I have questions or need tips and pointers, can I send them your way? Thanks.

Does anyone have tips on how to get the e-rings onto the diffs and eventually the tranny of the cascadia evo? I’m having a hard time getting them on there and the tool they provided isn’t helpful at this stage. It’s my 1st build. Too bad they didn’t make them more like snap rings on my riding lawnmower I’ve worked on. There’s a great tool for that. Anyhow, any tips and pointers welcome.

My self i cant justify buying a tamiya trialer for the price dont get me wrong thay make great stuff im a big fan i just find it cheeper buy half the cost making my own.

I got a Knight Hauler just got done building the gas trailer I’m gonna use this video to help me build the flatbed next.

Why should the index be in the middle, I did the same, but it doesn't bother me?