Chase Trucks!!!!!

[Rusty5150]

With the growing popularity of Chase Trucks I wanted to start a thread discussing The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

I have been collecting chase truck photo's for a while. I am very interested in hearing what everyone thinks is critical in a chase truck. What style, what fuel, lift/no lift, crew cab, single cab, 4x4/2wd, GPS, radio, sat phone, 120v inverter, generator, welder, air source, winch, fuel tower, tire rack, lighting.

Service Bed

Flatbed/Custom beds

Prerunner/Chase

Utility Chase

Old School

Radio's

Unique Features

 

[Mike L]

Rusty for the win!!! Great thread!!!

 

[JoeyD23]

SIIIIIIIIICK! I want that silver tundra!!! Nice work Rusty!!!

 

[Ignore Amos]

Very Inspiring!

I want.. I want...

 

[Rusty5150]

Very nice service bed on this truck.

This is the truck I really like. Maybe its because I just bought one for $1500.

 

[Brian B]

Awesome thread!

If it werent for having a fifth wheel, I would already be working on mine!

 

[HTP]

NICE thread!! Many cool chase vehicles!

 

[Bajaxp]

Great thread and great eye candy! My chase truck is a stock half ton 4 door pick up. It works but...
I love the thought that goes into some of the teams' chase trucks. Two radios are great for Baja so you can listen to Weatherman and your own frequency, but not necessary for BITD. I love the bass boat chairs and umbrella holder. Typically we sit on the tailgate and fry in the sun. XM radio keeps me sane.
Keep the pics coming so I can dream!

 

[mtoma]

Nice thread Rusty...........jeeze looks like some of these guys have more money into their chase truck than their race rigs.

Definitely some sick looking work trucks.

I like the Jagged X setup, why carry a bunch of spares when you can just carry a complete car, lol.

 

[dbestduner]

Nice thread Rusty...........jeeze looks like some of these guys have more money into their chase truck than their race rigs.

Definitely some sick looking work trucks.

I like the Jagged X setup, why carry a bunch of spares when you can just carry a complete car, lol.

i agree! lol

 

[Slowpoke Rodriguez]

Great thread...Many MANY years ago when Herbst came out with I think were the first race chase trucks we were pitting next to them at Ojos Negros and The Herbst mom was out there and I told her I lked thier trucks..Her eyes lit up and she took me in and out of the truck discribing every little custom function it had. Those trucks were trick. I thnk she said back then they were $250.000 each? I think.

 

[SGM4Life]

Here is a unimog from team gordon when I worked there. Those were pretty sweet but the new ones they have are off the hook. At night those lights were like daylight.

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[mosslager]

Great thread topic!

 

[megonzo]

Rusty for the win!!! Great thread!!!

Definately

 

[Rusty5150]

Here is what I want in a chase truck.

Crew Cab Ford
7.3 Diesel
4x4
Service bed
Onan generator
12 to 120 inverter with outlets in the cab
dual swing out spare tires
radio towers
dual band radio
10" GPS
Ion Earth
Sat phone with car kit
sat radio
TV in the dash
HID Flashlight
LED lightbar wired to the highbeam switch
back up camera
12v cooler made into a console
remote speaker
37" BFG Projects
welder
torches
Viair system
nitrogen tank
roof rack with 360 degree LED lights
Limo tint so the Villagers can't watch you sleep
Bottle opener
Those swiveling cup holders for the rough roads

These are just some of the things I will be putting into my chase rig when I build it.

 

[Bajaxp]

Any more pics?
Dirt Sports did a great article on chase truck about a year ago, but I can't find it.
What about mounting an i-pad 2 with 3G in the dash. Works as a GPS, email, etc plus you could load up the IRC page from the interweb and track your car live. The other thing I would add to mine is a secondary fuel tank. Range, particularly in Baja, is important and sometimes when you are chasing you can't affort the 15 minutes to fill up.

 

[az_amsoil]

The SDHQ F350 Chase truck is awesome.

 

[Rusty5150]

Trucks are not the only option!!!!!

 

[Rusty5150]

The SDHQ F350 Chase truck is awesome.

Is that your new rig Bob? It needs a bright Orange stripe along the bottom of it.

 

[Rusty5150]

My favorite....