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CTScott
04-14-2012, 10:33 PM
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This week I finished my latest development on Crashy. She now has a dump bed. Since her plow is electric, rather than hydraulic, I decided to stick with that theme and used a linear actuator rated for 1320 lbs of lift. I used a six terminal snow plow solenoid to allow me to control the lifting and lowering of the bed with a 3 position rocker switch, mounted to the dash, next to the one for the snow plow. I welded a support structure for the linear actuator and a frame to make the bottom of the molded bed stiff enough to be lifted. The bed is from a 15 cubic foot Rubbermaid garden tractor trailer.

My daughters and I gave it a test run today, moving 3 yards of topsoil around the yard. Fortunately, it is never hard to get them to give me a hand with outside projects that involve driving Crashy.

Here's a video of it in action:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CURwy-OyNNw


If you don't know the history of Crashy - Here's her thread:

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21614
mazilla
04-14-2012, 10:49 PM
History in the making...well done Scott!!
Betrivent
04-14-2012, 10:54 PM
Toyota should be paying you for rights to publish an article on this.
JumpmanYaris
04-14-2012, 11:08 PM
This guy can't stop amazing me
RHDVIPbB
04-15-2012, 01:41 AM
If I ever come across a wrecked Yaris, I plan on sending it to you for some modifications. Would be rather fun here on the farm
bobolinko
04-15-2012, 03:01 AM
Awesome Possum Dude! Innovation..... Love it!
Aloha,
-bob
Spidermandud
04-15-2012, 03:27 AM
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c289/thanewsource/beavis_butthead_static.jpg
JTDBT903
04-15-2012, 11:12 AM
Makes me want to get rid of my 4x4 ATV!

How about a rail buggy Yaris, now that would be cool!
TheEgg
04-15-2012, 02:32 PM
Who needs to spend an additional $12K on a Side by Side when you have a Yaris! Hope I wreck mine some day......
746watts
04-15-2012, 07:02 PM
excellent, love it!
Altitude
04-15-2012, 07:30 PM
Crashy - Fun for the whole Family!
Kioshi
04-17-2012, 03:23 PM
just beautiful. Yaris = the vehicle for all your needs!
Golddeenoh
04-17-2012, 05:25 PM
you have turned the yaris into a Ute. nice.
BIGTAZ351
04-23-2012, 12:41 PM
I just watched the vid on YouTube, Thats freakin awesome, I saw a mildly crashed Suki SX4 AWD the other day and instantly thought of "crashy"
CTScott
04-23-2012, 01:23 PM
For those who want to see a bit more of what a Yaris truck looks like, here's a video of my 9 year old cruising around the yard with it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4KC3oqKbY
Altitude
04-23-2012, 08:21 PM
For those who want to see a bit more of what a Yaris truck looks like, here's a video of my 9 year old cruising around the yard with it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4KC3oqKbY

She's so tiny! Cool vid. :smile:
Thirty-Nine
04-24-2012, 04:06 PM
Awesome. I'm putting this on Subcompact Culture!
CPALK719
04-24-2012, 05:11 PM
that is awsome !!!!!!!!!!
Kioshi
04-24-2012, 09:34 PM
Thats just too cool.
Hamster
04-27-2012, 11:49 PM
That is way too awesome. What you did with Crashy is truly recycling at its finest!
henrylee
04-28-2012, 12:00 AM
Crashy = Awesome! I need to stop by and check crashy out.
oliveskate
04-28-2012, 02:24 AM
If Toyota made theses, I would buy 5! hahaha AWESOME!
Spidermandud
04-28-2012, 03:13 AM
Has crashy been made into a 4x4 yet? Cuz I'm kinda expecting that. I haven't noticed anything stating its been done.
CTScott
04-28-2012, 08:30 AM
Has crashy been made into a 4x4 yet? Cuz I'm kinda expecting that. I haven't noticed anything stating its been done.

She's still just FWD. I've plowed 39 inches of snow without an issue with her, so 4WD hasn't been necessary. It would be cool to import the parts from Japan to make her AWD, but that would require a bunch of expensive parts (Tranny with output shaft, drive shaft, rear axle with diff, etc.)
Spidermandud
04-28-2012, 05:19 PM
Yea; I remembered reading that it was offered overseas to have an awd model. ... That'd be cool as heck, but I think i'd rather have that on the regular Yaris than Crashy; not to diminish crashy's reckless abandon awesomeness in any way.
Driftw00d
05-08-2012, 03:39 PM
What's the story on this Yaris? Was it a totaled in a wreck?
CTScott
05-08-2012, 03:42 PM
What's the story on this Yaris? Was it a totaled in a wreck?

Yes. I bought it wrecked off ebay for $632. I intended to part it out and pull the drive train and electrical systems for my test bench, but realized that I could make it roll, after I got it home, so it has evolved into a snow plow, dump truck, and soon to be 20KW generator Yaris. Here's the thread with the history:

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21614&highlight=crashy+lives