I'm thinking of building a trucking sim rig. Does anyone know what this gear is?
Posted Aug 18, 2020, 2:06 AM UTC
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The one on the right is an Elgato streaming deck I’m pretty sure, the other one is some sort of Logitech keyboard, it’s hard to tell. And the top left one, is that arrow pointing to the stand for the keyboard?
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I'm actually talking about the silver rails holding the whole thing up, not the electronics.
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Ooh. I’m sure you could find a similar or the same one if you just look up triple monitor stand or something along those lines
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My google-fu into monitor setups didn't quite find this particular stuff. What I'm thinking is this rig holding everything up is modular and the individual parts could hopefully be available somehow. It would be nice to create a custom setup. This stuff looks like lego :)
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Extruded aluminium tubing is what you're looking for. Maybe check this Simpit video for inspiration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOTogHf0PVo
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Truckies love gear , honestly makes us safer and more awake on the roads
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It's an extruded aluminium rig. There are dozens of different ones available:
Sim Lab
Monstertech
Trak Racer
Open Sim Racing
JCL Sim Racing
You can also DIY build one and again, there are many different designs available for this if you don't want to design your own. The benefits of 8020 style rigs are rigidity, strength, weight, easy modification and parts from one kit will typically work with any other since they share a common fastener system.
Thanks so much for this, a DIY approach is what I'm looking for. Cheers.
Thanks for pointing this out, 80-20 sounds like the way to go. Have you ever seen any with trucking in mind? Almost every one I've found has a car-style driving position - some even are F1 style with legs straight out.
Sim racing is a lot bigger than truck sim so they tend to be built with racing in mind.
Oh definitely, I understand completely. Just wondering if anyone (probably DIY plan-makers) had us in mind. :-)
As far as I know, there aren't any premade kits specifically designed with a truck seating position in mind but it wouldn't be hard to design or modify one for a DIY build.
Personally I use the GT style as I do a lot of racing, flight and space simming as well. It didn't make sense to build a rig for an activity that only makes up about 25% of its use time. I have however made a number of modifications to allow for easy adjustments/changes to the peripherals in use because of the fact the rig serves multiple purposes and that does allow me to change the mounting angle of the wheel easily to make it kore 'truck like' within the limits of the seating position.
I would post some photos but the rig is currently disassembled pending a move to a new room in the house.