Cabin Fever expo ,York , PA [Archive] - RC Truck and Construction

Bodyman

11-05-2010, 09:08 AM

can anyone tell me what the name of the rc and steam show in pa is.
i seen in on a thread yesterday but didnt write it down or remembered which thread it was on. its on Jan 14,15,and 16th with a auction.
thanks
steve

9W Monighan

11-05-2010, 09:23 AM

look in the construction topics on this board but here's the link anyhow.
http://www.cabinfeverexpo.com/

ihbuilder

11-05-2010, 09:32 AM

guys I will post this in upcoming events

IHSteve

Bodyman

11-05-2010, 01:14 PM

thanks, I knew it was somewhere but couldnt find it.
i plan to attend and wanted to make reservation for hotel
steve

9W Monighan

11-05-2010, 02:10 PM

I just made my reservations for the Best Western. I've stayed there for about 8yrs now it's not bad but not as nice as the Holiday Inn where I've never stayed.

Bodyman

11-05-2010, 03:14 PM

9W Monighan

11-05-2010, 04:33 PM

hi 9W
i just made mine at holiday inn. this is suppose to be the closest to the expo as what they said.this will be my first time.is there more than 1 building? i plan on getting there friday morn for the auction, and i signed up for the seminar for the milling machine.
how far is Best Western from there? i might change mine
steve

I guess they're having some of the auction in another building next door. First time for that. I guess since there's two auctions this time.
Best Western =About 1 mile further. What rate did Holiday charge? I'm in at BW for $76 per night.

Bodyman

11-05-2010, 06:26 PM

there charging me $90, but comes with a breakfast buffet

9W Monighan

12-07-2010, 10:07 AM

I talked to the coordinator yesterday again to make sure of a space for a pit for us and he was on it. Today, while I was emailing another member here I got a phone call from Gary the man in charge there asking me what kind of dirt I wanted again for my digging pit. We talked about how big of a space we needed and he has his old boat pond that isn't used there anymore because he has a bigger one now. He said the old pond could be made as large as 30'X60' and leave one side open for access. What I need to know who is going to attend and what they're bringing. Maybe you East Coast guys will want to bring some road trucks and buildings. I don't have anything like that so I'm more geared to the digging part of it.

SmallHaul

12-07-2010, 12:18 PM

I'll be bringing: wheeled skid loader, rubber tracked loader, 2 tonka dt's, mack dump, dragline & dozer.:)

Fireman700

12-07-2010, 03:52 PM

As a on-road guy, if I don't have have to work at the 15th I'll bring my 2 wreckers, my rigid and a king with van trailer. I know the 16th I'm free so If any of the East Coasters are thinking of going let me know

ihbuilder

12-07-2010, 06:19 PM

I'll be bringing All my stuff running or not but seems the dump truck will get the most use maybe the tractor and lowboy for moving equipment ( by the way $50.00 / hr :p )

Fireman700

12-16-2010, 10:54 PM

Steve if you get your dump stuck the tow company charges $250.00 for a Medium hook and for the heavy hauler its $450.00 payable before the truck is set back down on its sneakers.

JAMMER

12-18-2010, 12:42 PM

I will be coming with my wife and staying at the Best Western and bringing my 1/12 scale Deere excavator. Ed

ihbuilder

12-18-2010, 05:17 PM

Steve if you get your dump stuck the tow company charges $250.00 for a Medium hook and for the heavy hauler its $450.00 payable before the truck is set back down on its sneakers.

not if it's my own towing co. :D:p

IHSteve

Fireman700

12-19-2010, 10:12 PM

Is your wrecker gonna be up and running?

BullDog

12-19-2010, 10:13 PM

I might try to make the event on the 15th. I can bring a tow truck and my green mack. York is about an hour and half from Frederick Md this sounds fun..;)

ihbuilder

12-20-2010, 05:46 AM

Is your wrecker gonna be up and running?

I can drive it and hook some chains and pull a building over with it , but still a lot of work to be done :(

tc1cat

12-20-2010, 07:50 AM

I hope to be there on the 15th and possible the 16th. I am planning on bringing my military King, Studebaker, and maybe something else. Still need to make reservations!

9W Monighan

12-20-2010, 08:10 AM

Anybody that exhibits on Saturday is usually invited to a small party that evening with food and drink sponsored by the venders. Last year it was at the show in the lobby but two and three years ago we were at a industrial museum in York.

Fireman700

12-20-2010, 01:03 PM

I can drive it and hook some chains and pull a building over with it , but still a lot of work to be done :(

I'd love to see it Steve. I hope I can bring the fleet down. Just need to cross my fingers.

Is there still going to be room for us on-road guys?

9W Monighan

12-20-2010, 02:14 PM

I'd love to see it Steve. I hope I can bring the fleet down. Just need to cross my fingers.

Is there still going to be room for us on-road guys?
I don't think that would be a problem. If the "old boat pond"(dirt containment) is set up like I mentioned before, it can be as large as 30'x60' but we need to see how the first run works to know how much room we'll need in the future. I hope this could get as large as some of the European shows. This avenue is not covered at this show and will go nicely with the "real boat pond" group and the live steam railroaders.
Besides if we could get some dozers,graders and scrapers there we could build you a road:D

Fireman700

12-20-2010, 04:13 PM

I'm definately interested in bringing the trucks down. Its close by too. It definately would be awesome to see something the size of the euro shows.

ihbuilder

12-20-2010, 06:27 PM

Besides if we could get some dozers,graders and scrapers there we could build you a road:D

I so wish :( I just can't build at Henry's speed :p I either have no time or no $ this time it's almost both :eek: I guess I'll give the trusty ol 9370 a work out as long as the person loading dose not take my body off :rolleyes::p

I'm still debating commuting or staying at my brothers

IHSteve

9W Monighan

12-31-2010, 12:21 PM

bump

SmallHaul

01-12-2011, 09:02 AM

Well, I am looking forward to this weekend. I am heading over on Friday to help set up the dirt and check out the auction. I'll probably build a climbing road to the top of the dirt pile where Steve's 9W will sit and then on Saturday we can build a road back down the other side using the rc equipment.:) Should be a blast.

ihbuilder

01-12-2011, 09:56 AM

make me a loop around the pile ;) I need a good radius . I be there sometime sat morning ( I HOPE )

JAMMER

01-12-2011, 10:00 AM

I will be there some time friday. Ed

ihbuilder

01-12-2011, 11:12 PM

:(:( just not looking good for me :mad: I'm trying , but the forces against me just will not budge :mad: , the pan will work , it's just other things beyond my control :mad: that I care not to talk about . we'll see

Fireman700

01-13-2011, 07:42 AM

Well the 15th is out for me I have to teach CPR classes. I'm hoping for Sunday

td9clyde

01-13-2011, 09:30 AM

I so wish :( I just can't build at Henry's speed :p I either have no time or no $ this time it's almost both :eek: I guess I'll give the trusty ol 9370 a work out as long as the person loading dose not take my body off :rolleyes::p

I'm still debating commuting or staying at my brothers

IHSteve

i don't build that fast 4 months and counting on one dozer and my scraper still doesn't move and my cable dozer needs batts and i have no money right now lol winter sucks i need 70's and a good breeze so i can go to work

ihbuilder

01-13-2011, 10:04 AM

i don't build that fast 4 months and counting on one dozer and my scraper still doesn't move and my cable dozer needs batts and i have no money right now lol winter sucks i need 70's and a good breeze so i can go to work

lol I need work to work :( so it's start letting go what i didn't want to so I can eliminate bizz debt thanks to are great beloved gov. who can't keep their hands out of things :rolleyes::mad: and yes money always slows me down :(

td9clyde

01-13-2011, 11:49 AM

man that sucks i feel for ya our gov has sucked the life outta things here too we don't want him to run for pres don't vote for mitch daniels

Stuff

01-13-2011, 12:12 PM

lol I need work to work :( so it's start letting go what i didn't want to so I can eliminate bizz debt thanks to are great beloved gov. who can't keep their hands out of things :rolleyes::mad: and yes money always slows me down :(

i know that pain. **** income tax puts a damper on me this time of year.

ihbuilder

01-13-2011, 12:16 PM

they have for years and unless we get people who are sincere about cutting the spending it will keep going:mad:, well nuff of this it could turn into a battle field and we do not want that here :D

JAMMER

01-13-2011, 01:07 PM

Steve tell them you will pay them the 32nd of the month or they can charge it to the wind and let the dust settle it. Ed. ;)

td9clyde

01-13-2011, 04:40 PM

i would have liked to show up for this show but winter weather and the cost of a trip that far maybe next year how ever i will be at a couple of shows this year i know i will be at indy if there is a show there this year and maybe st louis show if there is one there i will take days off if i have to i just think it would be fun since i have missed a few already

ihbuilder

01-13-2011, 05:02 PM

well we'll get to meet up then . well , I'm not jinxing myself :p just listed 1 excavator and got a hit we'll see :confused:

doodlebug

01-13-2011, 11:39 PM

Wish I lived closer, have to save for Conexpo/Conag in March. The 1:1 scale show!
Later, doodlebug.

W900snowman

01-14-2011, 08:08 AM

Man I wish I could make it, it sounds like a great time. I'm looking forward to alot of pictures and videos. Hope everyone has a safe trip.

Heavy Metal

01-15-2011, 08:06 PM

Okay...had to go see what this was all about. About a 2 hour drive for me from Delaware. Very cool show...definitely going back next year. I saw Steve (9W) there but didn't get around to introducing myself - had my 6 year old in tow so hands full. Seems like the scale construction stuff would fit right in at this show and was kind of surprised I didn't see any there. Definite opportunity for the guys I see here to show off their stuff and play in the dirt!

Some video clips and photo collection on youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4_HRxsgv2w

And some of the photos below...

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn265/jbothell/2011%20Cabin%20Fever/DSC03588.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn265/jbothell/2011%20Cabin%20Fever/DSC03568.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn265/jbothell/2011%20Cabin%20Fever/DSC03554.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn265/jbothell/2011%20Cabin%20Fever/DSC03550.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn265/jbothell/2011%20Cabin%20Fever/DSC03547.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn265/jbothell/2011%20Cabin%20Fever/DSC03544.jpg

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn265/jbothell/2011%20Cabin%20Fever/DSC03582.jpg

Finster

01-15-2011, 09:18 PM

Looks like it was a fun show. Wish I could have made it there to see for myself. Nice video and pics, thanks for sharing!

ihbuilder

01-16-2011, 09:43 AM

My pay scraper would be in that pile IF I didn't have other things that popped up this weekend :( but the other thing turned out OK :)

D8R

01-16-2011, 11:03 AM

Thanks for sharing, looks like a nice show.
Dan

Lil Giants

01-16-2011, 05:28 PM

Great photos & video Joe, that looks to be a great show to break up the monotonous mid winter melodrama. Thanx for bringing along the camera.

Stepside

01-16-2011, 06:51 PM

thanks a ton for sharing!

I love the little "steam shop" shown in the beginning of the video!

Very kool indeed!

SmallHaul

01-16-2011, 07:28 PM

I spent most of the time running my equipment so I didn't take much video or pictures.

This is a quick video I shot today before I packed up. Mike (Steves Son) is running the (9W) and Steve is running the Doepke crane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnL3MepGETk

This is the only other video I took. This man built everything on this table, including the table and I'll let the video explain why it is round.:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u7_6oTixYI

SmallHaul

01-16-2011, 10:36 PM

Here is one someone posted this on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9Q7uqFmBlw

tc1cat

01-17-2011, 03:09 AM

Thanks Scott for posting the videos. The gentleman with the round table was a surprise for me as he was an exhibitor at the NAMES show for years but not the past few. His work is unbelievable to see. Looks like I missed a fun show:(

9W Monighan

01-17-2011, 09:56 AM

Got home safe and sound. Glad to meet Jammer Ed in person and see Scott again. I'm working on getting some video uploaded. Like some we always forget to get lots of pictures. I got a few but they're mostly of my machine. We had our troubles too like Ed. My hoist motor has something wrong with it and we had to install a smaller bucket. The regular one worked great until what I think was we demagnetized the motor some or cooked a winding setting up my current limit on the hoist DC drive.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Scentlessapprentice9#p/u

http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/9347/dscn0170r.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8232/dscn0180j.jpg

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1303/dscn0179y.jpg

I'm really felt bad Ed's machine broke. I didn't even get to see it because I was still on my way to the show.:mad:
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/4662/dscn0175fh.jpg

http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/2930/dscn0176j.jpg

This caught my eye, Traction engines were the feature of the show. These are examples of the smaller ones I came across.
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/8517/dscn0183p.jpg

SmallHaul

01-17-2011, 12:03 PM

Nice video quality on that new camera! I should invest in a better camera. Thank you for letting me run the 9W Steve, it runs soooo smooth with the 2.4ghz radio system in it.

I hope you post some vids of the 9W walking down the hill.:)

JAMMER

01-17-2011, 12:49 PM

Steve Hello thought I'd give you a shout and see if you found out what was really wrong was it what you said or was it something else? Ed

9W Monighan

01-17-2011, 01:01 PM

Steve Hello thought I'd give you a shout and see if you found out what was really wrong was it what you said or was it something else? Ed
Haven't looked yet. It may be a couple weeks till I tear into it.

9W Monighan

01-17-2011, 01:03 PM

modelman

01-17-2011, 01:03 PM

Nice videos and pictures! Looked like a lot of fun! Steve- is your hoist motor overloaded or do you know what the problem was?

D8R

01-17-2011, 01:44 PM

Looks like you had a fun weekend
/Dan

9W Monighan

01-17-2011, 02:15 PM

Nice videos and pictures! Looked like a lot of fun! Steve- is your hoist motor overloaded or do you know what the problem was?

Not sure yet Tom.

I had a guy come up to me while running my machine and tell me the digging attraction alone was worth his admission.:eek::eek::eek::eek:
I was talking to Gary,the man in charge and he told me this was a record year of over 5000 people attending possibly more because they know how many buttons they give to people and he ran out!
Now next year, he wants the live steam train people to build a bridge over the boat pond so the boats can have something to navigate around and also I told him about the East Coast guys who use a bridge for their trucks. He wants more trucks and equipment next year because of all the rave reviews he got from people. He is also going to supply more dirt so we can have more room to move around on.

Brian in PA

01-17-2011, 02:36 PM

Looks like you guys had a good time.

Brian

Stuff

01-17-2011, 05:09 PM

love the videos and pictures. i laughed at the fake german sign :P

Heavy Metal

01-17-2011, 07:53 PM

love the videos and pictures. i laughed at the fake german sign :P

Yeah...had to throw that one in there...hope no offense taken by our German friends!! ;) :D

BullDog

01-17-2011, 09:21 PM

Great pictures sorry I missed the show the dragline is amazing...

9W Monighan

01-20-2011, 11:41 AM

Here's some more photos and a video of the 1/6 Duesenberg SJ.
Scale modeling doesn't get any better than this......:eek:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Scentlessapprentice9?feature=mhum

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/5193/dscn0184v.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7202/dscn0185nk.jpg

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/3356/dscn0186w.jpg

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/2397/dscn0187b.jpg

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/173/dscn0188t.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/8995/dscn0189hh.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/2128/dscn0194i.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/6610/dscn0196y.jpg

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/2263/dscn0195w.jpg

JAMMER

01-20-2011, 12:37 PM

This car and the engine were amazing to see, but then to hear it run was something else. Ed:):)

9W Monighan

02-20-2011, 11:27 PM

I found another video that has a short segment of our digging area in it. I remember this guy. He writes articles for Live Steam Magazine and he want's to do an article on our rc machinery in the future.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpsGd_AYVQw