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Well, with everyone posting Bruder conversions I thought that I'd throw mine in here. I took a different route and went with regular gear motors for the tracks.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8a523dc5.jpg

The shafts on the motors aren't long enought to get through the track housing so i extended it with some couplings.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...ps487137d5.jpg

Turns out that the center of the drive sproket after checking it with drill bits is 4mm so I drilled through and fastened a hub to the outside of the sproket with screws and it worked fine.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...ps70685e09.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...ps971b043d.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...psd88bf404.jpg
Hooked a Saber tooth to the motors and It was moving quite well. Next up is the cylinders.
Thanks for looking.
Rob

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Nice work Rob! Are the tracks Steel?

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Looking good Rob! It's about time you posted some pictures. You checked your email lately?

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The tracks are the plastic ones that came with model. If they don't last I'm hoping that someone will have replacement ones available then. Reg, That four stroke engine is a thing of beauty and looks to have a lot of torque, just the way I like em!

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Haha nice! I find you can never learn enough about mechanics....We can both thank Mario for the literature....

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So how did the problem solving go with your dump trk cyls Rob? We have yet to see a vid of your reworked Mammoth. ;)

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Still having problems with the cylinders not retracting. I think I found the soloution this morning thou, with a company in CA. They have piston cup seals that start at 3/8" so I ordered some 3/8 and 3/4 that should be here in a coupe of weeks. Have replumed out all the Hydraluic lines with bigger size tubing too, so I have more oil flow. I guess time will tell if it works out or not.
Rob

http://www.allsealsinc.com/ukp.html

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I have trouble with only only side running off....still way too much slack in both of them. Hopefully someone will make some stronger replacememts

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Just finished reading this thread. Lots of cool building. I hope you get your seals straightened out. Anything I can help you with on the jacks?

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Hey Rob
Just looking for some photos from the project you are working on ! I am sure you must have an update . . .

Greg

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Sounds like he has been working on a bunch of stuff that he isn't sharing....

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This looks like your ADT Rob !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wOqtNVsSx4

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Magom has aluminum ones and aluminum sprockets that were for the tracked loader. Prob the same

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I can't believe I missed your progress on the mammoth, particularly the lift cylinders. I'm working on a similar project and came to the conclusion to make double acting cylinders. Problem I found was like you said about having the holes in side of cylinders. I still have to tackle a cylinder head with both ports on it and tube inside first stage. Hade same thing with cylinders not coming down very well with reversing pump. But it is possible and in a couple months I'll not be able to put it off anymore :).

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Well fellas looks like Greg let the Cat out of the bag, so to speak. Greg and I did a little horse trading in the spring and we both started our part of the build then. He did the chassis and I'm doing the box. The machine I chose was the Cat D400E ejector.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...psh2njwp9h.jpg
Greg worked his magic and turned out a great chassis and cab assembly by mid summer and I took the summer off and fell behind. Fabricated the box out of steel and aluminum with a lot of the work done on my mill. Progressed this far and now have the tail gate operating as per the video. Here's a couple of pictures so far
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...psqgmsbmqe.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...psh61fqcof.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...psh5mdkh5k.jpg
I was able to find some of these small gear motors used for rc aircraft landing gear and the fit in where the hydraulics cylinders for the dump door goes and the speed is just about right
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...psogp5ssaj.jpg
The real machine has two cylinders but I used the other side to install micro switches to control the open and closed function and have them on the the radio gear switch.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...pslfmd4hom.jpg
Now it's on to the ejector shuttle and slider, thanks for looking Rob

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You better get that ADT ready to go to work, as Reg will need help to make his Dirt Bike Track Flat ! He has to knock those jumps down before he breaks a finger nail...
Lots of dirt to move. Full time work for a few years ! hhaha

greg

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Some of you were wondering how I made out with the cylinders on the 789. After I saw the the multi stage cylinders on rcbrmin web site I ordered up a pair of cylinders, they are well built and you can completely rebuild then if needed.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...pskw7ydlun.jpg
Bore sizes are 21mm 17mm 13mm and 9mm with a total stroke of 60cm.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...psfdylscfy.jpg
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8itee4uv.jpg
As I only needed an 8.5in stroke I removed the top two stages and modifyied the small bore rod so i could feed the cylinder from the rod end.
I should say that the real trucks have flip over valve on the dump box circuit the senses when the load goes and changes the pressure to the down side of the cylinder.
In the video you can see what happens to me with an 25lb load of buck shot in the box as it rips the cylinder mounts right out of the box .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fOYh-MdV8s

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Awsome rob...perfect speed ..with a little reinforcement this build is done ..now for a 992 to load the suckr lol ..Greg and i will need bigger buckets for the excavators in the meen time been..lol

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Sweet work Rob, it's great to see you making headway on this project again. :cool:

One these summers soon I hope to get back out to the Island & catch up on what's new with Lou & Greg's workshops & see your spread too. :)

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Rob!! I am trying to dually the rear just like you. looking at options. I am now considering getting new rear rims 3d printed. Do you have the specs of the super wide rim you made? or was there a file you used? I'm assuming you turned them manually, but not sure. Any help with measurements would be great!