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Fantastic model Rob and thanks for the opportunity to take it for a spin it definitely works as good as it looks.

Travis

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Hey Greg, glad to see you made it over!

Thanks!

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Rob, Great build, you've set the bar pretty high, Thanks for sharing. Fred

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Rob, I had thought long and hard about buillding the 140, but now seeing this, I'm glad you built it. I look at these pics every time I get on here. Once again well done!!! Wished I could have made it to the show and seen it in person.

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Joe, i remember you talking to me about that some time ago......i was looking forward to you building one too. Your work is truly an amazing piece of craftmanship. I was hope we could push some dirt together last wknd. :D

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your grader is an awsome work of art it is very amaizing with the materials you used and it all looks like metal keep up the awsome work

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Like wise it was my pleasure to meet you i had alot of fun ...i guess i see things in my model that i shoulda done better with but it was hard at the time for the lack of tools and a tape measure lol when i shoulda been a lil more picky ..... and on the the other hand Your grader is very awsome I kid you not guys and gals this grader is smooth and quiet very cool to run and i also thank you for the oppertunity to run your grader

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Rob your grader was a treat to run. So smooth and amazing complexity.

Ben

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Rob, Good to see you and your grader in Toy Trucking & Construction Magazine. Great job! Congrats!! Fred

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Rob, your model is really great and I envy you already being able to run it after such a short completion time.

Stefan

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Since Indy, I have been asked to post some video of my grader, so here is a lil sinppet of it doing some dirt work....enjoy:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ldAlbO33oRQ

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Thanks for the videos Rob :) looks and sounds great! It was nice to see it pushing pellets at the Indy show but looks way more at home in the dirt :cool:

So if it's completed......what's next ?:D

Mario

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I like the video Rob. Would like to see it and you in St Louis next month.

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I love that grader! Awesome work

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Great looking grader there mate...

Well I revisited this thread today, and actually read the posts instead of a quick flick through lookin at the pics...
Your craftsmanship is brilliant... To get a glimps of how you created the model without the use of lathes and mills, is extraordinary...

I've been in the dirt game for around 20 years, with alot of that spent on graders... I've always wanted to build one, but just couldn't see how to even start it... So to see what you have done using photos and brochures is simply awsome...

Very inspiring... Now I guess I need stop making excuses... And have a crack at it...

Again... Brilliant work...

...Luke...

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Rob, it was a pleasure running your blade at the show and I thank you for it. I sure wanted to get a couple pics of it and my dozer together and forgot all about it. For those of you that have not seen this 140 in person, pics do not do it justice.

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I am just discovering this project. I first opened to the last page and saw the finished product. I thought it was all metal. My wife asked if it was a scratchbuilt model. I went back and am so impressed with the combination of materials. Wood, brass and aluminum look so beautiful together before paint, and even better after. This is art! Dan

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Joe, U seemed right at home driving my grader. I deem it an honor to get such praising words from U and all the other fellows. I have no time or experience on the 1:1., I just studied the machine and took many pictures in hopes of getting it close to the real thing as possible.

I managed to get a couple of pics of ours together.

Rob's 140H and Joe (dirtpusher)'s D9R

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...t/IMAG0984.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h1...t/IMAG0985.jpg

Again, thanks for the all the KIND words!

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those two machines look so good together kinda like a construction job site with the iron all parked

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Rob, it was great to see this in person job well done ;) only thing , there's 1 cat missing in that pic :p:p:p