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I'm sure when those mini exs came along that they quickly became the Cadillac standard for such tasks.

I got an otter box right away Neil and have both USB & wall mount chargers. The phone sure has been handy killing time the last month while hauling feed grains to a pig barn with a really slow leg.... 35mins to dump a 16mt tandem load... it used to drive me nuts waiting, I can't stand the crap they play on the radio anymore.

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Hey Joe, my satellite radio works well up to Kitimat BC, High Prairie, AB.
Only way I can keep my sanity out in B. F. E. Pm me if you want to do a US
Subscription!
Cheers, Neil.

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I've had satellite radio for yrs... the crap they call music today? I'd rather sit in silence.

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Had to buy some new 6cell packs for the bd trl lately, so I stuck one in the ol' Mammoth for the 1st time in yrs and it works flawless as usual... just doesn't lift quite high enough is all, gotta jerk the last bit off the back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps75fed010.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezTY...ature=youtu.be

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Nice video Joe. That mammoth looks like it still runs well.

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Just like the day as it was new, it's always been a strong runner... the only hiccups with this model are the suspension is a bit too stiff that axle articulation is poor with no load & the dump bed angle stops short a few degrees. This truck can move a lot dirt quickly.

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Looking back to post #442, almost two yrs to the day since I last repaired this bucket cyl... I wonder why it won't hold? :confused: It started to drip a few days ago, couldn't tell for sure where exactly. This afternoon it was pouring out the crack!

The ol' Mammoth works pretty good as a workbench. :D

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Just giving the cyl a coat of paint, I'll go brush the other half after this post. ;)

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If it weren't for the leak, I probably would have been taken it apart soon anyway b/c the bolt that holds the piston to the rod was a few threads loose. :eek: :p

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Hi Joe,

why don't you use any loctite on the piston screw? Ort you did and it came off? Markus

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Sorry to hear that the cylinder sprung a leak. The paint looks really good!:)

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I believe I did (blue) locktite it Markus... although upon assembly I discovered the internal threads needed a tap run through it & the 5mm bolt had to be replaced. I suppose the 35bar is not only pushing the limits of the hose & soldered joints, but the threaded parts too. :eek: Time to dial it back to 30 or so.

It's ModelMaster's black chrome, matches up well with the matt black JD paint I used. It brushes on streak free. ;)

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

one day ill have a real mammoth. I have the cheap toy version of it. one just went on evil bay for 560 bucks.

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Hey Joe,
I came across this article on Facebook the other day and immediately thought of you. #7 is amazing and #2 is completely unbelievable both in scope and detail. Maybe one day your underground complex will rival these.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19421...in-secret.html

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

Have you been running 35bars Joe??

I think it's hard to keep it from dragging itself at 22—25 bar! :)

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Deja Vu FB! I've seen that before, but don't remember how I got there. :D Certainly some very creative things have been done by man over the centuries... all it takes is a little time & some determination to make it happen. ;)

I thought I had it set at 30bar Kalle, but I noticed here lately that the gauge is reading 35bar. :eek: Keeping it planted is all about finesse. ;)

When I 1st started learning with the rc excavator more than a decade ago, an ol' pro come to see my hobby & within a minute of me showing him the model's ability, he said "you can quickly tell who's good & who's not by how much the tracks move up & down while they're digging".... that's something I took to heart from then on.

In the vids of your's I see, you spend a lot of time sitting on rocks... where as I am flat footed on clay & the tracks will grip much better. ;)

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Did you ever finish the pup trailer for the green globeliner?

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Hey Joe, I recruited a new member today. I'm at ConExpo, the Gates hose booth has 2 Vario hoes, the keeper of the models is interested in learning more about the machines!
I told "we" the forum would be glad to help out!
Cheers, Neil.

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Have fun at ConExpo! Would be nice to be there by myself...

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Put it on your "bucket" list! Been to every show since 1987.
Cheers, Neil.

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Good work Neil. :cool:

Somebody from Vegas joined yesterday by the name of Kpro.

We'll do what we can to help out. :)

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I tried to work at the interior of my workshop the last couple wks of warmer weather, but my lower back just won't let me do that kind of heavy work anymore, so I got builder crew to do it this week, 3 guys did it inside of 2 days.

front entry – room is 24 x 30 sq feet. I have a 12’ width roll up door directly left of picture. I do my cutting, grinding, welding in this room.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps2c97dcfa.jpg

middle room – 18 x 30 sq feet. There will be a semi circle of sit down workbenches to the left of pic, going around from one door to the other door on other side of room. To the right of pic will be where my manual lathe & mill sits. The room has a closed in roof so it can be heated warmer than rest of building, I can work in a T shirt. Lots of room for new projects & old projects & space to make quick repairs to get equip back in the field asap.

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back room – 18 x 30 sq feet. Dirt floor, a place to mess around & test out new equip, painting parts, ect. The 850 will come out here after seeding to move piles of dirt around wall edges to seal up building from outside weather.

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back room – I will cut a door opening here to access lean-to structure. Lean-to will be 13 x 40 area, which will give me access to my house via a tunnel.

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this pic shows where the lean-to structure to be built this summer, but 1st I need to pour concrete slab in corner of house, northward 15 feet (camera currently pointing south), then lean-to will be placed one foot over north edge of concrete. Then the Lil Giants Constr Co will dig a 15’ x 4’ x 7’ tunnel under the concrete slab over the next few yrs. Approx 15.5 cu yds + additional yardage for elevated ramp to rise to ground level at approx. 12° incline.

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In a wk or 2, hopefully it's above 10C, I primer & paint the walls a bright white. Then the electrician will do his thing while I'm planting my crops in May... and sometime this summer I set up shop & start using it! Boy oh Boy do I have a lot of ideas & projects that have stacked up over the last couple of yrs. :D

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Oh Lord the possibilities!! Train layout, shop, crawler course, road course, off road track, construction site......Geez

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That's a dream come true!! In a few years I will be relocating to a house with detached garage, often thought about a tunnel from basement to garge, so me and the animals can come n go as we like. Keep us posted on the progress of the new shop. I always like to see where others do their works.

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Strictly constr for me... one money pit is enough... too many hobbies & nothing gets done. ;)

I've been dreaming about it for a long time Cooper, I'm looking forward to having everything toolwise under one roof, instead travelling between farms to use my hot metal tools... and the space so I can build/rebuild more than one at a time, my short attention span as it is. ;)

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looks great Joe!!

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That's cool, after reading some of the things on the net about some crazy Canuck using rc toys to dig out his basement it's only fitting to have a new construction building with something left for the little giants to out source. And to be clear about the crazy Canadian thing,,, I'm jealous , and wish I had found the rc construction hobby earlier in life as it's always been something that my inner child has desired. As I'm building the d11 I'm keeping an eye out for a haul rig, excavator and so on. And it's appreciated that you share your trial and errors. As there isn't really any mainstream of this high end stuff instructions just forums like this. I'm curious to know if you are going to build a TBM? (Tunnel boring machine). Lol!!!! :) conveyor belts,, ect, lots of possibilities. :)

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Thanx Dean, getting closer all the time... :)

And thanx again Cooper... I started this community in 2001 on Yahoo Groups forums, then I moved it to Garden Trucking in summer of 2005, then we started again with FreddyGearDrive with this current forum in Fall of 2010... so we've been around for a long time... although it's really just in the last 4 or 5 yrs that the RC heavy commercial hobby has exploded on this continent with organized exhibitions & club get togethers; both private & commercial local manufacturers of parts & kits... and globally too , for that matter with greater ease for the individual to do international commerce to build whatever he/she wants.... what a black hole it was back in 1996 for me with no internet & just a few pics & script I saw in some plastic model truck magazine from NY, USA that did a feature on Wedico rc trk kits. :eek: :D

I don't suppose I'll ever outrun that "Crazy Canuck Basement Digger" namesake... I was a little disappointed with the original story line that started it all in 2012, but at least like-minded ppl such as yourself saw it & found your way here to join us to share & contribute with your own talents of ingenuity & discipline to make the hobby that much greater for everyone as well. :cool:

TBM? that's my JD850!!! :D :cool:

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Wow, Joe for all these years you have been the mainstay here.... I as well found this by virtue of your basement work!!! Thanks to you I am now addicted! Now I have someone to blame it on!!!!

Michael

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You're Welcome or I'm sorry... take your pick Michael. :p :D

I got this Fumotec B4206 4x4 kit Feb 2012... it's come in handy to rob parts from it to fix my JD850, as well as upgrade other models too with some beefy parts. But I replaced everything taken from it with the box full of goodies I got from Fumotec earlier this week. :D

With everything painted and ready to go together, I started assembly last night and not long I was scratching my head thinking WT?, why won't this fit together. :confused:

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An email to Frank & a few hrs later with him telling me that the red brushless motors have to be milled to fit... so, I masking taped the bell openings & used my dremel with a grinding disc to shave 2mm off each motor. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psf9863d88.jpg

Being that I got this kit 2yrs ago, Frank (Fumotec) has since upgraded these tiny red out runner brushless motors with special order shorter ones blue colors made specifically for his kits (B4206 tractor, WA 500 loader & B50/45 ADT).

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This is the electric steering actuator. The 4206 will still have 3 valve hydraulics for implements, to be shown later. ;) :D

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Cooper, here's the simple clevis I made on my minimill that took me... well nevermind how long :D... but it will never break. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps4bc4049d.jpg


Maybe by next wkend I have this together. :)

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

lol thanks Joe...... and very nice build by the way.......

michael

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Glad to see you are making progress on the Bell, Joe!

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Nice & big workshop you have joe-so you are building a tunnel. This should be a few years work. By looking at the tunnel size I am assuming that it is 15' from your house and will be 7' tall and 4' wide. Is this correct? Do you have a dig plan that you could share? I didn't think an excavator could dig on a vertical wall. Is there another machine in the plan? Also will you shore up the walls and ceiling with wood, metal, etc.? Will be watching ....

Re: Hauling Dirt out of my basement (present day)
 

before you start your tunnel have you thought about a concrete slab over it on top of it from garage to the house
to prevent a collapse from weight of snow or animals or atvs etc

I know it some times happens like when I was a kid and dug tunnels in the side of ditches in NMex , a friend parked his bike on top of our fort and the roof came down on the three of us that were inside thank goodness we had room for the dirt and us and everyone got out ok but we never thought about it coming down lol

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps15702739.jpg

You see how the west porch is narrower than the main part of the house? ...that's where I intend to pour a 15 x 15 foot slab of concrete, plus the narrow area to the right between the shop & house will be concrete too to carry rainfall away.

The camera is pointing south. The tunnel will be northward of west porch, starting in the middle of porch. Tunnel depth will be 7' under concrete and then elevate at 12 degree incline to ground level.

I intend to drill 6" diameter holes 2' from main house foundation, two rows in parallel, spaced 4' apart north of porch. Then I'll insert 4" x 4" x 10' PWS posts in the holes to help support the cement & give me something to screw PWS sheet to to crib the vertical walls. I'll place 6" square 1/2" plate steel on top of posts, plus lots of rebar in the concrete, plus drill holes into house foundation to insert rebar... that should be one solid mass, with 80% of concrete resting on undisturbed ground. ;)

I think the reach of the JD850 is about 30" vertical, so the tunnel will be that height till I get all the way across. Then cut the floor down another +4'.

Before I pour cement slab, I'll lay three 1" plastic pipe the length of tunnel & drill 1/4" holes every 12" for the length of each pipe, so I can add water here to soften up the ground to dig it out... for every hole I reach while digging inward, just tape it off so I can keep adding water to keep the ground moist for easier digging. ;)

Once the concrete work is completed & cured, then the lean to structure will be put up. Then get the spray insulation guy to do his thing and lastly any electrical necessary... with a little luck, it should all be done before next winter. :)

Where I'm standing with the camera (north east corner of shop), I intend to put a hot tub in this corner! It'll be out of the way & out of the elements... and I hope it's the cure to my lower back pain that has been getting worse & worse the last 2yrs.

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I'm excited to see you finally building the 4206. I'd still love to build what we talked about in St. Louis. Hope it goes together well and speedy, I'm anxious to see it operating.

Ben

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This something new to me... using these brushless motors, one on each wheel; each motor has to have it's own esc too to power it. :eek:

I messed around all day yesterday figuring out the programming sequence & getting perfect neutral so both sides start/stop equally... now to do the other axle & hope I can match it to this one.

Robbe has a esc programmer, though I didn't know of it till I started this part of the build... I'll probably get one b/c I have more of these types of esc's to program in the future. ;)

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I don't remember Ben... :confused: is it the pan? I intend to use it with this, as well as pull the 10th scale pan & have dirtpusher9's dozer pushing it full. ;)

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Yeah that's it Joe. A pull pan would be real nice.

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So how long do you think the tunnel project will take?

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2 to 3 winters worth of activities... maybe a bit longer. That JD850 dug that last section of wall in winter of 2011-12, that measured out to approx. 7.2 cu yd.

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Getting close to run status... got the 4 esc's to talk equally to each other. :)

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Shortened up the wires & soldered.

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Had to a little bit of dremel & hand filing to get the front axle to fit.

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The electric steering in place.

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Just got to fit the hydraulic system & start tuning the tx.

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It was a toasty warm day today here of +9, so I did a little hauling out in the late afternoon... I'm standing in my livingroom to take the pic... I walked up & down the stairs about twenty times in an hour or so... a good bit of excersie. :D

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