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

Hi joe, I'v seen a few people use these.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCXGG

I dont know how well they fit under the trucks or anything but they are metal axels?

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

Thanx for the tip Buzzy, but after looking over Travis' review thread on them... axles are different ratio, gotta buy the whole set and probably too narrow as well for the bigger tires I'm using, all rear duals are already shimmed out with the tam stock axles. Plus the higher reduction I don't need, got plenty making the trk alomost too slow now.

http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...ead.php?t=6008

Got about 4 or 5yrs use out of each tlt axle before they snapped... cost of doing business. :rolleyes: :D

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

Ah yes ok, iv just seen a couple of people use them, thought I'd let you know just Incase, but if the others lasted that long it's not too bad anyway. As long as they still build them how they used to 5 years ago :p

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

you can always go for the non driven metal front axle if you can sacrifice the traction it gives you.

im thinking with that much weight in the bed it shouldnt even matter

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

That powered front axle makes quite a difference, moreso when it's empty, and especially now with a pup in tow... no flat road where these trks go.

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

I got the last of the loose material cleaned up, about 10 bd loads were dry enough to crush & will be used for backfill... give me something to do while waiting for the next area to soak up water, then do some more digging.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psd99601ec.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psec29af66.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...psd0e59172.jpg

Big pile of fines to go out! Perhaps I get started on some of it within two weeks.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps0fa1a923.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ps2938a66f.jpg

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

Whooha! Thats a lot of dirt to get out yes! :) Plenty of buckets and loads! Would be nice to help you out with the 470! :)

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

You should have a haul meet in your basement. You can eat through that in a day with enough people.

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

I like his Idea:D. But that is indeed a lot of dirt. I cant wait for the next series of videos.

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

How's the 963 doing? Any problems? Nice big ole' pile of dirt you've worked up.

Ben

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

Yeah that is a great idea but you would have to convince Joe that he likes people first:p.

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

No no no, I run the hoe, you just show up with a dump trk & I'll keep you busy. :D

Most of that pile is from last winter, knocking down over 7cy from the wall, might have gotten out maybe 2cy last summer (tore out & rebuilt 3 miles of barb wire fence last summer, didn't have much ambition at the end of day for dirt hauling)... probably added more than cube this winter to it from the floor dig & other stuff.

Yeah, it's too bad for me there aint no interest nearby for contract trkers... much like 1:life size, I kinda hate trucking, unless it's really short distance hauling... gonna be alot of trips up the stairs to look out the kitchen window for a 3D view to jack knife the pup each load... although the exercise will no doubt shrink the middle of me that showed up after I sold my cow herd last yr. :eek: :D :p

I don't think there'd be room enough for more than 3 trks with the single lane way, which shouldn't be too much wait time between loads, 1 is loading, 1 is going out or in & 1 is dumping.

The 963 is working great Ben, just how I want it to now. :) ...although I don't like those Scale Art tracks with its large holes in the middle of them. They're great to let the dirt out of the track link, but also let in alot of dirt too, which seems to jam up behind & on top of the front idler wheel, it's always squeaking/squeeling travelling in reverse & seems to be quite a bit of resistance at times too. :(

Also, I think all the track link pins are made from brass :confused: & every one of them is bent slightly, which causes binding/stalling issues with the sprockets/drive motors occassionally... gotta replace them all with steel pins. :rolleyes:

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

Impressive work done with those models. If I was a serios model manufacture I would have sent you models for testing durability, can't see that anyone else doing this as much as you!
/Dan

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

Joe the German build these things for toys and we like to use them like real ones,what we need it scale dirt and rocks. That would solve the problem. Ed

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

when I get my new truck ill lock up the axles and see how busy you can keep me :P

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

I think I make the "manufacturers" cringe Dan :D, finding the flaws in what they spent so much time & $ in R&D to develop it... I sent Scale Art a message through their website with some questions that I was having trouble with their model, just before xmas ----> no reply as of yet. :rolleyes:

That's something that is often not realized Ed, the dirt doesn't scale down to 14th scale density! it is what it is. :)

Don't forget your gear reduction options Dean, chrome don't get you home, but more gears will. :D Shoo Goo the diffs is much better than full locks, the corners are tight! :eek:

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

Hah they dont want the models tested. They just want to sell you eyecandy at absurd prices :)

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

You wouldn't make me cringe Joe :p If my mack would fit through the window, we'd have that pile out in no time :D .

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

there the classic ways of getting it in the truck..

http://www.dimensionsinfo.com/wp-con...ent-Shovel.jpg

it has been 20 years since ive touched a wheelbarrow tho

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

Your Mack needs a lot work yet Steve before it could climb that spiral, starting with better tires with thicker sidewalls, and much much lower reduction to keep the spd constant so you don't jerk the load off, there's an 8' stretch on the 1st incline that's 14*! ;) How tall is it anway? The Mammoth fits through the window. I'd probably have to widen the entire roadway 8" for you and double the width in the corners. The Mammoth only has an inch or so side to side & 4 or 5 back ups to make each corner.

Using a 20L bucket (5.2us ga) for a volume measurement, what's the mack hold?
Each tandem trk & bd trl is about 4.5L and a 27" semi trl is about 7L.