Mack Granite with Dump Trailer
 

Well heres another project ive been working on the last month or 2 its a mack granite conversion and a End dump trailer. Trialer has one of the 5 stage scale art rams and is powered by a UMS pump.
Thank you Ed, Tyler, and Steve for help and input during this build. You all have been very helpful!
Well heres what people like a few pics and a video :)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psa06ad010.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps615aabbc.jpg
Hmmm tri axle with front lift axle now that's nice!! ;)
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps38801923.jpg
The front on the truck are RC4WD tires and Steves rims and lugs Polished up
Here is a closer shot while I was shinning them little lugs up
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psf1f0fe29.jpg

And here's a little teaser video for you....
http://youtu.be/OYVePl4i6f4

Don't worry more pics and videos coming soon!!

Thanks for looking! And Comments, suggestions, and input are always welcome!!

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Wow! That trailer is incredible.

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wow man nice work truck and trailer are awesome.

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Whoah! That trailer is awesome! Smooth side, all polished. The lift cylinder is smooth as glass. Your UMS pump is so quiet too. Let's see some more pictures!

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WOW!!

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wow can't wait to get this up and running, you have done some amazing work!!!

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Awesome combo! I'm in love with that trailer. Smooth side, lift axle, polished, exactly what I have been wanting lately. Did you build it?

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Looks great, Aaron! Glad you got this one up and running. Is the pump contained on the trailer? I couldn't see a hydraulic line running across.

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Your tractor and trailer look very good. Ed

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Looks great Aaron, really nice. Anything scale art is smooth as silk. Good lookin' combo.

Ben

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Super Nice Set you have there. Very interested to see more. Did you get the cylinder in the group purchase from last year? thanks for posting.

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And priced like German silk!

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Well when you want the best you pay the most and you are right about the German silk I think I paid enough silk to make a shirt with this one LOL!!!!

Scale Art said they would do the cylinders again but the smallest order they will do is 5 cylinders for about 575 euros with shipping, think I might have to do another order.

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Sweet set up you have there, for a man that just recently surfaced on this forum your work is getting better with each build by leaps and bounds. Excellent job on that trailer especially.

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Nice looking combo Aaron! Did you sratch build that trailer? You've been cranking out some awsome builds lately. Great job!

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awesome rig. i always thought the bruders were a tad bit smaller than the tamiyas, but it doesn't look that way at all.

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Awsome set up that dump trailer is sick looking love that smooth side.

TONY

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Very nice trailer,I was wondering when someone would do one of Steves smooth sided dumps looks good with the Dog;)

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thats not mine :confused: thats JMI's ( Ralph)

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Thank you. It did not start out this nice at all..... I wanted to throw it against the wall a few times but its slowly getting there as I rebuild it. It started as a (ralph) trailer.....

Thanks!! I try

Yes the cylinder is exactly that scale art im loving it. It can be tempermental until the air bubbles are all out though.. More pics are coming soon. ;)

:) yea its pretty nice.

As long as you like it that's all that matters :) This trailer was worse then the first one.. But I think its coming along nicely. I can say this... I have had every screw on this truck out at one point or another.... (theres a lot of screws....) lol

I did not build this one And if I had the metal tools I don't think it would be too hard to recreate.. But better.. Ill put in a good work with the owner im sure he'll sell it.

Yea its been a pain as you know but its working pretty smooth now. I wanted to make it completely self sufficient but this ram takes way too much fluid. In the videos the pump is actually sitting on the table behind the truck. Video 1 shows it in front of the truck. Everything will be on the truck and trust me that's no easy thing with fitting the battery,2 esc's, pump, receiver, and now having to use 2 tanks for fluid killed the pump hiding in a dummy tank.... No worries ill make it happen one way or another..

Thank you!! The owner and I thought they would look good together.

Oh yea!! Ive seen a few items of theirs and I have never been anything but impressed. and like with anything else you get what you pay for!!

Yes the cylinder is from the first purchase last year. I plan of posting more in the next 3 days as I am off and am doing nothing but finishing this combo by Friday! ( I really hope)lol

Its just money right??? :p Maybe with Izzy and Steve making some nice looking dump bodies now more people will be wanting one....

Well thank you!! Yea not too bad for only a year now in the hobby.. This will make truck 11 or 12 and trailer 10 I think that I have rebuilt or completely built. Im loving it its fun!! Now if I can learn to paint good and do better body work id really crank them out..

It is scratch built but not by me originally... I did however tear it all apart and rebuilt it so it was functional and worked good.

No they are not too bad... This os only one of the Bruder Macks. I hope to start another build In the next few months with another one.

Thanks Tony!! I like both the ribbed and smooth sided trailers.. It wont be as shiny as Benny's but it'll have just the right amount to look good.

I wish it was Steve's I wouldn't of had to rebuild it!!!!

HAHA yea that was the first to go those JMI stickers he had..... I burned them is that bad? :)
Put a rush on those Tanks!!! :) ill call ya tomorrow anyways got a few more questions to bounce off ya.


Thanks for looking ill be posting more pics in the next few days

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OK more pics. Had a few people ask me about the suspension so here you go
PMD Trailer air ride drop arms
Russ's air ride for the arms and "airbag mount"
A lot of adjustments shimming etc. to get the right hight. Rear two axles have springs in them for support. the lift will have empty bags and prob a servo to lift.
Put the rear panel on and you can see it has mud flaps across the entire back and the rear door is slightly polished. Hand polish only on it unlike the sides that were buffed out.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps2bb8f5a1.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psdcd9d471.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps49771b91.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps733d391e.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psf00224fc.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psebc8b4c6.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psfd01862b.jpg

Heres the lines JD just waiting for the new tanks to run them to the truck,
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps35d785bc.jpg

Thanks for looking I need to find a **SMALL** 7.2v lipo battery at least 5k mah.. anyone got a good place to get them from??

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Boy oh boy it looks like the elf in Santas work shop has been busy LOL!

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Looks great Mario. Thanks for the extra photos.

How small is small, for the battery pack? SMALL usually means you are stuck with a 1,600 mili-amp pack or somewhere near that. Can't really get the capacity as high as 5,000 mili-amps with something tiny. In my experience, most 5,000 mili-amp packs are going to be about the size of a 7.2 Sub-C sized 6 cell NiMh pack. Maybe a touch smaller.

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Well it depends.... If I end up making front door windows on the mack and blacking them out ill have to put the battery there.... But where I was going to put the battery the pump now has to go.. Still trying to make it all fit somehow.

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Aaron, I've seen guys stuff the UMS pumps in one fuel tank, and then use the other as the hydraulic oil tank. Might be something you could consider. Daycabs are always so short on space. I kind of wish there was a way to put a wet kit on my KW Needlenose, but I just don't think it's going to happen!

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Very Nice...Always a fan of a good MACK build

Alfy

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Diddo! I'm a fan as well!

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I have to run duel fluid tanks due to the fluid volume needed to run the cylinder, original plans were to put the pump in a dummy tank..

Thanks guys!

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Sweet combo!! You have been cranking out some really nice builds.Keep the pics coming and great job!!

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Aaron, I've been looking around for small 5000 mili-amp packs, and I came across one in a different thread, here on the forum. Might be worth checking it out. Turnigy 4000 mili-amp, which is a little less then you might want, but it's one of the more compact battery packs I've seen. No idea of the quality though. I'm not really a LiPo guy.

http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...&postcount=107

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Yes that would be perfect!!! Doesn't have to be LIPO but just figured they are smaller...


Ok so heres an update.. was Looking at the cylinder mount and didn't like that it was made out of the thinnest possible sheet metal possible :mad: (doghouse or whatever you call it) So I decided to venture into metal work :eek: :cool: Well I can say this I need better tools but for only using snips and a vise im pleased with it. so heres the thin POS that broke lifting 20lbs
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps895ca46f.jpg

So I took some thicker plate and made this
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psd44049e0.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps67a57324.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...pscf1a8674.jpg


Then made a polished shiny cover :cool:
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps008f9ade.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps64762d40.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps4f636093.jpg

Didn't turn out too bad for a newbie in metal work lol




Ok so then there was the issue as to where the ----- to put the pump now... So since I was all into cutting metal with the snips today I cut some more, and some plastic and it resulted in this.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psf075f6ea.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps5d0db752.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps5793aa44.jpg
:D

So hopefully tomorrow I can get everything soldered in and secured electrical wise. The Battery will just have to sit in the front seat for now until I figure a better idea for it. hmmmm Let me ask this.... If I Run a BEC off a 7.2 to run the pump and servos, can I run the esc for the drive off a separate battery thru the same receiver if I clip the red wire? I have a 11v battery I can run the drive off of but the pump is only 7.2 max.... suggestions?

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missed this one oops thanks buddy!!

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The new dog house looks pretty good for only using basic tools, Aaron. I didn't think the UMS pump was that small! Gee, maybe I could fit one in my truck someplace after all.

As for running two different battery packs - one for the pump, and one for the truck's drive motor, you should be able to do that without a problem, and use the same receiver for both. Assuming your ESC are identical, you don't have to worry about pulling the red wire of off one ESC, even though they will be running different battery packs and voltages. Their internal BEC output should be almost identical, regardless. If your ESCs are different, and have different internal BEC output ratings, then pick the ESC that has the more capable internal BEC, and pull the red wire off the ESC that you don't want to use. Or, buy an external BEC, and pull the terminal pin for the red wires off both ESCs. There are a couple different ways it can be done.

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man i wish i was your neighbor!!

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Yea I think I got the battery situation figured out.
Yes the pumps are small, quiet and strong!! I like them

LOL the house down the street is for sale... just sayin..


OK truck is fully functional minus the new tanks that are on their way. So heres all the wires done I still may add a second battery if I cant find a big enough MAH battery that fits. Heres some teaser pics no videos until the new tanks arrive.... :rolleyes:

Heres under the hood where the battery is mounted, the driveline ESC, receiver (which will be airtronics but I don't have the TX here....) steering servo and leads from pump esc
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...psc837b4f4.jpg

And here is underside esc for pump is in the dummy tank.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ps1590a7a5.jpg

What ya think?? :cool:

And the cab is free for a driver still didn't have to use it. :D



Thanks for looking

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That's one beautiful dump trailer awesome job!

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Wow just awesome.

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I have that same rig in yellow, not a huge fan of all the plastic. But that trailer is sweet

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here is an idea for ya for powering this whole unit off one battery solder a bec to your battery cable an use your 11.1 pack and set the bec to 7.2 volts and then solder that to your pumps power leads just an idea is all.