Re: 990 cat loader (Earl Shiebbed)
 

thanks Dan , No it'll get a more rigorous test sit right here :eek: It would've made it through the STL weekend if some dummy had put a filter on it :o:(

I had the elements sittin on the bench for weeks just never got around to making the canister :( After gettin settled back in today I spent an hour or 2 making it up tonight .

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Re: 990 cat loader (Earl Shiebbed)
 

Really Steve? Running without a filtration system? :eek: the 990 is a tough machine but, not that tough:)
How long did it run before big trouble? Scale it up and probably as long as the real thing would last with no filters:D
Thanks for posting pics from the meet...by the way....looks like I need to send ya a new CAT hat for Xmas. :);)

Mario

Re: 990 cat loader (Earl Shiebbed)
 

actually it ran 40 hrs before the break down :(:o Yea I forgot to pick 1 up when I was at the dealer for a battery for the 247B and my paint :o always in a hurry :rolleyes:

Re: 990 cat loader (Earl Shiebbed)
 

So 40 hrs X 14th scale = 560 hrs? :p:p. nahhhhh, the old girl would last longer than that! :o

Bet ya can't get one at the dealer with a Canadian maple leaf on it!:cool:
I'll get ya one. You are now on my Xmas list :D

Mario

Re: 990 cat loader (Earl Shiebbed)
 

well it turns out the valves are the culprit :( I knew it would happen :rolleyes: steel wearing on aluminum with piss poor tolerances . at least the filter will catch the particles till I get my valves finished . I also turned the pump around so the belt is at the back of the machine as opposed to between the main motor and pump motor . should be easier to change the belt now :rolleyes: . No , no maple leaf on our hats here .

Re: 990 cat loader (Earl Shiebbed)
 

o-rings came in after lunch for the filter . so I took a few min and put oil in an gave er a go :) back in bizz now :D:D will not get a vid till this wknd in the rubber pit :rolleyes: I'll have to tie up 75% of it's HP just to make it look like I'm workin it hard :p

Re: 990 cat loader (Earl Shiebbed)
 

Glad to hear she's back up and running:). You must have brought it to a CAT dealer to get such a quick repair time:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Mario

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lil bit of me time today :eek::o
got the front fenders and light post fabed up . they came out much better in brass :D then aluminium welded :( I may mill out my own lights . these look like poo :rolleyes:

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Aww look at those cute Lil' mudflaps, precious. :) lol

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I was in the possible future 1300 SQ ft quarry cleaning up broken block this morning . I'm getting ready to build a rather large dbl fireplace with bread oven base . When we built the house in 97 we went with a craw space doo to not quite enough green and were not gonna live with in-laws what-so-ever . So the shop was added later with a small basement area for a furnuas room to have some real heat (coal) nuff history :o got some pics no vid batts dead on cam :mad:
lookin through the 2nd opening
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not sure I'm going to do it but it would be a nice place for a few hrs of after hr operating time :o

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Fenders and lights look good now just get her finished:)

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Is it cement floor there already?

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yea but very rough , when we poured it had to be 1 of the hottest days :( the load came hot to begin with coupled with dry hot stones at 2 " rat slab it was all my dad and I could do to get it raked out . the ledge in the pic is half the base for the fireplace + a cap on the buttress wall. the ground here is tight close to your clays but put sand stone rocks in it . in the dry spell , it takes some time to scratch through with the 307 cat excavator I had . We hit ledge in the north east corner (straight back under the pumbing ) I'm just not sure I want to knowing whats under there . It'll sure be some model engineering fun :eek:

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A heated playground for the winter!:eek::cool::cool:........lucky dog! :)

Mario

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I'm gonna have to build low pro mining equipment for my crawl space. At best, 18" is all I have at the high end. It would be a great project though. How heavy is the loader IHBuilder?

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OK official weight 46.6 lbs without the cab finished . I guessed about 40-50 lbs awhile back :eek: not to far off :) ( I think I pulled somethin :eek::p ) I used to throw 50 lb seed, fertilizer, and lime bags up on a hydro seeder for years so I guess I got a feel for it :rolleyes:

I decided to go through with the basement dig :eek: can't think of any logical place to store my coal unless I start another building :eek: I can just see the township :eek: beside , I got some new machines coming on line this year :D I need a good proving ground :o .

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started fixing another weak link today . I kept having issues with my valves sticking open and leaking :mad: The culprit p---- poor tolerances in the valve heads . The leaking was coming from a 6mm ID oring on a 5.8mm OD shaft :rolleyes: So Made new 1's out of brass . 3-4 hours setup and tweaking and 1hr run time tops between the lathe and mill .

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old
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new
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thanks for lookin

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whew a little time in the shop with the cad off and the mill off :eek: Did some rearranging with the hydros and electrics . now I can use 2 bats and keep them under the hood :eek: . Also no more leaky valves :D the operator got a bench seat though :rolleyes:

all nice and tucked under the hood :o
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Re: 990 cat loader
 

What a beast! Are those standard sized servos in the cab, running the valves? Gives a really good feel for the size of this loader!

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HS 85 MG

thanks Nate , she'll do what a man and shovel will do :eek: well almost till the guy gets tired of waiting for batteries to charge :(