[CustomRCmodels]

Originally Posted by Mustang

Paul,

I've been looking at those on the web also. It appears to be an upgraded and RTR version of the Robbe forklift Willy has. His was the older kit-built version and is a blast to drive, I've used it a bunch at Indy. It seems very durable as long as you don't lift too much weight. If the rear wheels stay on the ground, you're good. My only concern would be run-time with the supplied battery but that could be fixed if needed.

Hi Dennis ,
That isn’t the Robbe forklift , ( even thought similar looks ) mine ( which you been having fun with all these years ) is an old Dicki , which is also Tamiya Germany , Carson etc ….
And yes , from the looks on Carsons website and videos it seams like they basically did what I had done several years ago to the original Dicki fork-truck , but with different mechanics and nice touch with the 2.4Ghz radio system .
Here is a link from the “good old days” ( Lol ) before the first Indy truck show :
http://customrcmodels.com/id10.htm
in the meantime I added additional gear-reductions to the drive-wheels ,
which gives this fork-truck the wider stand on the front axle and better drivability
and here in this video from last year ( starting at 4min 20 sec ) you see Dennis having it’s fun with it :
http://www.youtube.com/customrcmodels#p/a/u/1/f7S2SV-nuZM

and on this video you see some close-up loading action
http://www.youtube.com/customrcmodels#p/u/5/g24FF6nkAfg

it’s obvious , what Carson did here , they used the same molds from the old Dicki fork-truck for this new updated model