Hayes HD dump truck...RCP's style

[Mikeo78]

Wow. Very impressive. Great job on the metal work. Seems like a shame to paint it! Lol

[RCP57]

I made a little progress with the driveline today. I didn't want to use a stock trans because it is so bulky and high geared. My attempted solution was to buy a cordless screwdriver and tear it apart. The one I bought came from Walmart and was only $10. It is a nice little planetary setup and seems to have enough power to spin all 8 tires on my bench with a few pounds of weight on them. I made up a little mount for the drive itself and bolted it into the frame. I used the 1/4" hex coupling, slotting it with a diamond wheel to allow fitment of the stock driveshaft. If it all works out I will have plenty of room for batteries and electronics under the hood...

http://youtu.be/121Yo9JeOnY

[JAMMER]

Hi Reg that was a great idea. I saw it on You Tube and it looks like it fills the bill. Ed

[RCP57]

Thanks Ed. Only time will tell if it holds up but I think it will work out fine. It is easy to swap out so for $10 I will buy another as a spare just in case. After joining the other island boys at the show in Campbell River I figured that a slow truck was way better than a fast one. Being set up on tables is just fine but a little bit of a concern when your truck doesn't like going really slow! My KH has an 85 turn motor with an 11t pinion and it is still way too fast to ever use 3rd gear. At shows we are always in a confined area so there isn't much need for a big, bulky 3 speed. This drive should have an output speed at the axles of around 120rpm at 7.2v. It looks to be just a little slower than my KH in first gear.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Mikeo78

Wow. Very impressive. Great job on the metal work. Seems like a shame to paint it! Lol

That is a very common statement with Reg's metal work. We all thought it was a shame to paint the 850 also!. It just shows how great his metalwork is. We paint things to hide the raw state. This stuff has nothing to hide, leave it raw!

Mario

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Wow Reg this truck is incredible! Do you use filler rod all the time on the thin stuff? Years ago I played around with TIG and could fuse weld thin stuff but could never seem to do well when adding filler rod.
Thanks for the drive idea with $10 Walmart screw driver, I've had one on my bench for 2 months in the package to power a screw drive. I finally took it out of the package to see how it did at building a set of frame rails last night. Surprisingly it worked well in its original form.

Keep up the great work you always do! It's fun to watch!

Kent

Haha, I bought two screwdrivers(one has two speeds) not knowing which one would go on to serve another purpose. I ended up using the $10 one because it had a little more rpm. Now I think I will keep the more expensive, 2 speed one for installing screws....until I need it for something else that is

I sue filler rod quite a bit but not always. It really depends on the joint but it always seems to be stronger when I use filler rod even if it gets ground off.

Originally Posted by Supermario

That is a very common statement with Reg's metal work. We all thought it was a shame to paint the 850 also!. It just shows how great his metalwork is. We paint things to hide the raw state. This stuff has nothing to hide, leave it raw!

Mario

If it wasn't for gluing on detail stuff, I was contemplating polishing the cab... I really liked my 850 in it's raw state too but once it was painted it looked like the real deal to me...I even thought I could smell bark chips from the log sort once while looking at it(losing my mind, I know). The Hayes will get some paint. I just haven't decided which logging company colors and logo will be on it. Kind of a shame in a way though because I am proud of my skills with aluminum and most people assume that it is just plastic once painted...

Reg

[RCP57]

I made some more realistic looking front wheels today in between other projects. They are 2 piece aluminum and bead blasted. Now I have to make the rears when time permits. I also ordered some more aggressive tires today.


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Reg