Excavators\wheel loader\dumptruck for a newbie

[frizzen]

RTR can be pretty nice, but don't make for very good build threads. Unfortunately construction isn't usually cheap to get into.

I haven't gotten to gone hands on with them, but i wouldn't be scared off with upgrading those. Balance expectations, you're not going to be digging out a basement without hydraulics. But it should to broken dirt and rehandling pretty well

I know several guys in the last year or so have gotten the metal Huina 1580 excavators and done some upgrades and repainting. The servo screw-drive upgrade seems to be a big help.

The huina 1573 on road dump looked pretty cool, but i'd missed out on getting to see it run at our last meet.

There are a few small companies making upgrade kits for Bruder excavators, dozers, and stuff... plus a couple that will even build them into RTR for you

Bruder also has a nice Mack dumptruck that can be upgraded, or a lot of guys use it to rebody Tamiya truck chassis.