S&M construction open for bizz nizz!

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by jack van

Mario just a heads up on the dirt you have piled around the tree at screening plant if dirt gets higher it will kill the tree

Thanks. I was wondering about that and any effect. I love the canopy of shade all the trees provide and don't want to screw that up. Good news is my theoretical new layout of the screener area will take all that dirt away from the base of the tree.
Can't wait till spring!

[Supermario]

Time for an update.....
Back in September my good friend Goose19 ( Allen ) was in town and wanted to play in the pit. I said what do you want to run? Truck, dozer, hoe, loader?
He said loader.
He ran it for about 5 minutes and was ready to start loading the truck. On his third bucket he approached the truck bucket up, ready to dump when all of a sudden the drive ESC went crazy! The loader went to full speed forward and climbed right up the side of the dump box! for a split second I looked his way as to say... What are you doing!
So, long story short. Both ESC 's are cooked and ordered a few new ones. the look on his face was priceless! nothing he did wrong, just the timing was hilarious it happened to him and not me.

This weekend I finally decided to install the new ESC's when I realized I've got lots of repairs and upgrades to do, never mind new builds like conveyors I can't even test in the yard right now!

Loader all done and was testing and setting up the valves when I noticed a lot of heat coming from the pump ESC. I posted this video before knowing what was wrong and found out later in the day, the brand new out of the box , 10 dollar China ESC was bad.
Anyway, here's the video with my new ground rubber I got and its really going to help get me through till spring

http://youtu.be/s077lXSqPV0

[Supermario]

Wired in the new ESC lastnight and sure enough, as soon as I get it running perfect I want to push it and see what it can do.
History repeats itself. 2 years ago when my bruder loader was brand new, never seen dirt I did a push test.
Just had to do something like that again I guess.

BTW. Still original cylinders, valve , the drive servos, first pump failed within a few hours of run time but new one has been great ever since.
Replaced servos and ESC's that's it.

http://youtu.be/zPOnNvA9WrU

And the test from Feb 9th, 2013.

http://youtu.be/N1LbphVww9s

[Cooper]

Looks strong!! If it were me, I would have hit it too fast and knocked over the stool!!! Our wintertime is for fixing and building, get them all ready to break during the summer, fix and run till winter, vicious cycle hu!!

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Cooper

Our wintertime is for fixing and building, get them all ready to break during the summer, fix and run till winter, vicious cycle hu!!

Much better than doing cocaine but just as expensive !

A package arrived today......can you tell what and from who?














And a basement video playing with my batch of ground rubber. ....definitely need more if I want to fire up the hoe

http://youtu.be/kVtQrXt69BM


Thanks for lookin

[Lil Giants]

IHB wheels? Did I win a hat too?

Looking good!

[BRICKNICK]

Looking great Mario....I wish you weren't so **** far away. You got one heck of a fleet now.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

IHB wheels? Did I win a hat too?

Looking good!

winner winner!!!

Sorry Joe. I have a hard time giving a CAT hat to a JD man.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

Looking great Mario....I wish you weren't so **** far away. You got one heck of a fleet now.

I hear ya Nick..... I just wanna retire at 55 and just travel the country going from rc show to rc show. .
And thanks bud. I appreciate the compliment and also blame you and every other person on this forum for making what I have! Lol

[Lil Giants]

Yeah, you're probably right Mario, the hat would likely just burst into flames & turn to ash.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Looks good Mario! Hopefully you don't get to much Bling on that thing or you wont want to get it dirty!

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Looks good Mario! Hopefully you don't get to much Bling on that thing or you wont want to get it dirty!

I agree! No more bling! .....especially when the Canadian dollar is lower than has been in a decade!
steves wheels were a must but that's it! I don't mind the stock tanks and I got no problem with the steps so no more bling!
There's room for other upgrades though. Started today when I took the advice from the forum and finally filled the steer tires with BB's.
I bought a container today with 1500 bb figuring that should be plenty... Very surprised when I fit the entire contents into 2 tires and had a little room for more what a difference though, no more popping tires off the bead and each adds some good weight! Each wheel now weighs 12 ounces!
The other upcoming upgrade is a 4:1 GRU I ordered from PMD. Reason being, if I'm going to get Reg to build a pup, the truck better be able to pull it!
Don't worry Reg..... Next winter build

[Supermario]

I probably shouldn't admit this but.... I haven't run the excavator since I shut the pit down for the season

Thanks to the new indoor basement friendly material, I can run it and practice....and do I ever need it!

http://youtu.be/75iZOmOrO5o

[Supermario]

Basement fun is coming to an end, will be outside soon........so I keep telling myself.
I've really enjoyed having the ground rubber to move around and get me through the off season but always found a broom didn't clean things up very well when playtime was done. Turns out a rubber edged dust pan worked the best to gather the rubber back up.
Because of that I added something today you will never see on a 1:1 loader bucket.... A rubber cutting edge!
And a great way to clean up rc style! Still needs some tweaking to get it right but so far so good?

http://youtu.be/opOChoZxgi0

[TRUCKMAKER]

I can't say I've seen a rubber edge on a bucket but we do have a 1:1 plow truck at work that has a rubber edge on its belly blade so that it doesn't tear up our durability events.

Looks like it does a pretty good job

[doodlebug]

Garbage transfer station loaders use rubber edges.
Cheers, Neil.

[Supermario]

Backyard update!!! .........

Still closed

[Cooper]

Won't be long Mario!! Down south here I finally have the frost gone in the pit. But now it's been rain, rain and more rain. Not heavy but just enough . I'm heading to a show this weekend and will be wearing the (no slobber on yet) cat hat for ya .

[Mikem]

Are u also bringing your flatbed cat load to go with your cat hat 😄. Mike

[Supermario]

Always seems when forum people are at a big show that I can't be at, I end up working on something in my shop to ease the pain I guess.

Doing some upgrades on the toy dozer today. Been wanting a blade tip function and made something to test proof of concept. So far so good and can't wait for feild testing!













And here's a video of the first test run.

http://youtu.be/5Kyiqj7sIrU


I've got cabin fever! Wish I was there....