Liebherr 574

[RCP57]

I know these have been done by a lot of different people so there isn't really anything earth shattering going on here but I thought I would post what I did anyway. Maybe something is done differently and it will help someone out and if not it will provide a hand full of pictures to look at.

I asked my wife for one of these for Christmas. Like the good little woman that she is, she made sure that there was one under the tree for me Christmas morning.... I also asked for a new YZ250 MX bike but she didn't buy me that...

Anyway, I spent a few hours staring at it Christmas day, took it apart on Boxing day and then worked my a$$ off the last two days to get it nearly complete. My mode of thinking here was to try and keep it as stock looking as possible through the conversion and add some metal parts as needed later on. I did order up some cheap crawler tires yesterday and had no intention of trying to use the stock tires but I wanted to see it move. Those who know me well, know that once I'm "feeling it" I have a hard time stopping for anything until it is finished. This is what happened here and if I wasn't short an actuator and had the right ratio gear motors in hand this thing would be complete! It is however, up and running and fully functional as is. When I get the parts I need I will clamp the motors into their tubes and everything will get painted to match the rest of the machine as needed.

Being a hoarder, I of course used some parts from my stash. For instance, the tubes that hold the motors are stainless steel pieces from old solar yard lights. They are very thin but also very strong. Using them allowed me to retain some of the plastic diff housing on either end. I also mounted the steering servo in the front and modified the stock Bruder "steering rams" to be used as the push/pull rods. I think doing this kept it looking unmodified in that area. I also spent about two hours yesterday machining a "fancy" bracket to hold the lift cylinders to the boom. It was a bit of a pain to get the positioning just right but I think it works good and there aren't too many extra holes from screwing up.

[RCP57]

I used 3 Hobby King ESC's to run everything in order to keep the cost low. They seem to work fine and fit in quite nicely.








I modified the rear grill so that battery swaps go through the back instead of out the top. Once I got to this point I was supposed to stop and wait for the new tires to arrive in a couple of weeks...I couldn't help myself...




I haven't filmed a video yet but I will in a couple of days. That's all for now. If anyone has any questions, I will try to answer.

Thanks for looking!

Reg

[Nhrafan]

Looks good Reg !!!! Really clean conversion . By the way I asked for a 69 Camaro for Christmas , and you guessed still waiting lol !!!!

[Supermario]

You definitely made quick work of this one Reg. Looks great so far. One question. Did you manage to maintain a rear axle pivot ? It looks like it's mounted solid?

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Nhrafan

Looks good Reg !!!! Really clean conversion . By the way I asked for a 69 Camaro for Christmas , and you guessed still waiting lol !!!!

Birthday coming up perhaps Keith?lol

Originally Posted by Supermario

You definitely made quick work of this one Reg. Looks great so far. One question. Did you manage to maintain a rear axle pivot ? It looks like it's mounted solid?

Thanks Mario. Yes, the rear articulates exactly the same amount as stock.

[djcrabtree]

Very nice and clean conversion. I hope to have the patience and skill set to do something like this one day.

[RCP57]

Articulation shots...

[cabs]

awesome Reg

[RCP57]

This one is for you Mario! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCQMj6Hq2kc

[Cooper]

1) really?
2) a couple days!!!
3) you should have been on of them fancy engineegers
4) looks great!
5) parts look to be made for that (esc, actuators ect)
6) printer is cheeper than a yz
7) king of conversions
9) nice parts for manual milling.!!
10) are those actuators just rebranded for RCP ?

Ten things of after Christmas!!

[RCTech9]

Great work as always!

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Cooper

1) really?
2) a couple days!!!
3) you should have been on of them fancy engineegers
4) looks great!
5) parts look to be made for that (esc, actuators ect)
6) printer is cheeper than a yz
7) king of conversions
9) nice parts for manual milling.!!
10) are those actuators just rebranded for RCP ?

Ten things of after Christmas!!

1) Yes, really
2) Yes, I started yesterday morning. All together it took about 16-18 hours
3) Possibly...
4) Thanks!
5) They fit surprisingly well
6) True, but can't I have both?
7) I wouldn't go that far
9) I did something right for once
10) Unfortunately no

It should also be noted that number 8 was missing from your list...lol

[liftmys10]

Looks great! Nice job on the speedy conversion.

[Azonic]

Must say that was one smooth conversion, well done!

Great that it does wheelies, when you need to impress the womans!

[fireguard62b]

What size actuators did you use? And it looks great.

Now to build my one up to one of our military loaders.

[bigford]

you ever stop?? geez!!!

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by liftmys10

Looks great! Nice job on the speedy conversion.

Thanks, it went together much easier than I thought it would.

Originally Posted by Azonic

Must say that was one smooth conversion, well done!

Great that it does wheelies, when you need to impress the womans!

Haha! When my wife came home from work she was excited to see it finished. I showed her how it all worked and popped a wheelie. She asked if she could try and I started explaining how all the functions worked. She said "so I go backwards and then go forwards quickly to do a wheelie?" ....apparently she wasn't planning on loading dirt with it...haha!

Originally Posted by fireguard62b

What size actuators did you use? And it looks great.

Now to build my one up to one of our military loaders.

1, 30mm and 2, 50mm will do the trick.

Originally Posted by bigford

you ever stop?? geez!!!

Um, no...

[Mikem]

I think all f Regs speed is connected to his work bench , from first laying out his logging truck to numerous other projects I see his bench of choice is his tailgate . So since I don't have a garage big enough to hold my pick up truck ,I decided to bring my tailgate downstairs , I think this will improve my modelling standards . And as a side note since I will need my tailgate my bench will remain uncluttered . Mike

[Cooper]

http://youtu.be/CgX_o981HkA
Oops , #8

Lol!! Some competition for u, or a learning guide.

[Kaf343]

Another awesome conversion Reg, looks great.