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Old 01-21-2016, 03:44 PM
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Hi all ,been away for awhile ,looks like a great turnout at cabin fever ,I'm jealous ,lol! been busy with work ,life ,3 yr old boy keeping me busy
Have a project in mine for this year involves a bruder mack cab
Couple of projects I built for my son in what spare time i have
A sandbox digger and dragline




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Old 01-21-2016, 04:02 PM
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Oh very nice! I bet the lil' operating engineer loves those. I had a sandbox as a kid but never with anything as cool as those.
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Old 01-21-2016, 05:14 PM
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Oh very nice! I bet the lil' operating engineer loves those. I had a sandbox as a kid but never with anything as cool as those.
Thanks Finster ,the dragline is a little complicated for him ,he'll get the hang of it soon ,I played on it for over 30 min the other day ,lol!!
mabey another year may add another spool winch for the boom ,didn't want any pinched fingers ,have plans for a sandbox cable hoe also ..
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Old 01-21-2016, 05:39 PM
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Nice toys dad! Welcome back pumptech
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Old 01-21-2016, 05:45 PM
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Pretty cool!! Jealous of the kids, my sandbox was scrap pieces of 2x4 and a tree stump!! Lol!! I've been looking at those for a nearby campground I frequent in summertime. I'm sure they are a huge hit with the youngsters!! Heck I would have fun with them!!!
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i seen the you tube videos very cool dad!!!
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Hi all ,been away for awhile ,looks like a great turnout at cabin fever ,I'm jealous ,lol! been busy with work ,life ,3 yr old boy keeping me busy
Have a project in mine for this year involves a bruder mack cab
Couple of projects I built for my son in what spare time i have
A sandbox digger and dragline




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when I was a child I would have loved to be your neighbor.
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Old 01-22-2016, 08:18 AM
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Nice toys dad! Welcome back pumptech
Thanks ,my dad was a welder by trade wish he would have built me some of these when I was a kid ,lol !!

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Pretty cool!! Jealous of the kids, my sandbox was scrap pieces of 2x4 and a tree stump!! Lol!! I've been looking at those for a nearby campground I frequent in summertime. I'm sure they are a huge hit with the youngsters!! Heck I would have fun with them!!!
Thanks Cooper ,there fun to run

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when I was a child I would have loved to be your neighbor.
Thanks mcl f ,you have some cool models

Here's a pick of the spools for the sandbox cable hoe in the works
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Old 02-02-2016, 08:27 AM
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Well got finished up the cable hoe for the sandbox ,its works great ,had some old wheels laying around out in the shop ,wanted to make this one moblie
Used a sucker rod pin and coulping for the 360 swing it works great put a little grease on the threads spins very easlily ,Little Jake has some traning to do ,lol
Here's a short vid of myself trying it out ,couple of pics
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who else see's cooper building a pedal power shovel
to load his haul truck faster!!
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Nice crane build.
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Old 02-03-2016, 12:55 PM
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who else see's cooper building a pedal power shovel
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Nice crane build.
Thanks Bobby
Thought about putting a cab on the cable hoe make it look like a little Bucyrus Erie sometime soon
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I'm wondering how long it takes before you decide to convert them to hydraulic.
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I'm wondering how long it takes before you decide to convert them to hydraulic.
LOL what I was thinking!
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I'm wondering how long it takes before you decide to convert them to hydraulic.
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Were going to take off the dragline bucket and try a clamshell bucket
bucket is still in the works
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http://youtu.be/-qRCKo0Sj5o ,got the clamshell bucket built for the sand box ,vid of trying it out
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