Skeeters contracting services

[skeeter]

Yes sir that it is. I wish I would have found a battery pack with a plug like that on it. it would have saved me a LOT of headaches.

[skeeter]

This just came in the mail today!
8 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr
Now I have everything needed to finished the New Bright tractor conversion.
This one cost 3 times the cheapo Chinese ones, BUT it came WITH instructions. Not that I need them for it, as it's CLEARLY labeled what wires go where! Seeing as I've fried 3 of the cheapo type on the Bruder Mack build, I think I will abandon the cheapo Chinese ones, & go this way from now on! I just re-ordered 3 more of these lil gems. Now off to hobby central I go, so I can FINALLY complete the tractor build!

[skeeter]

Well POOP! I just finished tinkerin in the garage. The ESC I bought on Evilbay ONLY has a forward function. I spent a bit trying to figure out hoe to calibrate it to the radio. Once I FINALLY figured out how to calibrate it, I tried to run it a bit. After getting it all put together, & bothering to get the camcorder out, I finally realized my mistake. I just ordered a different ESC that has Forward, & REVERSE capabilities. Soon as it gets here, I will install it in the tractor & get er did!

[Northern Farmer]

That’s a bummer. Atleast you have the correct ESC ordered now. Did you have a chance to install your new track motors on the 4200 ?

[skeeter]

No sir, I've yet to get around to the 4200 upgrades. Washington weather this time of year doesn't allow for much play time, WITHOUT an indoor play area. Since I don't have indoor play area, I haven't touched it.....yet.

[skeeter]

I FINALLY finished the tractor
Frizzy, you sir were correct about the connections on the cheapo ESC's. I fried one more even with it hooked up correctly, AND only hooked up to a 7.2V NMH battery pack, while trying to get the New Bright tractor conversion finished. It now has FWD, & REV functions. Here's a lil video of testing it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30tb...ature=youtu.be

[frizzen]

Looking good, maybe a bit quick. But it is Turbo Tractor.

Hay wagons suck to back, the short tongue on that makes it even worse.

[skeeter]

Originally Posted by frizzen

Looking good, maybe a bit quick. But it is Turbo Tractor.

Hay wagons suck to back, the short tongue on that makes it even worse.

Really sucks to back it. It's even worse then backing up the millennium style dump trailers, as the tongue is SO short on this wagon. The video was shot in the TURBO gear for moving down the roadways from field to field. I didn't get video of it driving in the farming gear. The bad part, the gear selector is on the rear of the tractor, just above the 3point hitch. There isn't enough room for me to figure a way to servo activate it. Guess lil skeeter will have to get off the tractor every time it's necessary to change from farming mode to get er done mode(s).

[skeeter]

Originally Posted by Northern Farmer

That’s a bummer. Atleast you have the correct ESC ordered now. Did you have a chance to install your new track motors on the 4200 ?

This is what the problem was with the 4200
4200 drive sprocket parts by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr

Those are the pins that keep the drive sprocket connected to the motors. I started to replace the motors today. I found that (I was fairly warned this may happen) the motor mounts needs the motor hole enlarged to fit the upgrade motors. I spent over an hour with the Dremmel tool trying to do one side of it. I only got about half way done with it. I realized I needed help. Having heard the owner of the LHS talking about a guy they know that does custom machine work fir them, I called them. I dropped off the motor mounts so they can resize the motor holes fir me. HOPEFULLY they get er did faster then the 3-4 weeks I was quoted

[skeeter]

If anyone needs/wants a set of 4200 stock drive motors, send me a PM, & we can negotiate terms. I no longer need them, thanks to Rimrock AKA Soyland Industries & his upgraded motor kit he sells. Here's a link to the BST thread with them in it. http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...ad.php?t=13070

[Northern Farmer]

Yeah I also had to bore out the motor brackets on mine. Dropped them off at a local machine shop and guy did it for 25$ for both brackets. Picked them up 2 hours later. I too tried doing it myself with a dremel but quickly lost patience.

[skeeter]

Originally Posted by Northern Farmer

Yeah I also had to bore out the motor brackets on mine. Dropped them off at a local machine shop and guy did it for 25$ for both brackets. Picked them up 2 hours later. I too tried doing it myself with a dremel but quickly lost patience.

I'm glad I'm NOT the only one that decided it's too big of a project to tackle on my own. As far as cost, I've no idea what that will be.......yet. I hope it's NOT too big of a surprise!

[skeeter]

Check out this video! I like it, showing how to make 2S, 3S, & 4S batteries.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsxVbwgALiw

[skeeter]

Here's a neat & simple video to make the XT60 connectors EASIER to unplug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap8qlzApfzo

[skeeter]

Also found this neat lil vid of how to remove a cell from a LiPo that has a bad cell.
Yeah, I'm a lil bored tonight, & have been on YouTube learning a bunch tonight......Well, I hope I'm learning a lot. I know some vids there give miss-information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaaF84KFAek

[Efroeh]

hi skeeter did you ever receive that 1/16 army truck off of ebay? I haven't gotten mine and I see the seller is suspended so I'm trying to get my money back. was wondering if you had any luck?

eBay just refunded my money. took maybe 5 minutes.

[skeeter]

Yes sir, I got mine. I now have 2 of them. The original that I pre-ordered (forgot where I pre ordered it from) AND the one I bought from Evilbay.

[skeeter]

Well, I tried to make a lil progress on the Weyerhaeuser logging truck yesterday. I found a sketch fir a Peerless headache rack that I would like to scale to size. When I scale it out, the size of it on the computer screen, I watch it change size(s). When I try to print it the size on the paper DOESN'T change. I took it to the FedEx Kinko's yesterday to have them give it a go. I brought the original printing, AND a thumb drive with the original picture on it. I told them what sizes I wanted to enlarge it to & asked if they wanted the thumb drive, OR the already printed version. They declined the thumb drive option, & took the printing behind the counter. I was thinking possibly they have a different copier machine then I've seen before. They would have to in order to be able to enlarge the picture by, (just throwing out a few #'s fir an axample) 125% top to bottom, & lets say 130% side to side. They ran a couple of different prints, & brought them to me, with a ruler. I measured them, & neither was what I told them I wanted. On was close enough to the right height, but WAY too wide. When I told the gal that neither would work, & what I needed to have happen, she said they COULDN'T do that. I'm NOT too tech qualified, but I could have told them that a copy machine WOULD'T get the dimensions that I needed. I thought they were a print shop! Shouldn't a print shop know how to take a thumb drive with a picture on it, & manipulate it to the dimensions that a customer requests?

[skeeter]

Here's a picture of the print that I took them. This had the measurements that I wanted, and the current dimensions written on it.
Log Truck Headache Rack by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr

[frizzen]

Since they suck, try this with mspaint and word

http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...ad.php?t=11281 post 22

Also, do you have tire height and axle witdh on the m35 yet? I had an ebay scam shutdown the one i had coming.