Unit Cable Hoe

[RCTech9]

Bucket looks good.

[SmallHaul]

Originally Posted by Stuff

wow that does sound tricky! what did you use for the heat? propane torch or go to oxy/acc torch?

A little map gas bottle with a hose & torch head.

Originally Posted by RCTech9

Bucket looks good.

Thanks.

I used some scrap aluminum that I had laying around to jury rig a stick & boom to figure out the best length and pivot locations. Next I need to add the pulley at the top of the stick and the pulley down by the bucket because pulley the cable 1/1 is a little too fast and having twice the power will be nice. I have the servo rate turned down so that it doesn't move too fast setup directly... I'll probably use these dimensions on the final boom. It digs ok with this sloppy setup so, with teeth on the bucket and a bigger mouth opening (the stick is in the way on the jury rigged setup) it should dig very well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXdtQ9FA-Xs