Euclid R18

[Trucker Al]

RCP,

Why are you using a lead acid battery? 10 NiMH C cells are much lighter and give you as much capacity. I actually use lithium packs in some of my trucks the they are even lighter and save space.

Trucker Al

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Great looking dumper and the green is perfect looking..

[RCP57]

So the sun is out, the truck is running(but not finished), and I'm thinking of shooting some video. What resolution should I film it with and what is the easiest way to post it?

[td9clyde]

looks awsome i think i would run two 7.2 bateries together to make 14.4 like we did in my dozer save on the weight and then you could make a lil detriot motor to cover the batteries

[td9clyde]

oh and it also gives it more detail and realism

[rockNmayhem]

Wow have to say the paint really changes the looks from the plain old steel look. I love the stance of it but also agree that an engine under that hood would put it off the charts. Great work.

~Tyler~

[td9clyde]

still a great lookin truck

[td9clyde]

i have two venom 5000 mih bateries i get 45 mins to an hour now that i have been running it

[Espeefan]

Awesome! Even your boat is made from aluminum! And you say you don't have the same level of metal fab skills. The dump truck turned out great! Incredible work.

[Izzy]

nicely done! Looks terriffic!

[RCP57]

Thanks guys! There is a lot of detail work left to do but I have a harder time motivating myself with the small stuff.

[RCLogger]

Another great build Reg.

We Vancouver Island folks will have to plan a weekend event before the Albernie show for a meet and greet.
My excavator can load your truck without and problems. What scale did you build it ? We tend to build in 1/14 scale... Looking forward to putting your truck to work..

greg

[RCP57]

The truck is about 1/10 scale. Let me know when you guys are planning something and I'll see what I can do. It's not that much fun having a truck like this without something to load it.

[RCP57]

Here's a short vid of the truck hauling three shovels full of wet sand. My battery died pretty much right away so I didn't get a chance to film another better video. I haven't done anything new to the truck lately but hopefully soon. I think I need to replace the 540 motor with a more powerfull one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBBcM...yer_detailpage

[TheMachinist]

Looking good!
It's nice to see a scratch built model under power and doing what it was built for.
Now the truck needs a friend like an old steam shovel with an electric conversion like the ones they used on the island here for road building way back when.

[RCP57]

I hope to build a Cat 955K(1967) track loader next because that's what we use to load the real truck at home here. It's only 6 years newer than the truck(1961) so it will be close in era. I haven't been around any shovels so I wouldn't know where to start building one.HAHA I wish I was rich and retired(but not any older) so that I could build more of these things... I like logging equipment too...

[TheMachinist]

Originally Posted by RCP57

I hope to build a Cat 955K(1967) track loader next because that's what we use to load the real truck at home here. It's only 6 years newer than the truck(1961) so it will be close in era. I haven't been around any shovels so I wouldn't know where to start building one.HAHA I wish I was rich and retired(but not any older) so that I could build more of these things... I like logging equipment too...

"Rich and Retired but not any older"
I couldn't have summed it up any better myself
The 955K sounds like a good match for the truck. I'm looking forward to seeing that build in the future!

[TheMachinist]

Originally Posted by TheMachinist

"Rich and Retired but not any older"
I couldn't have summed it up any better myself
The 955K sounds like a good match for the truck. I'm looking forward to seeing that build in the future!

Here's a photo of an old Erie steamer much like the one my dad worked on. His was converted to electric power with a remote power supply.

[doodlebug]

For some steam shovel footage see chapter 3 http://video.pbs.org/video/1747929120
reminds me of my favorite book "Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel" They were definately animated in operation!

Later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug.

[RCP57]

I finally did a little more work to the truck this week. Got to play outside for a minute between rain squalls...http://youtu.be/nupRfwlEVQA?hd=1