Euclid R18

[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.

[RCP57]

That looks very similar to one these two sitting in Atlin BC slowly sinking into the ground.

[TheMachinist]

OOOOOh! I smell road trip.
I might have to take the camera and get a bunch of photo's of those machines.
Live Steam, R/C, and model loaders. That would be a unique build.