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Wow, really nice work Mario and Sue! Love the lights, and the spit shine polish! I can see why you don't want to get it dirty.
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The way I see it Sue, if he polished it once he can polish it again so get it dirty! Lol
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It's Mario who wants to get it dirty. I want to keep it shining for a bit....lol
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So it's all about dirty trailer or not? Any idea how dirty I got sanding and polishing!?? I probably contracted some type of aluminum inhalation symptoms? I think I heard it can make you lose your memory but I can't remember....
So after all that, I think it only fair it's time for the trailer to get dirty! I have no issues with some dirt, what I fear and want to avoid are scratches The trailer is too big, heavy and awkward to run on the dryer motor wheel now I wish there was a magic spray I could apply to seal and capture the shine we have and never worry about it again but..... Yeah, right! Lol Mario |
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The bad thing about loading or running it in the dirt is that the sides will get dusty, and when you wipe or clean the trailer off, the fine dust will scratch it!
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Just keep in mind my loader is a bruder conversion, not the real deal, so no plans on real backyard dirt for now. I'm thinking , various wood chips ( chain saw chips and sawmill chipper stuff.) moist floor dry perhaps and rubber grind like the stuff at Indy last year. Now that its all together I see a flaw in my assembly already! I should have connected dump body wiring to chassis with a connector instead of hard wiring from box right to the board! Oh well , if it needs to come apart in the future, that's when I'll install a junction block of some sort. Mario |
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that is one sweet a$$ rig !! I too would have a hard time in the dirt with it. have you lit up your tanker trailer yet. i need to light mine up soon? your lights on the dump are very nice great job!
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And if we combined our backyard roads we could have a road area of 50X100 ! lol. Hmmm due to road maintenance costs, I think we need a toll booth at our property line! Roflmao. I plan on getting started on the project after the Indy show. Weather permitting and work load, I hope to get the section across the back done before winter. Once I get the loop done you have no choice but to come up here!. Sault Ste Marie is nice. 80,000 population, warm summers, friendly people. Quote:
There is one downfall to a all black truck. Outdoors in the hot, high noon sun the body gets really warm, almost could say it gets hot! I kept an eye on it at the Clifford show and placed in the shade. Which reminds me, next year I want to bring a heat measuring gun to see how hot it gets. Haven't started the tanker lights yet. I changed my mind and want to do the reefer trailer next then tanker and finish with the lowboy. The dump trailer wiring went real well ( or maybe I'm getting better at this ) The double wall sides with enough room made the job easy. I really hope Izzy finds a shop because I'd love to have some more of his stuff! Mario |
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I gave ya the walk around tour of the future road... Here's my truck testing it out for the first time. Just a couple soft spots to deal with and I have to trim the top of the hill, the quad axle turns into a single axle as it crests the top
http://youtu.be/HnQ7VJre40I And a video of Sue's truck with flatbed and lowboy. http://youtu.be/-__3O8UVZQ8 Thanks for looking. Mario |
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hey mario the video looks great...reminds me of the trucks driving the dirt roads back in nova scotia in the woods to get loads of logs or christmas trees...i could watch the video over and over ..it came out very well.looks like you will have quite the truck park up there.i am trying to convince barb to sell our house and move out to the sticks .it would be pure bliss to have a truck park also and to be able to look out my window and see the garage that will have big zeus completely tucked in for the winter and safe...i will be watching the process of this..must be cool to have a scale trucking company and literally own the roads you drive on too
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Thanks Dwayne, glad you liked the video..... I really need to get a Gopro camera! It's almost impossible to drive with one hand and film with a IPad in the other Of course with Sue's help video taping will be easier in the future.
Anyway, had an idea how I can build and use the road right now . RC road building will start next summer but this year getting the loop complete is the focus. Check it out http://youtu.be/d9KngRo--vc Mario |
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looks like it works pretty slick mario, nice!
im heading north in a few weeks.... may need to detour on the way home! i like the shingle idea, maybe lay them on top of the finished road too, give it the blacktop look?
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By all means Al. let me know if your in my neck of the woods
My holidays start on the 19th and I'm off till September. Anyway, more progress on the backyard project today. I was telling some guys at work what I was up to and someone mentioned a perfect material to use as a road bed. Not sure the exact name the steel plant calls it but, it's "slag crusher fines". This stuff packs as hard as concrete! and its cheap to buy Only con is the strange fact it smells when it gets wet for the first few months, almost like fish guts smell is the best way I can describe. then it stops. Something to do with the process at the steel plant gets absorbed by the slag??? Just a temporary issue anyway. Enough chatting! here's some pics! and now with a pile of shingles, the road continues........ thanks for looking and all comments and suggestions always welcome Mario |
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Hey Mario, slag like's water when compacted, water causes chemical bonding.
Plate compactor's are just the ticket. I've hauled a lot, and graded with it, when Geneva Steel was still around, Supply is dwindling here now. No, the slag won't kill weed's! Lime Stone fine's are great too. Go for at least 2'' thick. 3/8'' minus will compact better than the 3/4'' road base. Cheer's, Neil. |
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Backyard road circuit completed!!
Managed to get the backyard loop done today and took my truck for a test run. Ran bobtail twice in each direction for starters, all is great! Heres some pics of the new section along the backside of our garage along the property line. Im thinking of filling in the area between road and garage and put in a weight scale station and rest stop so I can have 2 way traffic on the "highway"...lol Living up here in northern Ontario on the Precambrian shield means our highways come with something that not all are familiar with....ROCK CUTS!! It's a nice long stretch of road. From the start to the turn in the back is 80ft , hence, that's why I figured a tight rock cut in the middle would make things interesting and heres the latest look of the gravel pit area.Now as I look at it... I realize that sometimes being anal, and always trying to be symmetrical is bad. When was the last time you saw a perfectly square gravel pit??? When this is all complete by next year, the road will have a gravel pit, weight scale , loading dock and truck shop area thanks for looking, any ideas and suggestions appreciated. Mario |
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Looks awesome mario! i really like it....i may just have to go get some shingles soon
so if you have scale rock cuts, where are the scale potholes and cracks from the frost? LOL obviously it isnt a scale highway 11!
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Yes, low maintenance and easy to cut the grass. I'd love to put up road signs and even powerlines along the road but the way it is right now, when its time to cut the grass....I just cut the grass! no fuss, no muss. Mower runs over the shingles, nothing has to be moved or covered. Perhaps if I host a local RC event I can add signage but for now we are liking what we got thanks guys. Mario |
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That's awesome! You say the mower doesn't want to lift the shingles - that's great.
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