Parkinson Heavy Haulage

[Hofabooz]

Hi All


So after being a member of the forum for 4 years now i have final found a good local RC truck Club and have started to pursue my hobby actively.
Early this year my wife bought me a 3D printer for my birthday and this has helped inspire me to produce all kinds of items some of which you will see through this post.

So Parkinson haulage is a small company to date and the Fleet consists of a MAN Tractor and a flatbed trailer an RC converted Skid steer which is where this post will start.
It has plans to grow and in conjunction with monthly visits to an indoor RC truck running event at Ribble Valley Radio Control Truck Club there will be more to follow am sure.
Next conversion will me a Mercedes Sprinter for general yard and construction work.

So to start with hears a few photos of my Bruder conversion to RC video will follow later however I will need to set up a youtube channel so please be patient.

Comments guidance greatly appreciated.

Convesion of Bruder to RC with 3D printed parts to hold the motors.

[Hofabooz]

With the RC skid steer operational additional l attachments were required.
So after some work in Fusion 360 and some printer time the skid steer now has the original Bucket , Forks, dozer blade and a spkie which i have not printed yet.

[Hofabooz]

So after the CAD pics now the real deal so to speak.









The Yeelow forks were to big not to scale but just thought i would show them as it is a design process and you dont get it right all the time LOL

[Hofabooz]

Hi all

So what happens when you have some forks you need something to load onyou your truck so some more work in Fusion 360 and we have the CAD for some Euro Pallets and 205 liter or 45 Gallon drums.

Enjoy







Then the items themselves

[Hofabooz]

Hi All

So when you have a truck pallets and a loader what to you need ?
Racking to put the pallets on so back to the CAD for more design work.



Followed by some printing and then you have

[Hofabooz]

Hi All

So now at the company we have Fork lift / load some pallets rack and loads we need a flat bed to load them on too.
My Trailer was a box so q quick conversion was in order.



Strip down required top box removed





Deck boards are coffee stirrers and the cross beams are candy floss sticks thus making this a nice lo cost job.







Some spray varnish will be used to protect the surface




I needed a head board so a quick look through the scrap bin I found a suitable piece of steel quick cad sketch adn a print later and we have a temporary head board.



This has all been dome with out damaging the original box or mounts this it can be changes back into a box trailer by just removing the headboard and reinstalling the box.

[Hofabooz]

Hi All

Trailer is ready load are available we are nearly ready for a running session at the truck club however how do we keep the loads on the truck bed.
Well after a bit of though and a look through the stock box som stainless steel bar was found and some mount printed to attach it under the trailer bed to provide attachment points. These are definitely a work in progress as i intend to revise and fit let side makers to them for MK2



Temporary fixing with double sided tape for testing



This now means loads and equipment can be secured for trans port to the job site and delivery at the club.

After discussion with a friend he advised on a design for a load strap see below thanks Fred



Which enables the securing of the loads









RC Skidsteer ready to be transported to the jobs site
Please give feedback on the look of the load straps

[Hofabooz]

Hi all

So club day comes and I load up and drive to the meet.
Which I cannot wait for as Parkinson Haulage will be picking up its new loading bay and office from Fred. Which will required some refurbishment work however it will provide a travel case for the Truck and the trailer which is desperately required.


















Link to a video of action at the club in my loading area excuse my bad operation of the skid-steer I'am still learning

https://youtu.be/4A7z_Z03kbg?t=14m19s

Fred working in his bay next door to me one of the jobs for the skidsteer is to clean up around loading oppertion around the club site watch the whole video and you will sear there are various work zones in progress.

https://youtu.be/4A7z_Z03kbg?t=10m45s

Some photos of the new office back at base and ready for some renavation to start and a shot of how it bouble to transport the truck.
Thanks Fred office/loading bay in safe hands.

[SteinHDan]

Very nice work!!

How are you making your decals? I mean the Shell and BP stickers.

Best regards,
Stein :-)

[Hofabooz]

Hi Stein

Hi Have used a dyesub printer i have a little Canon Selphey portable printer that has paper and wax for printing which is water proof then i use 3M double sided tape on the back.
It works out more expensive than an ink jet photo print however it is water proof if you do not need the water proof you could just use an inkjet and photo paper.

this is the link for a printer https://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-SELPH...M5E02PA9B3XFHE

this is link for paper and ink https://www.amazon.co.uk/Canon-KP-10.../dp/B001BJKO3M

Just remember if you go down this route fit as many decals on the page as possible each time you print due to the way the wax and paper works you are not saving any costs buy not filling the page unlike with an inkjet you use less ink.

hope this is of help and thanks for your kind comment.

[frizzen]

Wow!

You've been really busy. Those are really impressive, i'm amazed at what can be done with a printer.

[Hofabooz]

Originally Posted by frizzen

Wow!

You've been really busy. Those are really impressive, i'm amazed at what can be done with a printer.

Hi

Yes its all great Fun thanks for your feedback
The printer is a great tool and a steeping stone to metal CNC work for me.
However the access to the Full Fusion 360 packet which is free to hobbyists is what makes it possible there are so many tutorials on line i had never used CAD 6 months ago and I have a lot to learn however if you can draw it a printer or other CNC machine should be able to help you make it within reason, which opens up endless possibility.

[Hofabooz]

Hi All

The transport manager (me) has reported to the owner (me) that the engineer (me) needs to urgently provide more pallets for distribution of freight and construction items as at the last job (club meet) there was a short fall quotas were not reached.

With this in mind as you can see it all falls to me the printer is on over time producing more pallets.

They have also put a requisition in for the loading bay and office lighting as not being able to work at night is causing operation issues.
Thus me (the designer) general get it all done guy) will have to design and produce some lights soon.

Well that's 8 more ready for assembly and more in production.

[Lil Giants]

Your simulated ratchet strap looks pretty trick, I've never seen anything like it attempted before, good work!

[Hofabooz]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Your simulated ratchet strap looks pretty trick, I've never seen anything like it attempted before, good work!

Hi Joe.

Many thanks for your kind words that means a lot from you, I have followed your thread for years great work.

Many thanks

[Lil Giants]

Many thanks for the fan support, much appreciated... you're well on your way to creating an awesome trk parcour for yourself too.

[sandfarmer]

I have often wondered if I would ever be able to pull off using a 3D printer to create accessories for this hobby with ease. While I'm sure it wouldn't be as easy as you make it look it sure makes a guy want to try it! Is the CAD program something that came with the printer? I fear being able to convert designs to files the printer can use.... GREAT work! Really interesting!

[Hofabooz]

Hi Sandfarmer

The 3d printer did not come with any design software.
However there is a lot out there to chose form.
I started with 123 Design free and loads of great tutorials out there for it have a look on youtube etc.
I have now progressed to Fusion 360 alos free to Hobby user educators etc it starts with a 30 day trail then you can convert to a free model have a look on line.
This package is a fully blown system and has some great features such as the built in support for exporting files for 3d printing.
Again there are mnay turotails online and even free webinars form Autodesk who make the Fusion software.
One of the great features is that most items in the McMaster-Carr catalog have a 3d model that you can import and use within the Fusion product I have used this for nuts bolts etc great time saver.
In the future i hope to cent a CNC metal mill and the Fusion software supports this with a CAM section to set up the tool paths etc.

So thats my 2 cent's have a look around thre loads of information on the inter net and you dont have to pay lots of money for software.
Enjoy

[Hofabooz]

Hi All

Recent trip to the truck club some progress on the goods yard some new equipment and staff.
More updates soon.

Gates for the Haulage yard spot of 3d Printing and some recycling of scrap in the garage





Plan is to motorize the Gate watch this space for updates

Two new employees Frank on the pallet truck and Bob is driving the new forklift truck





General shots of the yard and the new Gate section gate house to follow and a widening of the Yard as i need more space.













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[Rakthi]

Only just stumbled on your thread.

One word: WOW

Some amazing work! Love your commentary!

Waiting for the next update