LilGiantsConstrCo

[Lil Giants]

I'm just using the rear plate to bolt the F350 transfer case to the back of the stock trans.

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RC4WD offers a better option nowadays with a wee bit more reduction over the f350 case & you probably won't have to lift the trans quite as much for clearance.
http://store.rc4wd.com/T1-Disruptor-Black-Transfer-Case-2181-Gearing_p_859.html

I just drilled the stock leaf springs to bolt the TLT's directly to them... used a dremel on the axle to make a divet for the leaf spring rivet, help center the axle over the leafs before drilling the holes.
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[Lil Giants]

Finnished digging across to the wall last wkend
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I have a bit of a hump in the middle where the water didn't penetrate deep enough, didn't want to make anymore mud at this time.

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... it's been snowing or raining all week, so no hauling out. I had a little bit previously crushed dirt to dump into the wall, using the loader with the new bucket it now fills the KH 2.5 scoops! previous spade bucket was a little more 4 scoops.

This one scoop!
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And what's left of the 3rd that doesn't fit.
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I have this here radiant heater, starting using Tues to dry down the moist dirt quickly and have been screening since Wed... half the pile is seperated already, with the lumps dumped behind water heater & the fines added to an already massive pile.

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Gosh!!! talking about snow thru the wkend, I don't see double digits yet in the long term forecast even... my air drill is still sitting in a snowbank!!! :eek: This time last yr I started seeding on the 21st of April. :rolleyes: Too wet & cold to do anything productive outside and running out of space to do things inside. :(

[Rvjimd]

Ya, the wx stinks here in Iowa as well! When is it gona warm up?

Anyway, Joe, you could make a quick little video for us. That might make everyone a bit warmer inside:D

Jim

[Stuff]

thanks for the pics Joe!!

I have both transmissions, so I guess I'm making one heck of a tranny like yours and one backwards looking one if i got enough parts left over lol. I plan to put a planetary up front and you just cant do that on a HL stock tranny.

and yeah, snowing like a bugger here today!! its half way through friggin April!!

[Lil Giants]

Video? that just eats up too much of my data cap, which if I hit my cap for the month, it sends my speed back to the dark ages & makes navigating this forum even, extremely painfully slow! The videos will be few & far between till an alternative comes along. :/ Thanx for your interest though Jim. :)

Dean, the HL trans has a huge amount of reduction built into it already and there's far more choices nowadays for various torquey motors to pick from... which would make installation far less complicated than what I have done and still have the same power cap. ;)

[Stuff]

well i do have a rc4wd 80t in it.. im looking at the pile of parts on my desk and looking at the pieces from each tranny.. im really thinking ill stay with the stock f350 tranny. lots of parts dont exactly line up very well lol.

sucks they have you capped so much. you on that line of sight high speed thing? lol could always mail me the SD card lol! :P

[buzzy16]

What's been going on joe? You've made it to the second page of the construction thread :o
I have been missing seeing your updates, and ofcourse the pictures and videos :)

Hope to hear from you soon, buzzy.

[Lil Giants]

Spring planting Buzzy! Started putting in crop a week ago, prepped all the necessary equipment the week before that. Another week should get it done, but there's rain in the forecast starting Tues... which will be a welcome sight b/c the surface dryness & dust flying as I rip the ground is getting a bit intense at times. A half inch to inch of moisture this week would be perfect for what I have seeded & to mellow the ground for the 2nd half I have to seed next.

It's summertime here man! A time to be outdoors & being productive to make lots of cash$ for activities indoors 6 months from now! :D

Thank you for your interest. :)

[Stuff]

we had rain in the forcast to. now its gone! can't trust the weathernetwork!

[tracksntreadslou]

Jeeze Joe I had to go all the way to page 3 to find you ..Been quite some time ..thought I would say hello anyway cause I saw you lurking on another thread a short time ago ..Guess you must be spending any spare time getting the inside of that new shop all buttoned up (any updates ) and getting ready for harvest ..Need a Farmhand ?..I can operate almost any machine ..Well in 1/14 scale anyway ...lol..It looks as though I may be alberta bound soon anyway and headng for the patch ..Anyway Missing the ole farmer :)

[Lil Giants]

Hi Lou, I've been doing some tinkering in the basement since spring, but it has been raining nearly every week since late May making it difficult to get any dirt outside, which I haven't hauled not one load out this summer. Working on a conveyer system to make export yr round - so the weather, no matter wet or cold or windy, the conveyer system will be totally enclosed to keep the weather out.

The shop is coming along, in stages... June was the building, then July was the door, then spray insulation. Yesterday the cement crew was here to pack gravel, get it the area ready to pour cement next week. Then it'll be me & whoever I can talk into helping to do the interior after harvest. And finally the electrician to finalize everything... hopefully November sometime and I can start using it for what it was built for. ;)

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Here's a couple of snaps of more excavation from the floor this summer, a semi circle around the outer edges, though some of it filled back in with dry fines.

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Right above this loader is the window opening, where a pit built into the wooden roadway will be installed & 3 various lengths conveyers will be installed. I cleared this dirt away into the hole of the previous pics so I can stand/work in this area for the conveyer installation.

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This is the corner that started the idea of my basement excavation, and seems most vulnerable with soaking up during wet summers, which the darker colored soil is rather damp, to drive on it with the trks - the tires would ball up with clay & make it dangerous driving on the steep wooden roadways. :rolleyes: I scraped back the wet dirt surface a few times in recent wks, then with the screener on the JD850 sifted the crushed rock over it, it kinda works like floor-dry, but maybe not as well.

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I found this lil beasty last Spring just before seeding, it arrived in late May. The opening is 2x2 inch, an inch or so rocks break to dust pretty well within it... they have bigger laboratory crushers available, like 6x4 would be sufficient for what I would want, but too big to put in the basement. This lil crusher will be ideal for crushing small rock & brusselsprout size lumps into finer material to go through the conveyer system to outside. Bigger stuff will just have to be trked out separately on occasion when the weather is agreeable.

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Got a big pile of wet lumps drying out under the west porch, things to do during the winter, then start digging again to fill 'er back up.

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Brought the JD850 upstairs a week ago, the pump needs some attn.. whether it's the bearing on the pump gone out again or the cog belt needs replacing or both.... I've got nowhere to tear this machine down right now, the workroom in my house is too full of everything! no benchtop space, and no where to put that stuff to make room... it seems. I'm looking forward to get that shop done and back to building, rebuilding, improving models once again soon.

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Anyways, it's finally a bit breezy this afternoon, the high humidity of the last couple wks seems to have finally subsided, gonna try another moisture test on my hard wht right now to see if it's ready yet, then maybe combine through wkend by myself... I told the hiredhand last Wed to not come back till Monday and maybe then we can finally get harvest underway.

Thanx for your interest, talk to ya in a month or so. :)

[woodhog]

Looks like you have been pretty busy ;)Hope harvest goes well some people down here are shelling corn and in 2-3 weeks most everyone will be under way. hope yeilds are high price is high and fuel and lobor low:D

[Hofabooz]

Hi Joe

Hope the harvest runs to plan and all is well.
Look forward to some update from the new shop when all the 1:1 work is out of the way.

Regards

Mark

[Lil Giants]

Brrrr it's cold outside, a high of -3 :eek: and I've already have my 'change of seasons cold' :( good reason to stay inside & get busy with the hobby again. :)

Last week I fixed my JD850, DESTROYED the cog belt, worn smooth & the motor pulley too, the bottom pulley has some serious wear as well. Good to have spare parts on hand, it's running order again & back in the quarry. Used the 850 a few hrs over the wkend, 1st time since mid Aug, gotta be a new record for me - no rc for 2,5 months! :eek: :D

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The loader needed a little attn., the bolts that hold the cyl mount fell out, relatively quick simple repair... just the kind that I like! :D

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And here's one of about of six conveyers nearly completed, I got this far just before harvest. I have the rollers turned for two more much longer conveyers. This one is just over 12inches, it'll be the pit conveyer. I sourced the belt from a front garden tractor tube, width of cut is 65mm.

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[Acadieman]

Your getting the most out of our machines.
What will power the conveyor belt?

[JAMMER]

Joe you can definitely find all the weak spot even if it takes a while. What is the shop situation is it finished yet? Cold, it was 22 degrees here the other day but almost 60 today and then going down again good phenomena weather snow not far away. Ed

[modelman]

Hi Joe-looks like you have a very nice workshop almost completed. You seem to have a lot going on right now but I was wondering if we were going to see the D-9 at work anytime soon.

[Azonic]

Nice conveyor belt!

****, that upper pulley was worn out for real! :)

[Lil Giants]

People complain how expensive the RC heavy plant is to have, the amount of enjoyment I get from mine makes them not expensive at all. :D

Probably be a 15rpm spur gear motor, bevel gear coupling.

Not really a weak point Ed, that's what a couple 100hrs @ 30 bar digging hard ground does to belts & pulleys. :eek: :D

Yes I did have a lot of irons in the fire this summer and not much time or ambition for the hobby Tom, I didn't even haul not one load of dirt outside. I have to redo all the hyd plumbing & electronics within the dozer... such a large model, I didn't want to do it in the house. I'm looking forward to my new workshop to tackle such projects. ;)

Sure was Kalle :D

[FlyingBeagle]

Glad you are back at it, I know there are lot of lurkers like myself that have been going through basement withdrawals. I hope the harvest was a fruitful one for you. I cant wait to see what you have in store for us with the conveyor and the new workshop. It looks like the new shop is close enough to the house that a nice little tunnel could be built to connect the two. May only take a couple of years of excavating to get it done. :D

[Lil Giants]

Harvest this yr was a mixed bag of nuts, income will be lower b/c of lower prices & lower quality, but still in the Black. By the end of next week I'll have half of it off the farm already, which is huge improvement over last yr. :)

It looks like the new shop is close enough to the house that a nice little tunnel could be built to connect the two. May only take a couple of years of excavating to get it done. :D

Way ahead of you there! ...in thought anyway, I've been eyeballing that idea since June. Right behind the water heater, make a right turn 10* grade up to the NE corner of the shed... probably call Goodon so I can get matching materials. That'd be a good job for the D9 & pan to dig out. :D

[grumpygrady]

Way ahead of you there! ...in thought anyway, I've been eyeballing that idea since June. Right behind the water heater, make a right turn 10* grade up to the NE corner of the shed... probably call Goodon so I can get matching materials. That'd be a good job for the D9 & pan to dig out. :D[/QUOTE]

so can we look to see a scale tunnel boring machine at work soon?
you will need two so they can work from each end and will need a way station halfway so you can branch off at a later date and go out to another building
lets see it could be called Lil Giants Big Dig sort of like Bostons big dig lol

[Lil Giants]

On the Carscoop site that featured my basement story, somebody mentioned tunnel driller in the comments...



Not
Whoa - that is freakin awesome.... Do they make RC tunnel drillers?

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Skipdallas > Not
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There is a project for you!! But it would just drill itself out of sight very quickly! :-)

I lmao when I read that. :D :D :D :p

I was thinking I'd tunnel under the house cement foundation & keep a 10* grade to get back to ground level so I could drive the equipment out under it's own power, it's all getting so freaking heavy nowadays to pack up the narrow stairwell. Add a lean-to structure to the east side of shed. The added interior space would also be a good spot to add a hotub. :)

[mog]

looking good Joe glad to see that you got some of your fleet up and running. i was tolde that mc mastercar will deal with Canadian and ship to Canada if you need new drive line pulles and pelts there would be a great place to shop

[tracksntreadslou]

looking good Joe glad to see that you got some of your fleet up and running. i was tolde that mc mastercar will deal with Canadian and ship to Canada if you need new drive line pulles and pelts there would be a great place to shop

Thats great news Mog..About time Some things I would like toget from them ..wonder what their Taps are like?

Hey Joe hows that crusher working ..have you used it much ?..would like to see some video of it working if you have some

[Lil Giants]

Shawn mentioned last Spring that was he able to buy directly from McMaster, they sure do have a lot of nifty goodies for our hobby which will be a snap to get now. I spoke to them once upon a time ago and their response was b/c of homeland security issues... go figure?

I've crushed about a 5ga pail full of rocks with it Lou, but with careful hand selection feeding them in b/c of it's small opening (less than 1,5inch material), and some rocks just wouldn't break. Keeping the jaw box full worked infinitely better than one rock at a time.

[doodlebug]

Shawn mentioned last Spring that was he able to buy directly from McMaster, they sure do have a lot of nifty goodies for our hobby which will be a snap to get now. I spoke to them once upon a time ago and their response was b/c of homeland security issues... go figure?

I've crushed about a 5ga pail full of rocks with it Lou, but with careful hand selection feeding them in b/c of it's small opening (less than 1,5inch material), and some rocks just wouldn't break. Keeping the jaw box full worked infinitely better than one rock at a time.

Hey Joe, have you thought about building a feeder bin/conveyor to feed the crusher with???? http://www.rocksystems.com/machinery/hoppers-feeders/front-end-loader-hoppers
Cheer's, Neil.

[jack van]

hi joe new to forum but i am a big admirer of your work and how smooth at operating your machines i was thinking if you would get a couple of cheap security cameras and set em up out side hehe you could maybe do dump runs even in winter or atleast not have to ever leave the basement lol.i had a security kit that had 4 cameras for it and it would connect to the computer and be 4 views on 1 mon you might even get to do dump runs in winter

[Lil Giants]

Thank you Jack, I do like play most of all, never get bored with that aspect! :D Walking up/down the stairs as the trks haul outside is a good form of exercise to keep my winter fat to a minimum. ;)

Here you go Lou, a quik vid of my Geneq jaw crusher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qLCtBQQx-I

And another vid of the activity I'm currently working at, crushing lumps from last winter/summer's floor dig. And towards the end of the vid, making use of the crushed stone for pot hole repairs. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADs-ig47ZI

[FullMetalFab]

Thank you Jack, I do like play most of all, never get bored with that aspect! :D Walking up/down the stairs as the trks haul outside is a good form of exercise to keep my winter fat to a minimum. ;)

Here you go Lou, a quik vid of my Geneq jaw crusher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qLCtBQQx-I

And another vid of the activity I'm currently working at, crushing lumps from last winter/summer's floor dig. And towards the end of the vid, making use of the crushed stone for pot hole repairs. :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADs-ig47ZI

You should find a way to run the rocks through the crusher on a conveyor, or at lest so you can fill it with the wheel loader and the conveyor running to a hopper.

Awesome videos by the way i'm glad i found your youtube Chanel when you where articled on Hack A Day. :D

[Lil Giants]

I guess I forgot to answer that question when Neil asked it earlier (sorry Neil), probably would be best to have a feeder conveyer/hopper to keep a steady stream in the jaw crusher FullMetalFab. Make another short conveyer like on the previous page & probably wire the conveyer motor to a variable rate device to vary flow depending on material size at the time.

I saw that posting on Hack a Day... the concept of having a radio controlled hobby seems to fly over the heads of many... computer hackers & their Arduino controllers yadda yadda :D

Here's the last vid for the month showing the tight quarters the JD850 is currently working in. :eek: Probably close to half the pile gone already in a couple of weeks, the 850 makes short fun at just about everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuhgqdevOHU

[DADSGARAGE]

Any chance you could share more pics of the D9 ??.....always interesting to see how many of us build the same thing in so many different ways!!!
KP

[RCLogger]

That is a very tight area to run the 850 in Joe. That machine just keeps on running like a Deere. You must give it 2 thumbs up !

[Lil Giants]

Kordell, here's Joe's build thread of the D9 with lots of pics. ;)
http://www.rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=66&highlight=dirtpusher9+dozer

I wish I would have had this big daddy 850 when I started the basement excavation Greg, would have been a lot more fun than swinging a pic axe for the 1st 20cu yd. :D

I got my RCP57 gravel boxes on Friday, one for the green GL & the other is for the pup trl it will pull. These boxes are as described, direct bolt on to existing stock Tamiya holes in the frame, solder the motor wires & run them up to an esc & you're good to go!

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You got the length I requested Reg dead on, I didn't need to slide it back at all. ;)

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Now to get busy with the pup... not a lot to do, but making my own beefy pintle loop & hook will take some time.

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[Trucker_Jo]

Very nice setup!:cool:

[RCP57]

You went silent for a couple days Joe and I was getting worried! I didn't know if you were Happy, Happy or cursing me!lol I Am glad the GL box fit the way you wanted! I like the way you reshaped the rear plate too. I took your suggestion and widened out the bottom of the V on the last couple I made too.

Now I can rest a little easier tonight!lol

[Lil Giants]

Thanx Trucker Jo

Well Reg, I guess you were what motivated me to get 'er done quicker than I might have otherwise... :p

The bottom is 28mm, about the same as the KH & similar in shape to the plate on my R too. ;)

[RCTech9]

Reg did an excellent job making those. Can you show a comparison picture of the new one to the old one?

[FullMetalFab]

Update, Update :bounce: We need update :D

[Stuff]

go watch his youtube! he put a new video up today

[Fired up]

Very smooth. Keep it up.

[FullMetalFab]

go watch his youtube! he put a new video up today

I seen those when he posted them, i'm more interested in the upgrades he made to the dump truck and pup trailer. :D i really want to see how they work.

[Lil Giants]

I started the upload before bed last night, takes several hrs for a couple of vids... been gone since early morning hauling grain... you guys spoiled my thunder. :( :p

Like I've already mentioned, last summer's rain every week from spring thaw to fall freezing, I didn't get any dirt hauled out & I am now out of space to do any new digging... everything has pretty much come to a halt with no free space to pile! So I'll pail this small pile up the stairs & out the door & soon start doing some new digging.

This dirt I'm loading into the pails is powder ash dry, to dump the dirt in at the top of pail creates a mushroom cloud of dust to rise above *cough cough*

Reaching down to the bottom to gently place the dirt to minimalize dust has created an interesting challenge to not move the 20L pail with each bucketful. I have less than half inch clearance at the four corners of the excavator bucket. This is pails #14 & 15 and I haven't had a flawless run yet. :D

Probably have another 10 pails to practice with to clean this up and then dig out this small area that is close to a cu/yd of material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYFVHmXgXI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlBiEyULwb8

I haven't done anything with the pup yet, been tinkering with other projects. The GL screwdrive dump has been working great, finished backfilling the wall a few weeks ago.

[FullMetalFab]

Sorry about beating you to the punch line man, the videos you uploaded last night really gave me a good look at how big the deer really is.

Are you not worried about all the dirt getting in to the screw drive on those dump units :confused: All the fin dust would acted like sand paper on them even if you cover them in grease of thick oil.

[Lil Giants]

The screw is tucked up under the box & sheltered well... there's no lube on the screw to attract dirt to it.

I was kidding about the thunder, thanx for your interest.

[JohnStilwell]

Question Joe,

The rear rims and tires you have on your Green GL pictured above? Do you have the same tires but differnt rims on the front axle? You may have already posted this info, but it would take days to read this whole thread to find it... lol
Rear Tires - are from what model or who makes them. Rims also? Have to do any mods to make them fit?
Front Tires / rims ?

Thanks,
John

[Hofabooz]

Hi Joe

Glad you are OK and back to posting some updates. Makes my day frequently to find out how progress is coming along.
Thanks for posting.

Regards Mark

[Lil Giants]

John, same tires all around, and I think they originated from the Pajero jeep kit. The front rims come from the Hummer and the rears don't I know what they're from. The inner rims are a bit narrower than the outers & are bolted together. The hollow tires are a very hard rubber & they grip really well, especially with each one packed solid with air rifle BB's, I think it's more than a lbs per tire, adds a lot of weight to the trk. The trk gets around great when it's empty.

I tried on Tower Hobbies last yr to find more of these tires, but they didn't have them... might be discontinued. But here's the narrow & wide rims
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGL03&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGL04&P=7

Wild Willy put me onto to this combo a decade ago and has a write up about them on his website.
http://www.customrcmodels.com/id306.htm

These tires are quite wide dualed up; if you were eyeballing them for your dump trk, they'll stick out 25mm each side (225mm vs 175mm stock). The box I got from Reg is 230mm width.

Cheers Mark. :) When I get my garage/workshop done hopefully by summer, next winter my hobby should be in full swing again with regular updates of new projects & new activities.

[JohnStilwell]

Thanks Joe,

Yes, I was eyeballing them for my Wife's dump truck, but 25mm is too much sticking out, I don't think that would look too good. Maybe a future Mack build...

Like your JD Excat? That thing is huge, watched your video loading the 5 gal buckets
and you can barely fit the hoe bucket in there.

Opinion: I'm trying to decide between two different pieces of equipment:
1. The Fumotec PC490. Same builder / designer I believe as your JD, right. Seems like a nice kit, just not sure on the power and noise of the hydro system, hate it when they have that loud high pitch whine.

2. The Carson Track loader. They are supposed to come out with a 4in1 bucket for it that would make loading 'normal side height' dump trucks much easier since the loader doesn't have the bucket height needed to load a taller truck correctly / fully.


John

[Lil Giants]

Luv my JD! :cool: I wish I would have started my basement project with it...:rolleyes:. The GP bucket is 50% greater width that I made, but same depth as stock.

I would take the excavator, I just enjoy running that particular type of model equip more than anything else. The mic on the camera amplifies the sound much more than it really is, you're probably going to be outside 90% of the time, right? You'll hardly hear it.

The 490's track drives & hyds are virtually the same as the JD, but its overall size is 20% smaller & half the weight. Don't tell anybody, I got one coming, it'll probably ship sometime in the next week, but I won't be starting on it till next winter.

[RCP57]

Don't tell anybody, I got one coming, it'll probably ship sometime in the next week, but I won't be starting on it till next winter.

Hahaha! Joe, You're my hero!

[RCTech9]

Yay another build!:cool: How many hours have you put on your 850 Joe?

[Fired up]

Awesome operator. You make it look so easy.
What radio are u using is it a dx6i. Can you show me what controls what I can see that the sticks are operating boom swing bucket extra what are you using to move it. Can you show some screen shots of how your mixing your Channels .
Thanks Patrick.

[JohnStilwell]

What???? You've ordered a PC490 already... Man, that's not fair Joe lol
You always get all the good stuff first Ha Ha Ha
Looking forward to the build. Have any plans to modify it any, like a thumb?

John

[Lil Giants]

T9, hundreds!

Patrick, I use a DX18 with the JD, it has rotary sliders on each side of the radio, left is steering & right is for/rev. The instructions are pretty easy to follow for mixing, master = valves, slave = pump, get your +/-'s in the right order & you're done. I'll use this radio for all previous & future hoes.
left up/dn = boom
left l/r = swing
rht up/dn = stick
rht l/r = bucket
3pos for pump - dn is off, middle is 30%, up is 90% (if I remember correctly)
2pos for coupler
2pos connected to esc for screener
...I'd have to add the X-Plus module to the rx for the other 9chs, if I wanted to add anything more.


No worries John, Fumotec will make you one too, get at 'er! Thank goodness I paid for mine last Sept, with the euro-cdn exchange today it'd 13% more!

I got 5 valves with this 490, so I might consider a thumb, but I've never had a use for one before. Fumotec figured some time this yr he'd come with some attachments, though he didn't say what exactly.

[JohnStilwell]

lol, I would Joe, but right now my wallet says "oh no you don't!!!"

Question for future reference: does the PC490 have the hydro quick coupler as an option?
John

[Lil Giants]

No.

But I hope it's something that Frank considers offering b/c I absolutely luv it on my JD! :cool:

[Fired up]

Thanks for info my next project is going to be a hoe. Will see after I get the fixer done.

[RCTech9]

Did you ever get around to fixing the rc4wd hoe?

[Lil Giants]

No. That'll be something to tinker with in my soon to be spacious workshop. ;)

[Snochaser]

Luv my JD! :cool: I wish I would have started my basement project with it...:rolleyes:. The GP bucket is 50% greater width that I made, but same depth as stock.

I would take the excavator, I just enjoy running that particular type of model equip more than anything else. The mic on the camera amplifies the sound much more than it really is, you're probably going to be outside 90% of the time, right? You'll hardly hear it.

The 490's track drives & hyds are virtually the same as the JD, but its overall size is 20% smaller & half the weight. Don't tell anybody, I got one coming, it'll probably ship sometime in the next week, but I won't be starting on it till next winter.


Joe, ship it this way. I'd love to build it and test it for ya.

Ben

[Lil Giants]

If you didn't live on the other side of the continent in another country Ben, I'd letcha have at 'er. ;)

I got the loose dirt cleaned up & then some more ground soaked up to start digging again. I think I left my garden hose outside, so I came up with another means of slow dripping water, which is with these plastic bowls that I drilled one 1,5mm hole in the bottom & it's working great!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/008_zpsca357988.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/010_zpse6eb0d33.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/012_zps5f8f68ae.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/015_zps167de7d3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/016_zps6488da5c.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/009_zps514f1e30.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/017_zpsde4454ea.jpg

And a movie of the JD pulling out its biggest rock yet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIEEJA5H0I&feature=youtu.be

[Stuff]

looking good!

[RCTech9]

Great video Joe! That was a big rock, how much did it weigh?

[Rvjimd]

Joe,

I know you are well established on the "Dark Side = Hydra", but it sure looks like a crane would have been handy for that boulder? :p

The soakers look like they work perfectly! Thanks for the video!

Jim

[JohnStilwell]

Awesome Joe!! Now what are you to do when you finally hit bedrock?? lol
Guess it's hydraulic hammer time or some M80's.

Any news on when the PC490 will arrive?

John

[Snochaser]

Well dang it Joe. Hopefully I'll get to play with it in person in the future then.

Ben

[Lil Giants]

Thanx Dean.

The rock was 28lbs (I finally got a scale) and while I was at it I weighed the JD850 too, it was right on 80lbs, full of fuel. :D

A crane Jim? I don't think I hurt the rock (or track hoe) by dragging it. :D Would any of Kerst's cranes be able to lift 30lbs? The ground is crazy unlevel down there and it'd be quite the harness you'd have to rig up too. It'd take all day to swing that boulder outta there, eh?! :D

No worries of bedrock John, not where I live. ;) Frank hasn't spoke up in a week if it's on its way yet.

Well Ben, maybe we do a 5yr anniversary get-together in St Louis, make it a 3day'er this time? ;)

[kerst]

Thanx Dean.



A crane Jim? I don't think I hurt the rock (or track hoe) by dragging it. :D Would any of Kerst's cranes be able to lift 30lbs? The ground is crazy unlevel down there and it'd be quite the harness you'd have to rig up too. It'd take all day to swing that boulder outta there, eh?! :D



No problem!

Kerst

[RCTech9]

That was a heavy rock Joe. That excavator sure is quite strong.

[RCLogger]

That Deere is very impressive Joe. We could use you and that machine here on the Island. I am quite sure Vancouver Island has more rock than material.

Great demo of the power and size of your machine.

Greg

[Hofabooz]

Hi Joe

28 lbs way to go some power there.
Good to see some action from you.
Over here in the UK it seams to have rained for months now floods all over the place and my garden is like
a swap would need a boat not a truck to do anything out there at the moment.
Keep well.

Regards
Mark

[Dirtmover]

Oh...I see you had to deal with a 'pipe line'.

[Lil Giants]

Yeah, the 850 is a lot of fun to use... I've done no hand digging since '11. :D

I see your weather on the news Hofabooz, it's been a crazy world climate since 2010. :eek:

A few snaps of the action lately... cleaning up the last of the previous dig... this screener bucket sure has been a handy tool , I think it's done better than 4 cu/yd.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/001_zpsd12233c5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/002_zpsbf4e4fc7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/003_zpse9a9da25.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/005_zps63371701.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/007_zps7f7517b8.jpg

Lil man made lake. :D ...about 3 gallons dumped at once, hopefully it spreads out horizontally somewhat too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/008_zps28a0021e.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/014_zpsf9b25447.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/015_zps3637e313.jpg

Now I start digging out this small area, its had 4 days of no water & maybe dried somewhat. Then it'll be screening it to pile the fines on the other side of furnance & haul the lumps in behind water heater to dry out for the summer & crush it to fines at the start of next winter. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/004_zpsaa6fb3f2.jpg

[Hofabooz]

Hi Joe

Looking good.
If you need any more water just let me know we have plenty to spare in the UK at the moment can always fedex you some.

Regards

Mark

[Lil Giants]

Preferably I'm hoping for drought this yr, worldwide... prices are getting scary low in recent months, it seems much of the world had record yields last yr... although a lot of my crop ended up in the feed market, quality suffered b/c all the nutrients went into the excessively hi yield.

I dug down about 10 inches, ground started getting too hard. Move all the loose wet dirt back into freshly dug hole, then slide down a small hill to start digging at the lower level.

http://youtu.be/ZTH5c07tfU4

[Snochaser]

If you hang a (tamiya) chain over the opening of the bucket in wet/damp soil, it will help with the sticking. Make sure it goes to the back of the bucket.

[Lil Giants]

I was going to suggest chains Ben, but I couldn't remember exactly what you did there & yours is the only model I've ever seen had them.

850 going up.... I almost rolled it over :eek:... I don't know what stopped it... just lucky I was!!! (need a 'wipe the brow' smiley) :D

http://youtu.be/tyANyczyojA

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice catch Joe, is it my poor eye site or can't you run the tracks the same time as the stick/boom? Hope that ? made sence.

[steamer]

Wow Joe , that was close!!! Guess you must be livin the good life. Sure brings the pucker factor up real high doesn't it. Did that once inside the Bucyrus Erie factory when they were still in Guelph On. trying to get into they're paint both.

[Snochaser]

I hung it off the top of my bucket through the "eyes". I can take it off easy, has PMD hooks on the ends.

Ben

[Lil Giants]

Yes I can Kent. ;) There's rotary sliders on each side of the tx, left is steering & right is for/rev. I guess I tend to use the arm more for changing direction just b/c it's quicker. Plus the rotary sliders are real touchy to get perfectly center so the Sabertooth will stay in neutral.

It took my breath away Rob! I won't be trying a stunt like that again without putting my FOOT on a track 1st. ;)

I might weld some D rings on my buckets & try that Ben, thanx for the tip. :cool:

[rc13]

That video was cool, scary, and crazy all in one. Nice save!.. Nothing like walking the tight rope with an excavator. Hope the oil didn't spill out of the top nipple of the tank at that extreme angle..
Thanks,
Eddie

[Lil Giants]

I topped the hyd tank up just before that to make sure the sump didn't suck air and I put a wadded up tissue over the vent to catch any spill. ;)

[modelman]

Nice save joe-I wonder if a real excavator could do that? I don't think so. I couldn't tell but did your bucket hit the ground as you were swinging and maybe stopped it from turning over.

[Lil Giants]

Nope, the bucket was still in the air. I've watched from 1:46 to 1:50 many times trying to figure out what it was that kept it from going over :confused:.... I think it was nothing but dumb luck!

What a wreck if it had gone over... that top is fiberglass and the added accessories - dual screen, air cleaners & exhaust tip are cast in resin, they would have shattered! Also, that vertical spin motor drive, could have done serious damage to that component too.

Stupid Stupid Stupid!!!

That undercarriage is all 5mm steel and is more than half the weight of the entire model.

[ihbuilder]

I've had this happen a few of times in my cat 307 . What happens , is if the surface is uneven under the tracks 1 side will be in the air . As you swing to the side in the air it'll give a sharp jolt as seen in the vid . Watch the track frame as you swing closely , it took me a few times to see it . It raises your hair a lil when it happens .

[Lil Giants]

I got my 1st fancy phone Jan 23rd & this morning it was dead! Trip 75miles to the city to exchange it - IPhone5s. I don't have internet without it... :mad:

I think you're onto something there Stevie ;)... though it wasn't a high spot in the track, I purposely spun the tracks @0:45 to get rid of any stones or lumps so the tracks were flat footed & it wouldn't teeter. It was @1:25 when I turned to the left a bit - raising the right track an inch or so up the slope that caused it to slide a bit during the swing... had I turned right it may not have move. Although it's still fluke it didn't tip right over.

[ihbuilder]

I didn't mean in the track but the ground under . you got a lot of weight on the undercarriage + a long track frame . either way its hairy :eek:

I use to do a bunch of utility trenching on short steep front lots :eek: so glad all that work went away with the housing market .

[doodlebug]

Hey Joe, sorry to hear the phone went south, I have to keep mine in an Otter Box type case to keep it alive. Battery life always sucks with poor cell site coverage.
Cheer's, Neil.

[Lil Giants]

I'm sure when those mini exs came along that they quickly became the Cadillac standard for such tasks.

I got an otter box right away Neil and have both USB & wall mount chargers. The phone sure has been handy killing time the last month while hauling feed grains to a pig barn with a really slow leg.... 35mins to dump a 16mt tandem load... it used to drive me nuts waiting, I can't stand the crap they play on the radio anymore.

[doodlebug]

Hey Joe, my satellite radio works well up to Kitimat BC, High Prairie, AB.
Only way I can keep my sanity out in B. F. E. Pm me if you want to do a US
Subscription!
Cheers, Neil.

[Lil Giants]

I've had satellite radio for yrs... the crap they call music today? I'd rather sit in silence.

[Lil Giants]

Had to buy some new 6cell packs for the bd trl lately, so I stuck one in the ol' Mammoth for the 1st time in yrs and it works flawless as usual... just doesn't lift quite high enough is all, gotta jerk the last bit off the back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/003_zps75fed010.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezTY9-hMp6k&feature=youtu.be

[RCTech9]

Nice video Joe. That mammoth looks like it still runs well.

[Lil Giants]

Just like the day as it was new, it's always been a strong runner... the only hiccups with this model are the suspension is a bit too stiff that axle articulation is poor with no load & the dump bed angle stops short a few degrees. This truck can move a lot dirt quickly.

[Lil Giants]

Looking back to post #442, almost two yrs to the day since I last repaired this bucket cyl... I wonder why it won't hold? :confused: It started to drip a few days ago, couldn't tell for sure where exactly. This afternoon it was pouring out the crack!

The ol' Mammoth works pretty good as a workbench. :D

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/002_zpsaa0848db.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/003_zps2e1645ce.jpg

Just giving the cyl a coat of paint, I'll go brush the other half after this post. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/004_zps67a45c14.jpg

If it weren't for the leak, I probably would have been taken it apart soon anyway b/c the bolt that holds the piston to the rod was a few threads loose. :eek: :p

[Markus K.]

Hi Joe,

why don't you use any loctite on the piston screw? Ort you did and it came off? Markus

[RCTech9]

Sorry to hear that the cylinder sprung a leak. The paint looks really good!:)

[Lil Giants]

I believe I did (blue) locktite it Markus... although upon assembly I discovered the internal threads needed a tap run through it & the 5mm bolt had to be replaced. I suppose the 35bar is not only pushing the limits of the hose & soldered joints, but the threaded parts too. :eek: Time to dial it back to 30 or so.

It's ModelMaster's black chrome, matches up well with the matt black JD paint I used. It brushes on streak free. ;)

[Stuff]

one day ill have a real mammoth. I have the cheap toy version of it. one just went on evil bay for 560 bucks.

[FlyingBeagle]

Hey Joe,
I came across this article on Facebook the other day and immediately thought of you. #7 is amazing and #2 is completely unbelievable both in scope and detail. Maybe one day your underground complex will rival these.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19421_7-mind-blowing-structures-built-in-secret.html

[Azonic]

Have you been running 35bars Joe??

I think it's hard to keep it from dragging itself at 22—25 bar! :)

[Lil Giants]

Deja Vu FB! I've seen that before, but don't remember how I got there. :D Certainly some very creative things have been done by man over the centuries... all it takes is a little time & some determination to make it happen. ;)

I thought I had it set at 30bar Kalle, but I noticed here lately that the gauge is reading 35bar. :eek: Keeping it planted is all about finesse. ;)

When I 1st started learning with the rc excavator more than a decade ago, an ol' pro come to see my hobby & within a minute of me showing him the model's ability, he said "you can quickly tell who's good & who's not by how much the tracks move up & down while they're digging".... that's something I took to heart from then on.

In the vids of your's I see, you spend a lot of time sitting on rocks... where as I am flat footed on clay & the tracks will grip much better. ;)

[RCTech9]

Did you ever finish the pup trailer for the green globeliner?

[doodlebug]

Hey Joe, I recruited a new member today. I'm at ConExpo, the Gates hose booth has 2 Vario hoes, the keeper of the models is interested in learning more about the machines!
I told "we" the forum would be glad to help out!
Cheers, Neil.

[Markus K.]

Have fun at ConExpo! Would be nice to be there by myself...

[doodlebug]

Put it on your "bucket" list! Been to every show since 1987.
Cheers, Neil.

[Lil Giants]

Good work Neil. :cool:

Somebody from Vegas joined yesterday by the name of Kpro.

We'll do what we can to help out. :)

[Lil Giants]

I tried to work at the interior of my workshop the last couple wks of warmer weather, but my lower back just won't let me do that kind of heavy work anymore, so I got builder crew to do it this week, 3 guys did it inside of 2 days.

front entry – room is 24 x 30 sq feet. I have a 12’ width roll up door directly left of picture. I do my cutting, grinding, welding in this room.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/001_zps2c97dcfa.jpg

middle room – 18 x 30 sq feet. There will be a semi circle of sit down workbenches to the left of pic, going around from one door to the other door on other side of room. To the right of pic will be where my manual lathe & mill sits. The room has a closed in roof so it can be heated warmer than rest of building, I can work in a T shirt. Lots of room for new projects & old projects & space to make quick repairs to get equip back in the field asap.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/002_zps18365482.jpg


back room – 18 x 30 sq feet. Dirt floor, a place to mess around & test out new equip, painting parts, ect. The 850 will come out here after seeding to move piles of dirt around wall edges to seal up building from outside weather.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/003_zpsc01c2512.jpg

back room – I will cut a door opening here to access lean-to structure. Lean-to will be 13 x 40 area, which will give me access to my house via a tunnel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/004_zps79cddf3c.jpg

this pic shows where the lean-to structure to be built this summer, but 1st I need to pour concrete slab in corner of house, northward 15 feet (camera currently pointing south), then lean-to will be placed one foot over north edge of concrete. Then the Lil Giants Constr Co will dig a 15’ x 4’ x 7’ tunnel under the concrete slab over the next few yrs. Approx 15.5 cu yds + additional yardage for elevated ramp to rise to ground level at approx. 12° incline.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/protrker/Jan%2014/005_zps15702739.jpg

In a wk or 2, hopefully it's above 10C, I primer & paint the walls a bright white. Then the electrician will do his thing while I'm planting my crops in May... and sometime this summer I set up shop & start using it! Boy oh Boy do I have a lot of ideas & projects that have stacked up over the last couple of yrs. :D

[Bundy]

Oh Lord the possibilities!! Train layout, shop, crawler course, road course, off road track, construction site......Geez

[Cooper]

That's a dream come true!! In a few years I will be relocating to a house with detached garage, often thought about a tunnel from basement to garge, so me and the animals can come n go as we like. Keep us posted on the progress of the new shop. I always like to see where others do their works.

[Lil Giants]

Strictly constr for me... one money pit is enough... too many hobbies & nothing gets done. ;)

I've been dreaming about it for a long time Cooper, I'm looking forward to having everything toolwise under one roof, instead travelling between farms to use my hot metal tools... and the space so I can build/rebuild more than one at a time, my short attention span as it is. ;)

[Stuff]

looks great Joe!!

[Cooper]

That's cool, after reading some of the things on the net about some crazy Canuck using rc toys to dig out his basement it's only fitting to have a new construction building with something left for the little giants to out source. And to be clear about the crazy Canadian thing,,, I'm jealous , and wish I had found the rc construction hobby earlier in life as it's always been something that my inner child has desired. As I'm building the d11 I'm keeping an eye out for a haul rig, excavator and so on. And it's appreciated that you share your trial and errors. As there isn't really any mainstream of this high end stuff instructions just forums like this. I'm curious to know if you are going to build a TBM? (Tunnel boring machine). Lol!!!! :) conveyor belts,, ect, lots of possibilities. :)

[Lil Giants]

Thanx Dean, getting closer all the time... :)

And thanx again Cooper... I started this community in 2001 on Yahoo Groups forums, then I moved it to Garden Trucking in summer of 2005, then we started again with FreddyGearDrive with this current forum in Fall of 2010... so we've been around for a long time... although it's really just in the last 4 or 5 yrs that the RC heavy commercial hobby has exploded on this continent with organized exhibitions & club get togethers; both private & commercial local manufacturers of parts & kits... and globally too , for that matter with greater ease for the individual to do international commerce to build whatever he/she wants.... what a black hole it was back in 1996 for me with no internet & just a few pics & script I saw in some plastic model truck magazine from NY, USA that did a feature on Wedico rc trk kits. :eek: :D

I don't suppose I'll ever outrun that "Crazy Canuck Basement Digger" namesake... I was a little disappointed with the original story line that started it all in 2012, but at least like-minded ppl such as yourself saw it & found your way here to join us to share & contribute with your own talents of ingenuity & discipline to make the hobby that much greater for everyone as well. :cool:

TBM? that's my JD850!!! :D :cool:

[ekim]

Wow, Joe for all these years you have been the mainstay here.... I as well found this by virtue of your basement work!!! Thanks to you I am now addicted! Now I have someone to blame it on!!!!

Michael

[Lil Giants]

You're Welcome or I'm sorry... take your pick Michael. :p :D

I got this Fumotec B4206 4x4 kit Feb 2012... it's come in handy to rob parts from it to fix my JD850, as well as upgrade other models too with some beefy parts. But I replaced everything taken from it with the box full of goodies I got from Fumotec earlier this week. :D

With everything painted and ready to go together, I started assembly last night and not long I was scratching my head thinking WT?, why won't this fit together. :confused:

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An email to Frank & a few hrs later with him telling me that the red brushless motors have to be milled to fit... so, I masking taped the bell openings & used my dremel with a grinding disc to shave 2mm off each motor. ;)

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Being that I got this kit 2yrs ago, Frank (Fumotec) has since upgraded these tiny red out runner brushless motors with special order shorter ones blue colors made specifically for his kits (B4206 tractor, WA 500 loader & B50/45 ADT).

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This is the electric steering actuator. The 4206 will still have 3 valve hydraulics for implements, to be shown later. ;) :D

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Cooper, here's the simple clevis I made on my minimill that took me... well nevermind how long :D... but it will never break. ;)

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Maybe by next wkend I have this together. :)

[ekim]

lol thanks Joe...... and very nice build by the way.......

michael

[RCTech9]

Glad to see you are making progress on the Bell, Joe!

[modelman]

Nice & big workshop you have joe-so you are building a tunnel. This should be a few years work. By looking at the tunnel size I am assuming that it is 15' from your house and will be 7' tall and 4' wide. Is this correct? Do you have a dig plan that you could share? I didn't think an excavator could dig on a vertical wall. Is there another machine in the plan? Also will you shore up the walls and ceiling with wood, metal, etc.? Will be watching ....

[grumpygrady]

before you start your tunnel have you thought about a concrete slab over it on top of it from garage to the house
to prevent a collapse from weight of snow or animals or atvs etc

I know it some times happens like when I was a kid and dug tunnels in the side of ditches in NMex , a friend parked his bike on top of our fort and the roof came down on the three of us that were inside thank goodness we had room for the dirt and us and everyone got out ok but we never thought about it coming down lol

[Lil Giants]

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You see how the west porch is narrower than the main part of the house? ...that's where I intend to pour a 15 x 15 foot slab of concrete, plus the narrow area to the right between the shop & house will be concrete too to carry rainfall away.

The camera is pointing south. The tunnel will be northward of west porch, starting in the middle of porch. Tunnel depth will be 7' under concrete and then elevate at 12 degree incline to ground level.

I intend to drill 6" diameter holes 2' from main house foundation, two rows in parallel, spaced 4' apart north of porch. Then I'll insert 4" x 4" x 10' PWS posts in the holes to help support the cement & give me something to screw PWS sheet to to crib the vertical walls. I'll place 6" square 1/2" plate steel on top of posts, plus lots of rebar in the concrete, plus drill holes into house foundation to insert rebar... that should be one solid mass, with 80% of concrete resting on undisturbed ground. ;)

I think the reach of the JD850 is about 30" vertical, so the tunnel will be that height till I get all the way across. Then cut the floor down another +4'.

Before I pour cement slab, I'll lay three 1" plastic pipe the length of tunnel & drill 1/4" holes every 12" for the length of each pipe, so I can add water here to soften up the ground to dig it out... for every hole I reach while digging inward, just tape it off so I can keep adding water to keep the ground moist for easier digging. ;)

Once the concrete work is completed & cured, then the lean to structure will be put up. Then get the spray insulation guy to do his thing and lastly any electrical necessary... with a little luck, it should all be done before next winter. :)

Where I'm standing with the camera (north east corner of shop), I intend to put a hot tub in this corner! It'll be out of the way & out of the elements... and I hope it's the cure to my lower back pain that has been getting worse & worse the last 2yrs.

[Snochaser]

I'm excited to see you finally building the 4206. I'd still love to build what we talked about in St. Louis. Hope it goes together well and speedy, I'm anxious to see it operating.

Ben

[Lil Giants]

This something new to me... using these brushless motors, one on each wheel; each motor has to have it's own esc too to power it. :eek:

I messed around all day yesterday figuring out the programming sequence & getting perfect neutral so both sides start/stop equally... now to do the other axle & hope I can match it to this one.

Robbe has a esc programmer, though I didn't know of it till I started this part of the build... I'll probably get one b/c I have more of these types of esc's to program in the future. ;)

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[Lil Giants]

I don't remember Ben... :confused: is it the pan? I intend to use it with this, as well as pull the 10th scale pan & have dirtpusher9's dozer pushing it full. ;)

[Snochaser]

Yeah that's it Joe. A pull pan would be real nice.

[RCTech9]

So how long do you think the tunnel project will take?

[Lil Giants]

2 to 3 winters worth of activities... maybe a bit longer. That JD850 dug that last section of wall in winter of 2011-12, that measured out to approx. 7.2 cu yd.

[Lil Giants]

Getting close to run status... got the 4 esc's to talk equally to each other. :)

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Shortened up the wires & soldered.

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Had to a little bit of dremel & hand filing to get the front axle to fit.

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The electric steering in place.

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Just got to fit the hydraulic system & start tuning the tx.

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It was a toasty warm day today here of +9, so I did a little hauling out in the late afternoon... I'm standing in my livingroom to take the pic... I walked up & down the stairs about twenty times in an hour or so... a good bit of excersie. :D

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[ihbuilder]

How wide are those axles from flange to flange ? Does the brushless motor reduce length on the whole gearmotor ? I'm thinking going that route on the pans to gain much needed space on the pans . I'm really impressed the way the 4 gearmotors work on my compactor .

[Lil Giants]

Roughly 8,5 inches.

The Stahl axle is quite a bit narrower, but the weight of the model is carried by that gearhead output shaft. That's where Fumotec's axle is different, the weight is carried by the axle itself.

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[ihbuilder]

Thank you Joe, I think those motors would do . I assume you have to supply the ESC's ? That tractor is pretty interesting . I could find many uses for it :D

[Lil Giants]

Yes, they were in addition to the kit cost and Frank got me what I needed to make it work. ;)

[Lil Giants]

I took a couple of quick snaps today of what this beast will pull (for starters ;))

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[Stuff]

looks great!

[JDH429]

Congratulations on your new, well- deserved, workshop. Looks great and I'll bet you have a hard time sleeping with all those ideas and projects racing through your head.

[Dieselchopper]

Gona have to take a road trip over to see some of the toys once you have time in the summer.......

[Stuff]

Gona have to take a road trip over to see some of the toys once you have time in the summer.......

been on my to do list for a few years lol

[Lil Giants]

Quite the opposite Jason, dreaming of my hobby & blocking out all the other gazillion things on my mind is what puts to sleep. :) Another growing season is just days away from starting. :eek:

Yeah, I'll spring for a hotel room for you guys to stay at if you do come... my house is so full of boxes of projects waiting to be built & worked on! Hopefully everything goes according to plan this summer to get my workshop done, so I can get my hobby out of my house (out of the main floor anyway ;))

Not overly warm this afternoon, but with the wind in the NW, I'm sheltered. Got another couple wheel barrel loads of dirt out! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyXCkf8_UFo

[avel]

That looks like soooo much fun. Best thing is that you can always play, rain or shine.

[Stuff]

Yeah, I'll spring for a hotel room for you guys to stay at if you do come... my house is so full of boxes of projects waiting to be built & worked on! Hopefully everything goes according to plan this summer to get my workshop done, so I can get my hobby out of my house (out of the main floor anyway ;))


lol you wouldnt have to spring for one. Would have to get martin in on this to as I know he's wanted to see your operation for years to! I know im out for July as im gettin hitched on the 26th! :eek:

[Dieselchopper]

lol you wouldnt have to spring for one. Would have to get martin in on this to as I know he's wanted to see your operation for years to! I know im out for July as im gettin hitched on the 26th! :eek:

Lol.....I am a bit old school too. Just a patch of grass for my tent and all good.

[modelman]

Wow joe-another entertaining video! Fun with a purpose-I like it!!. Looks like you have the routine down perfect. Running-2- trucks to the pile and loading very quickly. I like the way you use the large bucket to maximize loading efficiency. I see all these powerful excavators with the tiny buckets and think-what a waste. I wondered if I was going to see-2-trucks going up the ramp together and then I would be really impressed!!:D. Great job and still watching for the D-9.

[Lil Giants]

I wondered if I was going to see-2-trucks going up the ramp together and then I would be really impressed!!:D. Great job and still watching for the D-9.

That be quite a trick Tom... one I don't think you'll ever see me try. :eek:

The D9... you might live long enough, though I aint making any promises. :D

[Lil Giants]

It seemed like the nose had oodles of space in the beginning...

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Plumbed the hyds today

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I can barely get the cab & hood in place now...

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The positioning of the hyd tank in front, the hood doesn't line up with the lower bumper... :thinking:

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It was quite a thrill to make that pan hyds come to life today, I think it was 07 or 08 when I got that pan from Joe Aryrs... long time sitting in my living room! :eek:

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I still need to make a swivel hitch for the pan & numerous details to do on the 4206... I thought three wks ago this would be a snap to put together now that everything was painted & I had all the parts to put it together... the metal etch primer I used on the metal parts is not doing its job, lots of paint chips to touch up. :(

Where does the time go :confused: I should have been done this by now! :rolleyes:

[avel]

Nice work getting all of that to fit, and thanks for all the pictures.
Are those quick disconnects? Are they the ones from SMC? I have been doing research but am still lost on what I need to buy. Is the side that connects to the hose a compression fitting? Or does it have an outer shell that you tighten down over the nipple to keep the hose securely attached?

[Bo Wallen]

Hey Joe !
You are a excellent Excavator operator and now even one excellent machine builder extraordinaire !!! as modelman say " I wondered if I was going to see-2-trucks going up the ramp together" Come one Joe you can yes you can !!!!

[Stuff]

it sure looks great though!

[JAKEBRAKE]

It's taking me awhile to catch up on your thread Joe... I have chuckled a bit reading up and thinking how long your project has been around. I was worried for a minute you were close to wrapping up and then...I read about the tunnel!! Great thread Joe, I love watching your projects, BTW the 4206 is a nice addition.

[Lil Giants]

Avel, they are quick disconnects, though I don't know what brand specifically. I told Frank (Fumotec) that I wanted some & this is what he sent. The fitting that connects the hose, a screw on compression.

"machine builder extraordinaire !!!" ...ahhh not really, I struggle & fumble through it & eventually get it working... but thanx for comment Bo. :)

Cheers Dean. :)

Thanx Lee. With this monster JD hoe I have now, there's not enough left here to keep it busy for much longer... so I work at it in moderation with about tenth the time per week/month than I did 5yrs ago. I should be able to drag it out another 3 yrs or so before I have to figure out a new project to do. ;)

I learned about a new electrical device today
http://www.servonaut.de/shop/product_info.php?info=p67_servonaut-mfr.html

It turns out that Frank had sent one with the 490 for slew motor control, so I was able to rob it from there to get the steering pot to work on the B4206 steering actuator... took a bit of time to figure out how to program it correctly & wire it up with no English instructions, but Frank took the time to do some translating for me. :cool:

The way I had it wired in previous pics was the steering motor connected directly to an esc, which meant I would have to be extremely careful not to hold left or right on the tx stick too long b/c there be no stopping the powerful motor & damage would happen... definitely nobody but me would ever be able to run this model having it this way!

So now with this MFR device & it programmed to servo electronic, wherever I hold the stick on the tx, the gearhead motor will turn the steering gear/lever arm to that position & stop. It works exactly like a servo.

I've never had a small servo apart before to modify for 360 rotation.... :rolleyes: so I would assume this is the enlarged version of a regular servo. ;)

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Jumper on A, B - turn pot screw all the way right so green light blinks 4x for Servo Electronic. Pull jumper before turning off power to finish setting & it will hold there.

All the left way is 1 blink, about 11 o'clock is 2 blinks & 1 o'clock is 3 blinks. ;)

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Lead from potential meter pot is plugged into C,D,E on MFR

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Anyways, I had to gut everything out of the nose to get the steering actuator out & release the set screws on steering gear incase I had a run away on initial start-up... now I put it all back together & re-organize the electronics to put them somewhere else rather than between the moving parts of pump & steering actuator. ;)

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[Dieselchopper]

Looks good!!

[doodlebug]

Hey Joe, that's a neat product! Glad to see progress on the scraper tractor.
Cheer's, Neil.

[mog]

very nice work on the new toy joe. glad to see your still working hard and getting lost done. my big toys have bean keeping my time used up got a new but still old 922 loader to help build a shop this year. but i still got ideas floating around up there.

[Lil Giants]

A howling wind outside today & about 10C, but that didn't stop me from having some fun out in my workshop flat topping the 1st of two piles of dirt in the back.

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I didn't do much grade work on the backside of the pile, but gravity will help the B4206 climb down it. :D

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I got a 20 min vid uploading right now showing what the lil Stahl dozer did the last couple hrs... now I'm going back out to shiver some more to put the B4206 to work, till it gets too dark & really cold. :D

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[Lil Giants]

Well it got dark, and I broke the swivel hitch on the pan, gotta make another a lil more beefy... running the tractor/pan was a lot trickier than I imagined.. although it helped it a lot when I turned the throttle EPA down to 50%.

Here's the dozer vid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzS1ExzNars

[Lil Giants]

And here's the B4206's 1st day on the job with the pan in tow...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh4vP9JK6Yk

Tomorrow I'm bringing the JD850 out here with the adt & I might change the quick connects on the 10th scale pan to pull behind the 4206... it has a monster box that's better than double the one above...I'll try filling it with the 4206, but will mostly load with it the 850 for fast turn arounds. ;)

[buzzy16]

it's amazing seeing all your machines working, everytime I look through this thread makes me want to win the lotto more and more haha :D

[Trackerman]

Joe,
Amazing scraper, really looks good at work.

Cheers

Paul

[Bo Wallen]

Hey Joe The B4206's 1st day on the job Is a Grand Success ;o) Hope you got a fur coat on.

[Lil Giants]

I hear ya about the lotto Buzzy, if I won then I could enjoy the sunny warm days of summer with these, instead of just cooped up inside with them during the cold winter. ;)

Thanx Paul & Bo, the 4206 worked every bit as good I was hoping it would, but I see a few things I need to change to make it work better yet... plus all the lil details to finish the model.

What a beautiful morning here, still just above 10C, but no wind & brite sunshine made it perfect. :cool:

I reminded myself just what an extremely tight fit this 850 is to get through the window...

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I had to dig a hole just to get the boom low enough to clear the opening :eek:

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With just mm's to clear the exhaust stack, I put the bucket back on to keep the hoe level till I was completely outside!

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Off to do my Spring work :)

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It took about an hour to go about 40m of travel, but what a relief that I didn't have to carry that big b***h up the stairs! The wooden ramps sure were creaking & sagging all the way up the wall. :D

[modelman]

More great videos joe-I noticed you had some heat going in the work area. That should help. That small dozer seems to do a good job. The ground looked really soft so I guess it was tricky to keep from getting stuck but it was moving the dirt well. The pan looked good too. I am assuming that the dozer is to slow pulling the pan. Traction seemed to be a problem for the wheel machine but you made it work. I guess you have a few months of work (or fun) moving all that dirt but you should have a great shop when you are finished. Nice job!!

[Stuff]

that pan tractor works awesome! keep her up!

[doodlebug]

And here's the B4206's 1st day on the job with the pan in tow...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh4vP9JK6Yk

Tomorrow I'm bringing the JD850 out here with the adt & I might change the quick connects on the 10th scale pan to pull behind the 4206... it has a monster box that's better than double the one above...I'll try filling it with the 4206, but will mostly load with it the 850 for fast turn arounds. ;)

Hey Joe, I forgot that I was trained on Clark 290M and Cat 830MB scraper tractors, http://classicdozers.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/michiganscan0246a_edited-1.jpg
http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread.php?2013-Cat-830-MB See post #1
Glad to see you're having fun in the new shop!
Cheers, Neil.

[Espeefan]

The Bell 4206 is a cool machine. Looks like it needs some help pulling the scraper though. You should hire someone to run the dozer and give it a push from the rear. :)

[FlyingBeagle]

That is so cool, I would love to come run a push dozer for you, but Im not sure I could afford the gas for the daily commute to work.

Just a thought, If you are going to load the scraper with the excavator, why not pull both scrapers in tandem and split the hydraulics between the two. now that would really move some earth in a hurry.

[Lil Giants]

Tom, the dirt was a bit too moist & being the sub soil clay that came from my basement, very sticky & compacts quickly! I dumped those two piles in there late last fall with my small Massey FEL. That dirt is soaked up from 17inches of rainfall last summer/fall. The other pile is wetter yet, I think some snow had blown in melted into it during the winter.

The problem with using the dozer to pull a pan is you have to be so careful how sharp you turn at any given time, not to roll dirt into the links & bind them up. This subsoil clay packs in like cement. Even Joe's dozer, he had trouble with rock & clay in the track links at Cabin Fever in 2012 & had to take the tracks off to clean them a couple of times.

In the Flat Topping video, a few different times dirt fell from the cut wall with the right track too close getting dirt into track tensioner & links... now I gotta take that side apart & clean it to get it functioning properly again.

The weather has been crappy again today, must have got an inch overnight cause it sure was a soggy mess to get around today... so I spent the better part of the day out in the shop hauling dirt to the outer edges, sealing off the daylight & the cold draft! Both piles have less than half the dirt they did just a few days ago. The 850, the adt, the WA500 have been busy! :D

Thanx for the photos Neil, some kool iron to drool at... lucky you to have had the experience of running them. :cool:

Nathan, we will make that video if the fellas from the east side ever make it over or I get there next Fall for the model engineering show. I don't see it possible that I could operate two models at the same time, even with I changed the throttle back to no spring center... I don't think I want to make the dozer to push full throttle, over amp the motors & burn 'em up.. or the back of the scraper sliding up the dozer blade from pushing too hard.. or... :thinking: gotta have two operators to do it right without a wreck!

FB, I could certainly T each function together & make it work, but rough guess, it would be better than 18 feet of tubing & six T's, which I don't have.

I just weighed that 10th scale pan, it's 44lbs! :eek: Add a heaping load of dirt? :eek: :eek: :eek:

I just gotta change the fittings on the 10scale pan to match the 4206, maybe tomorrow I'll see if the 4206 has enough weight within itself to pull that pan loaded,.. it's a wheeled drawbar pull, so there's no drawbar weight added to the 4206.

[Lil Giants]

So I tried to pull the 10th scale pan with the 4206 today... on the cement, no problem. But in the dirt it struggled to pull it empty! The tires on the pan are made from, I think it was delrin, it didn't want to roll in the soft ground. Loaded up, 4206 couldn't budge it... I had to push with my foot & push quite hard to get it to move.

Only the 10th scale dozer will ever pull that massive pan. :)

[hvy 1ton]

You need one of these for the Bell. http://www.bultequipment.com/PDF/Titan-S4412B-2-Wheel-Pan.pdf

Doubles need minimum of 4 circuits and 2 sequencing valves. The sequencing valve allows the apron and ejector to run off the same circuit. Otherwise both pans will try to load at the same time.

[Lil Giants]

KOOL!!! thanx for the posting the link hvy1ton, I got it bookmarked for future consideration of a project to do. :cool:

I have been pondering for some time about changing the hitch on the current pan I have to something like this, wondering how it might change the Bell's traction abilities to load the pan better and/or easier than a drawbar pull?

[Lil Giants]

Yesterday was so foggy I could hardly see across the road & drizzled rain most of the day... today I woke to see the ground was white!... though I didn't think to take a pic till 2pm. :rolleyes: ...maybe by next wkend I get started with seeding crop... that tik tok is getting louder in my head everyday!

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Thank God for hobbies... something to keep me distracted.

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The pile I was flat topping last wkend is just about gone, I'll push the rest of it up to the doorway... Steve, your compactor dozer would be perfect here. ;)

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I got the rest of the week to make this pile disappear, build up the edges & the other doorway. ;)

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[avel]

Nice, that Vario is a beast. I read about you running it at 35Bar, that is some power!!

[ihbuilder]

I'll have to get up there some winter . I have to get a passport now :confused: last time I was in canada , I just drove in with no stopping .

[Dieselchopper]

I'll have to get up there some winter . I have to get a passport now :confused: last time I was in canada , I just drove in with no stopping .

We should try and plan a meet at Joe's this winter........If he is up for it????
Get several guys there at the same time and all have fun.

[Lil Giants]

Yeah, not so easy to travel anymore... my passport expired in Nov 2012. :rolleyes:

Having this area in the back of workshop + the lean-to when I get it built this summer is much more appealing to have company than if it were just the basement... the basement would be risky to even have 3ppl down there not to step on anything. Where I live, you would have to drive to get here b/c the closest major airport for jets is 4hrs away.

The Island boys however, one of them is a pilot & if 4 of them went together to rent a small Cessna? they could fly right to my town just nine miles away... just saying. :D

[ihbuilder]

It wouldn't be this winter for me . I'm determined to have a dozer for cabin fever next year . My td 40 is close and if I stick to it I'll have it done . I gotta stop jumpin around :rolleyes: We for the most part travel as a family so when I come you got 4 operators .

[RCTech9]

Nice to see the pictures Joe! Are you bringing any other members of the fleet up from the basement?

[RCLogger]

Yeah, not so easy to travel anymore... my passport expired in Nov 2012. :rolleyes:

Having this area in the back of workshop + the lean-to when I get it built this summer is much more appealing to have company than if it were just the basement... the basement would be risky to even have 3ppl down there not to step on anything. Where I live, you would have to drive to get here b/c the closest major airport for jets is 4hrs away.

The Island boys however, one of them is a pilot & if 4 of them went together to rent a small Cessna? they could fly right to my town just nine miles away... just saying. :D

Not sure if I could find your place Joe, last time I checked there is no Ocean, 200 foot tall trees and big Mountains out your way. I would be lost. ;)

[Lil Giants]

That's about it Tech9, other than the SA loader & Tamiya trks... the 2nd dirt pile is just about gone & everything will be going home soon. :D

Just look for the small house on the prairie with a green roof Greg, that me! :D


This how I finished the 1st pile... I was impressed with how well that small Stahl pushed & packed, when I (205lbs) stepped on the dirt I didn't leave much of a print... of course the dirt is quite moist.

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This afternoon I went to work on the other pile flattening it out, did most of it inside of 40mins with the 850.

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Then put lil Stahl to work making it smooth & level.

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Then what to do...? Idle hands is the Devil's workshop.... :D

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I adjusted the tx stick for no spring center, but without the "ratchet arm" in place (I don't know where I put that yrs ago), I was only getting about 2/3 throttle in each direction before the last bit of spring tension interfered.

Amazing what this lil 12lbs dozer was capable of, the two machines working together, pan taking a 1/2 to 3/4 inch cut to pack a heaping load on in less than two feet!!! :cool: The dirt would pack in there so tight that the small push cyl struggled at 1st to push the load out! :D

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I even made a movie of it fun fun fun ...enjoy! :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaLxtX72YyE&feature=youtu.be

[Bo Wallen]

Hey Joe !
I think I know where this is going......."I adjusted the tx stick for no spring center" ....I can't wait........for the Grand Parade back home.....:D
It is a ton o fun to watch you operating those machines.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Ok now your just showing off:lol::lol:, Thats pretty neat especially as your drive one forward and backing the Stahl up at the same time without missing a beat:jaw: NICE!

[modelman]

wow!! That's great joe! You don't need any help. Looks like you have it figured out. Next we will see the video of you operating the excvtr. with your feet while running the dozer and scraper :D .That takes some good hand-eye coordination. Good job.

[Lil Giants]

Thanx for your kind words fellas. :cool:

This dirt is so wet! After about 30 push loads, the surface developed a nearly impenetrable crust & the track motors of the lil Stahl dozer were nearly stalling with the tracks having too good of traction, I even tried to rip it with the dozer & either didn't penetrate much or hook deep & stopped the dozer... so time to bring in the muscle to break it all up again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGceShzHdiA

But then the pile was too narrow & I kept sliding off either side with the pan... so now I just load the pan with JD850 to disperse the last of the dirt pile to the outer edges. I can get it a lot fuller this way & do it less time too! ;)


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[modelman]

Joe-that JD850 is impressive!! It moves a lot of dirt very fast. Nice videos. Looks like your work on this site is moving along great. Will this part of the shop be a dirt floor or will it be concrete?

[Stuff]

Hey.. now you have the tractor and it has the hydraulics.. you could make a tow behind grader :D :D :D :D

[Lil Giants]

Indeed Tom, I have enjoyed this powerful excavator since the 1st day I turned it on. The back of shop will not be cement, I planned it this way. ;)

It's already on the 'to-do' list Dean, but with only 3 valves in the tractor, some of the grader functions may be operated with Firgelli actuators. ;)

[doodlebug]

Hey Joe, have you considered mounting both radios to a tv tray with Velcro? Just a thought. Looks like fun in the new area!
Cheer's, Neil.

[RCTech9]

How about a big dump trailer for the Bell?

[egronvold]

I suggest this setup :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgcweoyccCo

[Lil Giants]

Great vid Emil! Thanx for posting it. :cool:

But not likely I make anymore end dump trls... I'm thinking more along the lines of a belly dumper road train of 4 or 5 trls, capacity roughly two 5ga pails worth. :D

[Stuff]

wow egronvold! that was worth the watch!

[calum_scania]

Just spent the last 3 nights reading through the majority of this, absolutely amazing stuff!
The Vario excavator has to be one of the best machines on the market, makes me want one so badly!

Thats screening bucket too! Top work Joe keep it up!

Calum

[Lil Giants]

Thank you Calum. :)

Finishing seeding 10 day ago, I did some hauling into the back my of workshop with the Mammoth.

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But it's a looong haul for just one trk at a time... which got me motivated to finish the pup for my GL this wkend. ;)

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I put both the GL & KH on my DX18 radio & bind them both to the same model copy - meaning I can drive them both at the same time from one radio. The GL for/rev & steering is on the left stick and the KH for/rev & steering is on the right stick.

Both trks have AR8000 receivers (8ch), so the shift servos for the 3spd trans are not connected in either trk, each trk is currently using 4chs, not enough chs left to include the 3spds too. Both trks are geared differently too, so the GL is locked in 3rd gear & the KH in 2nd making them both virtually the same speed... the GL might be a wee bit faster.

I put the GL's dump boxes on Aux 1 & 2 (3pos stick switches), and the KH's on Aux 4 & 5 (rotary sliders on sides of radio), in which I had to re-assign Aux 4 to Aux 3 & Aux 5 to Gear.

By the time I got the radio programmed & the trks functioning correctly I was almost out of daylight... but I did get 3 loads of practice. Trying to drive two trks simultaneously is mind blowing difficult!!! .... especially rounding corners, I would start right turn the lead trk & couldn't help but start to turn the following trk right as well ...or if one trk was going left while the other going right, I would over steer both when I intended to go straight... It really took a lot of mental capacity to try to drive one trk separate from the other at the same time... I almost ran into myself a few times & just let go of both sticks in the nick of time! :D

[Trackerman]

Awesome idea Lil Giants, yep awesome.

Cheers

Paul

[ngward79]

Nice job ! So where is the video ?

[flatdeck]

Video of you driving two trucks at the same time would be nice..... I have a hard time driving one at a time sometimes never mid two......


Wayne

[steamer]

Joe, you'd be even busier than a one armed paper hanger!! Great job on figuring out the radio for two vehicles

[4X44DAD]

Wow Awesome stuff

[FlyingBeagle]

Yup, I agree driving two trucks at once is not that impressive of a feat if you are actually doing it at all. Anyone can park two trucks and take a picture of them.:D:D:D Now operating a video camera at the same time takes it to a whole new level. :)

[modelman]

Hi joe-I can't imagine trying to drive-2-trucks at once but if anyone can I would bet on you. I have heard a lot of bad things about the "mammoth" trucks but if I remember correctly you have had yours for a long time. Have you done up-grades to it or is it stock. Looks like it hauls a nice size load.

[avel]

With more practice you might be the only person in the world to drive two RC vehicles from one radio at the same time. I'd like to see a video of you driving both trucks now and then one after you've had about a months worth of practice. Good workout for your brain.

I love seeing that Vario in action.

[Bo Wallen]

Hey Joe !
You are a excellent Excavator operator and now even one excellent machine builder extraordinaire !!! as modelman say " I wondered if I was going to see-2-trucks going up the ramp together" Come one Joe you can yes you can !!!!

Joe is on the mission :cool:

[TRUCKMAKER]

Here I thought operating the scraper and the Stahl at the same was neat. But 2 trucks on one radio at the same time!?!
How are you going to top that Joe?

[RCTech9]

How are you going to top that Joe?

Maybe run two excavators at the same time???

That is pretty neat Joe! You should put a camera on the second truck...

[Lil Giants]

Quite the buzz with the talk of two trucking :D... I made a vid yesterday, but using a headband camera holder to film, I never know where the darn thing is pointing & most of it was with the camera too high & can't see the 2nd trk.

So I did it again just before dark tonite & this time the camera is almost too low to show the 850 loading the trks :(... but the trks are view 90% of the time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1-6MEQQDuM&feature=youtu.be

I have heard a lot of bad things about the "mammoth" trucks but if I remember correctly you have had yours for a long time. Have you done up-grades to it or is it stock. Looks like it hauls a nice size load.

I've had this Mammoth since it 1st came out. All that I have changed is put one of Willy Loewer's WWR 7.2v motors in it, the motor is about half the rpm of the kit motor making it a little easier too drive in small areas.

Right from the start I had this rc on a 4ch stick radio & added an esc for the dump motor drive. The esc is plugged in through Plus 1 unit to make use of the built-in limit switches, as well as Y'd to a separate ch. It'll dump with the trk moving forward at half throttle, but not in reverse.

I suppose the bad things you heard was the dump wouldn't work correctly b/c with too much weight on the steer axle, the servo for steer couldn't turn sharp enough to activate the dump? The separate esc on a separate ch fixed that.

This Mammoth hauled close to 3cubes in the summer of 2005 up a 17 degree incline with about half of the dirt shown above on its back. The entire trip up the ramp, the left front tire was about a half inch in the air all the way to the top, that's how much torque that was put on the chassis to climb such a steep grade! :D It's been a great haul trk. ;)

The wooden roadway across the grass shown in the vid, that was the ramp I made in 2005 to climb out of the basement.

[avel]

Those 20 minutes went by too fast, great video!
What happened to the green pup? Hydraulic leak/problem?

[RCP57]

Awesome stuff Joe! Your GL pup trailer turned out looking great too!

I have been meaning to ask you a question but figured you would be too busy working. I guess you have a little time so....

Do the Viper marine esc's you use have a brake? I was looking at a tio marine 30 amp at a local shop but it has a brake before reverse and I don't know if you can shut it off. I was wanting to use it for the swing on my excavator so a brake would not be good.

Thanks, Reg

[avel]

RCP57, I use these http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__43377__HobbyKing_X_Car_45A_Brushed_Car_ESC_USA_w arehouse_.html

You hold the button on the ESC upon start up to program it for no brake. Inexpensive too.

If this is off topic, sorry.

[Lil Giants]

I haven't added oil to either trk nor pup since I built both in 2000... I don't see any leaks on the pup, but the wdc telescope cyls do sweat a little bit. The pup must've got low, the trl tilted back a little too much & the pump might have sucked a bit of air, probably have to re-bleed the cyl too.

Both the GL & KH are using the Viper Marine 15 for for/rev, it's a soft brake. Not sure how it would perform in a hoe. I used a Servonaut S20 esc in my 850 & the brake wasn't an impairment. Currently in the 850 it's a Sabertooth 2x12.

Interesting is how the Sabertooth 2x12 in the GL behaves with the screwdrives on the dump boxes, the way it starts it almost seems the load is too heavy, but it's just the way it ramps up too speed.

Rain @6:30 this morning, got a load on the trk to go to the pig barn, the roads might dry enough in another hr to get it there before another system hits after dinner... been busy spraying in crop all week, some great sunny 20C days & zero wind.

What about you, I thought you be gone fishing by now?

[avel]

The Sabertooth 2x12 in the GL might have the DIP switch set for Acceleration Ramping?

[RCP57]

I haven't added oil to either trk nor pup since I built both in 2000... I don't see any leaks on the pup, but the wdc telescope cyls do sweat a little bit. The pup must've got low, the trl tilted back a little too much & the pump might have sucked a bit of air, probably have to re-bleed the cyl too.

Both the GL & KH are using the Viper Marine 15 for for/rev, it's a soft brake. Not sure how it would perform in a hoe. I used a Servonaut S20 esc in my 850 & the brake wasn't an impairment. Currently in the 850 it's a Sabertooth 2x12.

Interesting is how the Sabertooth 2x12 in the GL behaves with the screwdrives on the dump boxes, the way it starts it almost seems the load is too heavy, but it's just the way it ramps up too speed.

Rain @6:30 this morning, got a load on the trk to go to the pig barn, the roads might dry enough in another hr to get it there before another system hits after dinner... been busy spraying in crop all week, some great sunny 20C days & zero wind.

What about you, I thought you be gone fishing by now?

Thanks Joe, I have been running a 2x12 on the swing of my Volvo and it worked great until I made a stupid mistake and hooked the battery up backwards while I wasn't paying attention. Fried the 2x12 on the swing but not the one on the tracks???? It also fried my Jetti Spin 33 that runs my Torcman motor on the pump. All in all it cost me over $200 because I was in a hurry!:mad: I managed to get another Spin 33 though and will put it in this weekend. I have another Sabertooth on order but no one has stock on them and the Robot Shop just pushed their arrival back another week so I was looking for an alternative in case they don't come in time for our show next month.

I am running 2x12's in my KH and Hayes. Like you said, they start out a bit strange on the dumps but I think the softer start is probably easier on the motors/gears.

Yes I am back fishing finally! I guess we have been going fairly steady for about a month now. I made it home last night to eat a piece of my Birthday cake so that was cool.lol Hopefully the summer will be a busy and profitable one for both of us!

Reg

[Lil Giants]

I've been hiding out in my workshop the last month, now that the July heat is here with over 30 temps, it's a cool 18 in here to avoid the afternoon heat wave, better than ac!!! :)

I hauled that dirt pile in front of workshop with farm fel 3wks ago. So much rain in June every week, now the mosquitos are horribly abundant, I gotta wear a mesh jacket/hood while I work outside mornings & evenings.

This dirt goes to back of workshop to build up outer edges of the wall. I fill the pan with the 850, spread & pack with the pan. This moist dirt packs so well with the 4206 running over it, I walk on it myself without hardly leaving a print!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmUCamQwg3Y

[Lil Giants]

Last night & this morning I built the framework for my workbenches for the middle room where I will sit to build/fix.

What I did last night was set the height at approx 29", and then doing the other side this morning I thought I would try a little higher @31.5"... and then I add the bridge in the middle & it's "oh $hyt :eek: always thinking ahead Joe (not)" :rolleyes: So the bridge is at the lower level.

48' of workspace!!!! oh yeah!!! :D :cool:

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Here's the two stools at their various heights.

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I got this counter board, I can't remember what it's called, it 3/4" thick & very dense solid. And the laminate that I will put on top of that.

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This other end will be where the lathe & mill will sit.

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I got this sheet of puck board, I may use it for bench cover in the front room. That bench will be considerably higher too as I will likely be standing at that one on occasion doing whatever quick cuts/welds/bending ect.

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I'm headed out right now to see if I can borrow a tablesaw from my neighbor & his assistance too to cut that thick board... get the tabletops in place & the laminate glued down before harvest in a week. ;)

[speedy8305]

the Board is called MDF=Multi Density Fiber board and the shop is looking great keep up the good work

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice workbenches Joe. They look heavy enough to build a 1:1 on! Plenty of room for lots of new project and builds. What's going into the center of the room?:D

[RCP57]

That's a great start Joe. I remember when our shop looked like that! Now it's full of crap and I need more space...:(

[Lil Giants]

MDF sorta rings a bell, thanx Steve.

2x6 shouldn't sag too much I hope Kent... I sat on the middle of each long span & the bubble moved a little bit. I have the outside edges tipped up to the high side of the bubble mark so the screws & tools, if they wanna roll will go towards the wall rather than off onto the floor... till I get a bunch of projects spread across the area, then maybe it will hold level.

The middle of the floor will be left open for now. I have had thoughts of making a rolling bolt bin - tool carrier to drag from one project to next, regular use tools & parts at easy reach. ;).

Thanx Reg. How big is your shop & when did you build it?

[RCP57]

It's 28x40. I started planing for it in late 09 and had it finished just before summer of 2010. I did most of the work by myself and as money came in from work so it took about 6 months to complete. I wish it was a bit larger but I'm grateful for what we have!

[FlyingBeagle]

Joe,
The shop is looking great. My shop in the basement of my house is a similar size with the exact same layout. One thing I did was to put a double (5-0x6-8) set of doors from the gararge to the workshop. It makes it so much easier to move equipment and materials into the workshop. Since my basement is all conditioned I didnt need insulated doors. At Lowes a single (2-6x6-8) door was $70 and a double was $278 :jaw: When I was buying the doors I got to looking and the head is the exact same as the non hinge side jamb. I bought 2 single doors and removed the right jamb from one and the left from another. I used one of the jambs as a new head to make a pair. It only took about 45 minutes to do. Just make sure you buy a set of opposite handed doors.

[Lil Giants]

My front room has a 12 foot roll-up door, so what doesn't fit thru the standard walk-in door into the middle room, I probably don't want it in there anyway. The front room is 24 x 30 and will have just one workbench on the east wall (same side as the lathe/mill in adjoining room).

[Stuff]

wow the shop is coming along well!

[Cooper]

Looks good, I have been realizing and appreciating having a lot of rolling cabinets, carts, benches ect. My work are is similar, bench on perimeter walls with open space in middle. That's where I can import, move, roll the next project into area. And I acquired a nice office chair (leather too!) that I was going to remove arms and back but have realized the back is rather useful when a eureka moment is transpiring:) I know it's kind of weird but the one thing I would love to have is a central vacuum system !!

[mog]

looking good Joe hope this find's you well in to harvest hope the rains out there have not got you flooded out

[Cooper]

Speaking of roller chairs, I just broke down and purchased a drafting height roller chair, enables me to look down on lathe operations-- now I got three chairs on wheels!! But for what we are doing its nice to be mobile in the shop!!

[Lil Giants]

I just got one more coat of paint in the corner of the front room where building materials were moved from, then build a high workbench that I'll stand to use on occasion... then call an electrician. Once the entire shop is powered, then I'll start moving in and adding new tools... :)

I barely started harvest Thursday on winter wht & got rained out same day... too tough to go yesterday, currently it's cloudy & 19C... gonna go out & try a different field in a few hrs that I desiccated 3wks ago, the outside round & draws that were full of weeds, if that does go (120ac worth) - that'll likely be all I'll be doing till the sun shines with 25+ temps. The 7day forecast doesn't look good with a lot of cloud & chances of rain... I hope it's wrong.

Weather just not cooperating yet with a lot of rain thru later August. Everybody with different crops, whether it's yellow peas, lentils, even some early planted durum have been harvesting sprouted grain... the winter wht field I started in, the sample is 13% sprouted - automatic animal feed grade. Big yields again this yr with +15inches rainfall since planting, but quality is starting out poor. :(

[Lil Giants]

Too tough to harvest yesterday yet & today very cloudy, probably won't go tomorrow either... so to escape dismal reality I tinker in the back room today, cleaning up the last of what I hauled in a month or so ago. This dirt got too dry & too many hard lumps to spread & pack on the outer edges, so I'm just stock piling out of the way for now. Probably screen it again later & dump the lumps outside.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAgQJDptEC8&list=UUrmuc-WDTBiqMGma7bs5Z3g

I'll build the front room workbench tomorrow & track down an electrician Tues to get this building wired up while I'm busy with harvest. ;)

[Lil Giants]

I manage to put in 2wks straight & accomplished 3/4's of my harvest, then the weather took a turn for the worst again Monday with drizzling rain most of the day. It's been brutal cold & humid all week. Thank goodness for hobbies to escape dismal realities. :)

I made some good progress on the 490 hoe this week, I painted most of the parts during the summer, so it's assembly time.

This afternoon the sun came out, the wind died down & it was relatively warm outside, so I did some hauling out with the two trk & pups when I had this eureka moment! :D

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[liftmys10]

Video looks great in the previous post! So smooth operating it.
Any progress pictures of the 490? Can't wait to see that in action.

[Lil Giants]

Not much to see yet, the undercarriage is built & trying to attach upper plate. The bridge has a hollow area to fit the bl speed controls for the tracks within, but it's very narrow & not allot room with the center bearing coming down the middle. I tried to use those screw terminals to connect the speed controls to the slip ring, but they might be too big... might have to take them out & solder everything together. :/

Nobody taking a guess what the above pic might be? :thinking: :D

Well here's a few teasers... I made a vid this morning, got to edit it yet... going out right after this post to try combining, 1st I've turned a wheel since last Sunday.

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This is a tight hairy corner to make! :eek:

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Ol' whitey been down all summer, 2nd gear is clicking/skipping bad, I think the shift forks are probably wore out. The trans in this trk dates back to the 6x4 KH tractor I was running back in 02-03.

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[modelman]

Hi joe-it looks like a 5th. wheel (I think that's what it's called) but I don't know why it tilts :confused:

[Cooper]

There's always a sketchy part to the haul road!!! Usually keeps the drivers awake:). But that whole road looks sketchy!!!!! Lol!!!!

[ihbuilder]

I figured it out this morning after seeing Franks write up on his FB post . Man that model pulls like a beast .

:edit: Joe hows the rum in the 4206 with the pump and valves added ? Me thinking again :rolleyes::o

[calum_scania]

Can't wait to see some pictures of the 490 progress :)

[Lil Giants]

Here's the vid for the 4206 pulling the bellydumpers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OozBFKyLzg&feature=youtu.be

Sketchy is an understatement RW... :eek: :D

Steve, the room? very tight!!! That electric steering apparatus takes up a lot of space, the motor/pump is directly in front on the other side of drive axle & a small oil tank at the front. The valves & 3s batt are up in the cab.

Calum, looks like warmer weather this coming week, so not much time for hobbies. I finished my winter wheat yesterday YAY :) Just the flax left to do, I hope to get started on it tomorrow.

[ihbuilder]

hmm, I wonder if he'd exchange steer servo app. with a pump . Not that I would put an interior in .

I was watching some vids on these lil buggers last night and had a brain attack :eek: I got 2 bowls sittin around . 1 will get competed as a self propelled but I'm not sure I'm going to doo the 2nd 1 . Sooo......

[Lil Giants]

I opted for the steering apparatus so I'd an extra valve for something else... but given the size of that complex component you could probably stack another 2 valve block in it's place (maybe) without interfering with the steering cyls.

The front part of the 4206 is exactly like the B50 & B45 ADT's.

[ihbuilder]

I might go with your type of setup . How do you go about ordering from him for this side of the pond , email/phone ?

[Lil Giants]

I do everything with Frank via email & bank wire.

[calum_scania]

I look forward to the updates i'm sure they will be good! I noticed Frank had put a link to one of your videos on his page

Nice to read you've purchased a few more? A small fleet renewal? ;)

[Lil Giants]

I got power & lights two wks ago, but no time till today to do some work in there. I tidied up the middle room & added some shelving. These LED lights are super bright!!!

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This air compressor use to be in my farm shop, I think it's 30yrs old. I bought a new one for the farm shop that has 4x the CFM, which was awesome for filling trk tires & blowing off machinery this Fall. :D

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I elected not build the front room workbench till now so the electrician had room to install power. That'll be tomorrow's project.

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I'm gonna put a rack here under this light in the back room as this will be where I hang parts to be painted.

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Even with the backroom walls not painted white, it's still very bright, these LED lights are awesome! There's probably more than 3 cubes of dirt layered & packed around outside perimeter, that was a great summertime project to build up & grade. I'll be building higher again next summer with the pan. ;)

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Currently it's about -1 outside & a comfy 17 in my workshop. The heaters don't seem to run that much, it'll be interesting to see when it's -35 how well they do.

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[modelman]

Work shop is looking really good joe-It will be nice to see that D9 gruntin & pushin some dirt.

[RCTech9]

Shop is looking good! When are we gonna see that D9 moving?

[Cooper]

Looks like you will be able to fill up those benches soon!! Love the white walls and those lights do look bright!! Had about 65degrees here today, possibly flurries this weekend :( but not as far north as you. So you about done with the real work for winter? So what projects are being planed for the new shop?? Looks good and lots of space!!

[Lil Giants]

Not done the real work yet RW, last couple wks busy either loading Btrains long hauling & trking grain locally myself. This coming wk I have at least 6 Btrains coming for mustard & feed grains and I have deliveries to make to the hog barn just down the road from me. Plus I have 190mt of fertilizer to get home from town sometime before Dec 1st... gonna be at it for awhile yet... and winter arrived today with 6" snowfall forecasted over the next couple days & -20C by tomorrow morning... a 30 degree temperature change in just a few days Brrrrr :eek:

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So yesterday was about 4hrs of dirt hauling out of the basement before dark... the last 50 loads worth for the yr.I think I may have moved out just over 3cubes this yr, about 2 cubes in the last 3 wkends. I was looking for a picture that showed where I was at last spring, but it doesn't look like I took one, although the vid 'Hauling out in April' shows the size of the pile last Spring.

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I spread out Izzy's dozer kit on the workbench last Sunday night & almost as quickly as I started - I was done! b/c I didn't have a 2.5mm tap. :eek: How I really hate that when I get charged up to do something & suddenly realize I can't b/c a part is missing or a tool I don't have... where I live there is no running down town for a quik buy! I had taps by Friday & started building the tracks Friday night. :)

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A quick trip to the city Monday afternoon for farm business, I picked this up too... some of you can probably guess what it is. :D

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I'm sure glad my hotrod diesel isn't a long box, it just barely fits with a foot or so front & back. :eek:

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My contractor got the cement work done around the westside of my house mid Oct. The pad by the step, I'm thinking I will put a hot tub there. :)

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And they came last week to do the framing. The metal siding was ordered after b/c the contractor wanted to get it cut to ground contour, as it is known now there is a 13" difference in height from the house down to the back of shop. Contractor figures they'll still get it put up before xmas, but the spray foam insulation will have to wait till next summer for warmer temps for adhesion... I don't think I'll be doing any digging in there this winter. :(

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This pile of dirt is what the tlb took out around the house for cement prep, this will be a fantastic job for the 10 scale D9 to level out & spread next summer. ;)

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[RCP57]

You've been busy Joe! Your shop is coming along really nice and I am envious of all that space! So what welder did you buy? Is it a straight up TIG or ???

I can't wait to see you weld up some cool sh**! I guess my stuff won't be very unique anymore now that all the heavy hitters are getting TIG welders!

[Cooper]

That's what I was guessing, tig. I'm on the border between miller or Hobart easy tig. Hopefully Santa will find his way down the gas vent to the Xmas tree in garage, right next to the workbench. :). I also have been using office furniture (leftover / abandoned stuff) I've acquired. I raised the main desk I work at by about 10". And finally found a cheep chair at staples office supply. It's adjustable from regular to bar height. Simple, plastic rollers, (better on smooth concrete) and was cheep for a new chair. I can imagine with all that new room you are gonna be rolling around a lot!!
I know what you mean about not having anywhere to go when you need something. I have plenty around here but never can find exactly what I need when I need it too!! I lucked out with McMaster Carr, if I get my order in before 3-4 I have it next day and no extra shipping. I've learned on a lot of this little stuff to order two, my lack of eye hand coordination usually ends up breaking those little taps!!! Keep the posts up to date on the new dozer. And yes you are right about one of your fellow countrymen, the one who beat me to guessing what's in the box, his dump boxes are darn good!!

[Cooper]

Oh and I'll post up some more machining operations if you post up some welding stuff :)

[TRUCKMAKER]

Everything's looking good Joe. I see what you mean about building more benches and why you wrapped them all around the building since you already have one covered up:D:D:cool:

I'm with Coop and Reg, new tig!?

[Lil Giants]

It's a Miller 180 tig welder... I told the clerk what I wanted to weld (steel & aluminum) & thicknesses, this is what he recommended... other than that I don't know, I was kinda in a hurry. :D They didn't have it in stock, it was delivered to a friend's business in town where I picked it up Friday... it's still in the box. It came with a book, "tig welding for dummies", I should go fish that out right now & get busy reading. :D

I think you're quite safe in that regard Reg, I won't be welding any trk cabs anytime soon. ;) I hope my tig skills develop quickly enough to have a mule train of cross dumps worthy of the 4206 to pull by spring. :)

Sounds like a fair trade RW. I don't think the learning curve will be too difficult for me, I got pretty good at vertical stick welding with professional looking results before getting a mig 10yrs ago. Mig is just easy peasy to do with thicknesses greater than 1/8. I'm juiced to learn tig welding now, I just hope my eyesight is good enough to see the correct puddle I need to achieve... how my eyes have changed in just the last 3yrs.

Here's a vid I made yesterday. Using just the one bd trl the last two wkends, my turn arounds are less than half the time with the Btrain... about 12 loads an hour = roughly two 5ga pails of dirt. The B lead volume is about 2/3's of the pup, so I'm getting out more dirt per hour with one trl vs two. :D

http://youtu.be/B3pO6KycamI

[RCP57]

I am assuming you bought the Diversion 180? I started out with a Diversion 165 and it was/is a great little welder. The 180 comes with a foot pedal and a few other options over the 165 so I think it will be a great machine for you. I use a Lincoln now but it was just the right deal at the right time for a larger, more light/commercial welder. For what we do I don't think it is necessary to have all the bells and whistles. It just adds to the confusion while we are teaching ourselves!lol I do use the pulse feature on my Lincoln from time to time but not always. It is nice for doing long beads on thin material. Does the 180 have that? The 165 did not. A friend of mine that is a welder/fabricator by trade told my to buy a Dynasty 200. It was out of my price range but also out of my realm of understanding with way too many adjustments! I'm still learning from the TIG welding for dummies DVD!lol

Good luck with it and remember to be patient!