990 cat loader

[RAIDERS]

Lookin good steve...

[dirtpusher9]

You the man Steve!! that baby will be stout now. Great work as usual.

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by RAIDERS

Lookin good steve...

Originally Posted by dirtpusher9

You the man Steve!! that baby will be stout now. Great work as usual.

thanks guys I'm really pleased the way it's coming out considering I'm using scrapped material for it the axles are cut from stock for wrap around bumpers that was .125 " to short . the counter wieght is cut from a 1" plate we found on a job back in the early 90's left by pipeliners the drill motor is from a drill I thought I could use on job sites for instaling elc. conduit on concrete walls for elc. serv. without lugging the gen. around (big fail) . So instead of it sitting around collecting more dust , why not put it to real use . I still need to make up the spool carrier ( in steel ) that'll have to wait till I get done with alum. so I don't mix chips . I took a hit on 3 out of 4 55 gal drums full of chips because of it .

[RCKiwi]

What sort of differential are you planning on using in this beaut Steve? I've been spending a lot of time on a design for a very small LSD for my loader build, but am thinking are they actually needed? With the weight these scale loaders end up, do they actually lift a wheel with open diff's? Sorry, just picking your brain here

Cheers

Glenn

[ihbuilder]

" do they actually lift a wheel with open diff's " not sure what you mean here , Glen I'm using the hpi savage steel diffs out of a nitro truck . they seem to handle some abuse . only time will tell .

I took some time this weekend for myself to unwind to figure out what to do to solve a production issue on hubs so I made some more parts for the axles . when running 2'nd op in the mill for the spool carrier on the same jig that I use for hubs , it still f'n off any how it was a long night but I managed to save the carriers with a pressed in brass sleeve . well enough BS I did take some so so pics

rear axle assm.


front and rear axle assm.


carrier and axles






pivot assm. and parts






steel sleeve over alum. for better wear protection


thanks for lookin

[steamer]

Steve That a stout looking set of axles. How many scoops will this machine take to load the Mack.
Rob

[RCKiwi]

Thanks Steve, yep, I'm using savage diff's too I'm trying to contain the conversion in a standard savage diff casing so I can retro fit at a later date.

Very nice looking axles!

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by steamer

Steve That a stout looking set of axles. How many scoops will this machine take to load the Mack.
Rob

prob. 6 heaped ,I know 1 heaped will load my little 10 wheeler and 1.5 brian in PA 's tri-axle

[doodlebug]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

prob. 6 heaped ,I know 1 heaped will load my little 10 wheeler and 1.5 brian in PA 's tri-axle

Yah, my other Mack got loaded by one out to Geneva Steel/Hecket slag pit, 1 partial scoop was 18 ton's of drain rock! LOL, Now that's a "Horse"
I wonder where that picture is?

Cheer's, Neil.

[ihbuilder]

thanks Nate , CNC is cool but can cost you in the back pocket quick

yea there a big 1 Neil , I use to get loaded by a 992 with a spade nose in an old coal pit where they were crushing the lime stone over burden . 1 corner of the bucket 12ton for my lil 12' box . was something to see a tire higher then my cab

fixed my wheel jig thought I would never use this





10" face mill that came with the machine heavy as heck so you set it on the table and bring the spindle down to it

[B-Train Hauler]

Wow! Great job on these axles! As we said before, CNC is a thing, the man behind is another one This loader will be a beast, can't wait to see it works!

[Espeefan]

Wow, Steve. The axles are incredible. Beautifully machined scale replicas. I drool everytime I see something like this. CNC is amazing.

[9W Monighan]

I guess that program I told you about worked.

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by 9W Monighan

I guess that program I told you about worked.

It was funny it just made the pic look like a broken windshield I ended up tracing the logo and scaling it down . I got a new cam the logo is only .02 deep . I never had a pic that showed the detail like that got a lil tripod too , big help

thanks Ed , Rod should be able to load trucks in june ( I hope )

[RCP57]

That really looks awesome. I love the Cat logo and grill!

Reg

[Espeefan]

That's looking mighty fine, Steve! The new camera seems to be a good improvement over the old. At least we can see what you are building now! So how long before you start mass producing these 990 loaders?

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Espeefan

That's looking mighty fine, Steve! The new camera seems to be a good improvement over the old. At least we can see what you are building now! So how long before you start mass producing these 990 loaders?

IDK Nate , right now it's my escape from making truck parts who knows maybe down the road someday , as for cat , not sure , depends on them right now I'm building the machines for me .

thanks Reg . Dan cnc not easy as it seems I can't imagine starting on cnc machining without some manual machining experience

[D8R]

Wow. looks good Steve!
Guess has to talk to Santa already today, a new mill would be great.
Suggestion for moderators, with all those fantastic builds coming now built with CNC, maybee there should be a special headline for CNC tech/questions (under RC Tech section??)

Will follow this build closely!
Dan

[MACK Daddy]

**** Steve Every Build of Yours outdoes the next one

keeping an eye on this one


Alfy

[RCLogger]

Very nice build Steve. The grill is waycool. Keep the photo's coming..

greg