RC4WD Loader

[MoRockN]

Originally Posted by dabears

$450 shipping charge!!!! WTF!! 100lbs shipping weight!!! says its a 1/12scale don't like the looks of the trans, axles look like truck axles and whats with the fron disc brakes?
Ill hold out for the Wedico one I dream of owning one day!!

I'm sure they'll sell a ton of them to the Right customers. If it was 1/14 scale and $2500 I'd buy one just for the heck of it. but 1/12 scale and $3200 is making it out of the picture for me since I already have a loader. I know it's "crappy" for the most part but remember it is ready to run. By the time me and Eddie got our loaders working the way we want them to be with the right radios, quick couplers, buckets, servonaut sound, ESC, BMA , lights and such and the countless freaking hours spent to get them working and dialed in we're well over $8000 in + shipping and payment fees. Trust me, waiting for stuff for 5-6 weeks at time makes this loader a much better option for people that don't like to tinker and wait, Not to mention almost half the cost. Which makes it hard to part with our loaders and people just don't understand that a wedico loader for $5600 still needs almost another $3000 to make it sweet.

[dabears]

Originally Posted by MoRockN

I'm sure they'll sell a ton of them to the Right customers. If it was 1/14 scale and $2500 I'd buy one just for the heck of it. but 1/12 scale and $3200 is making it out of the picture for me since I already have a loader. I know it's "crappy" for the most part but remember it is ready to run. By the time me and Eddie got our loaders working the way we want them to be with the right radios, quick couplers, buckets, servonaut sound, ESC, BMA , lights and such and the countless freaking hours spent to get them working and dialed in we're well over $8000 in + shipping and payment fees. Trust me, waiting for stuff for 5-6 weeks at time makes this loader a much better option for people that don't like to tinker and wait, Not to mention almost half the cost. Which makes it hard to part with our loaders and people just don't understand that a wedico loader for $5600 still needs almost another $3000 to make it sweet.

I see what your saying. And that's what is nice about this place. many have tested and re worked a lot of things to be able to know what it takes to be "right". I can see the $3200 price tag nice for some but id go with a $8k Wedico that works right and will last. Not that this one wont just my preference I guess. I guess if it was 1/14 scale id have different feelings about it

[MoRockN]

Originally Posted by dabears

I see what your saying. And that's what is nice about this place. many have tested and re worked a lot of things to be able to know what it takes to be "right". I can see the $3200 price tag nice for some but id go with a $8k Wedico that works right and will last. Not that this one wont just my preference I guess. I guess if it was 1/14 scale id have different feelings about it

Very well said buddy. Same with my truck I got from them, I had to take it apart and rework it to make it right.

[pigeonfarmboy]

Originally Posted by dabears

I see what your saying. And that's what is nice about this place. many have tested and re worked a lot of things to be able to know what it takes to be "right". I can see the $3200 price tag nice for some but id go with a $8k Wedico that works right and will last. Not that this one wont just my preference I guess. I guess if it was 1/14 scale id have different feelings about it

Don't be too naive Aaron. Have any idea how much stuff myself and others had to rework on the Wedico 966 to "make it right"? Probably just as much if not more than it would take on one of these. I'd say the Liebherr 576 Loader is as close as anyone could get for the highest grade kit offered at this time. Even ScaleArt stuff needs a bit of debugging to get them just right. The hydraulic system is pretty solid (but Wedico doesn't make that part).

I was extremely surprised to see the cost of this kit exceed the excavator. Must have had more development costs considering a loader is a less complicated machine. Especially since they used some existing components from the dumper.

I wish they would state if the axles are locked full-time or are lockable via remote channel.

[MoRockN]

Originally Posted by pigeonfarmboy

I wish they would state if the axles are locked full-time or are lockable via remote channel.

They're cable lockable Nate. One thing I can tell anyone that's gonna get this loader, those axles are NOT very smooth, so keeping them locked is best since when they're open they "hop" or grind when they're new, until you get them broken "IN" they will seem like they're stripprd.