Bucyrus Erie crane truck

[Stuff]

Looking good!! wish my unit crane was on a truck! maybe next year lol.

[Krewmember]

Originally Posted by Stuff

Looking good!! wish my unit crane was on a truck! maybe next year lol.

Thanks, Stuff. Here is a little inspiration for you

[Krewmember]

The cab is mounted to the frame
It turned out to be easier than I expected, I just had to make a bracket so that the cab mounts right to the stock bumper mount on the knight hauler frame.

[Krewmember]

Just a quick update. I'm to the point where I can start designing the mechanical parts of the crane, which is good I guess
Still a lot of body work to do, but after I get the crane working.

I need to start getting more pictures when I'm building











Shawn

[doodlebug]

Cool!

[Mikem]

Looking good mine hasn't moved an inch

[frizzen]

Thats an awesome looking crane truck! It looks like body work is coming together fairly quickly.

Any plans yet how you're going to do the crane part?

[Krewmember]

Originally Posted by doodlebug

Cool!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Mikem

Looking good mine hasn't moved an inch

Well, it took me awhile to get this project started. The hardest part was probably deciding what I wanted to do for my first build

Originally Posted by frizzen

Thats an awesome looking crane truck! It looks like body work is coming together fairly quickly.

Any plans yet how you're going to do the crane part?

Thank you.

I have a few ideas. For boom I'm going to use brass, which means I have to make up a jig of some sort to keep things square. As for the hoist, lift and drag winches i will use gear motors.

But I will have to get my lathe running before I can start working on things like the cable drums, pulleys or the swing ring.

[Mikem]

Hi Krewmember I have been designing bits of my truck the boom hers a picture . It's laser cut steel that I will weld together . Each section is scale 20 feet long I will make it so you can add or remove the centre sections they will bolt together . I'm getting a KH in June then I can start the truck part . Mike

[Bo Wallen]

SWEET looking Boom I'm so wanting that..........

[Krewmember]

That boom is really impressive. The laser cut steel is a great idea.
I will probably still be using brass for the boom, do to the fact that I have no welder.

I can't wait to see the rest your project.

BTW what crane do you plan on building? Bucyrus? American? Bantam

Shawn

[Mikem]

Originally Posted by Bo Wallen

SWEET looking Boom I'm so wanting that..........

Get one you can use it to help load Regs box on your frame

[Bo Wallen]

Originally Posted by Mikem

Get one you can use it to help load Regs box on your frame

Wonder if i can load/unload my steel-box girders with that size boom...........just thinking........

[frizzen]

I ran across this while looking for extra details to make for my crane hauler, they've got a few other bucyrus erie machines that may help out, each machine goes on to a page with more pics.

http://www.gerhartmachinery.com/equi...ines-cranes-2/

[Mikem]

Bucyrus ! I saw one in a quarry 4-5 years ago and decided to build one then but had no clue about rc trucks until 3 years ago and a eureka lite went of in my head . I also found the operators manual which has a few drawings and measurements . I'm going to make the rest out of brass cabs etc . Mike

[kerst]

The house looked pretty good. have you considered using AL?

Kerst

[Krewmember]

Originally Posted by Trucker_Jo

Killer job! Looking foward to more updates, glad you're trucking right along with this one.

Thanks. It will be a fun one to operate once it's done

Originally Posted by kerst

The house looked pretty good. have you considered using AL?

Kerst

Thank you. And yes my original plan was to mill down a block of aluminium, but I no longer have access to a milling machine. I would however be able to use aluminium flat bar and plate. BUT I would have use epoxy as I do not have access to a tig welder.

Edit: or maybe brazing

Shawn

[Krewmember]

This project has been the back burner sense my last post. Again
But a couple of days ago I finally pulled it off the shelf and did some detail work mostly on the crane carrier but. I did add sliding doors and rivets to the back of the crane as well.






As for the carrier, I added a battery box and the fuel tank. And some trim to the cab as well as a opening door.



















I'm still having trouble deciding the best way to approach the mechanical parts of this project, and to make things harder my little craftsman lathe is still not running do to a missing drive pulley which for the life of me I cannot find for sale anywhere




Shawn

[skeeter]

This is a really kewl build! I can't wait to see vids of it working.

[Mikem]

Your coming along faster then my parts . I’m still trying to find sizes for the crane body . Looks great