testing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, IDK

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Originally Posted by motocrawler

I used a metal gear servo for the blade tilt







From there I added some LED's

Originally Posted by motocrawler

Here is a shot of the guts, the semi circle pieces are wheel weights I had kicking around from 2.2" proline tires, they are zap strapped together and held down with heavy duty double sided tape. I need to put it on a scale but with the battery in it definitely has some weight behind it now.

Originally Posted by motocrawler

So I got the dozer almost done. I decided not to automate the ripper as I have my doubts about the tracks holding up to the strain of ripping. I want to test it first and perhaps add some different grousers. I need to make the orange flashers and clean up some wiring and painting/weathering and it will be fully done. In the meantime here are some almost finished photos.

Originally Posted by motocrawler

Well after a summer of heavy use the tracks on the D11 were stretching to the point of just sliding off the idlers.


So I am going to try to make a track tensioner.























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Here is the result...much better I think!