IH5070 Paystar 6X6 now a log truck & pup

[Brian in PA]

Lookin good Steve!

[Heavy Metal]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

...what RPM motor do you have ? I got a johnson @6600 rpm I'm going to try not much torq though ( I just noticed ) we'll see

Sounds like I have the same motor. I bought a Johnson 12V 6600RPM motor off ebay and also tried the 12V Johnson motor off my Leimbach pump as a test. They both performed almost identical. Labored real bad and pulled 6 or 7 amps (blew a 5A fuse almost immediately). If I remember correctly these Idex micropumps are moving about 5 times as much fluid as a Leimbach with each revolution so I think problem is too much volume. I was going to try a 4:1 gear reduction as next step.

[ihbuilder]

Joe my pump on the shelf to for a little . it looks out of proportion to the truck so I think I'm going to try to get a micro pump from the Germans for this 1 . I have timing pulleys for 4:1 reduction as a stacked unit I plan to get together for my TD40B and the big mack if the UMS pump will not work for it

thanks Brian

I'm pretty much shelving my projects till I get some customers caught up except for somethings I'll use as a trial run on the JD mill . Like the frame pieces for the pup for this truck .



if it does these right then I'll feel comfortable running drop deck frames .

[ihbuilder]

last set of frames till I get a bunch of wheels out of my way

BTW : these have the ryco suspension built in









I'm trying to get these few frames out of the way before I tie up the mill on the 2nd op for WHEELS

[spudd]

Sweet lookin stuff!!!!!! Great design on the rails. Can't wait to see it all done

[Dreamweaver]

They look NICE Steve.. So do the A/C's. Question, are you drilling and taping the mounting holes in the a/c's?

~Mike~

[ihbuilder]

"are you drilling and taping the mounting holes in the a/c's? "
Yes

thanks guys

[sneaky-pete]

Nice work Steve!

I shall call you...the aluminum whisperer

[Snowman]

those machined parts look great, really impressive work on the dot bumper, incorporating the mudflap mounts, too cool

[4EX]

great rig

[CAT29]

This truck is great. I haven't even finished my first truck and this already makes me want to start another one my next one will be a Mercedes Benz 2232 as a log truck with a bogie jinker my old man had this set up when I was growing up. Well keep up the great work and some more pics please!

[Roadmasters]

Great work as always steve, cant wait to see it moving logs

[ihbuilder]

he mill was idle for a bit well we can't have that So a a quicky got claws ?





thanks for lookin

[ihbuilder]

I got a lil package today when I got home My pumps came I won 2 micropumps from fleabay with the motors on with the magnetic coupling . I thought I'd give them a try on this truck to see how they work out . My valves are ready to get machined just a matter of feeling better and getting back in the shop I'm still toying on buying cylinders or making them Liembach has the right 1's but they take a chunk out of the pocket ( well not bad considering the real 1's )
( note spelling stinks )

[Brian in PA]

Where is the pump from Steve, China?

Brian

[ihbuilder]

Micropumps , they're made for lab equipment actually a US corp to by them outright they are more then a Liembach . but they use stainless steal for the pump housing . http://www.micropump.com/default.aspx

[dabears]

Pup and dolley look good! Stabalizers are sweet too are you going to use actuators or like a screw drive setup on them?

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Wow Steve that looks great!! Nice work the frame on that trailer is a work of art.

[ihbuilder]

glad you like it guys

now remember I've been playing with these micro pumps awhile back ?



well i finally got 1 to a useable state the motor that came with it musta been gelded so I had a 55T integy lathe motor and a RC4wth 4:1 reduction put it all together and ahlala insta pump at 15 bar pushing against the gage . bear in mind this is the smaller of the 2 type I have . it also has no relief valve .



now on to the valves

[ihbuilder]

I dug er back out fiddled with the axles while waitin on the mill put wedico springs on the pup spent the rest of the time trying to remember what I was doing maybe life will let me get some parts made for the pup tomorrow