990 cat loader

[ihbuilder]

Got tired of moving bucket parts around a few pics and a comparison 1 behind a knight day cab on a king frame . I don't drink sada so no soda cans . the axles will be changed just not to sure which way I want to go yet . With the mack axle turning out to be a success I'm leaning that way ,depends on the maching time . a 4th axis on the mill would be great but I don't have 1 yet so I got to figure how in 3 axis , no big deal just more setup time

[chaseracer]

awesome looking Loader Steve , wonderful job so far can't wait to see more. on a side note I would really like to have thouse rims from that Knight hauler they would look great on my Autocar lol

[Tamiya Cowboy]

HOLY COW! Now that is a loader Steve nice work!

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by chaseracer

awesome looking Loader Steve , wonderful job so far can't wait to see more. on a side note I would really like to have thouse rims from that Knight hauler they would look great on my Autocar lol

thanks I'll be getting to them soon enough those are my 1st and will be hard to part with since they hand carved in hard brass I think thats why the bearings are just about shot in my dremel

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

HOLY COW! Now that is a loader Steve nice work!

thanks Paul , need this done soon . I'm tired of shoveling to load the mack

now I got to get me some brass for the body

[ihbuilder]

some more parts came in from the shop 12#counter weight Z link piviot . since I was snaping picks I through a 36"ruler in the pic for size ( 31.5" long from back of counter weight to tooth tip on spade bucket . #30" with std. GP bkt.) I hope these pics are better .











thats it for now till I get this guy to make me more parts

[Tamiya Cowboy]

This is going to be great when it is done it is so massive just a very cool build Steve nice work.

[Brian in PA]

Great work Steve!

[pumptech]

Wow ! Awesome work you have done on this loader so far.Bucket detail is awesome,very cool

[SonoranWraith]

That is just massive and looks great so far!

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

This is going to be great when it is done it is so massive just a very cool build Steve nice work.

Originally Posted by Brian in PA

Great work Steve!

Originally Posted by pumptech

Wow ! Awesome work you have done on this loader so far.Bucket detail is awesome,very cool

Originally Posted by SonoranWraith

That is just massive and looks great so far!

Thanks guys yes it's getting bigger and packing on the pounds up next will be new axles I was going to go with what I have for now but after puting the counter weight on , I think I better make them now I got some good picks of how the rear axle pivoit is , so I'll be making that more scale also . stay tuned

[doodlebug]

Gotta like that "Armstrong Steering" great progress!

Cheer's, Neil.

[RCKiwi]

Very impressive!

[td9clyde]

that loader is going to be a horse lol nice work one of these days i will get the two others i have working and then i will start on a couple new ones lol

[Snochaser]

Originally Posted by td9clyde

that loader is going to be a horse lol nice work one of these days i will get the two others i have working and then i will start on a couple new ones lol

yeah and I thought I was draggin' a#> on my builds. Get it in gear Henry!!

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Snochaser

yeah and I thought I was draggin' a#> on my builds. Get it in gear Henry!!

yep

[Vanisle]

Wow, that's a nice looking loader. You sure have some talent at building. Did you ever get your hydaulic pump going or are you building another one? Will you buy or make cylinders? I think you said on your Mack, another great project, that your cylinders did not work out. Did you ever think about just buying a longer air cylinder, cut it to length and then make new ends. That way you get a finished bore and rod assembly that you know will work. You would only need seals and bushing for the rod end.

Richard

[ihbuilder]

Rich , I had trouble on the tele cylinders for the mack only do to not enough time on them (rushing ) what I have now acctually works better anyways . I'll be making these ( walk in the park ) I even found actual wiper seals that'll work for the size . I have a couple pumps from index to play around with . 2 have motors on them . the problem with these is the magnetic coupling which is no problem to change (again , lathe time the mill always is ready for more work for some reason ) ) I still have a sickle set of gears like what the jung pump uses , that I need to make a housing for .

[doodlebug]

Look's great Steve, Keep it up

Cheer's, Neil.

[Lil Giants]

So you're going with a motor /trans combo?

What the diff ratio gonna be?

[ihbuilder]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

So you're going with a motor /trans combo?

What the diff ratio gonna be?

Joe , 3.3 :1 in the axles 2:1 in the drop box powered by 24v 2 speed dewalthammer/drill motor on 12V . I had an 18volt on it in the test vid . For me , I'm using what I have . I think It'll perform very well .