Bell B35D Dumper

[Lil Giants]

Hendrik has built some interesting models, did you see either of these two in your travels to Friedrichshafen Elliot or talk to Hendrik about them?

[paulio]

Great looking Machine .. Can some of you guy's give me the pro and con's between this machine and the wedico 740 dumper , down here in Australia there would be a couple of thousand dollars differance in price ...

[elliot330]

Originally Posted by paulio

Great looking Machine .. Can some of you guy's give me the pro and con's between this machine and the wedico 740 dumper , down here in Australia there would be a couple of thousand dollars differance in price ...

Hi Paulio,

Joe pretty much hit the nail on the head - not to knock WDC too much as they have been supply machines for a while - but they need to move on with the times.

There is a big price difference, but you have to take in to account that the B35 is completely assembled, all I did was to install a RX and away I drove. If you were to divide the hours this things take to build, by the premium over the WDC then you realize where the extra money has gone.

THS also plan to to sell this B35 as a kit as well... sometime next year. So there should be a budget to fit all pockets.

*edit

I forget to add... the Fumotec ADT, be it the B40 or B50 is a cheaper alternative and is a real work horse... but to me the B35 is a good compromise between scale and usability

[paulio]

Thanks for the quick reply everyone . What metal is used on the model , is it powder coated or two pack sprayed what is ADT B50 ?

[elliot330]

Originally Posted by paulio

Thanks for the quick reply everyone . What metal is used on the model , is it powder coated or two pack sprayed what is ADT B50 ?

ADT is Articulated Dump Truck and B50 relates to a Bell 50 ton machine ( my old one )

B35 = Bell 35 ton. The baby of the bunch ( my new one )

CAT740 = Catapillar 40 ton machine;

Hope that helps!

[Southgate]

Originally Posted by elliot330

Hi Paulio,

... If you were to divide the hours this things take to build, by the premium over the WDC then you realize where the extra money has gone...

I don't know much about WDC, but this much I can say;
Having spent 6 years on building my crane, the work, materials, tools etc. AND just having gone to the website you posted and looking at the products, quality, and prices, those machines are a bargain! Congrats on your new acquisition. Dan

[elliot330]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Hendrik has built some interesting models, did you see either of these two in your travels to Friedrichshafen Elliot or talk to Hendrik about them?

Hi Joe, Yes he has built some interesting models - unfortunately, Hendrik speaks very little English, but his Co. partner, Tobias, speaks English very well. I learnt a lot speaking to him. The 944 that I used to have and indeed have again ;-) are also designed by him.

He's a full model build/designer and will build bespoke models if you wish.

He recently had an open day - here are some pictures ( hopefully the link will work for none members http://www.das-baumaschinen-forum.de...&threadID=6754

If you do make it over here... make sure THS will be there - they are a great bunch of people to chat to.