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Looks smooth Greg.

Are you mixing the drive motors (proportionate to the steer input) as you turn or just running them all together? My skidder would "chew" at the ground if the turned tight and had the throttle working. Just curious.

Ben

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nice workman ship as always greg:D

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Nice build Greg, I have to agree the loader is very smooth and the operator is really smooth to!

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Very nice! It's got fantastic reach! That's a pretty tall dump trailer too.

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Well done Greg, very well done! :cool:
I'd say the characteristics of your lift height & radius of your bucket travel is much greater than that of my Stahl loader.. the quality of your selfmade models is a step above anything I buy from the marketplace. Congratulations on another skillfully built model to your fleet. :)

What radio you using with this loader? Robot Marketplace has some reasonably price forward only esc's that are very small in stature that work great for the Leimbach pump.

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Nice job Greg! That's one tall belly dump.
Cheers, Neil.

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Thank you for all your interest in my CAT 980 build. I am very happy with the first test run, as far as operator smooth operation, WELL it was my first time and at times there was confusion on what function I should be doing.. The belly dump trailer is 11 inches tall and that is the same height as when the bucket is fully dumped..

Snowchaser - all the drive motors are hooked to the same speed control, maybe lower torque motors I am using make for less binding..

Joe - Thanks for your kind words, I find building is a joy its fun trying to figure things out.. But with all the great folks and information on this thread it makes things so much easier... I will take your advice and put a speed control on the pump and mix the speed with the radio..

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I have now started the styrene work on the loader, way to many pieces... This machine has to many corners. Not so much fun !

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...psa5bddc06.jpg

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http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...psc87522a2.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps2644be24.jpg

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Waaah waaah... Quit complaining, you and every one else knows that it's gonna look great when you're done.:p:p:D

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Where do you buy the styrene from Greg?

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looks great Greg . the hardest part is the front of the cab I still have to finish that on mine .

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Industrial Plastics stock styrene Reg :D

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Your right Steve, the windshield is going to be a challange.

Did you see I put Reg in the drivers seat of the 980... lol

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LMFAO! Wow! I look like I'm about to handle some hazardous waste while wearing a life vest....lol. I only wish my hair was that sweet:cool:.

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LOL, I'm thinkin of using my sons darth maul in mine :eek:

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Well dang, the styrene work looks great! You're every bit as good with that stuff as you are with metal!

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It is going to be a CAT980, the Komatsu is very much the same machine. The only big difference is the CAT has two bucket tilt cylinders..

Built the logging bush Rad gaurd today, and started on the ROP's cab.

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...psdf164f1a.jpg

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http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps439c53c7.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps6ee91e29.jpg

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Your looking real good Greg it's coming a long nicely. It looks like it won't be long before it will need paint. Ed

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Greatness. Is your rear bumper solid styrene or did you wrap it? What did you use for the pre-cleaner? It won't be long now.

Ben

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Looking good Greg. Where did you find the mesh for the brush guard. Looks very familiar.

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Wow great styrene skills... Think i need to come up and get some styrene lessons from you.. Absolutely awesome loader build great job Greg

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The bumper is not solid Ben, the precleaner is a old eye contact bottle with a plastic top that I spun on the lathe..

Here is the latest photo's

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...psa528c787.jpg

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RClogger I love your work and all of your home made equipment. Yet another amazing build done.. So are you going to work on a kato head for your juicer? :D

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Well done Greg! :cool:

If your bumper is hollow, then did you fill it BB's? What's the loader's gvw?

Now for the vids! :D

I'm thinking I may come out to see you guys this summer, if our schedules will sync, been 5yrs since I was there last & you guys have built alot of interesting pieces in that short amount of time. ;)

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Awesome Greg! And just in time for next weekends show!
I must admit that I'm pretty stoked to be in the drivers seat still. I've always wanted to operate one of your machines.It looks like I need to defrost the front window though before I can get to loading!:p

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Great repurposing of materials Greg! A few additional decals and you're done eh? Like Joe said, we need some videos now.

Ben

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Joe I was surprised to see that this machine's weigh is 20.5 lbs. I hope that is enough, if not I can add weight to the belly pan..

Video's are next as well as the decals. Looking forward to getting together this summer.. ttyl

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Here is some video of the CAT 980 arriving on the job site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmkLT...qdYL-Q&index=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdQiX...qdYL-Q&index=1

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Dam! Perfect speed and cycle times? I'd like to see it head to head with Lou's Wedico to compare power and speeds. Fantastic job Greg.

Ben

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Awesome job. Now you just have to get that ADT dumping on it's own!

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Great to see you figured out how to mix. ;)

Movements are very quick & smooth.

Well done Greg well done. :cool:

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Didn't take Reg very long to figure out the controls. If you guys think it looks good on video, you should see it in person. It's one awesome machine. Nice going Greg.

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Guys:

I dunno if Logger mentioned it, but the neatest place to find that perforated mesh, and about the only one I've found, as in post #502, first image, on the grille, is from inside the doors of microwave ovens! Only other place I've seen it used is on cheap radios and speakers, and you only get small pieces then.

The expanded mesh he used on the engine side grilles can be bought in Michaels for stiffening plaster sculptures, or in the pharmacy for making wrist supports the same way.

Just more FYI from a fellow scavenger,
WhiteWolf

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Yeah I have to admit that I never thought I would be such a natural!lol