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Lou, I bet your wife loves the dirt on the glass table lol if that was me my g/f would kickin me in the &%# lol hech i amlucky to bring them in the house they have to stay on the rubber mats .......................Nice find on your truck your always buisy building and you do great work

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Thanks for all the comments and compliments everyone...Im pretty lucky that my wife puts up with that crap...the way she sees it if i didnt bring a little stuff in now and then i would be in the shop all day and she would only see me for dinner lol..

Jason ..I realy like what you did with your sons chevy.He must be pretty excited
I really like the detail in this truck ,lights and grill look awsome ...this one is the same colour as my 1 to 1 too...downside is there is quite a few body scratches and a windsheild has some pretty good ones as well ...I wonder if they could be buffed out...I have my eye on a set of tires and rims at RC4WD that are a bit more scale and think i may work on the box and add some tread plate and a tidy tank..

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Are those 1.55 or 1.9?

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Hey Mat I think they are 1.55 ...By the way i really like your silverado build ...hows that coming along?

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Originally Posted by tracksntreadslou (Post 11576)

Hey Mat I think they are 1.55 ...By the way i really like your silverado build ...hows that coming along?

Thanks, I miss it and need to get back on it. Little league has sucked all my free time, but it is over soon. :D I will update my thread as soon as I make some headway.

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Made a bit more progress on the log loader with the plumbing ..sorry about the pics being a little fuzzy ..batts were almost dead in the camera...I also got some stuff in the mail from frank at fetchner in germany
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...lou/003-30.jpg
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nice work Lou those line look great

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lou the log loader is looking sweet and i love those tires for the adt:)

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nice tires Lou , I remember seeing them but where :scratchhead: . How much wider than the mammoth tires are they ? the forwarder is looking great .

IHSteve

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Gee Lou, I replied to your thread so long ago, I'm totally amazed by everything that you've added and accomplished since then. I wish we had email notifications on the thread replies. I didn't realize you had so much up your sleeve! The AWD grader looks like a really great project. I really like that Deere juicer, as you call it. :D Not one of your projects is lacking in detail, functionality, and just pure scale looks. Unbelievable work. You've got a ton of talent, and all your models are top notch. After drooling over the last 6 pages of pictures, I feel like I should offically sell off all of my non scale trucking RC models and just go for the construction machines to match my interest in the rigs. :D This spectrum of the hobby is just so much more fasinating to me these days. I hope I can one day own a hydraulic anything piece of RC machinery!

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Lou, that is some sweet looking plumbing you have done on the log loader! And those tires are awesome!!

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The lines on the boom look perfect Lou. If you filled those huge tires with bb's they would have some serious weight to them.

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Those tires look pretty good for the ADT.

Nice looking brass work on the hyd lines too.

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It's all looking real good!! Love the plumbing and new tires.

Ben

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TnTLou-looking really good!!

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Nice work Lou, what size tubing did you use? Do the tires have a pretty thick side wall on them, where they can withstand some weight?

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Originally Posted by trucker n (Post 12343)

lou the log loader is looking sweet and i love those tires for the adt:)

Thanks Neil

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Originally Posted by ihbuilder (Post 12353)

nice tires Lou , I remember seeing them but where :scratchhead: . How much wider than the mammoth tires are they ? the forwarder is looking great .

IHSteve

Thanks steve theres a ADT build Bell 50
on one of the german forums .Das baushmachine i think you may have seen ...they are the same width as the mammoth but are an inch smaller in diameter makin them look wider

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Originally Posted by Espeefan (Post 12358)

Thanks alot Nate Once you get your first one you wont be able to stop lol..this rc trucking hobby can be very adicting...One of these days i may tackle a truck build like yourself and always look forward to seeing updates of your work as well..cheers

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Originally Posted by Oil Field Construction (Post 12380)

Lou, that is some sweet looking plumbing you have done on the log loader! And those tires are awesome!!

thanks Kevin getting close and almost ready to do some testing ...these tires would look super on that ADT of yours

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Originally Posted by SmallHaul (Post 12381)

The lines on the boom look perfect Lou. If you filled those huge tires with bb's they would have some serious weight to them.

Thanks scott these already are fairly heavy and having bbs would give some serios traction

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Originally Posted by pugs (Post 12384)

Those tires look pretty good for the ADT.

Nice looking brass work on the hyd lines too.

Thanks Pugs Im not sure if im gona use them on this ADT yet with Tires being a little smaller then the mammoth tires

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Originally Posted by Snochaser (Post 12398)

It's all looking real good!! Love the plumbing and new tires.

Ben

thanks ben

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Originally Posted by modelman (Post 12430)

TnTLou-looking really good!!

Thanks Tom im pretty excited about this one as I will have something fun to do and practice this winter

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Originally Posted by dirtpusher9 (Post 12431)

Nice work Lou, what size tubing did you use? Do the tires have a pretty thick side wall on them, where they can withstand some weight?

Joe they do have a very thick sidewall about a 1/2 inch thick..
The tubing im using is 1/8 od from K&S stock # 1145

Thanx everyone and rctech9 for all the great compliments and comments,,Im a pipefitter by trade and doing this small stuff can be very frustrating ...turning some of those small barb fittings was a chalenge and i wrecked about 5 trying

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1/2 " thick walls is just what I need . and an 1" smaller wouldn't hurt . you have the link for them .

IHSteve

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Heres the link to their website Steve ..It wont directley link you to the tire but with a bit of searching you will be able to find them under Reifen
http://www.fechtner-modellbau.de/shop/

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thanks Lou , that rings a bell :)

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So you custom fabbed that brass tubing and holders, eh? Looks great! :cool:

Are you changing the tires on the adt for better looks or are the mammoth tires giving you trouble?

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Thanks joe ..I found that making bushings drilled to the size of the tubing worked fairly well ..I had some 3mm threaded fittings so i tapped the the ends and soldered the bushings to the tubing ...I noticed that those european fellas building their vario machines are doing tubing as well...Did your machine come with that stuff or are you going to have to build that yourself.?
The mamoth tires are working great..Im thinking the other tires may add a bit more scale and a little more tracttion.

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Lou I went in that web site and the only tire I could find was 120 mm tall I would like a set for my Komatsu wheel loader to get it taller so I can load my dump trailer and the 130 mm would help. Is there a part number for them? Ed

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Lou, That shovel looks good, a little paint and its time to go-ah-loggin. Nice work. Fred

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hey forman !!! I loved your pick-up :) is it axial scx10 basis ? and could you write me brand of cab ? and final question is the inside hand made ? or not where can I get them ?

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Man you got a lot of work in that Lou! Its looks superb!

Brian

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Lookin Good Lou

Looks like another project is almost finished..

greg

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Awesome build Lou!! Great detail and it looks great! Time to talk with that foreman... Need some video of that unit before the snow fly's..

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The forman's truck looks perfectly sized sitting next to Your rig.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...lou/003-32.jpg

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Originally Posted by RCLogger (Post 12606)

Lookin Good Lou

Looks like another project is almost finished..

greg

Yeah...so what's next Lou???

Ben

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Looking really good Lou. Can't wait to see it lifting and swinging some logs. His next job is to put those big arse tires on the ADT. Let me tell you guys they are something else when you hold one in your hand.
Rob

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Originally Posted by JAMMER (Post 12584)

Hi Ed those tires are 125 mm..I hope i didnt misguide you...but they would look good on the kamatsu..not sure if the rims would be wide enough though ..anyway they are part # Artikel-Nr.: 5924

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Originally Posted by kamyoncu (Post 12586)

hey forman !!! I loved your pick-up :) is it axial scx10 basis ? and could you write me brand of cab ? and final question is the inside hand made ? or not where can I get them ?

Truck was a toy rc dale earnhart ss pickup 2006..Using a losi 1/18 rock crawler chassis...And thanks

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Originally Posted by Oil Field Construction (Post 12614)

Awesome build Lou!! Great detail and it looks great! Time to talk with that foreman... Need some video of that unit before the snow fly's..

Thats the nice thing with loading logs...all year round Kevin ..cheers budd and new vids soon

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Originally Posted by Snochaser (Post 12635)

Yeah...so what's next Lou???

Ben

thinkin like rob said ..adt tires then get back to the grader build

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Originally Posted by steamer (Post 12643)

Thanks rob...cheers

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Originally Posted by Iron Art (Post 12585)

Lou, That shovel looks good, a little paint and its time to go-ah-loggin. Nice work. Fred

Fred still adding a bit more detail and hope it warms up to paint..thanks

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Lou thank you for the information I appreciate it. I think I will give them a call tomorrow and see if they have a tire that would fit the bill for me or maybe they can tell me were to get one. Ed

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Looks good Lou, I've not been around that configuration with the crowd cylinder on the bottom side like that, does it have as much power as the other way? Are you using the Jung pump on that rig?

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The needed power on the crowd (or the stick, as I like to call it) for the log loader would be opposite to a digger, you're pushing the stick out with a heavy load on the arm, to load the trk/trl... would be my guess for the cyl being underneath.

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Originally Posted by Lil Giants (Post 12660)

Right on Joe .

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Looks great!!!Lou you keep it up you'll be crankin out a model every month and a half ,........nice work though