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As long as you attend atleast 2 big RC shows per year, you cannot qualify for "Hermit" status. ;) :lol:

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I may qualify, think I can get to one more at end of year!!!! So I don't have to talk to neighbors anymore!!!! :).

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Well I traded in my hermit status this last week. I had few separate out of town friends end up at our place over the last week so there was a lot of socializing and hanging out going on. Yesterday things went quiet around here again so after some work related stuff I played a little with the big toys...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHr5HY7Snb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZukL4ptgMcA

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I haven't spent much time working on the compound over the last week but I have spent a few minutes here and there running my Dozer conversion. The more I run it the more I enjoy it! I'm actually really impressed with it considering it is a light little machine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt39RDadXgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxHTinEmeV0
I originally controlled the blade tip using the electronics from a 360 degree servo but I couldn't get it to stop creeping forward all the time. I received a package from Hobby King last week containing some of their cheap esc's so I swapped out the servo guts for one of them and now it works perfect. It's nice to be able to angle the cutting edge where you want it as well as tilt the balde. I am not very good at running it yet but it's fun to try!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDn2hOg6FUU

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Looks like it pushes good for a lite-weight dozer. Your drive motors seem to be a good match for the size and weight of the model. Nice play area-with a lot of dirt to move. Looks like fun.

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I haven't made any time to play in the compound for about a week so yesterday I decided it was time once again to haul some more dirt. I cheated and loaded the Hayes with a shovel but at least I spread out the hauled material with the Cat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SGKycIPt-8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH3GCFaZa_M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKO-LZyc6iA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTwZ8D6QlQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZAGTCeNvsA

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pselaynay8.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5l9he8zy.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psf195yhqi.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psc5oufj3o.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pspd6nkudf.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psyn9vqet1.jpg

I love this shot!

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0dtwc8h1.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psgp88q49f.jpg

I wasn't very impressed with this dozer when I first did the conversion but the more I run it and learn how to operate it the better it gets. I am really happy with it now and being able to tip and tilt the blade makes it a lot of fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4gjArbA1Nc

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2eanzayw.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psabycau6i.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psr6mfhiaj.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psq4ottvkr.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psctamtd7n.jpg

Thanks for looking!

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Nice videos of the Hayse and the Bruder. Do you plan on making a steel version of the dozer?

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Thanks. No plans of that anytime soon. All of the functioning parts on this are aluminum so I don't see much point in upgrading to steel. If I do a metal dozer it will be a 1/10 D8H or D8K. I like modeling older equipment and that would tie in nicely with the rest of my 1/10 stuff.

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Looks good wish I didn't live in the flat lands . Mike

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Again reg, awesome pics!! Just something about the Pacific Northwest forest that I love!! When , if ever, the mean lady at the lottery counter quits selling me bad tickets I'll be moving to Seattle or Vancouver.!!! Yeah, you might need to check in with financial at the RCP offices, I think you need another bigger machine like a d9-d10 to fit in with the Hayes. Make some logging roads quick!! That would be cool in 1:10 scale.

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That woman is selling you tickets too? I thought she saved those losers for us. Friends of ours just one the set for life lottery. They chose the $675K payout instead of 1K per week for 25 years. I feel good for them as they have their first child on the way but the kicker is he's a doctor and his parents are millionaires!:eek::eek: I guess that's the way it goes. The rich get richer!lol

Anyway, I may not have any money but I do have this and I feel very fortunate:cool:.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVam-art_WI

Reg

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Roger on the 1:10 scale. Th at seems like a good middle ground. Looks like they are big enough to work, and still small enough to haul places.

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1/10 scale is really nice as far as power and weight is concerned but it requires so much more space. My Kenworth is twice as wide as a King Hauler and nearly twice as long. The extra size and weight does add realism though that's for sure. I figure a D8K in 1/10 scale will be similar in size and weight to RW's D11 though so it won't be super huge... just huge:D.

Here's a few pictures I took of the compound from the shop roof today. Looks pretty quiet out on the roads at the moment!lol

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psv3dvyihc.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psf3xvskss.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psprnum6hi.jpg
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http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psflpv0z06.jpg

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I know the weather can be an issue with your outside compound, but the room for expansion and imagination for the extra space has got to be keeping you awake!

I am watching and learning, and I plan on building in 1:10 scale. Some models I'm considering are the HET, Payhauler 350, and a D11T.

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Yes I am fortunate to have a fair bit of outside space so it's the logical choice. The weather isn't usually too bad here either other than some rain in the winter. The only thing I wish I had was a bit of a natural slope. Hauling in yards of material just to make a slight grade on the road bed is a lot of work. It was fun getting to drive the old Euclid truck though:D.

Building in a larger scale is good and bad. Personally I like the bigger equipment but it isn't very common and that forces you to make nearly everything from scratch. It also makes things more difficult if you get together at a show where everyone else is running 1/14 and all of the display is setup for that. Building in 1/14 can be like cheating. You can buy almost anything imaginable and just bolt it together if you want to go that route. I do think that scratch building in 1/14 is more difficult than in 1/10 though. Given that I make all of my parts out of aluminum it is much harder to keep details when the pieces are so much smaller. If you choose to build a D11 in 1/10 that will be huge but the added size will probably make it easier to build. Just make sure you build some loading ramps along with it!

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The d11 in 1/10 scale would be 3-1/2' long from blade to ripper!! Whatever it was made out of , steel or alum, it would still be too heavy for easy pick up and transport!!! Although, I would really appreciate the internal area, might actually be able to get my fingers in there!! I really wanted to build in 1:10 or 1:12 scale but the tamiya stuff is 1:14 so I went that way. And like you said reg, unless you can make everything, anything other than 1:14 is tough getting parts.

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Yeah that would be a bit large for me. If I was going to build something that large then I would step it up to 1/4-1/5 scale so that I could sit on it!:D:D:D

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I thought about putting rc controls on my ditch witch and making it into a steep hill flail mower for pasture fields

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I know it has its issues when it comes to shows and when your friends bring their 1:14 stuff over, but we don't have a big rc construction crowd here local.

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Same here. The shows we do attend are always outside and they supply us with only about 2 yards of soil so there isn't enough room for roads or anything anyhow. I take my 850 Kenworth out and drive around at the shows. It looks like the Pied Piper driving along with a trail of kids following behind. Kinda funny.

I had the "boss" out driving in the compound yesterday. She is a bit hard on the equipment and likes to see where the Mack will go before it gets stuck:rolleyes: but that's OK. I just get to push it out using the dozer.lol It was a lot more fun to have my wife out there with me having some laughs and adding to the road.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LApmlxrS8lY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLYT1mGdv5c
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxroPSMTmVg

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pskokzfble.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psiu3ykj91.jpg

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I just watched those videos last night. I've spent the last two days from daylight to dark running the 1:1 scale 215 cat excavator and a couple tandem axle ford dump trucks, moved about 900 cubic yards of dirt from the side of my pond. I'm building a stone wall on the edge and then my new house.

On the Bruder tracks: what's causing the bind, or is it just a matter of overcoming the dirt with more HP?

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Sounds like you have your hands full but also space for a big park of your own down the road. The tracks hang up for a number of reasons. Sometimes a large rock(large match head size:rolleyes:) gets stuck between the pads. This causes a hump in the chain and the grouser hits the body. Other times it is the same size rock jammed in the chain. The tracks don't have tensioners so occasionally they get too tight because of this or just a lot of wet sand packed in the rollers. It's a bit of a pain sometimes but it's a tiny little toy and I forgive it:rolleyes:.

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Yup, at first run I loaded the tracks up with dirt and was thinking oh great all this time building and first turn it clogged up!! Just like the 1:1 machines, try to avoid sharp turns that will have dirt flow over chain of the track. On 1:1 machines dirt isn't usually a problem but whoever is the owner of the equipment will let you know if you keep using the track and sprocket as a rock crusher!! Once I "learned" the limitations of my 1:14 dozer , I haven't had many problems. Only time I clogg up the tracks is when driving over a pile of loose material and turning or being on a slope and it slides allowing material to get packed into track chain.

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I enjoy you videos, I will need to get some controls added to some of my grandsons toys for a start up. I'm sure that would be faster than scratch building and get me familiar with the electronics. I'll look for your Mack thread and see how to tackle that.

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RCP-after looking at the picture you posted on mikems page, I think it would be nice for you to do a video using the lake with your construction equipment. Maybe a video loading a barge with the excavator or front loader. I like anything on the water.

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I had some company today in the form of chaseracer! We had a good BS and moved a bit of dirt in the process using as much equipment as we could. It was a great day for sure! Thanks for coming out for the afternoon Jason. Too bad Lou didn't make it down...(dig, dig:p).

Here are the pictures I took and there are a bunch of videos uploading. More interesting to watch when more than one thing is happening at a time. We need more operators and equipment at this site!

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psrghfdisd.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pspyajec5x.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pstw4tjuvi.jpg
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more...

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psfeztxktt.jpg
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last pictures. Videos to follow!

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psrepwdhnb.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pscgwtl2ps.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...pspv5qyhmd.jpg
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http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psb5u1hsve.jpg

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No more pictures but here are a few of the videos. Still more to come!

First haul out
http://youtu.be/X_qV1lO2diE
Jason loading the trucks
http://youtu.be/ZzcQv8uYnr0
Double dumping
http://youtu.be/9CgmQRI9FxE
I needed driving lessons here....or at least watch where I'm going...
http://youtu.be/X6hj9q48SFs
Trying to set a new downhill speed record while loaded:eek:
http://youtu.be/lnIERtcY7pM

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So much fun today , thanks reg for having me out , I just need to fix my esc its too jerky too hard to drive especially in reverse..

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Thanks for sharing the great pics Reg ...saw a bunch Jason put on FB...thats a pretty nice pile of screened dirt you guys were hauling from ...perfict for the dozer as well.. Greg Rob and I were schedualed to move dirt as well but he got called to work over your neck of the woods ..maybe he buzzed you?..Camper is going on the pickup next week so as soon as the Rock truck is put bact togetther I will head your way ..weather permitting ...Hey I guess we should get back to the duncan truck club soon too hey ..Jason are you in for that show ? hope you sprung for the Fuel for jasons truck ..lol

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A couple of good lookin ol gurls on the trail. :cool:

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Great videos and pics ,I agree more operators would be great found this out on Sunday , Sandy pitched in for a while . Mike

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Yes more operators = more fun. You missed a good time Lou but there will be other opportunities!

Here's the last few videos I took. The second two are on board The Hayes following Jason around the road.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeaBozJcL6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZinmcipXPpc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI5RgwMsvXQ

Here's a couple that Jason took,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b1g-PbZr8k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmcDlU_yXIw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWgvQ73flzk

and Jason's pictures,

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psjzu1tke1.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psg9tnnfgi.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psemdjonrx.jpg
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http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psc3mwtnbc.jpg
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My wife decided to come and haul some dirt this evening while I was hauling logs. I quickly traded in my 1/10 scale logging truck for my King and excavator so that I could join her. We almost have this section of road completed. Joe, you will be happy to know that all but the chunk of wood and a couple of big rocks for support have been hauled into the ravine using RC only.

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0z5ksurj.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1oqsto4u.jpg

http://youtu.be/ahs2uVaCE4s
http://youtu.be/HGzQ7XobBQQ

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Good work buddy, great to hear. :cool:

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Thanks Joe! This area has been easy to use just the RC's on. The only drawback is that the sifted material won't pack when dry. I need a layer of something else to put on there because the material is at least 6" deep in spots. Either that or a sprinkler system to keep it wet.

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Cool vids, the logging truck sure is sounding good too.

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Sounds like a water tank trailer on the back of that Old Kenworth your building Reg

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Very nice pictures! My 20 months old son and I spent an hour watching your videos today :)