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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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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
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nice work Lou those line look great

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These tires are 130 mm dia hollow and very well made ...i may have to do some mods on the ADT if i want to use them.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...lou/003-31.jpg
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Nice Tires!!!:eek:

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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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Thanks Neil

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

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

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

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

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

thanks ben

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

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