Bruder Liebherr Front Loader
 

What's going on guys, here is a little something I started last night. It's my converted bruder liebherr front loader using firgelli actuators, and a ton of custom work and body hacking all mixed with some fabrication skills.... Looking dirty now but will be nice and clean when finished.... I have a new found respect for all you guys out there converting these bad boys or any bruder for that matter.... Not for the faint of heart.... A hot knife and dremel are your best friend! No more talk here ya to....

All dismantled.... The stock clips are a pain....
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Definitely have to replace stock hard wheels and tires, wanted to keep it inexpensive so I took a set of axial rims I had lying around, designed a center piece and applied them to the rim to get a nice heavy machinery look...
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Had an r2 trans lying around so I started modding it...
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Everything was fitting in nicely but then I realized I wasn't going to have space for the esc or battery...

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So I went a diff route with a nice compact Carson motor I had lying around...
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And like always when things are going pretty smooth disaster strikes.... Drilled down to the bone lol.... Good thing I have a high pain tolerance...
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Sucks when that happens. Went through my finger tip and nail doing my last set of fenders. Looks like a fun tractor

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Looks nice!

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looks pretty neat.
what do you think the final build cost of this would be?

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for a person building it themselves or for me to sell?

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to build?

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you would probably be spending anywhere from $700-$1000 depending on which electronics you go with, batteries, radio, etc

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finally got around to buttoning everything up and putting in some details and lights, now I got a nice load for the low boy im finishing up

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even my little employee gets a make over from boy to man lol
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before the handrails and such
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all done.....

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nice and snug

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Looking good, is the servo strong enough for turning with a bucket of dirt?

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It's actually stronger than I really need I may have to downgrade lol, if I'm not careful with my thumb I can whip it lol

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looks great!

it's not a project unless there is blood!!

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Amen to that brother, you are preaching to the choir with that one lol!

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Nice build, I don't have the time or the patience so I bought one from Magom.
Instead of firgelli actuators it has hydraulics.
It was right at $1000 canadian delivered.
I have had a bit of trouble blowing 1 hydraulic line but I managed to fix it.
The only complaint I have is the tires are solid so I think I will invest in new wheels and I might make a bucket out of metal.

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This is a pretty cool conversion! Quite impressive how you were able to fit all the working inside. I would have thought things would be much tighter. Sorry about your finger. I guess you have a little blood, sweat, and maybe tears in this build. :D

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I thought of getting one but wanted to have the conversion under my belt so I decided to go this route instead and am pretty pleased with the consistency

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Thank you brother lol, def blood sweat, no tears though... i dont think my ducts are functioning properly lol

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Great conversion , what size and ratio actuators did you use? thanks