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Originally Posted by dirtpusher9
Build it Steve. You can do it. Shame your not building a Bucyrus shovel, you could get all the info you need from the Big Brutus, almost the same size machine. It is still intacted in the southeast corner of Kansas.
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My son Mike and I have been to Brutus in 2006. That shovel is about twice the size of the 5561 Marion. Really cool place to visit. When we were there we met a guy who's grandfather built the Little Giant shovel in the museum. That machine looks to be about 1/12th scale but a smaller dipper in 1:1 than what I want. Brutus would be easier in the driveline department, It used electric motors in each track and had hydraulic steering.
Here are a couple pictures I took of Little Giant:
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Originally Posted by doodlebug
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I have a lot of drawings and info on the 150B with the standard shovel front. This machine is my second choice of a possible build but I know of one somebody has that was built at Bucyrus-Erie.