Delta Cat NEW Grapple Bucket..

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Hi there guys sort of new to this section but I have been a closet builder for awhile now I did not see the since on showing something many have done but Scott "Small Haul" said I needed to get my builds up.. I did a bruder dozer 2 years ago and it is on the bench for a rework putting new motors and sabertooth esc and better servos but I am working on the forks for my delta today as i made a mistake and made the first ones all from brass so they are too heavy to use so the new ones will be made the same but from brass and plastic..

So here is the skid with the brass forks..


And here is the start of the new one..


Here is my play area too I will be changing it next weekend so we can use the sand master and crum rubber but we will still have the loading yard too..




I also will be doing a thread in my wheeled cat skid and I am looking at the mini cat payloader I think I can make that rc..

More to come on that..


That is it for now but it will be done today so check back..

[Roadmasters]

That looks nice, but the Wilson looks really nice with paint

[Evan]

Wow? What scale?

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by Roadmasters

That looks nice, but the Wilson looks really nice with paint

Thanks but that is not the Wilson that is a trailer that I have had for a while it is not true to semi scale.

Originally Posted by Evan

Wow? What scale?

1/14

Ok so took a extra bucket and cut off the hook ups off the bucket and fied them to the back of the forks mounting plate.




Then mounted the tubing on the inside of the instead of on the front like the old one. Also used tubing instead of brass rod.


Forks made out of 1/2 brass with 1/4x1/4 square tubing to allow them to slide.





And 2nd fork and its done just needs some black paint and its good to go..

[CustomClod]

Looks great! Very creative. I like it
Scott

[fhhhstix]

Looks good Paul now lets see a video of it in action.

Travis

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by CustomClod

Looks great! Very creative. I like it
Scott

Thanks Scott

Originally Posted by fhhhstix

Looks good Paul now lets see a video of it in action.

Travis

Thanks Travis.. Video is pretty hard for me to do since I changed company's for internet are new is cheaper but no good for downloading..

[SonoranWraith]

Originally Posted by Tamiya Cowboy

Thanks Scott



Thanks Travis.. Video is pretty hard for me to do since I changed company's for internet are new is cheaper but no good for downloading..

Uploading? I was thinking about making this change as well. $65 a month for internet is painful.

Nice work on the skid steer and the forks are nice addition. How do you keep the load level through the motion?

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by SonoranWraith

Uploading? I was thinking about making this change as well. $65 a month for internet is painful.

Nice work on the skid steer and the forks are nice addition. How do you keep the load level through the motion?

I have my stick set up that center is level on the bucket and right is dump and left is raise it works great this way..

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Here is a video of the new Grapple bucket I made this weekend it turned out great I have a little fine tuning to do with the servo programer but other than that works great..

http://youtu.be/4bJOshI1w8k

[ihbuilder]

thats cool Paul . you just needed a dumpster to put that crackberry in

[SmallHaul]

Nice work Paul! It works great.

[Snochaser]

Nice work, very quick movements.

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

that's cool Paul . you just needed a dumpster to put that crackberry in

Thanks Much Steve and you are right I should drive right over to the old file 19 and SHHH Can the crack berry..

Originally Posted by SmallHaul

Nice work Paul! It works great.

Thanks Much Scott..

Originally Posted by Snochaser

Nice work, very quick movements.

Thanks Chaser it is fast I reprogrammed the bucket and slowed it down now it is nice and smooth also the arm slowed it down a little all the movements are very scale now and work great..

[pumptech]

Hey TC ,nice work on the grapple,works great

[Brian in PA]

Cool build Paul! Its works pretty good!

[fhhhstix]

Looks good nice job Paul.

Travis

[Tamiya Cowboy]

Originally Posted by pumptech

Hey TC ,nice work on the grapple,works great

Thanks alot Pumpteck.

Originally Posted by Brian in PA

Cool build Paul! Its works pretty good!

Thanks Brian.

Originally Posted by fhhhstix

Looks good nice job Paul.

Travis

Thanks A lot Travis..

[sparkycuda]

Paul, the grapple is a very cool item! I'm amazed by how much power the small loaders have when converted to RC.

Ken