Scale Weight of Equipment

[MitzuRazing]

Interesting topic, but I am glad my 1/14scale wheeloader doesent weigh in at a whopping 3,730 pounds (metric= almost 1,7 Tonnes) , if it were so I believe some kind of reinforcement of my tv table would be needed

I like to think of it a little different:
What can it lift in comparison to what it actually weight's?
Example is my wheelloader: It weights almost 8 kilograms, but it can lift almost 4Kg to the top. I dont think that is bad at all?

[FlyingBeagle]

Pugs, That makes a lot more sense. I suspected that it was an exponential relationship. I bounced it off of an engineer coworker and even did a few searches on google trying to check myself prior to posting, but everything I found confirmed the original way I was thinking. So based on the proper calculations here is a chart with the correct scale weights. Please forgive my previous ignorance

Equipment, - Real Weight, - Proper 1/14 Scale Weight

Keworth W900 - approx 18,000 - 6.56
Deere 850 Excavator - 185,876 - 67.74
Cat D8n - 82,589 - 30.1
Cat 14M grader - 65,998 - 24.05
Bell 840D ADT - 65,808 - 23.98
Cat 966 -Wedico Loader - 52,254 - 19.04
Cat 963 Track Loader - 44,577 - 16.24
Cat Skid Steer - 10,730 - 3.91


So it now appears that our equipment is in the range of the proper scale weight if not sometimes a little heavy. That makes a lot more sense, thanks for correcting me.

[ihbuilder]

well that makes sense since my M75 mack is a 75 ton haul truck , which means , heaped it's hauling appox. 54.66 Lbs depending on mtrl density .