777 HAUL TRUCK (1/12 size)

[Trucker_Jo]

Looks like that has plenty of power for those open pit mines your going to be digging once you get that shovel built I'm suprised that those boards didn't break under the weight of that machine

[DADSGARAGE]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

So have you got a protractor handy? Would it be 5°?

Doesn't seem to struggle at all, eh?

I placed a "magnetic angle finder" on one of the 2x4 and read about 6°, that little motor gear box puts out a huge amount of power....and it will hold the truck from moving on the incline....time will tell how long it will last before it tears itself apart???

Originally Posted by Trucker_Jo

Looks like that has plenty of power for those open pit mines your going to be digging once you get that shovel built I'm suprised that those boards didn't break under the weight of that machine

It does have plenty of power considering how small the "Banebots" motor/gear box is....but again time will tell how long it will stay together, I could see the last set of planetary gears getting damaged using it to this extreme....surprisingly the 2x4 boards actually didn't even bend much with that much weight on them, I put my weight on them first just to be sure they would be OK...I was hopeing to see them bend more on the video...LOL...the total weight of the truck and load is about 215lbs, now that I finished lining the box the finished truck weighs a back breaking 105lbs OUCH !!! (Someone should have used Alm. instead of steel...LOL...yikes its a tank not a truck!!)

[FlyingBeagle]

WOW, that is heavy. Glad to see the motor has plenty of grunt for moving this behemoth around. I cant wait to see all the upcoming videos of this truck lumbering out of your mine. Slap some paint on her and get to building the shovel. Summer is coming and you have an audience eagerly awaiting the show.

[Lil Giants]

Originally Posted by DADSGARAGE

....time will tell how long it will last before it tears itself apart???

Easy on the throttle control with no sudden starts or stops, the gearbox should last a long time.

[DADSGARAGE]

Took a few pics of the 777 next to the D11...never realized how big a D11 is compared to a 777....both models are based on being 1/12 scale or at least they should be, is a D11 really that big compared to a 777 or is there something wrong with my scale of the two models??
(the blade on the dozer is just under 21" wide)


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[DADSGARAGE]

Also took a few pics of the 777 compared to the plywood version of the PC1250....looking for input from you guys....not sure about building a PC1250 or something a bit bigger like a PC3000 in a face/front shovel set up....so looking at the pics do you think a PC1250 is a good size to go with the 777 truck or should the shovel be bigger?? Really would appreciate all your input here!!


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[RCP57]

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

That looks like a good match in size but you know what I would lean toward...