S&M Trucking open for bizz nizz !!!

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Claus

Whoa Mario! Just crawled out from under my rock and checked your thread, that dump truck is going to be beautiful! Love that style of dump box, not the big coal style but more the rock bed. Excellent.

you got a rock problem Craig? not to worry, I got a dump truck to take care of that!
Glad you like it. I'm hoping to get more done on it soon!

cant work in my space right now. new furnace installed yesterday, now have to complete studding walls, wiring, insulate and vapour barrier so everything is kinda clumped together in the middle.

So on a different note I wanted to share pics of what I do when im not home working on RC stuff.......

this is a rear frame section of a underground scoop after complete tear down and stripped to bare bones. it gets sandblasted , welding repairs, machining, painted. Same happens with front frame.



then the reassembly begins...










and a few of a dozer from the steel plant coal yard, in for a new engine, torq and tranny.





thanks for looking.

Mario

[TRUCKMAKER]

Nice pics Mario, thanks for posting! I could look at that stuff all day long.

[dabears]

I would love your job!

[hippy]

cool job! i don't think i could ever get bored there!

so now who is building this monster in our scale?

[JDawg360]

I`d love to know where I can get some stacks like you have on this nice black Pete...Can anyone give me some help?

[BRICKNICK]

Wow Mario how long did take to tear down tgat mining scoop to bare frame? And how does the labor rate on that work? Manufacturers book time I'm assuming?

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by BRICKNICK

Wow Mario how long did take to tear down tgat mining scoop to bare frame? And how does the labor rate on that work? Manufacturers book time I'm assuming?

When all goes well the machine is stripped in a week. Complete job takes about 8 weeks start to finish and complete certified rebuild, with new serial number and full warranty. Costs around 400K.

Machines are done and have all decals on them and bucket installed. I'll get some pics of them and post next week.

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Nice pics Mario, thanks for posting! I could look at that stuff all day long.

Well then here's a few more for you

A brand new 349E. its been awhile since I've worked on excavators and this new one is a real nice machine.








The D9 is gone. Now a 990 loader in for a torq and tranny job. I figured Steve ( IHbuilder ) would like these pics and yes, seems like wherever I go theres a 990 in the neighbourhood!




The tranny and torq out on the floor.






Thanks for looking. More RC posts in the future. posting pics of work is like invading my play time!

Mario

[ihbuilder]

oh yea

[Supermario]

Small update on the dump truck. Finally got a chance to try a few ideas with how to arrange everything inside.











I'm just wondering if having the receiver close to the speaker magnet is going to be an issue?? otherwise, so far so good. Next is a mount for the servonaut sound board.

thanks for looking and all comments.

Mario

[RCP57]

Kinda reminds me of my S10 pickup...except there the subwoofers point into the cab from the box, not into the box from the cab. My guess is that it will sound a lot different with the box up or down but it should work!

[1985 kenworth]

coming along nicely there mario and i am sure it helps that your workspace is warmer too..lol

[Supermario]

Finally! After over 2 months of construction Chaos in the basement I got my work space back up and running! S&M trucking is finally open for business once again
Today the dump truck rolled around for the first time! Lots left to do but happy to see it moving!
Next is lights, sound , paint then summer action!

http://youtu.be/EFNouIwN-Zs

Mario

[1985 kenworth]

nice test run with the dump truck but word of advice.....drop the bed before moving the truck...low wires or bridges wouldn't want to see you in a wtf trucking moment

[glorydays24]

Good looking dump you have there. Love that shade of blue, very nice.

Big John

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by 1985 kenworth

nice test run with the dump truck but word of advice.....drop the bed before moving the truck...low wires or bridges wouldn't want to see you in a wtf trucking moment

Thanks Dwayne. I know what you mean but some of those job sites really push for production and ya have to save time anywhere you can!

Originally Posted by glorydays24

Good looking dump you have there. Love that shade of blue, very nice.

Big John

Thanks big john. The blue is still the original colour from when I bought the truck. Once everything else is done I'm thinking black with some silver accents of vice versa.


So the truck is really coming to life now! It's been a great weekend of RC work ( about time as Reg said )

My first non MFU type sound unit. I first purchased way back when with plans to install in my loader but after getting tired of trying to make it fit I think it works fine in the truck. I like the fact that I can rev the engine while raising the box.

Check it out!

http://youtu.be/j-QXSZ4jZCE

Mario

[glorydays24]

Nice video. What sound unit are you using? And is it a simple hook up? Thanx.

Big John

[RCP57]

NICE! What sound unit is that?

[Supermario]

The sound unit is the Servonaut SMT. It's the cheaper sound module that Servonaut offers. Has no turbo sound but I'm ok with that. Once a few forum members helped me out with the German translation the unit is very easy to install. All plug n play.

Mario

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by Dunga_CZE

This thing may be a better alternative to RC4WD's one

http://www.bel-shop.eu/en-detail-110...stem-dss2.html

It provides turn signals, breake light, front light, beacons...

Only con is, that I'm not sure about the shipping costs...

Thanks again for the link Dunga. Myself and a fellow forum member Flatdeck ( Wayne) placed an order for two and shipping was quite reasonable

Here's a video showing the light module I'm installing in the Dump truck.

http://youtu.be/KSPRo84AEpc

Mario