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All-y'all need to come to this event. The site is great - the hangar ( yes a hangar for a full sized airplane) has a gravel floor, but they have carpets all the way around the perimeter , so a road truck can navigate the perimeter.
It's gonna be great! Izzy |
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Bring your stuff you want to trade or sell and we can swap some parts and trucks while we are there. I have a big box of parts and some other stuff ready to bring myself.
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If you want to see them first hand - come out to the meet and have some fun.
:) http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps746f686d.jpg |
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I got a room booked at the Best Western for friday, should be there late afternoon early evening:bounce::bounce:
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Izzy!!!! Are you making those now!!??
I'd love to attend but a 26hr drive is too much right now. |
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Just in case anybody's still not sure they are going to make it yet, Best Western told me at noon today that they had plenty of rooms for Friday and Saturday, I'd still call ahead but it didnt sound like they were going to be booked. I'll probably get there about six.
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Here are some pictures from Friday http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psxwejxokb.jpg
http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psu4uimq1s.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psbiqpa2wb.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psqeev7yf7.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9xgdonyu.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0ctdbqgc.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psbkbvohbf.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psibbtytj1.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psl4mc3h6f.jpg Many more to come! |
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My car is loaded up. Heading out in the early a.m.
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http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psl4mc3h6f.jpg [QUOTE] WHAT?! WHAT?! WHAT?! You lied. http://www.rctruckandconstruction.co...503#post109503 for shame travy for shame But I knew you were full of $hyt just the same. :D :lol: :lol: :lol: Good to finally see the Izzy Built prototype come to fruition, now hopefully somebody remembers to take some video of it too... preferably more than just a minute or less. :) |
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cant wait for more pics and more info on the dozer
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Quote: Originally Posted by RCP57 Are you referring to the dozer? What is that and where/who did it come from? More pics please!!!!!! The dozer was just a toy one of the vendors put out there for a load. I would say he is referring to the Carson loader. Travis Izzy is a vendor is he not? I just left out some details. :D |
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They operate very nicely! Great power smooth operation.
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Great time running the equipment. Many kudos to Nathan for setting this meet up. Will plan on making it next year or the next time!!
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Big shout to Nathan for setting this up and to Travis and Izzy for them helping Nathan before we all got there. This is going to be a great place to meet hopefully a couple times a year! Definently a great time, great little town, fun fun fun! Don't miss it next time! I'll be putting up some pictures later.
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I want to give a big thanks to Nate for a wonderfull weekend we all had a greate time. For those that did not show up we got to see a demenstation of a fuel pwered RC jet which was just amazing, the only bad part was Nate ended up playing buy himself for a little while as we stoped to watch the jet. O and the food was amazing as well.
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Nate...This event was truely great. The location was perfect and the Eli field grounds were way above my expectation. Thanks for hosting this event
I think we all Had a great time be it working on trucks in the hanger or running in the dirt pile. All day Saturday We had about 2-3 machines and 2-3 dump trucks running at any one time. Some times even more. I didn't get any pics as I had left my camera at home but I know others did. I hope we can do this again in the fall months. Thanks again everyone for making this event great. |
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And heres more pictures:
http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...ps09advihf.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psiw0l0llk.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...pslgtx6xml.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psg3xdi1gj.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psrlza01it.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psav3ds0ts.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psl4horxmv.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psxvo78clq.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psykxor1l9.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psykxor1l9.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...pshzvnyu0h.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...pseoy4lavu.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8biop29y.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psvpg6pppx.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4fyjlpni.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psfybu4u21.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psgpdcxabr.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psscirts5v.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6v704suu.jpg And last but not least 3 Three shots of a perfect Fathers Day! http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2ypbidy7.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...psbd5aolot.jpg http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...pshqknzd6t.jpg |
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Thanks Nate for putting this together and Izzy and Travis for helping the previous weekend. Also would like to thank the Horizon Hobbies Upper management for such a nice facility and the chance to be able to enjoy it :D. Also thanks to Mr Pete for cooking for us and the great hospitality. I appreciate everyone for looking after Liam and accepting and youngster in an adult hobby:) he had a great time and was wore out on the trip back home. I am glad that the hobby will have a permanent work site and will be perfect for the hobby just like our friends from across the pond;). looking forward to the next meet there.
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Everyone - awesome - just awesome. The site is great - a little hard on the smaller models but if you pay attention it's not too bad.
Special thanks to the cook - local club president - great food! Thanks to Nate for the leg work of finding us another home. FYI there's enough carpets in the hanger we could bring in rubber for the smaller models. The dirt pile stays forever! WoooHoooo. Check it out http://www.elifield.com/ As for the dozer - exceeded my expectations - we found that the 100:1 firgelli with a modified upper link was critical. The track tensioner springs need to be heavier and a saber tooth 2x12 is plenty of speed control. Everyone had a go at the controls as much as they wanted and nobody seemed to be complaining. Based on how they did in dirt - I suspect Indy will be a blast. Izzy |
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have dirt will travel :D :cool:
So , I can save my 2x25 for my td40 then eh ? which 1 2x12 RC or the 2x12 ? mine's puttin on a lot more lbs with the machined track frames . |
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Who owns that sweet blue kw day cab pulling the dump wagon?
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That is Heavy Duty's beautiful truck. It runs as good as it looks.
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Nate ,you are the man.Awesome setup and great food.I will surely be back to play again and again.Guys it was great to see all of you again and catch up on some of your awesome projects.I see a new dozer in my near future.:D.Can't wait to Indy and see you all again.Thanks
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Everyone has already stated what I feel about the event. Truley greatful to all who organized and participated in the event. Definitely will be back again and again.
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Here a few shorts I have from the show
http://youtu.be/bBWRXcc2EsY http://youtu.be/KOhSSdPr3ds http://youtu.be/zFyXRXMsN-0 I have many more to add.I hope the link works Ed |
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another video of a loader at work
http://youtu.be/zykhq8L_k-g |
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I was impressed by the Carson's - both Lynn's full electric and Chris' hydraulic - I thought they both performed well.
Izzy |
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Hey Izzy, I'm liking your new dozer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers, Neil. |
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Keep loading vids Ed, you must have one or two of the Izzy Built dozer working in the dirt... plz? :)
Great pics Kent! |
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Thanks Joe, I know there are some good videos out, the guys are probably still editing them, the only videos I got were of the RC turbine jet that was flown and a helicopter. They're on my cell phone and not very good.
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lots of great stuff
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My buddy Craig got some cool shots!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/701135...7644817421707/ I want to thank those that came out to the event. Our entry fees were able to raise a decent amount of cash to go towards supporting the club and them letting us use this space at the field permanently. I paid for the dirt and lunches for the convenient location being right near my house. I had hoped for a bit bigger head count of both drivers and spectators when compared to last years St. Louis show. I'm planning to do another meet in the fall if there's enough interest. Early October would give us some time to recover from Indy and should still have nice weather. From now on, every meet entry fee will depend on participants. Our club president Pete informed us of another option that any of you guys can register for a "Supporting Membership" on our site. It's $25 for the year and won't give you any voting rights for the club but will save you $ if you plan on coming out more than once a year. (The option isn't there on the form but you can mark down "Construction Member" or something like that so they know.) http://www.elifield.com/membership.html I also want everyone's feedback. (even if you didn't come) What did you like? What would you change? Should the meet only run from dawn to night on Saturday only? How much time do you need to plan for going to a meet? Was the Best Western too expensive? I wasn't able to get a group discount with this few people this time. Think she said at least 15 rooms for that. Thanks again. Forget a meet, if anyone has an itch to move dirt, I can bring my stuff to the field anytime and play! I only have so much space in the house but I don't mind having people stay here. |
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Nate was the per head cost pretty much the same as figured ? I like to figure my budget for the future ;) .
PS , I keep looking for vids of that dozer werkin after hearing how well it werked :cop::p |
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The cost was spot on - could be higher IMO .
I have about 6hr of driving and about 2-3 hr of prep. This time I brought the bridge and the docks so 3 prep and put away. |
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