Cat 340D Excavator build

[crueby]

Got the bigger/stronger gearmotor installed for the main boom raise/lowering, had to rearrange a few things to get it to fit in the cab. It works much better, the original one was barely able to raise the boom assembly. This one could be just a little faster, may swap up to the next rpm range on it (they come in a series of gear ratios). This one is quite a bit longer, so it has to sit sideways in the cab, and have a bevel gear set to attach it.









The shop elves are measuring things up to make a rack to hold all the speed controls, they are just temp wired in using some terminal blocks to test things out, want to have them all in a row and the wires neatened up from the current rats nest.









I was able to test out the crawler track motors, went for a long trip of about 6 inches back and forth on the bench. Looks good there too.