Liebherr 574

[gauthib12]

Wow looks great! question: where did you get the nice tires for $16!

Thanks

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Exclusive RC

Yes sir I did thank you, its a great piece of Art, you sell yourself short when you say your not a master, because in my eyes you have succeeded in doing things to aluminum only a few ppl can do. You have my vote! Ill post pics when im done making all the modifications to it.

Thanks Brian. I'm glad you like the bucket! I appreciate the boost in confidence also. My expectations for myself are very high so I am always wishing I had done something a little bit differently. I think I need to seek professional help

Originally Posted by Kaf343

Looks great Reg, can't wait to see a video of it running. Superb!!

Thanks Keith! Hoping to see some of yours in action soon as well!

Originally Posted by gauthib12

Wow looks great! question: where did you get the nice tires for $16!

Thanks

I bought them on eBay. Just searched 1.9 crawler tires and found them. I think they were around $14 US with free shipping. Really happy with the quality for the price. There were also ones available with rims for not much more but I wanted to make my own. Goes to show how much money RC4WD is making off of us!

[RCP57]

Tired loading some dirt this evening with the new tires. I have been drying some gravel in the shop for weeks and it was pouring outside so I made this haywire little deal in the back of my pickup. Fun for the loader, boring for the Hayes. The loader works great with the new tires and wheels. It does steer a little harder with a bucket of dirt but once it's rolling slightly it works great! For a conversion I really enjoy playing with this.

http://youtu.be/AojobRY4aDc

[JAMMER]

Very nice job Reg but as all thr rest it lacks reach to get over the sides of the box and dump and come back with out hitting the box. You had to have a ramp like all the rest. Ed

[RCP57]

Yeah the difference in scale doesn't work in their favor that's for sure. Oh well, it is what it is.

[Supermario]

I'm confused? My loader clears the box with no ramp at all. With full up and bucket dumped I can still just clear the box edge. I've got no cheater boards on my truck but surprised to see you need such a ramp.
It must be my hyd cylinders have more range than the firgelli actuators ?

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Supermario

I'm confused? My loader clears the box with no ramp at all. With full up and bucket dumped I can still just clear the box edge. I've got no cheater boards on my truck but surprised to see you need such a ramp.
It must be my hyd cylinders have more range than the firgelli actuators ?

Yes, I believe yours lifts a bit higher than mine. It will load my KH OK with no side boards but the Hayes box is quite a bit taller. The truck itself is also taller by almost 1/4" because of the reworked suspension. The way I have the actuators mounted is great for power but not for stroke. It won't sit the bucket flat on the ground either but I was determined not to cut the loader anymore than necessary. I definitely don't need to have that large of a ramp but it was built for something else and does the trick temporarily.