MPE – 24M Motor Grader Build

[dabears]

WOW!!!! That is killer looking. Kinda jelous of your project wall! Also the 2 cabs I see and all those shiney rims!!! What part of Northern Cali are you in?

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Originally Posted by dabears

WOW!!!! That is killer looking. Kinda jelous of your project wall! Also the 2 cabs I see and all those shiney rims!!! What part of Northern Cali are you in?

Debears... Thanks. I'm in Sunnyvale. Between San Jose and Plato Alto.

[dabears]

Originally Posted by mpe

Debears... Thanks. I'm in Sunnyvale. Between San Jose and Plato Alto.

My Grandparents used to live in Sunnyvale! If I remember there used to be a Bobs Big Boy out there. last time I was there was over 20+ years ago though. lol I used to live in Vacaville, then LA before moving to Chicago in 94 and Arizona in 2013

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Originally Posted by dabears

My Grandparents used to live in Sunnyvale! If I remember there used to be a Bobs Big Boy out there. last time I was there was over 20+ years ago though. lol I used to live in Vacaville, then LA before moving to Chicago in 94 and Arizona in 2013

Bobs has been gone for a long time. It is now home to a Pho Nam restaurant. I went from Wisconsin to Florida back to Wisconsin then Colorado - LA - Sacramento - Washington state and finally Northern California.

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Few more pictures to look.

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That's all for now.
The next updates should be of the chain drive and sprockets.
Thanks for looking!

[apfubar]

... Speechless....

[Erik79]

Very beautyful work! A lot of details, clean machining and a great appearance!
My compliments,

Enrico.

[tracksntreadslou]

Awsome work ..every time i see an update on this grader my Jaw drops .....Many many hours behind cad im guessing ..gives me inspration to bring my building level up ..thanks for sharing

[Lil Giants]

Truly elegant with its finest detail I have ever see done in a constr model ... but every time I see the latest update I am less confident that I'll ever see this machine working in the dirt & quite possibly I won't live long enough to see it finished.

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Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Truly elegant with its finest detail I have ever see done in a constr model ... but every time I see the latest update I am less confident that I'll ever see this machine working in the dirt & quite possibly I won't live long enough to see it finished.

Wow that is the highest of honors coming from you Joe... Thanks!
But the man who has been hauling dirt out of his basement for years indirectly wants to know if I will ever finish this project
Your the reason I'm on this forum. I stumble across your hauling dirt thread way back in the garden days and I have to say I thought you were a bit crazy at first but what a perfect sandbox... You play with a purpose and I admire that. Now I have a goal... Finish the 24 before you finish the basement!