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Hello everyone here's the project I've been working on for a couple months. Its been a frustrating time and building only occasionally happened. Before I start I'd like to thank my buddy Doc Brown for giving me feedback on it

Anyway here is my first dump truck that actually worked out without me loosing patience :laugh: (http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=97932 and http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=99915 past failures)

The truck features 6x4 drive, front steered axle, pneumatic dump, and working lights.

Anyway here's an overall pic of it

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The front headlights are Madoca inspired as his design looks awesome

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The front lights work and the doors also open. I really like how the front turned out, but what do you guys think? Believe it or not I struggled with making seats so I settled with the generic design that I'm not satisfied with at all :hmpf_bad:

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Here's the rear view. Not too satisfied with this, but I did the best I could with a limited parts selection

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The rear lights also work

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Both lights are connected to a switch crammed inside the chassis. They're controlled by the little red knob between the panels.

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Here's the action shot. Frankly I'm surprised the cylinders lifted the bed. I really underestimated them(sorry allanp :grin: )

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The cylinders are controlled by a little switch in the same position as the light knob on the other side. The pump placement is not the greatest. It's hidden pretty well and does the job, but I wanted a bit more of an elegant solution

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The entire chasiss is extremely sturdy . The only parts that are a bit more flexible are the back of the cab and the dump bed. The truck is heavier than it looks and it drives fine

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The whole central area is also reinforced by these frames which help alot

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Finally here's how the steering is done. The worm gear connects to a gear on the steering axle

Thanks for viewing this topic. It's a relativity simple MOC that needs improvement, but I just lost patience with it. As always any feedback is welcome :classic:

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Great job man! I think it looks awesome, with some great functions and seems solidly built. :thumbup:

Will there be a video? :laugh:

I do think those seats need a bit of work, not sure how to improve them, maybe a little wider and spaced wider?

The front is a very tidy design, I really like it. :laugh:

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This is awesome! beautiful front end, but you really need some better pictures :p

I have a question about the dump bed, wouldn't the weight of the thing make the rear end sag because you've got both your cylinders in the front?

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Thanks! It sags a bit because of that. Maybe by a stud or two. Is the quality of the pics not good or do you want more?

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