XTN's garage

[bruh]

Nice.

14 hours ago, XTN said:

The good thing is that this way you always have an answer to the question of what you want for your birthday. 

 

For sure! I'm sure you know of it, but have you tried Bricklink for parts? They generally have more parts than PaB, and usually for a lower price.

[XTN]

Lift Bucket Truck

https://bricksafe.com/pages/XTN/garage/lightduty/bucket

It features:

• HOG steering
• openable hood and doors
• fake engine driven by differential from rear axle
• rotatable and foldable lift arm
• fold-out supports
• openable storage comparments with space of 3x3x2 studs
• attachable bull bar

I was always a big fan of the front end of the 42075 First Responder, so I adopted that part for my light duty tow truck and parts of it for this new bucket truck too.
I just closed some gaps, changed the hinge points for the hood and created a new bumper. Now it resembles the look of modern American light duty trucks.

The lifting function of the arm is inspired by 8071.

The supports can be folded out and are self-locking.

The main functions (bucket lifting, arm turning, supports) are marked by yellow elements.

And of course it's in "MACK scale".

I hope you enjoy. 

 

 

 

[Thirdwigg]

Very cool. I'm working on a little cherry picker right now, and I may have to use some of your ideas here. I love the mechanism you used for the lifting arm.

Thanks for sharing. 

[Aurorasaurus]

Very nice! I love the headlights, they look really good. The whole build seems functional, thanks for sharing.

[XTN]

On 5/20/2026 at 10:05 PM, Aurorasaurus said:

Very nice! I love the headlights, they look really good. The whole build seems functional, thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much. In reality the whole front end looks even better than on the pictures, especially in combination with the front bumper.
That nose and the cab can easily be a base for a generic American pickup truck.

 

Edited May 22 by XTN

[XTN]

On 5/20/2026 at 9:54 PM, Thirdwigg said:

Very cool. I'm working on a little cherry picker right now, and I may have to use some of your ideas here. I love the mechanism you used for the lifting arm.

Thanks for sharing. 

Tahnks, mate!

The visible part of the mechanism is mainly taken from TLG set 8071.
I just had to simplify the "underwear", because the original gearbox was way too big for my little truck

In my version you can operate the lifting mechanism from both sides to make it more playable and faster. 
Therefore I had to move the knob for rotating the boom to the back while keeping steering at the top of the cab, unlike in set 8071.

In case I might want to move the HOG from cab top to the back, i used a flipflop L-beam as shown in the pic below, to have a hole for the according longitudinal axle.
But in the end the HOG on top of the cab works really well, even when the boom is folded down, so I kept it there.

May I expect your cherry picker in MACK scale too? I really can't wait to see yours! 

 

[Thirdwigg]

Thanks for the response, and the extra photos. Yeah, the cherry picker will be in Mack scale as an attachment for my Unimogs. I'm trying to figure out an outrigger right now, and I might have to leave this feature out.