Crawler Loader

[legomuppet9]

It's been 1 year since I created my first MOC, a Compact Tracked Loader

Lego Technic Compact Tracked Loader by legomuppet9, on Flickr

To be honest it wasn't great but hey Anyway, because of this I decided to make a Crawler Loader, and here is the result

Crawler Loader by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Functions:

• Bucket lift and tilt powered by one M Motor, going through a selector, the control for which is in the cab
  
• That's basically it, unless moving tracks count
  

I would have ideally liked to make this model RC, however I do not have the motors or IR parts to accomplish this , so I settled for a TLG-like level of functionality (in my opinion), and focused a bit more on the looks than I normally would have, and I must say I am very pleased with the result .

Getting the geometry of the arm correct was a problem, and to be honest it still isn't that great, but will do I adapted the arm from Nico71's Crawler Loader (http://www.nico71.fr/crawler-loader-2/) into my design.

The part I'm most impressed with, in my opinion, is the bucket, which I designed myself, enabling a more realistic shape than the one's supplied from Lego themselves.

The rest of the pictures:

Crawler Loader by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Crawler Loader by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Crawler Loader by legomuppet9, on Flickr

Crawler Loader by legomuppet9, on Flickr

And a video

Because I am so pleased with this model, I decided to make an LDD file, and have uploaded it to Brickshelf (which I will use for this purpose, Flickr will still be for photos )

Crawler Loader Instructions by legomuppet9, on Flickr

LINK TO THE INSTRUCTIONS: http://www.brickshel...ry.cgi?f=530440 (pretty sure it's moderated, uploaded it yesterday in the hope it would be for now)

Thanks for reading

[Lakop]

Excellent model!. It addresses something else on the forum about lego being reliant on PF (is lego too reliant on PF?). This sort of model is exactly what we were discussing. It does not need PF to be playable. I know you have a motor but it does not require one. That's a great model with some good adaptions and I love the bucket. a good design.

H

[legomuppet9]

Excellent model!. It addresses something else on the forum about lego being reliant on PF (is lego too reliant on PF?). This sort of model is exactly what we were discussing. It does not need PF to be playable. I know you have a motor but it does not require one. That's a great model with some good adaptions and I love the bucket. a good design.

H

No it does not technically need a motor, and would be easy to adapt without a motor, however I feel the motor increases play-ability as it limits the amount of hand turning you need to do to extend the LA's

[D3K]

Nonetheless I really like what you have done here!:-)

[Edwin Korstanje]

Great Moc Legomuppet

[legomuppet9]

Nonetheless I really like what you have done here!:-)

Great Moc Legomuppet

Thanks guys

[Alasdair Ryan]

Nice loader Legomuppet,I like the exhaust/pf controller at the back.

[piterx]

i really like the bucket :) well done dude!

[Rishab N]

Great model. I really love the bucket!

[Kronos]

Great model. I really love the bucket!

Ditto

[750ACE]

Great use of parts!

[Kwon]

It's been 1 year since I created my first MOC, a Compact Tracked Loader

Very good look!

Edited June 25, 2013 by Rick
Please don't quote large posts unnecessarily. Thanks.

[legomuppet9]

*BUMP*

I finally got around to putting this set on rebrickable

http://rebrickable.com/mocs/legomuppet9/crawler-loader

[Alasdair Ryan]

It would appear that I could build your loader twice.....

[legomuppet9]

It would appear that I could build your loader twice.....

Double the fun then

[skriblez]

*BUMP*

I finally got around to putting this set on rebrickable

http://rebrickable.c.../crawler-loader

Thank you for that. Seems i might have all the parts to build one to :) Great work on the MOC :)