hook lift truck

[Alasdair Ryan]

i am going to do my best with regular updates

i am not going to better with suspension 'keeping it simple'

it will be full rc with working drive,steering and and the arm for the skip

overall length the chassis it make in 3 sections section 1st is the front part

steering

the last 2 sections the 1st section is the bigger one and the 3rd one is the small one on the end

i have ordered 6 white 62.4 x 20 but i don't think i should of got white ones

i will be selling this once i have finished it

if you would like to pre-order it you are most welcome

ps i hope every one can see the pics alright

[roamingstop]

Hi Alisadair

Do you have an image to show which truck you are using for inspiration?

[Alasdair Ryan]

made a small mistake ther will be dupple wheels on the back i will change this on the next update

heres my insperation (yes i do own on)

http://www.quarrydiecastmodels.com.au/models/Conrad/images/40156-0.jpg

Edited December 6, 2010 by Alasdair Ryan

[DLuders]

You've got some work ahead of you!

[roamingstop]

Well if this is as good as your mini JCB' MOC's then it will be a great build. An adventerous winter time for you.

[Alasdair Ryan]

hears some new pic of the steering and the drive,both the back wheels are driven

i only had enough wheels to do one axle, i will need to order some more

[vmln8r]

Nice work Possibly switch the three 16z gears in between the diffs with 16z clutch gears and mount them on axles rather than pins?

[Alasdair Ryan]

i can do that whats the benefit in doing that?

[backbone]

i can do that whats the benefit in doing that?

Less torque/power loss.

Edited December 9, 2010 by backbone

[trekman]

I agree with VMLN8R. I can see those 16T gears working their way out under load. You would also have room for a 5L studless beam across the three 16T gears which would minimise jumping teeth. It certainly will keep you busy for the next few weeks.

[Alasdair Ryan]

here's some new progress of the cab i have also posted a video of it driving

Edited December 19, 2010 by Alasdair Ryan

[rien]

Nice work!

[Milan]

Nice base of the cab!

It looks like the tires are a little bit small for the 22-studs wide truck cabin...

Maybe you should separate the two back axles a little bit. They look too close to each other.

It sounds like your motor is struggling to power the truck, or is it just me?

Good luck with your truck, I like the progress so far!

[Alasdair Ryan]

what wheels would you recomend (these were expentive to buy in white)

the steering has a white clutch gear to stop it breaking the steering this is why it struggles with the steering

i found the drive the best so far ,it is a very heavy so this wont help

and the wheels are placed toghter like the real truck it wont look right if i spaced them out and also the gearing would not be very easy to do

[Milan]

I would suggest 24x43 wheels, they are perfect for 24studs wide truck, but they will fit in your 22studs wide truck, too. I use them in my wip crane.

These 62.4 looks small, imo.

Not steering, I was talking about the drive motors are struggling a bit, judging by the sound.

Based on the picture of the real truck you provided, I think that another stud between back tires would be improvement!

If you have problems with placing gears between axles, just use drivetrain concept form 8868.

[Alasdair Ryan]

!! progress !!

now you did not think is was gong to leve it black now?

i hope this setup works

added a engine to it i have not got it hooked up yet

feel free to post comments am sure milan has somethng to say,i still hope to see his crane before i die :laugh: just jokeing

truck seats

Edited February 18, 2011 by Alasdair Ryan

[dhc6twinotter]

Looks great!

[Milan]

You bought 24x43 tires? Costly...

Now it looks much better.

Also, you have added a little bit more space between last two axles.

The cab looks very nice and smooth.

I guess you are going to add some parts at the front, lights, grill, like on pictures on first page?

[Alasdair Ryan]

You bought 24x43 tires? Costly...

Now it looks much better.

Also, you have added a little bit more space between last two axles.

The cab looks very nice and smooth.

I guess you are going to add some parts at the front, lights, grill, like on pictures on first page?

£60 uk pounds those wheels cost me

i had to redesign the size of the cab but i got that sorted now i hope to share some new pics in the next few days

[Alasdair Ryan]

well as promised heres a video of some progress i have to refit the engine and a few other things to get back on track

oh and those cables you might see lead to some lights

sorry about the video ,i might also add thats as much as your going to see of me in a video i dont want to ruin it completly

Edited April 27, 2011 by Alasdair Ryan

[Milan]

Nice combination of white and red.

Cabin looks great.

Looking forward to next update.

[garson]

that last picture showing the seats, in the printout to the left that item with the turntable, what is it?

[shimon]

Great work!

I really like the chassis, good color combination

Only theres a couple of thing i dont understand...:

In the steering mechanism, the part that is connected to the steering arm can get get detached if the wheel will struggle to turn(unless you glued it)... still in my opinion in order to be sure it wont happen it will be better to replace it with a mechanism that wont be detached when pulling in the rack movement direction.

Secondly: i think the cabin is too high in a propertion to the body, according the video..

Looking forward to the finished Truck

[Alasdair Ryan]

that last picture showing the seats, in the printout to the left that item with the turntable, what is it?

thats blue shiny apples way of haveing more than two powered axles going though a turn table,

Great work!

I really like the chassis, good color combination

Only theres a couple of thing i dont understand...:

In the steering mechanism, the part that is connected to the steering arm can get get detached if the wheel will struggle to turn(unless you glued it)... still in my opinion in order to be sure it wont happen it will be better to replace it with a mechanism that wont be detached when pulling in the rack movement direction.

what you are seeing there is the powered axle to the dummie engine

Secondly: i think the cabin is too high in a propertion to the body, according the video..

it might be a bit high in the video but when you look at it the front of it it looks all right

Looking forward to the finished Truck

[shimon]

What i ment is theese: http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=32013 that holds your steering arm.. if you try holding the wheel and run the steering you will se how this part slowly detaches from the axle (according to the 2nd pic)