Hello all,
I would like to show my latest moc: a Caterpillar electric rope shovel. It is an improved version of my 2014 shovel, which can be found here
This one has a better crowd mechanism, a latch free dipper system and it drives a lot smoother. I also redesigned the operatorcabin, superstructure and added almost all the outside lights that are on the real machine.
The crowd mechanism of the 2014 model worked like the real machine with ropes. Those worked well untill they broke. That was the point that I took the 2014 version apart. In this one I replaced the rope by a 8 thooth gear and gearrack, which is way better than the rope.
It took me about 4 weeks to rebuid it from schratch.
Cat 7495 HF 2018 by Arjan Oude Kotte, on Flickr
Cat 7495 HF 2018 by Arjan Oude Kotte, on Flickr
Cat 7495 HF 2018 by Arjan Oude Kotte, on Flickr
CAT 7495 HF by Arjan Oude Kotte, on Flickr
CAT 7495 HF by Arjan Oude Kotte, on Flickr
Thanks for reading!