Hi guys,
I'd like to present you my MOC of a Motorgrader, which is based on a CAT 120M2. I worked on this for about 6 months since I saw this video, hence the color scheme.
The goal was to recreate as many functions of the real grader as possible, which I'd like to show in this little video.
There are many pneumatic and manual functions. The grader also has has pendular suspension on front axle and twin pendular on the back wheels.
Pneumatic:
- Moving of front blade
- Moving of rear ripper
- Moving of middle blade with 3 cylinders (up/down/sideways)
- Tilting of middle blade
Manual:
- Steering
- Articulation of rear end steering for tighter turning circle or grab steer
- Tilting of front wheels
- Vertical turning of the blade
- Shifting the blade to left/right side
- Spring loaded, lockable center pin for left/right swing motion of the blade attachment mechanism
One of the most challenging things has been to angle the blade for grading embankments. Therefor I needed this swing motion of the blade mechanism with the lockable center pin (notice the height difference of both pneumatic cylinders).
The whole scale has been chosen according to the pneumatic cylinders (friggin expensive 1x11), where the new 68.7 tires fit perfectly in my opinion. As the cab is stuffed with pneumatic hoses, I have dropped the idea of implementing a seat and interieur.
The scale fits nicely with the Arocs, which strangely is missing one pneumatic cylinder ...