Very nice and detailed truck.

  On 12/3/2014 at 4:43 PM, Zblj said:

Okay here's what i fixed/changed:

- I attached the bumper piece

- I attached the roof curve pieces

- attached the engine cover

- lowered the cofee machine as close to the rightfull place as possible

- grouped the cabin, so it can be hidden/moved to reveal the engine

You can find the updated file here:

http://www.bricksafe...6 BOM model.lxf

Thank you very much, I have to agree with Efferman; you seem to have a different LDD than the rest of us!

I will replace my downloadable file with yours!

On a slightly different note, I got this in an e-mail from dropbox:

This email is an automated notification from Dropbox that your Public links have been temporarily suspended for generating excessive traffic. Your Dropbox will continue to function normally with the exception of Public links.

So they might not work.. I will try to upload the .pdfs to Bricksafe or something

EDIT:

  On 12/3/2014 at 1:26 PM, gevans12 said:

@D3k, sounds good to me. Did you include the side tipping bed in the current release of the instructions? Any idea when we can be seeing the instructions for the tipping bed wether it be side tip or standard rear tip? Thanks again

Hi! The current instructions are for the truck only, no attachments. I hope to cook something up in the not to distant future, but I am away from my bricks for the next seven days. Maybe I will make something digitally, but it's kinda hard to check the mechanical tolerances..

I will update this topic whenever I have something ready!

Edited December 3, 201410 yr by D3K

Use bricksafe, or brickshelf than

No need to thank me

There are so many people looking up the instructions the URL crashed

Nice-looking truck, with an impressive number of functions.

Yep, I'm seeing a lot of hits and builds on Rebrickable for this MOC Looks like D3K got a winner here.

  On 12/3/2014 at 8:28 PM, D3K said:

On a slightly different note, I got this in an e-mail from dropbox:

This email is an automated notification from Dropbox that your Public links have been temporarily suspended for generating excessive traffic. Your Dropbox will continue to function normally with the exception of Public links.

So they might not work.. I will try to upload the .pdfs to Bricksafe or something

Yes, I had the same problem too. It seems that the dropbox policy only allows a limited user access. That's why I upload the instructions and CAD files on bricksafe.

Greetings

Alex

I use One-drive (Microsoft).

Very nice truck! Looking good!

Impressive creation!

I really like the lockable differential and the steering system with the clutch gear to prevent damage to the motor!

The only doubt is about the speed of the truck

I fixed the link on rebrickable and in this topic to now go to the file in BrickSafe, so it should be good!

  On 12/4/2014 at 1:56 AM, LEGO Train 12 Volts said:

Impressive creation!

I really like the lockable differential and the steering system with the clutch gear to prevent damage to the motor!

The only doubt is about the speed of the truck

Thanks, I am glad you liked it! And yes, it is a bit too slow for my liking. I though I could just flip the diff and swap the order of the double bevel gears driving it from the motor, but the double bevel gears can't mesh with the 16 tooth end of the diff I am working on a solution in my head though, there should be enough room for some different gearing between them

Edited December 14, 201410 yr by D3K

  On 12/2/2014 at 9:41 PM, 5imon said:

Where do I get all those parts? And the time?

  On 12/3/2014 at 12:05 PM, D3K said:

I tried to use as few uncommon parts as possible, in fact I can't think of a single part that's concidered hard to get in the inventory.

Of course I know where to get the pieces ;-)

I was more joking about the expenses it will generate, as with every project I build...

Edited December 4, 201410 yr by 5imon

  On 12/4/2014 at 7:18 AM, 5imon said:

Of course I know where to get the pieces ;-)

I was more joking about the expenses it will generate, as with every project I build...

There will be more expenses for you and others, if I continue to publish instructions from other big and complex MOC's

Greetings

Alex

  On 12/4/2014 at 2:14 AM, D3K said:

I though I could just flip the diff and swap the order of the double bevel gears driving it from the motor, but the double bevel gears can mesh with the 16 tooth end of the diff I am working on a solution in my head though, there should be enough room for some different gearing between them

Thanks for the prompt reply ... I think that with your abilities the solution will come soon!

Hi!

I just wanted to inform that I have made some small changes in the instructions, and reuploaded them. These are done to make it easier to implement additions in the future.

For those of you (if any) who have taken it upon you to build this, the changes are mostly focused around steps 23 (half pins), 31.1 to 31.11 (drive gear assembly, and further the lack of using a 3L axle w/stud to attach it), 47 and 50 (the use of long friction pins with bush, to make it easily removable) and 48 (not installing a transverse 5L bracing axle, which is unnecessary and space consuming).

The new instructions can be downloaded here, and I have also updated the links on Rebrickable and in the first post of this topic.

Sorry about any problems this may have caused.

Now, I am in the process of making a tipping/dumping bed, and have made a nice, fairly compact dual LA setup that fits like a glove. Here is a quick render of the finished module as it appears before installing it:

The actual bed shouldn't take too long to design, and I am already on it

Hi D3K

Thank you so much for the instructions what a fun built but I used the large motors but only done with the chassis ,and decided to go for red and black as my white parts are used in my white 42029 will up load some pictures when done

Thanks again

  On 12/14/2014 at 7:32 PM, Siegfried Meyer said:

Hi D3K

Thank you so much for the instructions what a fun built but I used the large motors but only done with the chassis ,and decided to go for red and black as my white parts are used in my white 42029 will up load some pictures when done

Thanks again

Glad to hear it, looking forward to seeing your pictures! I'm also glad you found a way to implement the Large Motors, as I think they are more than sufficient for this model! Also, it should give you twice the speed!

If you want to apply the modifications I mentioned above in the revamped instructions, they can be easily done post-build with a pair of pliers or a leatherman or something, just need to pull out some axles that are hard to get to by hand

Hi D3K

Here is some of the wip, but I have to strip the front diff as it in the incorrect position and it seems as if the front of the truck is lower than the back, or is this normal?

Please tell me the link works

Edited December 17, 201410 yr by Siegfried Meyer

  On 12/17/2014 at 2:58 PM, Siegfried Meyer said:

Hi D3K

Here is some of the wip, but I have to strip the front diff as it in the incorrect position and it seems as if the front of the truck is lower than the back, or is this normal?

Please tell me the link works

I can see the picture when I click it, glad to see it's coming along! How do you like the build so far? And have you noticed anything off in the instructions?

It's a bit difficult to see as the picture is very low res, but are you using soft (grey) shocks in the front? They should be hard (yellow) as the soft ones are ...well... too soft Replacing them should make it better

  On 12/17/2014 at 4:50 PM, D3K said:

And have you noticed anything off in the instructions?

but are you using soft (grey) shocks in the front?

Hi D3K

the only error I found was step 85-86, the blue axle pin is clashing with the black pin on the 1x9 bend beam,w.r.t the shocks they are the soft shocks (grey) will change them to night, and let you know if it levels out.

My 42029 has arrived for parts and will finish the truck, hopefully before Thursday .

Hi D3k

The yellow shocks didn't make a difference, but I made a mistake in placing the bottom of the shock 1 stud to far forward. I'm using the hubs of the 42000 and had to modify the front axle a bit to make it work.

Edited December 24, 201410 yr by Siegfried Meyer

I have finished the instructions for the promised Dump Truck modification, and they can be downloaded here (19 MB).

I noticed during the process that there were a couple of minor things that needed to be changed for things to work as smoothly as possible, so I have dedicated a couple of pages early in the instructions for that purpose.

Anyway, here are a couple of pictures and renders (more and in higher resolution can be found here)

EDIT:

Submitted for Rebrickable approval of course.

Aaand it's up on Rebrickable

Edited January 7, 201510 yr by D3K

OSUHARDING1 put up a short review of the model, check it out below!

Well done D3K

I can only see one rare part that is a problem for me and that is those two ball joint things that attach the live axles to the chassis, is there something I could put in there as an alternative using basic parts like universal/sliding universal joints?

@ Kiwi_Builder

Do you mean this part: BL 6571?

It's on the way to become rare, since it went out of production last year.

Or this: BL 15459 ?

  On 3/30/2015 at 11:47 PM, Kiwi_Builder said:

Well done D3K

I can only see one rare part that is a problem for me and that is those two ball joint things that attach the live axles to the chassis, is there something I could put in there as an alternative using basic parts like universal/sliding universal joints?

Hi!

Are these the parts you are referring to: and ?

If so, I'm pretty sure you could work around them by slightly redesigning the two axles in question, as well as the areas where they are attached, and then just use 3L U-joints to transmit the drive