I present to you my creation! It is a wheel loader.

I was trying to make a PF version of 8439, but with the the shape of the small LA plus the gears, it was not happening. So I just started working from the turn table on up.

It has:

4x medium motor

2x reciever

4x wheels (of course it does)

???-parts (still working on the LDD of it)

You can see it is a little short on finished, but want to show what I made and thoughts on what else I could make it in to.

The steering is a little complicated. It's all gears, but turns slow enough. It turned slower and not jerky in the first biuld, but in the redesign I could not fit one of the gear pairs in.

I should shorten the arms a little bit, because it can only pick up 3 of the 68.8x24 wheels.

A few more pictures are www.bricksafe.com/pages/weavil

Looks good so far! Good job cramming 4 (!) m-motors into such a small space. I think that bucket needs some work tho.

TLH

Nice MOC. My only thoughts are: are those mini-LAs going to be beefy enough to raise the bucket when it's weighted down with "stuff"?

Nice MOC. My only thoughts are: are those mini-LAs going to be beefy enough to raise the bucket when it's weighted down with "stuff"?

It can lift a little bit of wieght. I went and shortened the arms and it lifts better.

Having to rethink the loader, I desided to start a new venture.... A wrecker! so far I started the rear of the wrecker and put it on LDD at the same time. Hope you like the start of it.

The wheels in LDD are for show, because I have the 68.8 x 24 size only. But if you want to check it here--> Wrecker2.lxf

Edited February 20, 201411 yr by weavil

Looks good so far. Try to incorporate the receivers into a cabin. This would improve the look of the front section.

I hhave been hard at lately and stalled out at the cab for 3 reasons.

1. I have VERY little lift arms of yellow or black for exterior use.

2. Having trouble with a design for a stud-less cab for the scale of my tires.

3. I have no money for parts. (at least for a few months)

So does anyone have any ideas for a stud-less cab to work with my tires?

So here is what I got so far:

So after a month of hard work I this big thing to show for all my hard work. I got stuck quite a lot and had too remake the LA drive assembly. But I'm almost done. got to finish the cab and try to get some free wheels for it. Just need 4 more 68.8x24 and it will be done and that is why it has the balloon tire for now.

http://www.bricksafe.com/pages/weavil/Wrecker

Edited February 20, 201411 yr by weavil

Finally got around to making an LDD for a crane arm I made. From what I test it holds up very well (to me that is). Haven't done anything with it yet, because I need the parts to try and finish my wrecker.

Here is the file for those interested--> Pneumatic crane arm.lxf

Nice crane! I like how it all folds up neat.

I will be looking into a pneumatic crane soon, haven't done anything yet with them.

I'm not too sure about the different size wheels tho on the truck.

if you are short on wheels, you probably could pick up 4 really cheap in the US!

Well they are not cheap. They are from the 5571, so I only got the 6. The other 2 are 68.8 like the other 6, so I figured they would work for now.

Nice! I missed your update, and it looks great! You may want to change that front grille tho.

The crane arm is very cool as well. :)

TLH

After getting the 42000 a week ago, I'm back with a new venture. Project001. Trying to see what I can do with my new parts. Here is what I got so far. http://www.bricksafe.com/pages/weavil/2014

No plans for motors yet, but HOG will be fine for now. Its not much yet, just 2 days in.

It looks like you are developing your building skills nicely!

I would try making the chassis a bit narrower though, as it looks like it's going to be a little wide compared to the length and size of wheels

Well after building the back end I thought about if it was too wide, but it's as wide as the front of the 42000. I was going for a wide stance. So I could make it a little long.

Well after some time I started over the car idea. After being buzy with other stuff, doing some research, and digging, I finaly came up with a better idea.

It took a little research and development (so to speak), but I'm happy with the resaults.

Pull the red pins.

Pull the shock braces.

Pull the 2 blue pins.

And the rear end pops out.

Got bigger pictures on my brickshelf. Will add a link to the folder when it is public.

Edit: Here is the link to the rest... http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=546161

Edited July 27, 201410 yr by weavil