Paul B Technic Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 Recently I have taken a break from my Unimog attachment building to design and build a MOC, this is an "Off Road Aerial Bucket Truck (Unimog Style)". The idea for this came about after I was doing some research on the various attachments for Unimogs, I have designed and built a cherry picker attachment (http://paulstechnic.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/unimog-u400-set-8110-cherry-picker.html) and decided to build a truck based on this to attach it to. After some more research and testing some different ideas I am happy to present my "Off Road Aerial Bucket Truck (Unimog Style)". It is 32cm long, 17cm wide, 24 cm high. The bucket raises to 61cm above the ground. Features include: - Front mounted winch. - Hand of god steering via the grey knob on the top of the cabin roof. - Rear aerial bucket with two controls, one to lift the bucket arm, the other rotates it. - Rear tray with sides for storing tools and equipment. - Under tray storage for a folding ladder. This has rails to keep it in place and a locking pin. The ladder folds out in to a step ladder (see photos below) The build process for this was different to how I normally build my MOCs. Normally I build in a few long sessions over a weekend or a few days, in this case I spent about 6 hours over a weekend getting the chassis built and then I have spent half a hour or an hour some nights over the past few weeks added / changed features. More photos and a video of it in use can be found on my blog: http://paulstechnic.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/moc-off-road-aerial-bucket-truck-unimog.html Quote
Freekysch Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 I like the truck too, but i have to ask you one thing, why did you use different types of wheels on the back (or front) ? Quote
Zerobricks Posted June 5, 2014 Posted June 5, 2014 It came out nicels, love the chunky tyres with the new-ish 6 holed rims. Quote
Paul B Technic Posted June 5, 2014 Author Posted June 5, 2014 Thanks everybody for the feedback :) I like the truck too, but i have to ask you one thing, why did you use different types of wheels on the back (or front) ? I used the large back wheels out of 9393 when building this to get the sizes right, when I went back to buy another copy of 9393 to get the wheels for the back they had sold them all so I purchased 42005 instead and used one set of wheels out of this for the back. I tried using both sets of wheels from this for the front also but it didn't look "right". Quote
Freekysch Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 I used the large back wheels out of 9393 when building this to get the sizes right, when I went back to buy another copy of 9393 to get the wheels for the back they had sold them all so I purchased 42005 instead and used one set of wheels out of this for the back. I tried using both sets of wheels from this for the front also but it didn't look "right". Thanks for the answer, i thought so but i was curious. Keep them coming, Paul ! Quote
Lakop Posted June 6, 2014 Posted June 6, 2014 Nice truck. Looks like something lego would do. Has an old school lego look about it. H Quote
Paul B Technic Posted June 7, 2014 Author Posted June 7, 2014 Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it :) Quote
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