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Re: Datsville Construcrtions Steam Roller)
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Wed, 29 Sep 1999 01:23:27 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> writes:
> Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> > The dump body was the first thing I built :)
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> A good dump body is hard, it has a lot of non right angles to it. So I
> skipped it. I only had 2 hours to bang this model out.
Hm, mine has quite a few right angles (the dump body is the bed of the
truck, right?)--maybe mine isn't quite prototypical (I did use a
reference though...)
> My frame is wider than yours, it is 8 studs wide in front and 6 in
> back (just so I could fit a differential in... without a differential, • even
> a non driveshaft connected one, the truck will not steer very well, the
> tires skitter). I overlapped the technic beams side to side, that's
> why it's wider in front.
I see. Mine doesn't skid for some reason. Maybe your's can turn in a
tighter circle.
> I also did not add a steering rack and wheel, just the control arms
> and the tierod links to keep the wheels turned the same angle.
Maybe I'll do the same thing. I don't know where I'd have the steering
wheel/knob end up...
> > Well, the 5571 tires are the biggest ones I have. On the mine
> > truck, they don't look as on-road as on the 5571 :)
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> Yes, agreed that they would not. However the tires I chose to use are
> actually a bit SMALLER than 5571s which were a bit big. The large
> tread pattern screams offroad to me.
I know which ones you mean now. I have four of them, so I could use
them, but 6 looks so much better...
Well, time to go back to the Calc homework.
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com
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| (...) Well, they vary. The ones I like aren't all that right angled. See, for instance: (URL) and look at the first truck in the "mining" row. Or the caterpillar site (talk about hard to use, though) (URL) That's a much smaller dump (I refer to the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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