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Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam
Date: 
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:55:32 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery writes:
I was just surfin' through Brickshelf and came across Chris Davis' Demag
CC12600 model:

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=38697
(CAD rederings of CC12600)

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=38698
(Actual construction- turntable and part of crawler base)

Anyone else seen this? Looks like a monster!

My only advice would be to change the boom construction, or provide more
bracing. It will not be strong in the lateral direction, and will flop over
sideways during a heavy lift. Something like this is good:
http://www.texbrick.com/creations/msg50/truss.jpg

He's gonna need a lot of ballast to lift that boom....

ROSCO



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  Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane
 
(...) and liftarms to strengthen it, but I see you've used plates and liftarms instead. Worth a try. (...) I'm not worried about the ballast. The axles however, they worry me. The boom is too heavy (someone else mentioned to double cross. It will (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)

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  Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane
 
I was just surfin' through Brickshelf and came across Chris Davis' Demag CC12600 model: (URL) rederings of CC12600) (URL) construction- turntable and part of crawler base) Anyone else seen this? Looks like a monster! My only advice would be to (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)

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