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| | | (...) Hi Jennifer. Yes, they are caterpillar tracks. The 8880 tires were not the correct shape to be telehandler tires, and wrapping the tracks around them was the only way to make them taller and narrower. I think real ones are 4-5ft in diameter. I (...) (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: New pics —Mark Tarrabain
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| | | | | (...) What are those round tubes that you connect pneumatic hoses to to extend them? I don't recognize the piece... >> Mark (20 years ago, 9-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | | Re: New pics —Nathan Bell
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| | | | | | (...) They are pneumatic lines. You might actually have some, depending on what sets you have. They can be used as bars, tubes for flex cables or just decoration. (20 years ago, 11-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | Re: New pics —Keith Hui
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| | | | (...) The 45982 tire (the big ones on the Backhoe) seems to be the correct shape, and about same size as the 8880 tires. Get them and you don't need the caterpillar tracks. BTW, that Bimba piston should allow us to make a fully pneumatic crane (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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| | | | | | Re: New pics —Nathan Bell
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| | | | (...) Glad to be of help Keith! I did not use the tires from the backhoe because in my design, the differential has to fit in between the A-Frames (not just between, but inside). The only way to put the back hoe tires on my 4WD suspension is to (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.technic)
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