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Re: New Holland LS150 Skid Steer Loader
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:34:16 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Mervyn Tomb wrote:
> I have just completed my skidsteer loader.
> I'm really pleased with it.
> Driven by 2 XL motors, lift uses 1 M motor and tip uses 1 M motor.
> It is very powerful and nicely balanced: to the rear when unloaded, and to the
> front when loaded. I was able to fit the battery box nicely into the cab and is
> easily removed.
> Worm gears drive the boom lift axle through a gear rack in the rear of the cab.
> Tip is via a shaft up the left boom to a worm and gear.
> The gear arrangement is simple and effective. If I was doing it again I would
> gear the motors down a little more as the lack of speed control on the
> transmitter remote causes the loader to move a little jerky at the start.
> It was a very quick build from a scale drawing which I had.
> It is great fun for me and my five year old son.
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> Images can be viewed at:
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=351748>
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> Video:
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ20OpvZvjo>
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> Let me know what you think. Mervyn Tomb
I think that this is fabulous. I am sure you and your son had a blast making
this. It is really well made, and i do not notice any jerky control. I bet
your son will make his own incredible creations as he grows up.
Did you get the motors off of the bulldozer?
I, too, have tried to make a skid steer; of course i do not have many correctly
colored parts. I used pneumatics instead.
Adam
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| (...) Yep, I pulled the bulldozer apart for the motors, transmitters etc. I'm putting in my Christmas order for a Technic set with some PF linear actuators, just to see what they are like. I would really like to see TLG come up with a PF (...) (16 years ago, 14-Nov-08, to lugnet.technic)
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| | New Holland LS150 Skid Steer Loader
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| I have just completed my skidsteer loader. I'm really pleased with it. Driven by 2 XL motors, lift uses 1 M motor and tip uses 1 M motor. It is very powerful and nicely balanced: to the rear when unloaded, and to the front when loaded. I was able to (...) (16 years ago, 12-Nov-08, to lugnet.technic)
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