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I have just finished building this. It is not as bad as I thought it was going to be. Unlike most new Technic models, this one is build using mistly traditional components: There are a few bent beams, flexi-axles and other new parts but by and large (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) <snip> It is a nice set! How much does it cost? Paulo (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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In lugnet.technic, Huw Millington writes: -snipped to related statements- (...) Tractor pulling is really big in the Midwestern US... check out (URL) for the National Tractor Pull Association's website or (URL) for FullPull Magazine's home to see (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Paulo Caparica Junior" <caparica@vertex.com.br> wrote in message news:FzuoDy.ELL@lugnet.com... (...) 70GBP = US$110 (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) website (...) Thanks for the pointers. Yes, those are the beasts... Huw (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) It's quite a feeling being within 15-20 meters of those monsters as they roar down the track... the local fairground has really close seating... my son and I try to go at least once a year when the super modifieds are running and the 4x4 (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Thank's for your mini-review and the instruction-scan in your database. When I look at the instruction-scan I get some questions: * Is the Technic-figure included? Or is it like #8458 just on the cover? * Can the puller steer? If yes, how does it (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) From the images I have seen, it appears to have flex system steering, much like 8445 and 8437. Please not that this is merely educated guessing: I do not possess the set myself. Fredrik (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Fredrik Glöckner" <fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no> wrote in message news:qrdzolyltay.fsf....uio.no... (...) Yes it does. And I should have mentioned in my review that it sucks big time. The steering wheel is connected to the front steering mechanism (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Huw, didn't you see in the video...the real things steer like a stuck pig, or a steamroller with the pin in (dif pin)...:) Lego is only trying to make it easier for you! James (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"James Powell" <wx732@freenet.victoria.bc.ca> wrote in message news:FzyuxD.69J@lugnet.com... (...) positioning (...) or a (...) Yes, of course! I don't suppose the real things veer to the right all the time, though... Huw (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Some of them do. It's a real challenge keeping the front wheels on the ground at all with many of them, and therefore they are somewhat influenced by the differential to give one wheel or the other a bit more power (depending on engine or (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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If I remember correctly, while pulling, they can be steered by applying the brakes individually to the left or right rear wheel. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Of course, it's full throttle and keep your foot close to the left and right brakes... but don't dare stop a wheel completely or your sunk... momentum is the tractor puller's friend, gravity his worst enemy... :) Dave (24 years ago, 27-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Is there a rules requirement for rear wheel drive? This seems like a natural for FWD, with any of the minimal steering required done by the rear wheels. Any benefits to RWD I can think of (like, say, using the load to increase traction) seem (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) There are 4x4 truck and 4x4 stock tractor classes when the farmers bring out their stock tractors... I don't think there is any rule against FWD. but I would think that the load shift up the transfer sled would pick the front tires off the (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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I missed the original post, but FWD pullers wouldn't work well. There's several things that are better about RWD for this type of competition. Natural torque caused by the drive wheels causes them to want to lift the front end, lessening their (...) (24 years ago, 28-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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My cousin and I built several pulling vehicles out of LEGO last winter and had several competitions with a complete set of rules. We even built the sled completely out of LEGO but used pennies for weight. We had 3 half pound classes: 2 Wheel Drive, (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Hi, Just wondering where you found the instruction scan in the database, I dont see a link anywhere, could you please post a link so I can have a look at this set, it sounds very interesting, cheers Eelco Kooiker <eelco@kooiker.demon.nl> wrote in (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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"Jules" <andreas.bailly@dier...as.gov.au> wrote in message news:G01461.6CG@lugnet.com... (...) look (...) (URL) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) I've exploded the 8 teeth gears before now...never had any problem with the bigger ones, but the 8 teeth gears would occasionally just sever in 2 pieces, and everything would grind to a stop...it'd be a major bummer, because it was always one (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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Cool, cheers, but I couldn't find the instructions scans for the set :( oh well, thanks anyway Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message news:G01zMq.LLI@lugnet.com... (...) I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Does it have any of the 20-tooth bevel gears or the double-bevel gears? (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.technic)
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