Reply To: Collab 2020: Modeling Heavy Equipment (Backhoe)
Skunk’d again! I’m getting closer to the mark this time though.
I saw the red safety bar and the enclosed cab and thought “This is it!” Well…….almost.
It was a CAT 430F (similar model but has some differences). Still I took my boy and we got some pictures and video. (some photos were taken by my son, and the long detailed video decided to rotate only a few seconds in…..thanks iPhone 😛 )
There’s plenty of reference stuff
There is still some decent reference stuff but it was raining hard so I didn’t get down on the ground or get too many close-ups of the chassis @adrian2301 The frame that holds the connection points to the loader arms is actually farther out than the engine enclosure. It looks like the enclousre tucks behind the chassis
@pfbourassa the bucket is completely different buddy. Sorry man. It doesn’t have any log-grabbing jaw like our dog.
@dostovel even the battery box seems a little different.
@ketre and and Cab Crew. The cab does seem to have more similarity as far as I can tell. The floor in the cab is flat (no steps).
@theluthier hopefully the backhoe pics are similar to your backhoe. The loader bucket is definitely different. I did get reference stuff and there is plenty there for hydraulic routing/etc.
Files are currently uploaded to a shared GoogleDrive Folder and should be available now. I separated the photos from the videos.
P.S. The team just upgraded to Level 6 Forum Masters!
