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CBR · 04-15-2009, 04:02 PM

With the economy the way it is, I haven't been delivering very much new equipment. Sales are slow! So, I was asked about doing some repo work... go back and get the stuff that was delivered a few months ago.

Today was my first day as a heavy equipment repo-man.

OK on to the R/C part of the story.
This is a HG6000TX self propelled track grinder. (A big tree eating machine!) 630 horsepower, 78,000 pounds, 50 feet+ long, 12 foot tall, and best of all it is totally remote control! It was the most fun I have had at work in a long time. Some of the guys at the place I loaded watched me run around the parking lot with it and drive it up on the trailer, none of them had a clue how to move it. After I drove it up on the trailer and cut it off, one of the guys came over and said,"You must have played with remote control cars when you were a kid, you made that look easy." Told him he had no idea, still play with remote control cars every chance I get.
Patrick(666) will like the remote, it's a stick radio with who knows how may channels.

I will try to get some video tomorrow when I unload it at the finance company's office.

Badd · 04-15-2009, 04:08 PM

Tupers · 04-15-2009, 04:14 PM

Damn I want a controller like that for my crawler. It'd help given the mount of time it seems to spend in mid air.

dieselfuel · 04-15-2009, 04:29 PM

i used to work on concrete pumps, before i got laid off a month ago. theyre truck mounted but the booms are all radio controlled.. theyre a lot of fun, the biggest we had was a 58 meter boom.

CBR · 04-15-2009, 04:35 PM

Yea dieselfuel, the remote is almost identical to a pump truck. If you were closer to Tennessee, the guys I work for own 2 concrete plants. I would put in a good word.

dieselfuel · 04-15-2009, 05:17 PM

yeah it would be one hell of a commute from here LOL!

666 · 04-15-2009, 05:33 PM

Hellz Yea! I would be able to dominate with that controller!!

I ran a concrete boom pumper once that had something similar to that. I wonder if they have them in pistol grip for the impaired?

jeepcj578 · 04-15-2009, 06:13 PM

i did not know you played with big boy toys to. before i got laid off the comp i worked for we were a distributer for the diamond z grinders

oh and we were a service facility for theses and more

CBR · 04-15-2009, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeepcj578

i did not know you played with big boy toys to.

I have ran and hauled equipment for the past 19 years, but there is nothing like watching something that big coming across a field with nobody on it!

nitromtcrawler · 04-16-2009, 11:55 AM

I hope it has a fail safe

I would hate to be in its way.

04-15-2009, 04:02 PM	#1
CBR Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 10 a see Posts: 676	LARGE scale R/C's! Very LARGE! With the economy the way it is, I haven't been delivering very much new equipment. Sales are slow! So, I was asked about doing some repo work... go back and get the stuff that was delivered a few months ago. Today was my first day as a heavy equipment repo-man. OK on to the R/C part of the story. This is a HG6000TX self propelled track grinder. (A big tree eating machine!) 630 horsepower, 78,000 pounds, 50 feet+ long, 12 foot tall, and best of all it is totally remote control! It was the most fun I have had at work in a long time. Some of the guys at the place I loaded watched me run around the parking lot with it and drive it up on the trailer, none of them had a clue how to move it. After I drove it up on the trailer and cut it off, one of the guys came over and said,"You must have played with remote control cars when you were a kid, you made that look easy." Told him he had no idea, still play with remote control cars every chance I get. Patrick(666) will like the remote, it's a stick radio with who knows how may channels. I will try to get some video tomorrow when I unload it at the finance company's office. Last edited by CBR; 04-15-2009 at 04:28 PM.

04-15-2009, 04:29 PM	#4
dieselfuel I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,032	i used to work on concrete pumps, before i got laid off a month ago. theyre truck mounted but the booms are all radio controlled.. theyre a lot of fun, the biggest we had was a 58 meter boom. Attached Images

04-15-2009, 04:08 PM	#2
Badd I wanna be Dave Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Dirty South Posts: 4,064

04-15-2009, 04:14 PM	#3
Tupers Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Great Britain Posts: 935	Damn I want a controller like that for my crawler. It'd help given the mount of time it seems to spend in mid air.

04-15-2009, 04:35 PM	#5
CBR Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: 10 a see Posts: 676	Yea dieselfuel, the remote is almost identical to a pump truck. If you were closer to Tennessee, the guys I work for own 2 concrete plants. I would put in a good word.

04-15-2009, 05:17 PM	#6
dieselfuel I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Henderson/Las Vegas, NV Posts: 5,032	yeah it would be one hell of a commute from here LOL!

04-15-2009, 05:33 PM	#7
666 MODERHATER™ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 10,939	Hellz Yea! I would be able to dominate with that controller!! I ran a concrete boom pumper once that had something similar to that. I wonder if they have them in pistol grip for the impaired?

04-15-2009, 06:13 PM	#8
jeepcj578 RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: southaven Posts: 1,934	i did not know you played with big boy toys to. before i got laid off the comp i worked for we were a distributer for the diamond z grinders oh and we were a service facility for theses and more

04-16-2009, 11:55 AM	#10
nitromtcrawler Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southern California Posts: 525	I hope it has a fail safe I would hate to be in its way.

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