THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT MY PROJECT OF A TOW TRUCK.

IF ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, EMAIL ME AT:  MAJORPAINX2@HOTMAIL.COM
PLEASE PUT IN THE SUBJEST BOX: "LEGO MATTER"
THIS IS SO I CAN TELL YOU FROM ALL THE JUNK MAIL THAT I GET

MY LUGNET HEADER PAGE PAGE:  http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=3079
THIS PAGE IS MY SIMPLE POINT OF VIEWS AND THINKING

MY LUGNET PICTURE PAGE:  http://www.lugnet.com/~3079/
THIS PAGE SHOWS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I'VE MADE OUT OF LEGOS AND YOU CAN ALSO CLICK
THE "UP" AREA WHEN YOUR ON BRICKSHELF AND THAT WILL SHOW THE OTHERS ALSO

THIS PROJECT IS SOMETHING THAT I STARTED APPOX. TREE YEARS AGO AND FOR THE PAST YEAR HAVE NOT 
EVEN TOUCHED IT, IT HAS JUST SAT ON MY DESK IN FRONT OF ME WITH THE HOPE THAT IF AT ANY TIME I 
COULD START MESSING WITH IT AGAIN. I THINK ITS TIME, OF COARSE IT IS NOT DONE YET, BUT IT WAS DONE 
ENOUGH TO POST PICTURES BACK WHEN I DID, BUT THE PICTURES THAT I DID POST WHERE REALLY FLAT
IN COLOR. I GOT A NEW DIGITAL CAMERA A COUPLE DAYS AGO..... BIG DIFFERANCE !

THE TOW TRUCK "TT" IS FULL FUNCTION WITH PNUEMATICS AND MOTORS, THE CONTROLLER WAS TAKEN 
APPART TO THEN TRY AN GET IT INTO THE TRUCK, LIKE THE AIR COMPRESSOR IN ONE OF THE TOOL BOXES,
REGULATOR IN  ONE OF THE GAS TANKS AND THE VALVES CONTROLS IN THE OTHER TOOL BOX. THE BED 
SLIDES BACK VIA A GEAR AND RACK THAT RUNS DOWN THE CENTER OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BED, THAT 
GEAR TRAIN TRANSFER IS THROUGH THE KING PIN THAT THE BED TILTS ON, AND IS POWERED BY THE RED 
MICRO MOTOR. YES IT IS VERY, VERY SLOW BUT CAN PULL UP THE BED WHILE IT IS WEIGHTED DOWN WITH
CARGO. TILTING OF THE BED IS CONTROLLED BY ONE CYLINDER IN A HINGE SYSTEM TYPICALLY CALLED
A "SCISSOR LIFT" . A REALLY NEAT CONFIGURATION FOR A CYLINDER, IT ALLOWS THE STROKE TO BE 
MAGNIFIED OR AS A WHOLE UNIT CALAPSED, LESS CONSUMING OF CRITICAL SPACE.  THE SCISSOR LIFT
CONFIGURATION, THE CYLINDER WILL NEVERBE IN A LOCKED OR BOUND UP POSITION. GRANTED, THE AMOUNT
OF ENERGY THAT IS REQUIRED TO THE FIRST BIT OF THE LIFT IS SEVERAL TIMES MORE THAN IF THE CYLINDER
WAS MOUNTED DIRECTLY TO THE CHASSIS AND THE BED OR BUCKET BUT THEN YOU RUN OUT OF STROKE.

THE WINCH IS MOTORIZED VIA THE RED MICRO MOTOR AND IS OPERATED BY THE BATTERY BOX FOREWARD 
AND REVERSE BUT THAT WOULD TAKE FOR EVER TO UNSPOOL IT. SO I MADE IT WITH THE DISINGAGEABLE
CLUTCH RING OUT OF THE PARTS THAT MAKES UP THE TRANSMISSION. GEAR REDUCTION IS APPOX. 3 TO 1
AND THE TOUQUE VIA REDUCTION BASED OFF OF THE FIRST LAYER THAT IS ON THE DRUM IS APPOX. 23 TIMES 
WHAT THE RED MICRO MOTOR PUTS OUT. THIS CONFIGURATION LIFTS APPOX. 35 TO 40 oz. ON A DEAD LIFT 
JUST BEFORE THE RUBBER BUSHING STARTS TO SLIP OR THE MOTOR STOPS. THIS IS MORE THAN PLENTY FOR
PULLING UP A LEGO CAR THAT MIGHT WEIGHTFFARE LESS THAN THAT.

THE WHEEL LIFT IS PNUEMATICALY OPERATED UP AND DOWN. IT IS REALLY JUST COSMETIC TO KEEP IT SCALE 
LOOKING. I TRIED TO MAKE IT TELESCOPIC VIA THE MINI CYLINDERS BUT WAS TO BIG. IT IS JUST COSMETIC NOW

A FIVE SPEED PLUS REVERSE IS SQUEEZE INBETWEEN THE SIX WIDE FRAME RAILS AND FLUSH MOUNTED WITH 
THE FLOOR OF THE CAB. THE TRANSMISSION IS MATED UP TO A V6. THE REAR AXLE IS LOADED WITH THE SMALL
DIFF RING. THE SUSPENTION IS HUNG VIA THE FLEXABLE AXLES. THEY WERE JUST GOING TO BE FOR 
APPERIENCE BUT THE REALLY HELD THE TRUCK UPRIGHT AND NOW THE SHOCKS ARE THERE FOR LOOKS. 
THERE IS ROOM FOR FRONT  AND REAR SWAY BARS BUT HAVEN'T PUT THEM ON YET. THE STEERING 
GEOMETERY IS SET UP JUST LIKE THE REAL TRUCK WITH THE DRAG LINK PARALLEL WITH THE FRAME AND 
CANTILEVER KINGPIN STEERING KNUCKLE LIKE WISE AS THE REAR, RUBBER AXLES AS LEAF SPRINGS.

I NEED TO MAKE MENTION, THAT I WAS INSIRED BY MANY OF YOU FOLKS OUT THERE THAT HAVE POSTED YOUR
PROJECTS ON THE COUPLE OF BRICK SITES. THANK YOU, YOU KNOW  WHO YOU ARE. I THANK YOU FOR LETTING
ME FEEL LIKE I COULD BIULD ANYTHING AND ANYTHING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY

MAN..... ALL OF THIS TYPING..... HECK, I COULD OF FINISHED THE TOW TRUCK