I am modeling a scrap yard and I am need of a excavator with a shear attachment. I found one at the links below but they were limited runs and one was asking for $715.
http://greenwaybrass.com/classic_mint_collectibles/brass_vehicles-14049.shtml
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http://greenwaybrass.com/classic_mint_collectibles/brass_vehicles-14048.shtml
If anyone knows where I can get an excavator in HO scale I would greatly appreciate it. I need at least two, maybe even three.
I am afraid those are the only ones I know of also. Maybe you could take one of the cheaper die cast excavators and scratch build a shear for it?
Pete
Motorart makes some nice excavators, though you’d have to scratch build the shear. They’re about 30$. IMO, the diecast excavators from Norscot are too small to be used with a shear.
Go to www.zyconmodels.com click on 1/87 catalog scroll down to HER they list 2 Liebherr R954 with 90 foot demo boom it lists for $53.95 I own one and it’s a very detailed model that I’m pleased with.
That is exactly what I am looking for. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t mind shelling out the $700. But if I dropped that much cash on a model I couldn’t use it on my layout. Now my next question is if that it would be plausible for a machine like that to be in a scrap yard cutting up steel rather than a demo site?
Maybe you can get the excavator with the shear and the excavator with the normal boom and bucket and swap the bucket for the shear. It is about $100 for both. I don’t know how difficult this would be, but to save +/-$600 it is worth a try.
Fred
I am not an expert in scrap metal handling, nor do I play one on TV.
But I just did a search for photos of metal scrap yards. As far as I went, I didn’t see any shears, at least the movable kind. Since the demo location pretty much has to have shears just to get the trucks loaded, and since the scrap yard gets to make the rules on what they’ll accept, I pretty much do not see it as happening often, if at all.
But (again), perhaps an up-and-coming scrapyard (such as yours) HAPPENS to have a shear (perhaps from having been in the demo business) and wishes to attract new customers…
Or perhaps the scrap yard does demo, too…
So, maybe not all that common, but not unreasonable. To me.
Ed
Anything is posible, but I would say no. That long boom is made to reach to upper floors of a tall buildng. I don’t see a scrap yard shelling out the extra money for the long boom when it’s not needed and will just be more of a nucense in a scrap yard setting.
Do you think that if I was really careful I could cut, shorten, and then splice back together the boom? That way I create a reasonable unit?