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10 Mar, 2019 @ 6:48am
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Mining Haul Truck (Vanilla)

In 1 collection by OctoBooze
OctoMoose's "realistic" industrial builds
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Description
What can I say, it's a giant dump truck with a working mechanism for dumping heavy loads.
In practice scriptless to use, however this one time I've opted to include Driver Assisting Script, or DAS simply because it should enable wheeled vehicles to use autopilot... and also because it handles turn signals and stop lights :P
Will work 100% without it and you won't notice it missing should you run your server without scripts.

I was not able to figure out the autopilot, but the turn signals work wonderfully... If you know how to get DAS autopilot working, let me know asap! Likewise if somebody with math oriented brain can calculate the volume of the cargo bay that'd be really amazing so I could start giving these categories based on capacity.

There really isn't more to it than that, capped at 60km/h and runs on Ice. Onboard O2 converter fuels a V10 Hydrogen engine.

FEATURES:
-Working dump mechanism (tested in SP earth like, should be stable wherever)
-Survival ready construction (will work in surviv, however as with any piston/rotor build it will not project fully)
-Working brake/reverse- and turn lights if scripts are enabled. Otherwise lights are static and toggleable.

Controls:
"1" Dumps the cargo
"2" Toggles high beams
"P" Toggles handbrake

Easy access for maintenance, just remove away the grey ballast pieces (not the front "radiator") and voila, full access to engine bay!

SUPER EASY TO COLOR! Due to the chassis being made of large blocks, and the bucket(seriously what is the cargo holding area called...?) made of smalls, it is super easy to color. Just ctrl+shift+click on the bucket and ctrl click on the turn signals and a few clicks here and there to touch up and DONE, fully recolored while maintaining the grey chassis!
paint and match your own fleet! Takes less than 30s! Show me what you've made too! I'm curious :)

Upcoming conversion to previous builds to facilitate use of this truck for material transport, however lets be real and face the fact that without containers to hold ore the materials will disappear before you get it transported.
This vehicle was created just so I could have "little" superheavy dump trucks roaming around in my quarry automatically. Props basically.

As usual if you encounter any issues, have thoughts for future builds or just want to talk, leave a comment below. I love hearing what you guys think :)

Currently looking into adding small ship collectors on the bottom of the cargo bay so that the ore would slide into it and get stored, while adding ejectors to throw out when dumping loads... So far the limited space is proving difficult since hiding those hideous boxes is difficult... taking in suggestions.

Added a picture of the mining truck holding in 5 uhh... S.H.A.R.T.s just to drive in the scale of this thing (You should totally check out SavTec vehicles, fantastic little buggies despite named like jokes...) Despite the mining truck looking massive, it still looks tiny in comparison to my other builds!

Enjoy!
14 Comments
OctoBooze  [author] 25 Jan, 2020 @ 11:33pm 
Like I said the idea was to have them roam around a path. Maybe from a miner to a dumpsite. Never figured out the DAS script feature for AP, but it is there.
thefurryfox 25 Jan, 2020 @ 8:21pm 
i actually kinda learned how to use autopilot yesterday.. though this is a truck and not a spaceship so i must ask, how exactly do you want to use the autopilot?
Planewalker 26 Jul, 2019 @ 9:02am 
It's so cute!! xD
Very nicely done!
akbluecabin 29 Mar, 2019 @ 4:52pm 
So... Komatsu, Terex, Liebherr, Caterpillar, and now OctoMoose. Honestly, the name fits right in! Great mod!
How Bout Osmie? 17 Mar, 2019 @ 3:46pm 
Ah, thanks for the response, Quickly becoming one of my Fav WS builders. keep at the good work!
OctoBooze  [author] 17 Mar, 2019 @ 3:02pm 
@Silver I've been toying with the idea a lot, might do a quick jab at it tomorrow. Need to mock up a proto anyway since I really wanna build forestry equipment and those are all articulated. My main issue is making it nicely steerable without a script but I might have to buckle in to bind turning to WASD.
How Bout Osmie? 17 Mar, 2019 @ 10:06am 
I know it would be kinda Useless but is there *any* chance i could convince you to make a pass at an Articulated Dump truck? They are legit one of my favorite things and i really wanna se one made well in SE.
Good work on all this Regardless, BWE are my favs
OctoBooze  [author] 11 Mar, 2019 @ 12:39am 
You must've have had a great childhood!
DeAnti 10 Mar, 2019 @ 9:18pm 
thank you for recreating my childhood
CTH2004 10 Mar, 2019 @ 4:01pm 
Yeah, direct reproductions are great for actual builds (This), but, taht vessal, from what I saw, looked like it would be better if you make one based off of it!

And, @OctoMoose, this truck is tiny! When will you make the one I can see without a microspcope?