WIP Beta released Jerr-Dan 50/60 Rotator [PAID early release]

Okay...? How does that relate to anything? Did you even read the thread? It'll be free later, when his YouTube channel reaches a certain amount of subscribers.

 

Oh... sorry. I hate paid only but I tolerate paid early access.

 

Okay, I can understand that, but you don't need to tell everyone. It'll be free when the channel reaches 20,000 subscribers.

 

Well I did not know that. I don't read every post, just the 1st and about 1 page of the most recent posts, if any.

 

Some blinking lights.

 

How about the Engine (Sound)? You plan on changing it into something else? It sounds the same with the VM1200 Crane if I'm not mistaken

 

It's the same sound as the vm1200 yes, had to put something. It should be changed.

 

I would love to see a fifth wheel upfit version, like a modern t-series, but jerr dan.

 

I don't think Jerr-Dan makes those "fifth wheel" ones, this mod is specifically for towing broken down heavy vehicles / recovering them with the so called rotator which is a crane to lift up tipped over vehicles or any other accidents that may have occurred.

I think you're talking about the Cab itself which is a Peterbilt 579 or Kenworth T680 (I believe) and having the fifth wheel upfit would be irrelevant..

Although the author will enlighten you with your suggestion, but personally to what I think you said, probably not gonna happen in this specific mod

 

It's a T880...

 

i meant another mod of a truck of this era by this manufacturer that’s not a wrecker

 

Jerr-Dan is a wrecker manufacturer. That is all they make. They do not make the chassis.

 

well then what company makes the chassis and cab?

 

To be honest, I think you need to add more weight to the Wrecker. I've been messing with this for almost a week
and even the fifthwheel upfit T-Series is apparently too heavy for this.

edit: Yes the Cargo upfit is empty as well.

I can imagine the wrecker not being able to lift up the Remastered Cement compared to the Pre-Remastered Cement

Though physics is doing its thing so it's quite challenging if I'll have to recover a whole heavy vehicle if its extended




edit2: Done!

 

To keep it realistic as possible - the weight is as is on a real wrecker of this sorts 33-35 tons. You would not lift that kind of weight with extended boom in real life also. Two wreckers may be needed for this or some bigger crane. Of course I could make it 5 times heavier, we could do all sorts of crazy stuff with it but then It would not be realistic.

 

Maybe a weighted version could be fun?

 

Fully extended at that kind of boom angle you are only good for 13,000 ish lbs.

 

I'd definitely recommend watching Ron Pratt on YouTube. He videos heavy recovery with his rotator. Although it is not the same truck, it will still show you some basics of how they typically operate their trucks, and some of their limitations in real work operations. One thing to keep in mind about a rotator is that it isn't built for heavy lifting as it is for heavy pulling, not to say it can't lift heavy things, but you wouldn't see them hoisting a truck from below a bridge with it. Hope this helps!

 

Thank you all, as I'm not very familiar with these type of things, I'll definitely try to learn more about what I can do!