Lego 8258 Crane Truck : Motorised with remote control

My Lego 8258 Crane Truck is motorised with remote control using 1 IR receiver, 1 XL motor and 1 M motor. The XL motor is placed in where the V8 engine is to move the crane truck forward and backwards. The M motor is placed between the battery pack and the cab to control the steering.

Moving forward and backwards is easy but controlling the steering is difficult as there is no auto centering and the steering turns too fast either way. Driving is made difficult when I have one hand on my N95 recording and another with the remote :)

More info and pictures at Bricksmal, Malaysia's online Lego community:- http://bricksmal.com/lego-technic/motorized-8258-crane-truck/msg855/

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• Lego
• 8258
• motorised
• remote
• control
• IR
• receiver
• crane
• truck

[derman011]

Did you get the remotecontrol with the truck and powerfunktions?

Please send me an answer, but my english isnt so good...

[paanjang16]

@derman011

No, the remote control and IR receiver does not come with the truck. I used the remote control and IR receiver from another set.

[darkenmaze]

did the power fonctions come whit the truck?im going to have one the 19th August.Can you sent me a message?

[paanjang16]

@darkenmaze

There only power functions that came with the truck is the XL motor, pole reverser and battery box. I had to take the IR receiver, M-motor and XL motor from another power function set to motorized it.

[paanjang16]

@rokenbok101 I have dissembled my 8258 a long time ago and did not take any pictures of the modifications.

[paanjang16]

However what I did is similar to what was done by someone on mocpages.com. Look for "8258 motorized". I tried adding the link into the post but apparently cannot post when there is a hyperlink in the post.

[jako5756]

Hey i`m a big fan of your 8258. can you please send me some photos or a video send it to jakob1314@live.dk Thanks

[Naira2009able]

My brother is love

[iStiffler1]

Hello. super video. is there a guidance for the change with the remote control?

[jaffabaffa]

what lego moter is that a XL of a M

[12RYAN32LIAM]

i done that except i have the 8043 excavator and i have a seperat ir speed remote wich i used for truck and no mods on 8043

[donaldwave69]

can you shoe me how build that?

[Planetman83]

How many M-Motors and XL-Motors did u use?

To bad they dont sell this in the U.S.

[Planetman83]

How many XL motors and M-motors did u have to use?