A relatively realistic Toplift capable of moving a standard stormworks container with ease using a combination of winches and Mag-Alls, allowing for the safe and efficient loading/unloading of containers off the ground, ships and other cargo vehicles.
This machine is equipped with a turbocharged modular engine paired with an automatic AFR adjustment system, though it does suffer mildly from power lag in high gear, it reaches it's top speed of 22 km/h even while carrying a container.
The AFR adjustment isn't perfect, and needs about 20 seconds to reach a steady idle, so don't be alarmed if the starters kick on again shortly after the initial startup.
The cab has three monitors and one digital dashboard, along with the controls for the lift and winches. Since the lift has four medium winches, it is possible to lower a container much lower than the lowest extents of the linear track would've allowed.
On the left and right there are camera views looking down from the left and right side of the lift, in the middle there is a much larger camera view looking forwards or (in the case of reverse) backwards. The reverse camera feed comes with a very hard to miss distance warning along the bottom, which goes from yellow to orange to red as your clearance drops.
The transmission has four gears (3 ahead, 1 reverse) which are labeled as Crawl, Low, High and Reverse. Crawl is the default gear, while Low tops out at 13 km/h, and High tops out at 22km/h. Using some other stormworks parts, I have tried to make it sound like a hydrostatic-style transmission (i.e. it whines louder the faster you go) and am quite happy with the result. For the best sound quality, please allow the engine's RPM to fall below 360 before switching gears.
Note: Reverse and High cannot be activated at the same time, and High gear takes priority.
The front has High and Low beams along with four electrical connectors for powering small things or for jumping the onboard electrical system should it discharge too much. This vehicle doesn't come with a very powerful generator, but it should be powerful enough to keep itself charged while in use.
I mainly built this to compliment to the various other realistic machines and/or vehicles I've built, as now there is a way to handle shipping containers.
