Seven feet of articulation on each wheel

[Matt2001TJ]

hydraulic Chain-drive 4x4, about 7 feet of up OR down motion on each tire: Engine is a fuel injected Ford 5.0 V8 out of a '93 cobra mustang, c4 transmission and t-case out of an early bronco. 9" w/ 5.38 gears and ARB air locker mounted in the center (below driver) running chain gears on the ends where the swing arms pivot. Swing arms are hydraulically controlled individually or together, and there is coil spring and shock suspension as well. large chains running inside the swing arms turn hummer gear reduction (2:1) hubs at each wheel. tires are 39.5". The steering is linked through the swing arms as well and the steering box is mounted just in front of the axle below the driver. body construction is steel tubing (mostly DOM) and the total weight is 5900 LB.. Controlling all that climbing and dipping is a Rube Goldberg gear network:....Check out the video to watch it in action and you'll see what I mean. It's spectacular to say the least.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F7Q...layer_embedded

[Geebo]

I saw that somewhere before..purty crazy for sure..

[blackZZR]

guys going off trail and cutting new trails do not impress me no matter what kind of machine they have built

[Drewminator]

WOW! Now that is taking rock crawling to a whole new level

[Matt2001TJ]

guys going off trail and cutting new trails do not impress me no matter what kind of machine they have built

What if he was on private property ? .... In a LOT of other parts of the country there are "off road parks" that are private property not county, state or government land. And if that is the case the rules that we go by out here do not apply.

[Guest]

Great find. Great video. What an imagination to creat that. Just awsome!

Ron

[2blk2drs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFybwg4wadI
since we are reposting :beer:

[Matt2001TJ]

Great find. Great video. What an imagination to creat that. Just awsome!

Ron

I agree, I am sure it was not a cheap build unless he had some of the stuff around already.

[brokenujoint]

wheres the fun in that?

[Guest]

Build me one and I would find fun in that all day long. It would take me places I would normally not visit on a trail Go big or go home is what it reminds me of.

I guess it's like our grandfathers saying why are you getting the lockers, 4.0 or 350 motors? Where is fun in that? I have seen videos of the old jeeps with no lockers, and 4cyl motors that produced what? 45-65hp? Going a lot of places we now struggle with.

Like I always say, bring what ya got and let's have fun.

[bails85]

that thing is bad ass. and just for the f of it cutting trails is where the challenge is. how do u think trails are made in the frist place. someone cut them. and im with ron give me one and id have fun all day.