How about a $38,000.00 IDI,..?

[Darrin Tosh]

I have seen this before and its a pretty cool truck,.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/6-x-..._trkparms=65:1|39:1|240:1308#ebayphotohosting

 

[TLBREWER]

Doesn't somebody here have that on their avi or sig?

Tom

 

[dakotajeep]

yup!

 

[Cincinnati Guy]

Dude!

 

[69dieselfreak]

papa bear does but it is not his truck though he wants to build one like it though
i think that truck is not practicle at all

 

[DragRag]

What the hell would one do with this monstrositie?

 

[LCAM-01XA]

i think that truck is not practicle at all

Indeed, they messed up on the rear suspension - he way they have the axles linkage right now does not allow the axles to articulate with respect to each other, say you're backing up and hit a high curb with your right rear wheel, this will pull the whole rear axle up, and put some massive strains on the beams while at it, all cause they essentially made the whole rear end into a big dolly that only articulates as one piece.

 

[jperecko]

Yeah, whenever you see that many shocks in those kind of scary stupid angles, you know to look out for some dumbassery. The axle design is retarded. There is a place for 6x6's. They can make great tow rigs which can take absurd tongue weights... bu this is just stupid.

 

[LCAM-01XA]

Well I'd love to build me a 6 wheel-truck, but it'd be a 4x6 dually with the idea you just mentioned. And you bet it'd have independently articulating axles, basically what they designed only upside down, much like what big trucks have.

 

[david85]

That truck will get stuck in sand or soft gravel. Their solution of using only one suspension set to support both rear axles makes the rear axles prone to hopping and causing loss of traction. Impressive, but nothing practical or really innovative about it.

 

[LCAM-01XA]

David, it's doable with one set, but you gotta reverse the leaf packs and attach the main pivots in the middle to the frame, and the axles get bolted up to the ends of the packs. You'd want to have some trailing arms set up there for preventing wheel hop under heavy throttle, but for daily-driver and mall-crawler use those are purely optional.

 

[6.9poweredscout]

i remember this truck was built 2 blocks away from me, i never looked under it but i remember watching it turn into the driveway one day and as the front rear tire went on the curb the ENTIRE rear axle came off the ground..... not to mention the tire scuffing of the back axle. completely retarted, if it were even remotely cool i'd give props for the effort going into it but any ass with a bottle of southern comfort and a mig welder could booger that gem together.

-Jon

 

[jmono]

From what it sounds like it lacks function, and it looks ridiculous....

 

[zukinut]

dumbassery. .

Can i use that term. Its amazing.

Will

 

[jperecko]

haha
sure knock yourself out

I got it from somewhere else... but don't remember where.