Help Burns Pick A Tube Crawler!!! Building the EF Crawler...

[Burns]

Monday thru Thursday?

Are you only open Friday and Saturday nights?

[/hijack]

Its a fri, sat, sun night operation deal. When sunday is only half operation

 

[Burns]

Yes i was very set on 2.5 but i got to thinking about it while i was working on the explorer and have decided to be more open minded about it. If i can work a 42 on a d60 and be good ill have to go that way.

IZ and Brian your right the top loader axles will not fit and be low and big. It just simply will not work.

However how will i be able to run f/r steering with d60? I have never sat down to think that one out yet.

Here is the pic of the chassi on 44s

 

[Brian1]

However how will i be able to run f/r steering with d60? I have never sat down to think that one out yet.

Yes you can build a rear steer 60 by chopping off the ends and welding on new C's with knuckles, custom axle shafts, etc. It can be pricey especially with aftermarket knuckles and C's. Ask yourself if you really need rear steer. 95% + of the trails out there can be done without rear steer.

If your budget allows this is the ultimate for both front and rear: http://pirate4x4.com/tech/harry/twisted_customs/index.php

 

[Burns]

Build in my state. Trying to get ahold of them now...

 

[94 Crawler]

Just wondering

Wouldn't a front diff placed in the rear still drive the vehicle in the right direction. I know the drive shaft would be ay an extreem angle but it's not like you will be driving it at highway speeds. It just occoured to me if you if you use a chevy 60 LP the gear will drive on the drive side rather than the coast. Also it may be possible to get a transfer case (or modified) to drive off of the offset end. I think a lot of older trucks came this way any how (with both driveshafts offset). Just a thought. But good luck on whatever you decide I hope to be able to start on mine in a few years.

 

[IZwack]

Wouldn't a front diff placed in the rear still drive the vehicle in the right direction.

A vehicle with a front axle in the rear would operate backwards (move backwards instead of forward). You would need to rotate the transmission and the transfer case 180 (as in rear-engine buggies).

 

[IZwack]

So I was laying in bed, thinking about my Dana 60 geometry, and I finally remembered that company I was trying to think of -- its SpiderTrax! But unfortunately they don't sell any chassis -- but I do like how thy execute the front on their buggies:

 

[Stic-o]

I have not seen any numbers, but any Idea what some of these chassies weight?

 

[Burns]

AHh the fully done buggies weigh about 3500-4000lbs complete.

Ill have to search out the weight of the chassi alone.

 

[section525]

Keith says his four-seater weighs 530lbs!

 

[Burns]

Who is keith?

 

[section525]

Keith at Xtreme Crawlers is a fellow Explorer owner and has a brand new chassis design, check it out at http://www.xtremecrawlers.com/

Who is keith?

Burns.. if you're going to build this thing you have to join http://www.offroadfabnet.com/ !!

 

[IZwack]

Yeah you're going to have to go through OFN's threads -- good stuff there.

 

[section525]

Fixed the link:

http://www.offroadfabnet.com/

 

[Burns]

Checking it out now

 

[Burns]

WOW


Hit up OFN and got pm's and emails out my but of people saying they can build what i want

 

[IZwack]

Yeah secretly subscribed to your thread on OFN

 

[Burns]

LOL

Keith at extreme crawlers already contacted me.

 

[cybergasm]

Yeah secretly subscribed to your thread on OFN

X2 then again maybe i will learn something over there too

 

[IZwack]

There's a butt load of stuff to learn on OFN. Where PBB is more about the technicals of off road design and principles, OFN is more about the nitty gritty of metal fab.