Denny
Canned Monster
Make sure you take plenty of pictures! And have fun!
Will do, the weather is going to be great for half of the week, so I may only get a few parts done, but I'll prep the metal on the rest if I hit too cold of weather to paint the rest. But I'll get at least some if it done so I can see what the paint looks like.Make sure you take plenty of pictures! And have fun!
Maybe used dirtbike shocks? You can rebuild them pretty cheap with standard spacers and washers.Thanks, I wanted to give it more buggy feel than what the plans had. A arms were lengthened and spread some too due to the tire size. Stub axle is from a trailer kit, cut the shaft with a whole saw and welded to 1.25"OD x .625"ID DOM to make a spindle, a arm ends are 5/8" heims. Other end of arms are 1.5" pipe where we poured the polyurethane bushings. That is the end where I would have used weld bungs and pre-made attachments, but my girls learned a lot about polyurethane and hardness. Tabs welded to frame are 1/4" plate, just have a stick of 2" wide bar stock I use for everything, way overkill for a kart. Rear tab at each joint has a gusset back to frame to take rearward loads, 5/8" bolts used on a arms, 3/4" bolts used on rear swing, all castle nuts. I have a 2" diameter rod of polyurethane I cut for washers/spacers between suspension parts to soften, all coated with silicone grease.
No pro tips here, my method is lots of tacking and try again and looks at what everyone is trying here. Biggest thing about size I have found is finding coil overs that provide the load capacity I want, but stay within a decent budget. The front can travel 10" stop to stop, but I really can't find a coil over in the range I want to spend that can utilize that much.
Could you use ride-on lawnmower rear-differentials for the 6x6 rear? Like the one on the Craftsman Lt2000?Hey folks new to Karts and new to welding. Im building the Grand Daddy from Spider Carts. I stretched the main cabin/frame a foot, and generally beefing everything up everywhere. The plans call for 1×1" and 1-1/4x1-1/4" 14 guage, but im using way more of the 1-1/4 for extra support. Im a big dude at 6-8 340lbs. Im primarily building this for traveling distance on groomer snowmobile trails in Idaho, and sand dunes in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
With that in mind im going BIG for the tires. 22x11-8 all around. I know these will be tough to steer, but ive had great success in sand with this before on different vehicles. Im also making my own beefy spindles/steering brackets with this in mind.
Im for sure doing at least a 420, or 440cc. But im slightly worried Ill be under powered when riding around with my 330lb Dad. By myself im sure the 440cc would be killer, even with my 3 year old. Should I just bite the bullet and get the 670? My wallet says no, but long term it's probably the right choice.
Two crazy ideas im still entertaining: putting an extra axle in the back for extra weight distribution on axles, extra float, and extra traction, it would be connected via sprocket to the primary axle. 6 wheels total. (Im thinking of building skis for the front in snow).
Last crazy idea is a 3rd "gunner" seat above and to the rear of the main cab, very similar to the Chenworth military buggy. Spacially this would work well with the 6 wheel idea. One thing I like about the 6 wheel 3 seater idea is that while it will cost more, it would make my buggy totally unique, allowing me to sell it for more if I ever decided.
Part of me wats to go big with 6 wheels, 670cc, 3 seats, but part of me says go standard 2 seats, 4 wheels, save money and get the 440cc. Thoughts?
Dune photo is my old beater 1999 Ford Escort. Movie theatre seats in the back.
Could you use ride-on lawnmower rear-differentials for the 6x6 rear? Like the one on the Craftsman Lt2000.
I know kid! Hold your horses! We should ride out in Winchester bay sometime, that's on my bucket list of places to visit with the buggy this summer.You’re not done yet? Come on dad I want to ride!
Welcome in! I hope they help! Are you building something, or planning on it?New to the site and joined just to see all the pics in this amazing build thread. Kart looks awesome, great work!
I purchased a used grand daddy last week and Im doing some slight modifications to it to make it "better" and fix the few "issues" i see with it. at this point the shocks are too soft and the brakes need to be bled properly. also adding seatbelts. my nice to haves would be to get the electric start working (predator 420) and add some headlights and taillights. I also really would like to improve the turning radius/steering response. (I have too many toys!)Welcome in! I hope they help! Are you building something, or planning on it?
Whatever! either yer young and haven't had time to collect "too many" toys or yer just an amateur!(I have too many toys!)
if only you could convince my wife!Whatever! either yer young and haven't had time to collect "too many" toys or yer just an amateur!
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BTW, there is no such thing...
I think the membership dues are double if you buy a nice machine rather than cobbling together some POS errrr ahhh I mean building something,
like the rest of us!
Disclaimer:
To be clear I am not referring to the build in this thread, when I referred to cobbled together POS.
There always has to be someone to make the rest of us look bad!