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Very nice work. You should make a 1/2 scale trailer to tow.
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No worries. I have full engineering on this half scale mule. Right now it's up to 35 engineering drawings. A detailed drawing for each component.
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The shocks work great. This suspension is as perfectly tuned as I could make it. I'm running 450 lbs coil overs on the rear and 750 lbs coil overs on the front. The angle is tuned at 55 degrees to be a 55% ratio of the shock compression load. The frame platform evenly squats when one or two riders sit on the platform. This was difficult to dial in being that the riders sit justified to the front of the vehicle.
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Here are a few more development pictures that show more chassis detail. I'll upload more pictures as I finish this half scale mule. I'll also take some video driving footage when it's finished.
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Thats really cool! It would be great in a parade...
Whats that car in the backround?
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Would you mind throwing those drawings into an album on PhotoBucket or some similar site? I would like to look them over. (<-- I love this thing.)
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Oh I see it now, ok, I cant get over how cool this is. oh ya I was wondering about that floor ... is that siding for a building? also I noticed that the gass tank and exaust is pritty close to the floor ... do you get any collision if to much weight is on the back once the shocks compress to much?
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That is cool i liked the tires and the seats
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When this half scale mule is finished, I can provide drawings. There are 35-40 drawings total, so it will be a .pdf, .dxf, or 3D SolidWorks hand off. I have a detailed drawing for 95% of the parts. ![]() |
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Thanks. The tires are standard riding lawnmower turf tires. 15 X 6.00 - 6. The outside diameter is around 14.25" which is close to half of a full scale M274 mule tire O.D.
The seats I made from scratch. I made the seat supports out of 1.00" O.D. 16GA round tubing. The seat pans are plywood and high density closed cell foam. I wrapped the foam with actual military canvas. The back and bottom of the seat is an 18GA sheet metal pan to cover the wrapped canvas. |
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dowies, nice build and workmanship, what was the full size mule basically designed for?
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Nice dodge of my question! Half scale cannon! A .50 would work too if you had a nice belt fed canister.
I would build one of these If I had any patience at all. Pulling my hair out just making a rinky dink go kart. Waiting for parts and getting wrong parts is making me insane. Well done on this, I am fascinated. |
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I've finished the fabrication of the home built, half scale, M274 military mule. I added a hydraulic disc brake to the rear axle. I've changed the gear ratio to 16.8: 1. This thing is geared really low for hauling and climbing. Top speed is now around 10.5 mph. Perfect for crusing around the yard and giving rides. Here's some recent pictures from the final test rides. I will now completly disassmble the mule and paint it. More pictures to come.
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Nice that is sweet
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