Oh yea, those 45 deg cuts are straight out of the plans for spider carts. I built thatvsection before the front, and went straight off the plans. Its meant to be for clearance for a steering linkage. But since I lengthened the frame 12", brought back the mount for the rack and pinion (small hard to see piece of angle iron), and then widened the whole rectangular structure that the a-arms mount on, now my angles and spacing are such that I didn't even neef that cut. Ill probably just cover the tubes up and leave as is. She is plenty strong up front.Trying to see what you have in mind, lost on something in the pics. The bow/aft frame structure for the upper A-arms is gapped several inches in the center, with a pair of 45 degree angle cuts. Undoubtedly very strong as is, but obviously something else planned for it. What am I missing?
Im sure ill try it at one pount! HahaYou gonna push trees down with that beast ?
Da Flash
Good to know! I am surprised how cheap/sturdy they are. Good simple mounting too.Just sticking my foot in the door...
Looking awesome!
Those seats are great, survived rollovers with no cage, just some rash
We call y'all snowbunnies down here in the Funshine State, but that trip you've planned sounds more Abominable, snow man!overnight snowmobiling in Idaho
Scrapping the 2nd axle will sho' nuff get it done sooner. I'd reconsider scrapping the 3rd seat thing though, just build a couple of empty mounts for it, you can take your time then and add it on later. Still will give that cool look without any extra axles required, especially if it gets the 50cal. repro mounted with it.Im seriously considering scrapping the 6 wheel and 3rd seat idea.
I appreciate the thought but ill pass in the 50 cal scaled plans. Thanks though! Back from the mountains. Thats me on the right (hence why im building the buggy beefy).We call y'all snowbunnies down here in the Funshine State, but that trip you've planned sounds more Abominable, snow man!
Scrapping the 2nd axle will sho' nuff get it done sooner. I'd reconsider scrapping the 3rd seat thing though, just build a couple of empty mounts for it, you can take your time then and add it on later. Still will give that cool look without any extra axles required, especially if it gets the 50cal. repro mounted with it.
Want me to email you my 50cal. scale plans? Several pages of it, most in color, would give you the website info if it wasn't already evaporated from the gray matter.
??????????? Hadn't thought of that, something as beefy as a Jeep was floating in the gray matter. Now I'm picturing a 3rd seat mounted too far rearward, like over the axle. Would do a wheelie every time you floor it. Hard to steer with front wheels off the ground.Got to think about the extra weight carrying capacity. And vehicle stability.
I am going to put the rear axle as far forward as possible, to keep it as short as possible (I already extended the frame a foot for my height). I found a thread on here from a few years ago where a guy put a 1.25" solid steel axle keyed axle in the rear, thats what I plan on doing. I'll do bearings as close to the wheel as possible to reduce torque/bend on the axle. I'll still likely stray from the rear frame plans a bit to accommodate for some sort of small bed, as the Spider cart plans have nothing to account for storage in the rear. It will probably be 90ish inches long from the front bumper to the very rear part of the frame.??????????? Hadn't thought of that, something as beefy as a Jeep was floating in the gray matter. Now I'm picturing a 3rd seat mounted too far rearward, like over the axle. Would do a wheelie every time you floor it. Hard to steer with front wheels off the ground.
THT, what are you using for axles and bearings in the rear? And what's the wheelbase on just 2 axles (front/rear)?