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[twoslo4five0]

i wonder what kind of gear ratio thoose trucks have..

 

[Avery4jc]

Are they like Rockwell pumpkins cut away from the axle tubes and retrofitted into a 3rd member for the ifs setup or does anyone know what they run?

 

[balterbuilt]

they're just cool ok!

 

[MattK]

Yeah I'm pretty curious about the axles.

 

[dremu]

Are they like Rockwell pumpkins cut away from the axle tubes and retrofitted into a 3rd member for the ifs setup or does anyone know what they run?

Them there are Tatras:

http://www.tatra.cz/en/spodek_en.asp

Factory made, Czech, mostly military trucks, obviously for the Eastern bloc, occasional commercial use and popular for competitions, i.e. the Dakar Rally.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_(car)

The T813 is likely closest to the ones in the video.

-- A

 

[Avery4jc]

Oh cool, thanks.

 

[AJMBLAZER]

There's a bunch of stuff like this and a lot of deuce, 5-ton, and other OD green stuff on Steel Soldiers.

Here's there vid page:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php?module=pagesetter&tid=4

 

[OffRoad]

that is so sweet.

it must be something to feel a truck that big shift weight all of a sudden. like when they have the 8x8s balanced on 2 tires and the thing comes down, that would take some gettign used to.

i do like the cab forward position.