Another great crawler is up for sale

[RustEoldtrux]

Chad Taylor's old Twisty II also for sale by present owner: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=27028772&cat=402&s_cid=S0001 I spent many hours wheeling with Chad and the Twisty II - fantastic, very stable machine. Chad is finishing up Twisty III now - can't wait to go wheeling with Chad and Jeannette again.

 

[Jinx]

Funny enough. I met chad in cedar city 12 years ago and got a chance to ride in that jump seat. Cool ride. Interesting idea.

 

[RustEoldtrux]

Riding in the back of the Twisty is like a carnival ride. He could flop either front half or back half independently.

 

[Coreshot]

I ran Hanging Tree years ago with a similar rig, he had named it Twisted Sister...is this the same one? I think the guy was from Ephraim or close to it.

 

[RustEoldtrux]

Chad is from Mount Pleasant, and is one of the original pioneers of the Hanging Tree Trail. His first articulated vehicle had an early '50s Chevrolet truck cab, and I believe he called that one the Twisted Sister.

 

[rockreligious]

a lot of cool memories wheeling with that old rig.

 

[torynich]

Anybody have any info on this idea...the pics only show it sitting flat. I couldnt find any youtube or google on it. Sounds like a cool idea, but how did he do it?

 

[rockreligious]

Ill the pictures I have of it were from film camera's no digital stuff, Ill have to see if I can scan some pix and post. pretty hard to explain how he did it. He cut a frame in half and tapered and boxed each end and welded in his own version of a heavy duty spindle/hub, with a large enough inner diameter to run a drive shaft through using a carrier bearing. he also used a shock to dampen the rotation, and made a locking pin so he could lock the frame together because sometimes you needed to carry a wheel. pictures would explain it better than words.

 

[rockreligious]

Chad is almost finished with another that twists like this now, with rockwells

 

[ChestonScout]

VERY cool rig!

 

[RustEoldtrux]

Chad is a very talented home shop engineer. He comes with some out of the box ideas and turns them into reality using very basic tools. A visit to his shop is like seeing a modern day Da Vinci in action.