Joe's crazy buggy

[hydro joe]

This is what i roll

This was a dodge d 50 but how it is mad best with hydro.

 

[Caleb]

Interesting rig

 

[NOTATOY]

still trying to figure out the suspension??? any close up pics of rear springs?

 

[RockMonkey]

Whoa, that is crazy...

Show us a picture of the mid-chassis crossmember that your lower (doubl-Y?) link attaches to.

I can see that the rear springs are attached to a hinged sub-frame thing, but it doesn't seem to have changed positions in any of your pictures... It seems to work as a bump-stop, though.

 

[LT.]

I still can't see how it all works. Crazy! Give us some more details about your suspension.

LT.

 

[EB101]

Is that a gas shock or a coil over carrying the weight in forward of the rear pumpkin, and we just can't see the coil on it??

 

[N8RB8R]

Found his details here http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=69566

 

[OREGON85]

I'm really interested in how exactly that works. I don't get it.

 

[OrvisKrawler]

Hey, how exactly is a rainbow made?
How exactly does the sun set?
How exactly does the posi-trac
rear end on a Plymouth work?
-It just does.

 

[Houndoc]

I'm confuzzled by the difference in stance between 1st & 4th pics, not to mention the side tilt (empty on flat ground) in the second.

Any pics of the beast in action?

 

[Spork]

Hey, how exactly is a rainbow made?

A rainbow is caused by light being refracted from tiny water droplets in the air. When it rains or there is a mist all the tiny water droplets refract sunlight like a prism (a triangular piece of glass). Refracted means the light of the sun is split up into its basic colors. Sunlight is actually a combination of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple. When these colors are all combined they look white, which is what sunlight usually looks like to us. There is also other light energy from the sun like Infrared which makes sunlight hot and Ultra Violet which makes you tan or sunburn. You can not see Infrared or Ultra Violet because the human eye is not designed to see them. But some creatures can. It is also sometimes reffered to as a spectrum of light.

How exactly does the sun set?

the Sun doesn't do anything the earth is the one moving.

How exactly does the posi-trac rear end on a Plymouth work?
-It just does.

Maybe I'll go find a bridge now...

 

[RockMonkey]

I'm confuzzled by the difference in stance between 1st & 4th pics, not to mention the side tilt (empty on flat ground) in the second.

Any pics of the beast in action?

It has 3 hydraulic cylinders that act on the suspension. One on either side in the front, and one in the center on the rear (it's hard to see, in front of the fuel cell). So, the driver can force it to articulate regardless of the terrain, as well as raise and lower it manually. There have been a few other rigs built with forced hydraulic suspension. The jury is still out on the idea, at best.

 

[OREGON85]

Seems like it would be a lot to keep track of, mentally, while wheeling.

 

[hydro joe]

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[hydro joe]

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[broncomitch]

so...........if you blow a hydro line it falls to the ground?

i would be worried all the time.

very cool idea tho.

 

[RockMonkey]

So, I see a lot of pictures in a back yard and on a ramp in a back yard and on some construction debris in front(?) yard. Has this thing ever been on a trail?

and what does that sub frame thing in the back do?

 

[Erik d_lux]

Funny you know "W". Looks like a rig he would build.

Way to think out of the box!

 

[Corban_White]

so...........if you blow a hydro line it falls to the ground?

i would be worried all the time.

very cool idea tho.

Blowing a hydro line (if everything is put together correctly) is less likely than breaking a leaf spring/coilover/air shock.

 

[Houndoc]

Creative yes. Other than that, not too sure.