this is the new location for Iron Hand 6, north west of Cynthia in the notorious Drayton Valley skallywag. It poured rain for about 45min and this is the result..
When does a truck driver ever listen. The smoothest rig move I've seen was done by a company called KAPS. I have seen a lot of dangerous guys snorting around the lease, dropping driveshafts etc. those are the ones told to go park in the corner of the lease or told to leave site.
If it wasn't for the chains I don't even think that truck would have been moving. Needs to get some V treads or at least michelin military tires, a lot of those 8x rigs use the michelin XL tires on 20" rims around here.
@@antonfloor344 Yes they can, you can run a Fabco or Sisu differential set up which most of the time they will be or a hydraulic front drive. I built the only hydraulic front drive bedtruck in the world for Al's Hotshot out of Wainwright Alberta. Bedtrucks are not tri- drives. They are twin steer, tandem. Those have Chalmers rear rubber block suspension and Sisu diffs.
@Andrew Crews He's running spit rims by the look of it. Keep in mind these are not 24" rims that are typically used. These beds are extremely heavy as well. If you elaborate about your truck I may be able to help you. I used to run the shop for Link Suspension in Nisku. We specialized in building oilfield trucks and equipment as well as military. I built a lot of one off's and custom trucks that are all over the world.
@Andrew Crews OK, thanks that's better info. Unfortunately Mack doesn't make a heavy truck. If you were to modify the frame you would have to find an intermediate body builder to extend the frame and add another diff. If you are wanting to do it, do it right! Keep in mind that adding another diff also changes your GVWR so the body builder would need to updade the NSM sticker and weights (new vin sticker, updated) They would also be able to tell you if its legal in Ontario. Every province is different. The first thing they would do is go through Mack's parts department and pull a permit to modify the truck. This is crucial because it removes liability from you the end user, belive me you want this! At that point the engineers at Mack will tell you if you can do it. They review your engine, Trans, diffs and frame. In my experience Mack usually doesn't approve a twin steer - tri drive. Sorry but Mack's are usually under powered and like I said, built to light. To run that combo they generally want over 500hp stock and have a 3/8" outside frame with a 5/16" inside frame. Basically what I'm saying is it will be cheaper for you to see if you can alter it before buying everything to do it and not getting what you want. I would recommend starting with an adequate foundation, whether that is your Mack or a different truck that isn't for me to say. I hope this helps you to point you in the right direction.
@Andrew Crews I seen them in the late 2000's while I was running a Texas bed. They were testing them out in mud like this video. I'm honestly not sure what the verdict is on them? We dealt with fabco, sisu and the hydraulic front drive bedtruck that I built was a heavily modified EZ Track system from Terra Drive Systems. I would say the EZ Track had the best results once dialed in. Hydro Dig here in Alberta run them in all of they're trucks in Nisku.
