@ redwolfpas "I'm in the dark" Obviously. I'm not worried about the joints as they are sealed bearings and the lowest ones are 4 feet of the ground. As far as turning if you haven't seen it rotate then you have no idea how long it takes. It can rotate 360 degrees around it's central axis. This machine was designed as a personal art project and not for any particular purpose. If you want to pay the bill for research and development I'm sure I could come up with an adjustable step you might like.
@MrMrPaparazzi There is a hydraulic mechanism under the belly with a pivoting disc that lifts the machine off the ground and rotates the vehicle. It is also used to stabalize the machine during transport and can be used to load and unload the vehicle from the trailer as well.
Great proyect!!! bit heavy but still a great machine may need some hydro cyl on each leg to help with ride bslanced n joint so when weight gets transfers from meg to leg is more smooth
Dude, it's got a big block V8, should have plenty torque to run this thing. A diesel engine might be more efficient, but wouldn't sound nearly as smooth. This thing isn't meant to be practical, it's meant to be functional art.
Diesel engines are very efficient and have plenty torque, no argument there. A big V8 just seems right for this thing though, it's like it purrs, hehe.
saw this behemoth at the clackamas county pioneer days last weekend.. may 20... absolutely THE MOST AWESOME CREATION.. EVER!!!!!!! but what sucked is.. no rides.... they weren't allowed to give any......
yeah ur definitely right if you look at it that way im jus biased i like my big blocks in muscle cars and anything beasty like that i wanna see big black clouds rollin out of its stacks lol also wouldnt b to great to the environment that way either soo in the end the big block wasnt a bad choice i guess im just a diesel guy
Judging by the height of the step I think it could easily step onto and therefore over a 4 foot obstacle. How big would a wheel have to be to do the same?
pf course it can, it just needs: totally flat terrain, noone or anything to be underneath or around it, 5 minutes to deploy its hydraulic rotating stander, someone to get off it and push it sideways and another 5 minutes to retract the rotating stander.....holy smokes, a full 15 minutes just to make ONE turn... now, isn't that practical :))).... I think you could get better results if you buy an used offroad vehicle and bump it sideways:)))
***** There is another foot that drops down from under the vehicle. It lifts the whole rig off the ground, and then you rotate it by hand. It swivels so effortlessly a small child can spin it. It's a wonderful feat of engineering.
\\Skate-Make-Bike-Weld// Nuh uh!!!! That's like the batmobile from the original series!!!! That's just to cool! If you could find a 2stroke Detroit diesel ,that would be the only thing to make it cooler!
