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Far as I know there is no power divider to differentiate the rear axles. No hubs on the front so it is always turning. Wedge brakes instead of s-cam so parts and knowledge of adjusting and operation are not very available.

Ended up not buying that particular truck.

Updates? And where in Oregon are you? I'm just outside Hillsboro. You have to be in the coast range and likely the northern half of it to keep getting rained out like I do.

Wow eh. I thought I had ambition, but this is awesome. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

Words that I would use to describe this reply are, wisdom, generosity, kindness, and understanding. Thanks for being such. If only more people were to have those attributes.

Yes, that one has a planetary final rear axle. Farm show magazine and other "done it myself" publications have had these articles now and then over many years. Here's one article that has a pic of a cabover. Link to article. If you read the short article it will tell you that this idea came...

Oh, and many of those improvisers were WW2 vets and their children. To keep it sort of military, here is a picture of my dad in Alaska during the Korean war/conflict. He made motor pool sgt. He too was a great improvisor. Much of which he said he learned in the Army.

Through history, many people and manufacturers have given a go at making that tractor/automobile thing work. As mentioned just above, the jeep as a tractor. MM made a limited build of the UDLX. I think Ford had a couple goes at it once in history. In the 1970s and 80s, things got a little...

Like in post #34? Ya............., well, I'll get into the agronomic fallacy of factory no-till drills in the Willamette valley Oregon some other time. What I wanted to know is about the axles. If anyone has any info or experience in the use of inboard final reduction like the double...

The home made ones. I am transitioning to conservation tillage and planting. To direct drill a cash crop into a perennial tall fescue field, it takes a lot of weight. I have been building a couple tools to accomplish this task in one or two passes instead of the normal 11 passes over to get the...

We are pretty small acreage. About 1,100 acres. Mostly grain and tall fescue grass seed. Some small seed legumes like clovers. We also have 30 acres of blueberries and some nursery stock. I have a Steiger KP1360. I will be using it on these tools until I get a truck setup. Here's a small...

The Sterling is only for light draft loads like spraying and pulling a drill. For the tillage and heavy draft, I will need considerably more truck. I trust you have read the history of the Steiger Bros. ? All farm equipment began in a farm shop, not the factory's engineering room. I built...

Here's another bit of military hardware I've been using with great success on the farm. I put down liquid fertilizer with the front tool and the seeder. Bother are different fertilizers and placed at different locations to the seed. This trailer works awesome. I wish I had a few more.

I'll try to sort of compress the project with a few pics. The rear axle is installed. It is a 5 ton with air brakes. This is the front axle that will be powered with hydraulics. I had the guys at Boyce widen it and straighten the camber. Steering was easy enough. I had a local...

That's not a stupid question. It's quite valid. Yes, the reduction that far ahead of the wheel would increase the torque applied to the component system behind it. For low draft loads and other usage such as traversing terrain, the early reduction would work well, maybe even better as it would...

Still working on it. I have eliminated the idea of inboard final reduction however, at least at this time unless I find axles with stupid huge diameter to eliminate the wind up that occurs when applying that much torque to a long length of shaft. Sam Winer has some planetary axles that will do...

I apologize for the hijack. Where is "Brad", and what is it that he is selling? A part out yard perhaps? I'm in Portland, so if Seattle is the location, it's a day trip. Thanks. Don.

Hi all. A small sticking point of the purchase of an M920 I have lined up is the tires and wheels that are on it will not work for my application. I asked at the local truck tires shops if they would take them on trade for the ones I want. They will not. They wont even take them on consignement...

I certainly cant speak for CobraChris, but if I read his idea right, he is meaning that when pressurizing the air bags, the rear axle would then be near weightless. It may skid a small bit, but the leaf springs, when pushed down in the front, would tend to lift the rear axle some.?? However...

I was wondering about that a bit. The housing does not care whether the tie rod is in front of back, so you can, if the amount of fabrication needed is not excessive, put the tie rod on whichever side makes for better interaxle driveline lineup. Right?,...or.......? A lot of tie rods today have...