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Hi, I have spent some time with this topic too. I had hummer off road tours before, and I have been looking for some ways to build the vehicle, which can handle the stress. Deuce is too heavy for real off road, but making it 8x8 would solve the problem. All 8x8 trucks are too heavy by themselves, except M656, which is too rare with no parts available. I think the best way would be to copy the steering system from this truck. BTW there was one Hemtt sold on govliquidation last week for $28 000.Jeremy, the way I see it.......... The more opposition and nay saying you get from the group here, the more drive you should have to be able to accomplish this That's the kind of person I am. If I am met with opposition, I only push harder.
I have actually spent a great deal of time looking into what it would take to do this myself. Looking at how the steering linkage would work, and drive shaft angles and everything. I live for stuff that is different and makes people say "Why?". I never have understood people who say "Why would you need something like that?" Or "There is no need for something like that!". Comments like that only make me want it more
I think if you personally feel you might have the mechanical and engineering ability to make it happen, by all means, have at it! We all of course would love to own a HEMTT, but since it is out of our price range, maybe an extra axle or three under the Deuce or five ton just might hold us over for a couple months or so. ha ha.
I wanted to do two steer axles, and 4 drive axles, and leave the first two drive axles right where they are, and extend the bed, and put the other two drive axles behind them with the back of the bed just slightly overhanging the rearmost axle. So there would be 6 axles total. And since I know the deuce and a half engine and drivetrain would have a heck of a time turning all of that and would probably never get over 15 or 20 miles per hour and be more subject to breakage, I decided it would have to be built with a 5 ton truck. So I've spent quite a bit of time envisioning this beast, and just what it would take to build such a thing. I think it would be totally awesome. Of course then I realize, by time I put all the time into building it, I could probably afford to just buy a real HEMTT. Although, I keep my eyes open and search occasionally for one for sale, and have just not seen one listed anywhere for quite some time.