Thread: Chain Drive Rig

I remember pictures of this thing floating around years ago but never did see video of it working. I found this...

That thing is interesting! Do you know where i could find more info on it?

It's been around for years... Here's a link to the pictures that floated around a long time ago. I'd completely forgotten about it until I saw this video clip this morning of it...


http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/4x4-ve...ain-drive.html

One thing is for sure, there's some guys out there do some serious outside the box thinking in their garages. This thing may be pretty goofy but you gotta give it to the guy for coming up with something pretty mind blowing!

It's chain drive to all 4 wheels.Built it all himself on his garage floor
It does things on rock that no other rig can do but it's too heavy to compete. The owner says it's only 5000K or so, but I see 7000 to 8000 lbs of steel there. It is truly a monster. You will all want to see video of this thing in action. Today it suffered majot problems, but this was the first time out of the garage.

Each wheel is independently controllable like don robbins rig but with no axles he get more articulation than any solid axle rig can. The delta between front wheel is about 6 to 7 feet! Seems to have a little less travle in the rear, I only saw about 5'. I don't know it might have been able to do more.

On the lake been it lowered it's nose and rested the engine on the ground, they lifted both tires up two feet off the ground. Then it dropped it's tires back down and lifted the front end over 4 feet in the air.

Both wheels on each side are connected to a double jointed lever arm.

It also had left and right drive, he could drive both lefts and or both right tires. Or front tires, or rear tires.

He calls it the "CHAINLINK". He literally just finished the rig and drove out to the competition without any testing. I have personally watched the construction of this rig. I saw the rig when it was one axle and the four independant arms. When I first saw it I was skeptical. Then I saw it two weeks ago when he took it for a spin around the block. Cameron is truely a unique person with a wild imagination and has even a greater vision. He showed me erector set prototypes and I still did not get it at the time. The "CHAINLINK" is truely an awesome rig. I know Cameron is already thinking of ways to make it better and stronger. Expect to see more.

My hats off to Cameron and his "CHAINLINK". You are truely a visionary. The Rock Gods bow down to you.

"Drivetrain layout is like this:
SEFI 5.0 w/ GT40 heads (paid something like $50 for the whole car)
C4 with stock gearing
D20 (right side output) with front output removed and case shortened.
9" with ARB (broke the ARB either late Sat or early Sun)
Chains enclosed in the swingarms
HMMV reduction/Portal boxes"

whoops

i have been workin on some thing similar that is hydro static driven and runs on a 24hp gas motor,,,on 55" tall tractor tires,,,,,,, no chains,,,,thats his weak link i wonder what it weighs....8000 lbs my guess

I think there is more than one like this. I'm pretty sure I've seen pics of one with a Jeep body and hydraulic drive, may have been chains though.

that things amazing you could crawl it places that no other truck could go make any new trail you want