Springers, how, why and are they worth it?

[2Channon]

I love this idea. It would be great to have this as an option from the factory.

[Outlaw1]

Koowal vids guys

[whipper-ag]

Keith,this Max II Springer should be off those tires now and on all 6 wheels.
I would think it would be running by now.
When will we see some videos of it in action?

Whipper

[kghills]

Keith,this Max II Springer should be off those tires now and on all 6 wheels.
I would think it would be running by now.
When will we see some videos of it in action?

Whipper

Yeah, I was really hoping to have a Max II with suspension and tracks down to the Mud Nationals myself for testing. Honestly I have not touched it since the last round of pictures. Stupid customers seem to think I should be working on their projects. I took a quick walk around the shop yesterday and took a few pictures. I tried to put descriptions on the photos as I uploaded them.




Even my Max IV trans is busted again. I put the transmission Back in my Hustler 980 pulled the engine and trans on the Max IV to find this.

Then two weeks ago my Grandfather finally passed and a week ago our new Border Collie puppy was ready to be picked up.

I'll give you one guess who is in charge of potty training.

In any case back on subject, I have made some changes and want to hand build one more tower (maybe two) that will eliminate the angle iron so the whole tower that attaches to the body will be sheet metal. I also will make the towers with multiple bolt patterns so they can potentially be fit on different machines like Argos, Attexs and others. If I can get a little time to fabricate and test fit (and it looks OK) I will send the files to the Laser shop for cutting and hope to have two machines ready for Ashtabula. That's the plan for now at least. I'll put pictures in my gallery when I get to fabbing stuff up again. Maybe if things settle down I can get a build thread started after Ashtabula.

Keith.

[JoeMeg]

Even my Max IV trans is busted again. I put the transmission Back in my Hustler 980 pulled the engine and trans on the Max IV to find this.


Whew,so it's not just me. 2 broken left output shafts in Gizmo in as many years.

[Nubs]

(Then two weeks ago my Grandfather finally passed)

Finally?

[kghills]

(Then two weeks ago my Grandfather finally passed)

Finally?

One of those grumpy old men. Actually sort of a mean old man. He was the guy that would scream at the neighborhood kids for cutting across his lawn, he would actually sort of wait for them to. I loved him dearly but might have been the only one. 98 and in the nursing home for a number of years, and difficult for the staff I might add. Everything just sort of stopped working. You kind of know its coming at that age, now he is on another journey as this journey through life is finally over for him. Just sort of hope he's not as crabby, although that seemed to make him happy.

Keith.

[Nubs]

Had a long life anyways..

[Nitewatch45]

I've heard someone other than Whipperag has a springer kit specifically for a max 4 can someone send me a link

[jeryshery]

Very interested in adding springs to my coot. Thinking about doing it simple and on as small of a budget as possible. I was thinking I could cut the steering arm off the outer bearing housing replace it with a stud to sit in a bearing for steering inside of a piece of channel iron. Attach the channel iron to where it's hinged outside the body build an upper mount for a coil over and use the channel as the bottom mount for the coilover. Then I'd have to redisign how the steering mounts. Doable or no?