What have I got?

[Aussie Iron]

Can anyone tell me what brand of 6x6 I have found for myself ? Like I said in my video it is all aluminium, six chain setup, hirth 2stroke engine, t20, aluminium split rims fitted with 21x11.00x8 Goodyear Terra Tyre. The hour meter says 30 hours- 1 hour I put on trying to solve the engine but to no avail.
The ID plate that you see in the video has BU Engineering incorperated in Victoria, Serial Number- 144-73AM Engine Number- 714521.
The previous owner said that he believed that it was built in Melbourne Aus. He bought it 8 odd years ago in pieces, replaced bearings and chains could never get the motor to run right even after having it rebuilt. So he put in the corner of the shed and bought an Argo.

[LarryW]

The drive pulley looks fixed to me and not variable? Is the pulley a clutch or do you use the t-20 as the clutch?

[Aussie Iron]

The t20 is used as a clutch.The pulley on the engine is variable [ it is spring loaded, but doesn't have weights to adjust pulley size. ] but it is controled by the torq variable pulley on the t20.

[Groundhog]

That is a nicely built machine! Alot of good ideas in there.

[trebmaster]

that is a nice machene that I have never seen before. Can you post up some still pics of it?

[jpswift1]

Hey Aussie Iron, That's a really cool machine!!! I vaguely remember hearing a story about a small company in Australia that built 6 wheelers using the T-20, but I can't really remember any other details. This goes a while back when 6 wheeler stuff on the internet was fairly new. Maybe someone can chime in on this.......Don, Hydromike, George, Amphiman1 or any other 6x6World members, do you guys remember where this brand of 6x6 was mentioned or any other details about it?

Very nice machine.....I'd love to see it perform!

[United 6]

Hi Aussie Iron
I have just found a united 6 just like yours. They said it has been sitting in the shed for over 30yrs because no one could get it going. Well I found the problem, just a wire off the points had rubbed and was earthing out. Motor is now going good. Having a little bit of trouble adjusting the left hand drive. Took it for a run the over day, great in reverse, just the left side jumps out of gear in forward. I just need to find the time to adjust it more.
I am new to the 6x6 world. I saw this and thought it looked like fun.
Pity we didn't live a bit closer. I am in Nabiac NSW.
Every one calls my 6x6 the banana splits buggy.
Have you got yours going?
United 6

[LarryW]

Wow, nice find United 6! If you get a chance I'd love to see some more pictures of them. Congrats on your new purchase and welcome to the site.

[United 6]

Will try and do pictures(not much good at computers). Don't know how much these things are worth but I picked this one up for $700, is that reasonable? I think I will get $700 worth of fun out of it.

[jpswift1]

$700 is well worth it! Looking forward to the pics.