Homemade 6x6 with 3 cylinder motor

[kelvin]

i would guess about 850kg

[chris davison]

Hi kelvin That sounds like 1874 Lbs or so. Do you have any way to weight it once done? Are you going to try to propel it with tires only in the water? and I think you should go with 36" tires or 900mm in dia with your clearance and gear ratio. now that would be some ground clearance.

[mudbug3]

Hi kelvin That sounds like 1874 Lbs or so. Do you have any way to weight it once done? Are you going to try to propel it with tires only in the water? and I think you should go with 36" tires or 900mm in dia with your clearance and gear ratio. now that would be some ground clearance.

And great floatation too!

[kelvin]

i would love to put 36" tyres on it but their is no way i could afford that this thing is built so cheap i wouldnt have spent 1000 on it yet and also chris i can put it on a weigh bridge

[spookum]

For tires check into HUMVEE surplus tires. Got a cheapo track desighn I'm thinking of. After final exams down (this week) ill ilumanate it.

I know your in austraila.. But take a look at this and drool. http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...id=07321252387

[kelvin]

brought some 60h tsubaki chain today should do the job for now hope to start the hull this weekend,if i can get the aluminium

[chris davison]

What thickness are you going with on the aluminum?

[kelvin]

2.4mm thick its a bit thin but its free and im going to put ribs inside it and also have a square tube skeleton that it will screw to

[kelvin]

[chris davison]

Thats about 12 ga or .094 thick are you just going to just silicone the inside and all the screws? Are you going to move the radiator? It looks cool.

[kelvin]

i will probaly weld it but not certan new that you mention silicone we will see getting the aluminium today an no the radiator will stay their for now just depends how well it works their

[chris davison]

That thickness of aluminum is not really that thin. I dont think you will need many ribs and even if you do weld it go ahead and silicone it to the metal frame every where it rattles. also if the welds leak you can hit it with a center punch and that will stop small pinhole leaks. I had no leaks in the welds with 3 passess of a spool gun on all fillet welds.

[kelvin]

[Mike]

That is looking really good. I had to go back and look at the last picture you posted to make sure I was still looking at the same frame. It looks completely different now that it is painted.

[chris davison]

Great job on the aluminum fabrication. How long till we see her float?