Add-on traction ideas.

[cobalt]

Possible amphibious atv add on traction ideas.


Hi.

I was looking over tire chains on youtube to see if there was anything new.

There wasn't much except for some shamwow style marketing products . However i did come across this video.

The design is interesting . It does have similarities to J-wheelz.

Mierly a passing curiosity.


Here is another idea.

I looked over a few videos on it and i was not impressed.

[LarryW]

That is pretty neat. I wonder if the traction of the tires pressing on the spider legs is enough to keep the pressure of the leg arms and hub?

[cobalt]

Not certain .

I know that there is a regular version spider traction system that has more involved in installation.

I get the impression that the spider compact system might get jambed and would spin on the tire itself.

I doubt it would flex all that much . The center hub seems to ride on the inner edge of the hub cap cover. The entire hub cap would have to move.

[cobalt]

This one by itself has a flaw. The front lip directs the snow/ice under the plate (between the plate and the tire) that would keep the two rear teeth from contacting the ground.

You could add a couple carrage bolts to the two center line holes in each plate. Which should help the angle of attack.

This won't replace real tire chains. However it's interesting and can easily be modified to improve the performance.

[mudbug3]

I know how well chains work on icy roads , and I also heard an exellent report from a man that ran chains on the rear wheels of his atv at the Marengo swamp run in Louisiana.

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[MIteyMT]

The more I think about this the more I like it for the inside of the wheel only, and in plastic, not metal. And I think it could even have a ring around it like the paddle boat does, just not all the way out to the end of the paddles. Maybe halfway. Seems like it would make swimming better and it would hobble along on a flat better. I don't know anything about fluid dynamics, though. Maybe you need the gap between the inside of the tire and the body or something

[Bw6]

MItey, Thanks for sharing. It seems to be a common quest. If you live around a lot of water, you want more water speed. If you live in area of deep nasty mud you want help going through it. One of my interests is more water speed, easy to say but hard to do. I built 6 sets of something that is similar to your upper left hand pic out of aluminum. They were spring loaded and extended by centrifugal force, they nested inside the rims (wheels) and were locked in place by a pin when not needed. In the nested position they would assist through mud. Never tried them yet, too many other challenges at the moment.

Keep working at it, it's something we all can use.

[MIteyMT]

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