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Going full custom with a front Dana60 Kingpin steer axle and another full floater D60 out back. 4:88’s with Detroit lockers in both axles. Full hydro-steering. Mid mounted 4-cyl Ecotec with an automatic transaxle with a welded center differential turned 90 degrees from stock. Front driveshaft going to a Samurai divorced transfer case although I don’t think I’ll need the low gear all that often with the transaxle having a low first gear. Rear output will have a cable actuated disconnect on it and will turn a jet pump from California jets that will sit above the rear axle. No brakes on the axles but I’ll have one on each side of the transfer case. All aluminum body. Hoping to keep it under 2,500lbs all done.
Here are the tires with 21” double beadlock wheels leaning up against my Powerwagon on 35’s. With 9 psi in them they measure out at 51” dia x 27” wide. They are rated for 1-11 psi max.
I’ve taken a foot out of the the long side of the front D60 and tomorrow the knuckle gets shrunk back on and welded up. I’m hoping to have the buggy completely done by next summer.
Not a skid steer like the rest on here but I’ll be able to call it a aatv when I’m done.
The drivetrain and wheelbase will be similar. The windshield will be pushed back about 3 feet so two people can sit side by side. The distance between tires will be just enough for a cab entry door on each side. Under the hood where a motor usually sits will be dry storage with the motor being mid mounted.
There won’t be a ton of storage in the buggy since I want to keep it as small and light as possible. I have another set of spindles and D60 hubs so I’ll make a small trailer to pull behind with another two of the same tires/wheels, so it too will be amphibious.
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