More details on the way.
Basically 5x3x1’ in the middle. Rest of frame is 6" or so high. Steel. Nothing fancy, just get the rust off it for me
Weighs approx 75lbs maybe? Should be real easy and real quick.
I’m not going to wirebrush this anymore… it is just too time consuming, and I’d like to move forward. I also have little stuff that will fit in a cabinet if you wanted to do some more. I don’t care how careless you are… cause I’ve been using a long nail and a harbor freight 7" grinder w/ a 4" cup brush and a putty knife to get this far… just a quick spray so I can paint this thing.
The little pieces are just sprockets and frame brackets… all about the size of your hand, and maybe a clutch pulley about 10" in diameter…
Make it cheap and I will drop it off tomorrow. This is all surface rust from sitting in water, frame is solid.
Ok. Thanks for all the offers guys… but I decided to just throw some paint on the frame. Reassembly begins the next time I feel like working in the garage.
Details:
So this is what I do when I get home from work.
Put on some thermals.
Head out to the un-heated barn.
Tinker with crap.
The original project is a 95ish MAX II 6 wheeler. I got it for free from a friend, who got it for free from some dude. It was sitting in a field, full of water. The tub of this thing is waterproof… which is why it was full. When it would rain, in it would go. Sat in water for the last couple years, rusting everything. Motor was missing, chains were rough, missing a lot of parts. But the tub was good, the tires were good, and from what I could see from an outside visual inspection, the transmission was good.
The tub is worth $1200 new. $6-800ish on e-bay.
The wheels/tires that are like new are $500ish
The transmission is working condition is $600ish. This is a T-20 transmission out of a Skid-Steer. Which allows the 6 wheeler sides to be controlled individually… which means it can turn on a dime. 360s.
What it needed:
New motor. I picked up a Vanguard 18hp V-Twin. Book on one of these is $1200. I picked it up for $800.
New wire harness - $100. Got it for $75. Wires that sit in water don’t fare so well when you want to start using them again.
New bearings/bushings - $200, got these for $100. You don’t want rusty bearings out on the trail.
New battery. It has to start the motor, run the lights, and also a winch (coming soon)
Strip everything. Anything that was on the chassis had rust covering it. So I had to strip the chassis of everything. Wire brush and sand everything, 4 cans of spraypaint later, I have a flat black chassis to start reassembling on.
These things retail for $8-$15,000 so if I can get this thing running for ~$2000, I can make some money on it, or just enjoy it. I still have one from the 70s, and it runs great.
Then the other project.
A junked Yamaha Blaster from my little brother.
How long does it take to pull the motor on one of these ? About 15 minutes. Especially when all the motor mounts are broken and there are 2 bolts holding it in the frame. It is even missing a stud on the exhaust, and there was 1 loose nut holding that on… lol The wheelie bar is snapped in half, and 90% of the nuts on the frame are stripped. So, I’m going to have my hands full with this one. Originally I picked up the wheeler, and the chunk of frame that was missing and assumed it was simply going to be welding the frame back up, and running it… it is rough.
More Pix… just to give you guys an idea of how this thing is going together.
The SkidSteer transmission is actually 2 transmissions bolted together. Here you can see some of the linkage.
Here you can see the drive chains for both sides, and if you look closely, there are diamond shaped shifters on the tranny, that linkage goes to the front inbetween the driver’s legs so that he can shift both sides at once.
The maze of chains…
These are the front brakes. There is a drum on the socket and a band brake hooked up to a foot pedal.
I got everything into the tub, and the axles were put back in, chains tensioned… and the motor is next I think.
