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Where we're going we don't need roads.
« on: February 17, 2010, 12:36:11 PM »
Just awesome!

http://www.gizmag.com/russian-strap-on-tank/14194/

This is totally safe for work unless you start shouting about how bad you want this Russian strap-on.
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Re: Where we're going we don't need roads.
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2010, 12:42:23 PM »
The Russians do absolutely the coolest things off-road vehicle-wise.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2010, 01:51:40 PM »
I wonder if it be possible to make it RORO to make the conversion faster and easier.

Or you could just say "screw tires!" And just use the treads full-time.
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2010, 02:45:41 PM »
Not with any amount of on-road speed, even with rubber treads.  WWII White half-tracks had limited road speed, and they had two front wheels to make it easier.  =|
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2010, 03:03:17 PM »
Sno-Cat, anyone ....?

Seems to me like there was an outfit back in the seventies that was making a set of four "triangular" treads that you could bolt right up to a four wheel drive   =|

This allowed "normal" steering with the front axle.
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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2010, 03:07:01 PM »
There is a company that still makes the triamgular tracks that replace your tires.

http://www.mattracks.com/

I have a good friend who bought a set for working on his farm in the winter.  They work very, very well.
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Re: Where we're going we don't need roads.
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2010, 03:07:26 PM »
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The Russians do absolutely the coolest things off-road vehicle-wise.

lately the Russians are getting all the cool toys.
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Re: Where we're going we don't need roads.
« Reply #7 on: February 17, 2010, 03:14:50 PM »
Quote from: 220_SWIFT on February 17, 2010, 03:07:01 PM
There is a company that still makes the triamgular tracks that replace your tires.

http://www.mattracks.com/

I have a good friend who bought a set for working on his farm in the winter.  They work very, very well.

Glè mhath!  :cool:

So I wasn't just hallucinating ....  :lol:
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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2010, 04:18:36 PM »
you might still have been hallucinating >:D
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Re: Where we're going we don't need roads.
« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2010, 05:35:20 PM »
i was hallucinating the first time i saw those,(was on some tv show) i was thinking they might be nice to keep in the back of my subie. [tinfoil] :angel:
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2010, 09:52:20 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on February 17, 2010, 03:03:17 PM
Sno-Cat, anyone ....?

Seems to me like there was an outfit back in the seventies that was making a set of four "triangular" treads that you could bolt right up to a four wheel drive   =|

This allowed "normal" steering with the front axle.

I remember this from the '70's



I so wanted one for my Yammy 400 Enduro.
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« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2010, 10:29:23 PM »
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« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2010, 12:58:35 AM »
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Personally, I do not understand how a bunch of people demanding a bigger govt can call themselves anarchist.
I meet lots of folks like this, claim to be anarchist but really they're just liberals with pierced genitals. - gunsmith

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Re: Where we're going we don't need roads.
« Reply #13 on: February 18, 2010, 11:06:09 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on February 17, 2010, 04:18:36 PM
you might still have been hallucinating >:D

Yeah, there was this beautiful gal driving the pickup with the tracks  =D
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