Docwheelhorse 2,669 #1 Posted June 20, 2021 Looks like old Jeep / Willys stuff to me... Cool as heck and check out that BEAUTIFUL Briggs and Stratton power!! Lol yah I'm the guy that likes Briggs around here. This was on the FB Wheel Horse page---one of them anyways. See you guys at the show!! Tony 5 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,682 #2 Posted June 20, 2021 I like it!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,921 #3 Posted June 20, 2021 Now there’s a cruiser! Or rock crawler! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,346 #4 Posted June 20, 2021 See the tag hanging off the steering wheel…kinda makes me think it’s at an auction. Would be so cool to own that one 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,921 #5 Posted June 20, 2021 10 minutes ago, Sparky said: See the tag hanging off the steering wheel…kinda makes me think it’s at an auction. Would be so cool to own that one I was thinking the same, with all the outdoor equipment stacked up, and a bull near the barn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #6 Posted June 20, 2021 I saw the same tractor. I like the use of the transaxle for the transfer. I had wondered a few times about using the WH 8 speed for something like this. 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,921 #7 Posted June 20, 2021 @Oldskool So that’s like a vertical shaft peerless rear end or the like? I thought that would be a fun rock buggy back in high school, then Fred and Dave on “Dirt Every Day” did it with a RAV4 if I recall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,021 #8 Posted June 20, 2021 Yup. Looks like a Peerless. Last one I had apart was lubed with grease. Hope this one is too, being mounted 90 degrees away from what they normally are. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #9 Posted June 20, 2021 1 hour ago, pullstart said: @Oldskool So that’s like a vertical shaft peerless rear end or the like? I thought that would be a fun rock buggy back in high school, then Fred and Dave on “Dirt Every Day” did it with a RAV4 if I recall. Yes I would say it is. Nice concept but could have picked a stronger unit. There are different grades to those Perless trans. That's not the best one. Although you can shift it without stopping for a gear change. The Rav 4 sounds interesting. I will have to find that. @8ntruck grease would be best in that situation. Although I have found grease gets slung away from the gears and seems to leave a void. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,243 #10 Posted June 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Oldskool said: Yes I would say it is. Nice concept but could have picked a stronger unit. There are different grades to those Perless trans. That's not the best one. Although you can shift it without stopping for a gear change. The Rav 4 sounds interesting. I will have to find that. @8ntruck grease would be best in that situation. Although I have found grease gets slung away from the gears and seems to leave a void. Is one end of the Peerless transaxle locked down? If yes, that would double the output RPMs on the free end, right, and the differential/pinon gears would be spinning all the time in ways not designed for. Wonder how much power that thing can actually deliver to the wheels through the hydro and how long it would last? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oldskool 6,644 #11 Posted June 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Handy Don said: Is one end of the Peerless transaxle locked down? If yes, that would double the output RPMs on the free end, right, and the differential/pinon gears would be spinning all the time in ways not designed for. Wonder how much power that thing can actually deliver to the wheels through the hydro and how long it would last? I think it is locked on one end. I think that is a standard trans 5 or 6 speed probably. It may last longer than you think. Cheap and easy to find a replacement though. I probably would have run each axle shaft to the corresponding drive axle and flipped one if necessary to have the correct rotation. That's just me though 😄 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,243 #12 Posted June 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Oldskool said: I think it is locked on one end. I think that is a standard trans 5 or 6 speed probably. It may last longer than you think. Cheap and easy to find a replacement though. I probably would have run each axle shaft to the corresponding drive axle and flipped one if necessary to have the correct rotation. That's just me though 😄 Ah, so its geared. Yes, then much higher capacity and probably longer life (assuming, as noted earlier, the lube system works when 90º from its design orientation--the dipstick must be sticking out sideways under the vehicle--and the pinon gears in the differential don't wear out ) Your idea of using both axles makes a lot more sense--one for the front and one for the rear (and if posi-traction in the peerless, even better). But it seems here the goal was mainly to reduce the RPMs and get to the input side of the running gear transfer case. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleredrider 409 #13 Posted June 21, 2021 Hmm, I have a pair of samurai axles that I'm not using..... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
