Swivel Frame???

[RangerBoy94]

Anyone ever seen one of these???
http://bringatrailer.com/2011/11/09/willock-swivel-frame-1958-dodge-power-wagon/

 

[06RangerXLT]

cool, but i wouldnt trust it to any kind of serious abuse. It would have to be massive. weighing hundreds of pounds.

 

[nb11]

Paging gwaii... the ranger needs more flex

 

[kunar]

i think my truck has that feature haha

 

[straycat]

I saw them years ago. They have been out for a long time. Some rock crawlers use them time to time.

 

[CHKNFKR]

I've had the displeasure of driving one of these things, it is a very weird feeling....

 

[rangerbum]

I've seen them on rock crawlers. One rather famous jeep truck they call the "articulator" is my favorite swivel frame because it can have the back end facing almost completely the opposite way as the cab. I've only seen it on Spike tv. A couple years ago, probably on extreme 4×4.

 

[Snoranger]

Isnt this a feature of the Raptor? The first time it goes off road the frame twists.

 

[adsm08]

I saw a HotWheels with that feature once.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Hmm.... I may have to re-think my off-road project plans......

anybody know where I could source one of those articulating pivots?

 

[CHKNFKR]

Hmm.... I may have to re-think my off-road project plans......

anybody know where I could source one of those articulating pivots?

Some of the fancier ones basically run a big spindle and hub as the joint with the driveline running through the center. You could litterally have half your truck roll over and just keep on driving, so long as you have no plumbing or wiring going past the joint. They look cool as hell and can be made super functional, but they are very awkward to drive. Sometimes the rear of the truck acts like it doesn't want to follow the front, feels like a trailer trying to jack knife, only it never does.

 

[James86]

The thing I think people might be overlooking is that judging from the pics posted, the driveshaft goes BELOW the swivel and the U-Joints probably handle the shaft's articulation, and also, those trucks are from when the gas tank was still in the cab, so there's no fuel lines running to the back half either, nor wiring for ABS sensors, and brakes were simpler as well.

 

[CHKNFKR]

The thing I think people might be overlooking is that judging from the pics posted, the driveshaft goes BELOW the swivel and the U-Joints probably handle the shaft's articulation, and also, those trucks are from when the gas tank was still in the cab, so there's no fuel lines running to the back half either, nor wiring for ABS sensors, and brakes were simpler as well.

That is the case for the one pictured, i just thought i'd share some of my experience driving and maintaining similar vehicles from a more modern era.

 

[James86]

That is the case for the one pictured, i just thought i'd share some of my experience driving and maintaining similar vehicles from a more modern era.

Noted, but I'm saying tryign to make one out of your modern Ranger might be a bit more daunting than back then...

 

[Hahnsb2]

There was a built M37 in TTC a few years ago with a swivel frame except I think he could control his with hydraulics, it walked the tank trap.