Thread: The Ultimate FC

Those pic should answer Wagoos question if a Stalwart can go over a 3 ft dia log, and this one climbed that with taller than standard gearing and people on board.
It says a lot about how soft and flexible the B81 rolls is when mated to a manual gearbox and how good that suspension is.

I bet the last few days have really given you drive to keep going with yours!!! Great pics!!

Now how long is going to take me to get mine swimming ?????



Graham has a system on his Stalwart to pressurise the hubs and drive , which he does to 10 PSI, that should be even easier to do on mine with the central lube system.( MK1s don't have the central lube tank)
The air pressure is a back up to stop any water entering though seals to the expensive hub reductions or tracta joints.
When I realised Graham was going to climb up the river bank I was on board the Stalwart in the water with no camera, so the answer was simple, just jump over board from a moving, swimming stalwart, it is safe as there is no propellors in the water, swim ashore and find the camera and take the pics.
With so much hull under water the stalwart is very stable.
Ron

Hi Ron,
I am in awe of the work you are achieving on yours.

Great pictures of this one swimming, they made me wonder what are the marine rego/licensing requirements for an amphibious vehicle?

Keep up the good work.

Tony

One other piece of information of value I learnt.
Graham had a problem of hot glass stop/tail light lenes cracking when they were hot and then hitting the cold water, cracking and therefore not water tight , drowning the globe.
The lens are hard to find.
Grahams answer is to use LED globes which produce much less heat.
I learnt so much from Graham
Thank you.

Originally Posted by TonyC

Hi Ron,
I am in awe of the work you are achieving on yours.

Great pictures of this one swimming, they made me wonder what are the marine rego/licensing requirements for an amphibious vehicle?

Keep up the good work.

Tony

I have checked this out.
The river it self is in NSW and therefore any vessel must comply with NSW laws.
The smaller GPA amphibious jeeps are under a certain length and speed and therefore require nothing special by law.
I will not go any further than that.
Everything can be done by the letter of the law if needed.
A interesting thing is the manufacturers rating of the Stalwart as a vessel in a MK 1 is 38 people/troops with rifles or 5 tons.......grey area ??? .