Unimog 130

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Originally Posted by goingbush

looks good on a 90, Im sure it would make a 130 steer a bit better than the Queen Mary

https://youtu.be/kfoTPu9xzgQ

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Thats crazy, I was thinking another rod coming off the steering relay to the back. You would need a HD steering box and power steering.
Hes got some electric or hydraulic motors turning his, and they are separately controlled from the front which is pretty cool.

My 406 SWB Unimog has double cardon front driveshafts this enables it to turn the front wheels to 45 or slightly more degrees, Hence with a 90 inch wheelbase and it will turn sharper than a SWB Land rover. The portal axles are just for ground clearance but do reduce the reliability in with high speed high mileage use.
The weight and width of the front axle would make it a very difficult conversion for a 130

Ian
Bittern

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Originally Posted by LRJim

Thats crazy, I was thinking another rod coming off the steering relay to the back. You would need a HD steering box and power steering.
Hes got some electric or hydraulic motors turning his, and they are separately controlled from the front which is pretty cool.

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Talking to Mal Storey a month or so back . He still has his 4WS Sidewinder. Brilliant.

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Originally Posted by ian4002000

My 406 SWB Unimog has double cardon front driveshafts this enables it to turn the front wheels to 45 or slightly more degrees, Hence with a 90 inch wheelbase and it will turn sharper than a SWB Land rover. The portal axles are just for ground clearance but do reduce the reliability in with high speed high mileage use.
The weight and width of the front axle would make it a very difficult conversion for a 130

Ian
Bittern

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Iveco Daily 4x4 also has DC UJ's in the swivel housing, 134" WB but turns as tight as a 110.
Ford Ranger DC Ute is also more than 130" WB but turns tighter than a 110 .

4WS Now there is a winter project. Surely if someone made this as a bolt on kit it would sell like hot cakes!!

The Tibus kit is nearly $21K + Rims + shipping + Tax. I only paid $14k for my 130 so this is just not justifiable.

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Originally Posted by jay_guess

4WS Now there is a winter project. Surely if someone made this as a bolt on kit it would sell like hot cakes!!

The Tibus kit is nearly $21K + Rims + shipping + Tax. I only paid $14k for my 130 so this is just not justifiable.

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You can justify spending $30K on a $15K car , problem is getting it past the CFO [bigwhistle]
My Landy cost me $5K the EV Conversion parts cost me $20K . Worth every cent IMO .

Portals...check rego requirements first.and good luck with that🙄

Seems to be a large number of Toyota 79 series dual cabs running around with Marks Adaptors portals nowadays. Refer to Patriot Campers 6 x 6 beast.

So I don't think registration is an issue anymore. There are however a large number of hoops to jump through to get the engineers tick of approval.

I think Mal Story sold a rear steer kit for Land Rovers when he was running Maxi Drive
Don,

want rear steer? this has it
want maxi drive portals? this has it.
want all the capabilities of a comp truck? this has it.

stop dreaming and just pay the money