Somebody please!!!!

BUILD ONE OF THESE from a tractor!   

I could do it with old combine augers and hydralic motors :p

Shhhhh! I know a secret. Enough said.

Funny, I was watching this exact video yesterday and was scheming how I could make one lol.

I have no use for one sadly if I cant use it year round I dont need it

@ Doc....

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Moose wrote:

I have no use for one sadly if I cant use it year round I dont need it

You certainly COULD use it all year!

maybe but wouldnt wanna trash it lol we dont have muskag down here like you guys do

Geez....


Ya, we are working on it. Well, not so much working, but scheming. At the moment, trying to find the perfect set of drums for the augers, need to be big enough for flotation.

Moose wrote:

maybe but wouldnt wanna trash it lol we dont have muskag down here like you guys do

Muskag? Is that a beer? LOL

Naw- I just think that if the screws are stout enough, and you have sufficient torque, you could drive it on nearly anything, except pavement.

heh well we got a lot of rocks and pavement here :p some woods but not enough to make me want one though I think I could build one and sell it lol curious if itd work on water with longer pontoons and maybe a thicker screw thing

I'm sure it would work best on snow and water, but they did test it in a hay field and it went fine. I would worry about ruining an auger when driving on harder more abrasive material. So seems like the rule is the less abrasive and more fluid the material is, the better it will work.

Too bad those 35 gallon drums have those ridges on them... Small pontoons from a pontoon boat might work. Aluminum is probably the material of choice since weight is a huge factor in floataion.

I wicked want one!

that thing is gnarly

T-Dub13 wrote:

I'm sure it would work best on snow and water, but they did test it in a hay field and it went fine.  I would worry about ruining an auger when driving on harder more abrasive material.  So seems like the rule is the less abrasive and more fluid the material is, the better it will work.

Too bad those 35 gallon drums have those ridges on them...  Small pontoons from a pontoon boat might work.  Aluminum is probably the material of choice since weight is a huge factor in floataion.  

I wicked want one!

I bet theyd work and I kinda think weight might help a little give it a bit better downforce and keep it from being top heavy think the russians made tanks like this called zils

Something interesting I found:

That is quite interesting

I'm starting to think I'd fabricate the augers from large diameter PVC plastic water main.  Plastic weld it all up and done! + Basically indestructable forever. (just don't pour gas on it haha)

That would be a good choice. you could even spiral cut a piece to make the ribs

i dunno it would be kind of difficult to get a sturdy sprocket on there. plastic welding is strong, but i don't know about all that. plus, I dont even know if you can plastic weld pvc, i'd have to look in the book at school, (we plastic weld all the time in autobody)

Polyethylene would be a better choice, I just haven't found a source for large tube PE yet. It wouldn't be subject to solvents and would have a lower friction coefficient. (PE is slippery). OTOH, you can solvent bond PVC instead of welding it if that's all that is available.

I'd try to source some HDPE though. Easiest to weld too. Weld a thick plate on the back and use lag bolts for the sprocket. Weld a donut on for a bearing carrier on each end...

You could run an open differential with left and right brake for steering....   

the idea and build is actually pretty straightforward. I'd make metal end caps that bolted to replaceable drums.
The ends would have the bearing carriers and sprockets

That might be a biach to seal though. I would weld the plastic so it would be air tight... no leaky, no sinky    

Because you know I wouldn't be able to leave it parked over the summer!    

I'd just put a bead of RTV when I replaced the barrels

I think 55 or 35 gallo steel drums would be better

how thick is the pipe??