Power Kite Forum

Opinions? should I do it?

art_lessing - 10-4-2008 at 12:41 PM

Or is this just over kill....photoshop fun

this is the current state



and I was thinking about extending the width of the back axle to six feet
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and throwing on duals....



should I?

hey Weldngod...do the dual rears on your green machine really help anything....would they lighten the load on soft sand?

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DAKITEZ - 10-4-2008 at 12:50 PM

You could always make another axel put it on and if you don't like it swap it back out. Or have both for what ever riding you wanted to do that day. I would think big foots would be easier than running duallys. I was told les schwab can get big foots for about $50 a piece.

WELDNGOD - 10-4-2008 at 01:34 PM

Hey Art, I used Twin barrows in the rear cause I load my bug w/ cooler of brew and ice ,kitebag full of gear. It's a bit of a walk through soft sand . So I use duals to disperse the weight over more area. The downside is ,Twice the weight,twice the rolling resistance,A little more wind drag. On the upside ,The day I ripped a wheel off the hub,I didn't have to drag it back on two wheels. My new bug will have bigfoot type tires on alum.rims from golf cart.

art_lessing - 12-4-2008 at 05:16 PM

from a golf cart?? what kind of golf cart......do they fit a 3/4 axle?

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WELDNGOD - 12-4-2008 at 05:42 PM

I have a pair of club car 4 bolt hubs off of a front end a buddy gave me.They have tapered roller bearings just like your car. I cut the axles off and welded them to stainless plates that I bolted to my rigid aluminum axle

BeamerBob - 14-4-2008 at 08:35 AM

That's interesting. I live about 6 miles from Clubcar's mfg. plant. I wonder if I could scavenge some parts there?:wow: