By Dennis Slodysko on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I post this question somewhere else.
Back in the 60's one of the mechanics mag. did a 6 wheeler project, the pic was on the front cover. they used plywood with steel frame and used the cone drive tranny from a Dixon Zero-Turn mower. Does anyone know the year and month or better have the mag.
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Dennis

By liflod (Liflod) on Unrecorded Date: Edit

I'd love to see that article. I have a spare Dixon out back and I would love to put that into an AATV experiment. It would have to be geared down quite a bit for the Dixon cone drive to power it.

By Kevin Percy on Unrecorded Date: Edit

The January 1970 issue of Mechanix Illustrated has plans for what looks like a plywood 6x6. There is a copy of it on E-Bay at the moment. The picture on the cover is not of the 6x6 so this might not be the one Dennis is referring to. I think I have a copy of this issue in my collection, I can check out what kind for tranny set-up they use in it and let you know.

By kush on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Kevin,

How about scanning thos eplans and posting them for the rest of us?

By Kevin Percy on Unrecorded Date: Edit

The machine in the Jan 1970 issue is pretty simple. It is a 6x6 but it doesen't say anywhere that it is amphibious. The transmission they use they refer to as a TAT (Transaxle Automatic Transmission) and it looks like it might be what is in the "zero turn" lawn mowers. The motor (8 hp) is coupled directly to the TAT (no clutch) You set the throttle on the engine and use two levers to go forward, turn and reverse. The plans call for a new unit, and don't list what else they are used in. The construction of the 6x6 is fairly simple, there is a tube frame with a plywood body. Each wheel has a sprocket on it and the chains run outside the body, so the axles are "dead". Looks to me like a fun rig, if you have a suitable transmission and aren't too worried about going in the water. If anybody can suggest where I could post the article I can give scanning it a try.

By kush on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Kevin,

There is the amphibious group on Yahoo or If they aren't too big I could make room on my site for them.

By Kevin Percy on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Kush,
I'll scan the article and drop you an e-Mail to let you know the size of the files, and we can go from there.

By kush on Unrecorded Date: Edit

Kevin,

No problem we'll see what we can do!

kush