6x6 Willys/kubota/mahindra

OK, I'll admit.. I love it..

 

I seen one them on Combat! once...the Germans were driving it!

 

That is cool! What a great project. I like the engineering.

Dave

 

It would be really cool if those tandem axles all had dual wheels.

 

Maybe I missed it, but how did you mate the Kubota to the T98?

 

@4:00 he says something like Greg overland diesel.

https://overlanddiesel.com/wp/conversion-kits/

 

Thanks.

 

Pretty awesome. The T case sounds interesting but a nightmare. Id take the easy route and put a second divorced T case off the pto. Would be great for hauling wood. A guy on fb built this one but I think the rear axle isnt powered.

 

Formerly a different color and called Trac Too. Ed Holbrook (Holbrook Specialties and Long leaf spring conversion) built this out of a DJ-6 for elk hunting. True 6x6. Buick 300, TH-400, transfer case was a combination of 20 and 18 pieces for dual rear outputs, 2.46-1 low range. Offset middle axle and centered rear axle. All 3 axles were Dana 44’s. Last incarnation was a sort of walking beam rear suspension but the walking beams were custom single leaf springs. Powerlocks in all 3 axles.
Brake system was set up with two brake pedals and hand valves that could be manipulated for normal single pedal brakes or for the rear axles to act as a skid steer when the rear rubber tracks were installed. Was featured in some magazines at the time.

The Kubota looks like a real cool conversion.

 

Perhaps just a side note, but Willys did build some of these in several different versions, circa 1942. The last issue of the Dispatcher has a good article on them. I found it interesting that some attributes on those were incorporated into the later CJ 2/2A's, including the 2.43:1 D18 gear set. There was apparently also a 2.27:1 D18 gear set used in at least one version. Good luck finding any parts for that---------------------------