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10-04-2017, 07:20 PM
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I'm guessing that a lot of you guys making suggestions haven't ever driven a tandem axle truck, or a tractor....
Turning brakes aren't going to really make any difference. On a tandem, the center of the turn is dead between the two axles. Mounting one axle higher or lower than the other would cause a no-drive situation and may even cause the differential to lose equal drive and it just spin out. Without a walking beam type suspension, you may lose drive traction on opposite wheels and just spin out. Just like on a tandem axle truck on snow/ice/mud will. That's why anyone who drives a twin screw off road wants a power divider and differential lock. Now, the tandem hydro axles, because of how they are driven, wI'll function as a truck with the power divider kicked in, but a loss of traction on uneven terrain, or even as simple as driving into a building with a "hump" could cause spin out. *IF* you are on flat level ground, no ditches, nothing but flat yard..... as long as there isn't say, a 2"or 3" dip or hole, it may work just fine..... but I see the yard in the background of the pic, and looks like up next to the house has quite a rise to it, and the corn in the background is running downhill to the left, so how flat is it really? Using the ATV tires that you did should actually make it better, as they are low pressure and may have more flexibility for uneven terrain. Not having enough weight distribution on the steer axle would make it hard to turn also. You are quite essentially building a truck, not a tractor. Syncing the two hydro's together isn't hard at all. Been done more than once by others building articulated 4 wheel drive machines. You can use a cable, or linkage. Whichever is easier. I think it's a cool project. I'm not opposed to it at all. I just don't want to see a whole lot of time spent to find out that it has drive/traction issues. Just trying to pass on what I know to be true, and get the OP to either consider it, or apply it. Hopefully in doing so save a lot of build time. 
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