6 Wheeled Triton

Cool, obviously to allow for the rather large tray and possibly heavier load carrying.

Wonder how it goes if just running the standard 2.5lt td ?
Normally pretty reasonable power from those, but with the extra load ?

Did you take a peek and see if they were possibly both drive axles at the back ?
Although I imagine it's just the front axle driven, and the other is purely load sharing.

Doug,
There is a company south west of Sydney that does the 6 wheel conversion and also chassis lengthening.
They were doing a 6 wheel job on a BT50 when I was there with a Ranger with overhang problems.
Ian

Yeh I know it can be done...a mate has just had his bt50 done....

BUT...for gods sake WHY.

you would be much better off with a proper truck......need a truck buy a truck.

Buying a truck would be cheaper you will get decent payload and towing capacity...and you don't end up with some sort of franken ute that does not drive all the wheels and has a number of problems as a result....AND pretty modest increase in payload.

cheers

Nah, I reckon it is in White.

I can;t see how the chassis is made or can really take alteration to make six wheels.

You would want any significant weight above the axles and not anywhere near the rear of the tray.
The chassis would have to be plated up to the front to take the forces. It would then be quite rigid and the normal flex reduced.
Not sure how an engineering crowd can organize the dynamic performance which is usually done in/during a factory test regime.

All OK on flat country I suppose.

Lunch at Dan Murphy's, Doug?

Great way to increase GVM but it does not increase GCM.

We dragged a 6 wheel cruiser ute out of palm valley. The owner had it made to take a slide on camper so they could leave the camper and do day trips. The problem was the thing would dry bog crossing a kerb due to the load sharing axle holding the drive wheels off the ground. Lockers fore and aft would be a bare minimum necessity just to go shopping I'd think.

Not really had any problems with mine. It was a serious concern that the driving axles would be suspended by the lazy axle and cause bogging but a couple of beach trips have dispelled that. There are options such as diff lockers as mentioned above or increasing the driving axle traction by dropping the air bag pressure on the lazy. So far have not needed to do either.

I am sure there limitations but a couple of ugly creek crossings without the van went well. My overall assessment is that if you want to carry more gear legally then this is not a bad option.

Kind regards

There are a few ,would not say lots , of 6 wheel conversions out our way , mainly 100 series converted to utes and 79 series utes and the odd dual cab 79 series , not exactly cheap but then resale is high $$$ as well , looked at one recently , last of the 100 series turbo diesel Auto box 6 wheel 2 pallet long steel tray ,under tray tool boxes etc , 180,000 km …… $65,000…..

yep great looking exercise BUT are both axles drive axles or just the front and the rear a lazy axle. As being a driver of such a vechile in the past, lazy rear axle, one can be caught out very easily in the air. Reversed the vechile over a gutter and guess what. the lazy axle suspended the drive axle in the air with not enough traction to move either forwards or backwards, how embarrassing. Yes I need help to move the vechile forward and started again with more success - lesson learnt - cost me a slab with the boys after work with a joke or too. garry

About losing traction on gutters , when I was driving for Newman Transport in a International T2670 Bogie drive I had little problems when entering the gate of Retracom in the Industrial area near Browns Plains when the trailer was empty , after getting caught a couple times I always remembered to engage the Power Divider that locks the 2 diffs as I approached the driveway. When I say got caught does not mean trouble, all that was needed was to engage the Power Divider and drive forward again.

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Here is another one up the GRR. See a few Tritons like this. Had no trouble on the rough roads.

I've had several 6 wheelers & have posted many trips over the 18 years of owning them & have travelled all over oz
Some are crap but a well designed one is great so some things to consider
A 6 x4 that has a 60/40 load share 60% on the drive wheels & 40% on the trailing axle work well on all terrain
A 6x4 that loads on what ever axle is crap & will hang you up
Most 6x6 have a bad habit of pushing in a straight line & can be challenging
Most 6x6 do not have much travel which can be an issue & some end up giving you less traction in uneven ground than a 6 x4 due to the limited travel
Some 6x6 still have problems with bind up which is expensive & normally happens a the worst possible time
The one in the picture looks like a Briggs 6x4 from Dalby one of the best 6x4 conversions & if it is,it will come with a 2nd manufactures plate & meets all states regs Not a blue plate or engineering certificate