are super pivots worth it.

Originally posted by Retro83



Seth is the anything special you need to design around to be able to three wheel? Im building a mazda (Street Sweeper) right now with a tri - 4 link and super pivots and was just curious

The 720 I just did was built mainly to 3-wheel. The biggest thing that will help is a chain bridge. If you look in the profile there are pictures, I used Poly Performance limiting straps. If you don't understand how it works, Google it. There is some good info, with diagrams, that explains it much better than I could.

Also, I used a Satchell-link, which is where the lower bars are triangulated, rather than the uppers. What this does is lowers the roll center by 6-10 inches depending on how you build the setup. In this case it was about 6.5" lower than a traditional setup would be. With a roll center that much lower, or makes the truck act "top heavy" and will make it easier to 3 wheel while in motion. Hope that helps.

If you do those two things you will have a 3-wheeling machine on your hands. Only way to make ti better would be to use hydraulics or air cans where you can draw the compressed fluid or air out of one cylinder to pull a wheel up. But the chain bridge helps make up for that when using air bags.