16 8x8 WHEELED ARTICULATED VEHICLES, LIGHT

Trail Truck, articulated 8x8, 1973, it was tested in Alaska. Picture from US Military Wheeled Vehicles of Fred Crismon, Crestline Publishing (Motorbook), 1983.

Giletti amphibious articulated vehicle called Leopard 8 with hydrostatic transmission. From 1978. Pict from review 'L'Automobile', June 1978.

8x8 articulated test vehicle of University of Kobe Department of Agriculture, created by Horio and Yamamoto at the end of the 80s. Hydraulics were controlled by computer. Pict from a paper entitled : 'Articulate Train Vehicle of Multi-Usage on Rough Terrain and Steep Slopes', from the 70s.

Drawings showing crossings by 8x8 articulated vehicle of University of Kobe.

Lockheed Pacstar, 1965, articulated 12x12 was 450 kg payload for an equivallent mass and used Goodyear Terra-Tires. Built by LockheedAircraft Service Company, Sunnyvale, CA, several units could be linked. 35 hp, with  together skid steering and articulation in yaw. Probably only one built. At that time diversification of aviation companies  in off-road vehicles like Terrastar or Twister was usual. Pict Lockheed Aircraft Service Co.

Sure Trek proto articulated 8x8 built by Good Year Aerospace in late 60. It will be sold by AMF : American Machine and Foundry Company, Pensylvania, largest US equipment recreational company from 1943. Today, it remains only AMF Bowling Corporation. Pict from Popular Mechanics (French Edition) of May 1970.

Sure Trek

AMF Sure Trek

AMF (American Machine and Foundry) Sure Trek was a 8x8 articulated ATV whose about 300 copies were produced in 1969-70 in York, Pensylvania. Gordon Fisher, who patented this nice vehicle in 1967, also created the Canadair Fisher CL 213 amphibious ATV in 1963-64. See chapter : Airoll.

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AMF Sure Trek

AMF Sure Trek