8 Wheeler

[powaylongboarder2]

i am thinking about making an 8 wheeler just for fun.. anyone have any experiences they wanna share?

[plummet]

a mate of mine made on useing the standard trucks and making a some linkages that 2 rollerblade wheels mount on ( on each side obviously).

and he used his standard deck. however he did get some wheel bite.

[skatardude10]

I put one together. They grip.

[crash]

what kind of 8-wheeler do you mean? since I was thinking of an old school Lonnie Toft style side-by-side, you now have three very different ideas for an 8 wheeler.

[EBasil]

I have an old Toft and have a suggestion if you go that route: ensure that you use wood stiff enough not to flex along the long axis of the deck when you stand in the center. Actually, part of the trick to riding these rigs is [u]not[/i] to stand in the center, but if you do and the board flexes the trucks on each side turn inward, toward one another, and can lead to either wheel scrub or really effective braking.

[CRASS]

Get somebody with a BDS 8 to trace the shape & send it to you if you want the narrowest & 'most functional' 8-shape out there.. however I have a KILLER idea thats unrelated but the topic of shapes made me think of it.. just wait till the next buildoff.

[powaylongboarder2]

i was talking about a side by side eight wheeler like the old school ones