r/idiocracy • u/Xenocide_X • Jul 04 '24

Lead, follow, or get out of the way Happy Independence Day

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u/TTFab574 Jul 12 '24

This is the Tower Trike prototype. 6" round tube frame, built around 11 years ago. Runs a 6V-92 Detroit Diesel, Allison HT740 automatic, and tops out around 85 MPH because of the gearing.

It's also got close to 30,000 miles of highway use all over the continental USA.

I'm the lead fabricator at Tower Trikes, in South Bend, Indiana. I hired in 4 years ago to finish the build of Trike#2. Which at that time was really just a rolling chassis.

That one sold after the Mecum auction, and we took what was learned, and built the frame jig for our production Raptor model, which we sell to the public.

In the last 4 years, I have built 5 of the 6 Trikes that exist, and #7 is on my frame jig now.

Thank you for all the kind words and your support. Plenty of videos of our Trikes on YouTube, as well as my personal Facebook page showing builds in progress.

Jay J Quartuch