Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and modify our own tools

Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @01:18PM (#13064943)

Gordon Murray recently designed a flat pack truck for the third world: "[The Ox is] The world’s first ‘flat-pack’ truck [...] designed to provide low-cost all-terrain mobility for remote parts of Africa and the developing world" [1]

I wish they would try to disrupt the first world first instead.

[1] http://www.gordonmurraydesign.com/news-articles/the-world%E2...

Edit: And a truck like this is just the thing for transporting crops or doing farm related tasks.

This statement from 1 makes me worry, but I think it was meant to instill confidence, which is also worrisome: "It is unlike any other vehicle and has no direct competitor – whether from a concept, performance or pricing point of view."

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Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by Avshalom on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @01:50PM (#13065252)

Of course you can buy like two Nissan frontiers or like 5 pixos (retail) for the price of of one of those, and spare parts and knowledge base for those is pre existing.

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Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by pimlottc on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @03:12PM (#13065859)

Good grief, they go on about being "flat pack" and easy to put together but offer no photos of it as shipped or during the assembly process...

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Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by sandworm101 on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @03:42PM (#13066084)

Worse yet, they are playing tricks with the perspective. Look at the loading ramp. That's actually the rear gate unmounted and used as a ramp. But see how photographing it from that angle makes it look so much longer.

The entire thing is a deathtrap. A used toyota pickup is better in every regard.

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Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by pimlottc on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @10:09PM (#13068184)

Yeah, I couldn't help but think there's probably a reason no normal car or truck on the road has completely flat sides.

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Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by tgb on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:12PM (#13068433)

Don't the LLVs that the US postal service uses have flat sides? Similarly for UPS trucks and the containers that eighteen wheelers haul. Seems pretty normal to me.

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Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by tgb on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @11:08PM (#13068417)

I recall seeing a timelapse video of it being constructed, here's one http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/09/ox-flat-pack-truck/

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Re:Farm Hack: worldwide community of farmers that build and ... by toomanybeersies on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @06:16AM (#13069842)

Hmm, rear coil springs on a cargo truck. Disk brakes on all corners too.

I think Gordon Murray has spent too much time designing performance cars rather than utility vehicles.

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