Abstract: A vehicle frame is provided including opposite side and opposite ends and front and rear pairs of opposite side wheel assemblies are independently sprung from opposite end portions of the frame and each wheel assembly includes a journaled dirigible wheel. The frame includes a prime mover drivingly coupled to a trans-axle mounted on a midportion of the frame including a pair of oppositely, transversely, outwardly projecting output shaft portions and opposite side midportions of the frame include gear boxes having input shafts to which the corresponding output shaft portions are drivingly connected. The gear boxes each include front and rear outwardly extending output shafts and each wheel assembly includes a gear assembly including meshed input and output gears. The output shafts are drivingly connected to the corresponding input gears and the output gears are drivingly connected to the corresponding wheels.