Help with steering suspension and drives

[jon hirst]

 

I am endeavouring to build an 8 wheel truck chassis but I'm struggling to come up with compact combinations of steering with suspension and axel drives with suspension but at the same time keeping the track width to a minimum (I'm working on 17 studs as a maximum

I'll attach photo's, one is the concept so ignore the strange superstructure, the others are the best I can do at the moment but this is what I've managed so far:
Rigid drive axels . . so not fully independent.  Steerable independent front axels but still fighting with the short steering rack as it's too long for ease of use.
So if anyone has any ideas . . . please let me know
Many thanks

Jon

Edited November 21, 2021 by jon hirst
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