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MASSIVE TYPE IV wrote:
I also didn't like their cheesy way of diff locking where you have to rest your foot on the brake to lock up the diffs..
I prefer the Pinz manual method of diff locking over this method.
The general public is getting more lazy (and dumb) so more and more things are being automated.
BTW my dad's truck (03 Chevy Express 2500) has no problems with the differential, the few times it got stuck as long as you were on the gas both tyres spun.
BergRace wrote:
Take a look here: http://www.zztosh.de/volvo.html
We had these in the Norwegian Army allong with Mercedes G and Landrovers.
It would drive in circles around them in the snow, and that is without diff brakes! A truly amazing vehicle, I have never tried a Pinzgauer, but I suspect they are similar.
J.
Funny you call 'em "Lapplander", as we Swedes call 'em "Puppets".
It's an amazing truck. It doesn't run fast, but you can run it anywhere. Unfortenately they are getting rare nowadays, even here.
Lapplander is what Germans call them, we call them "Valp" the same as you do in Sweden.
The original military H1 was actually a well made vehicle. It was made by FMC. The suspension, chassis, engine....and every single other part....is not related at all to the H2 and H3. Those are as mentioned...simply chevy suburban chassis's. Ray
Ray........FMC? Not AM General?? Did AM General buy up FMC or the Hummer contract?
BTW, the last few years I was in the Marnies a "next generation military H1" appeared and a few previously overlooked details were fixed, including a "Park" and OD for the trans, and more POWER!!!
So you think your project is taking forever eh? Well you've got nothing on me.....
This was the finest military 4X4 ever. http://www.austinchamp.com/
Rolls Royce engine ( not A/C unfortunatly) and all independent wishbone suspension .
It would run rings around Jeeps and LandRovers but it was abandoned because it was too expensive and probably too complex causing maintenance issues.
I'm with Ray. The original(real) HMWVE was a good machine.
I worked on them in the Army and I thought they were nice and had some cool features, although they're not idiot proof.
I once saw a driver's side front wheel pushed through into the drivers pedal area by a scout hauling ass through a high field. He hit a big rut that was obscured by the high weeds. The story was that he was going around 40 mph. That went straight to depot.
They also had some starting issues in cold climates, possibly due to the same dumb scouts not letting the plugs cycle.
I hate the way these H2 and H3 things look, I'd love to have an original Hummer.
Ungodly torque and very cool.
"Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend’s success."
The suspension on the original hummer was heavy and very simple. In the original specs....which for once they adhered to....it needed to be a simple vehicle with high ground clearance and the speed to keep up with mechanized forces over most terrain (Bradleys and M-1's).
The diesel engine is decent......and they did a pretty good job of shielding most forms of radio frequency from the engine and electronics.
They did not over weight or over clutter the design for what it was intended to be...which was (a) a replacemnet for the jeep and (b) a potential light weapons carrier (c) usable for a line of sight communications carrier system.
The vulnerabilities the vehcile has in Iraq...are mainly because its being used in for roles it really was not intended for.
Many people have a habit of looking at military vehicles painted "green" and assuming that since they are military they must be armoured war machines. Its not what it was intended to be.
I have ridden in a couple and crawled around them. They are not too bad.
FMC...made the chassis. AM General may have made the running gear. Not sure. Ray
The only problem I have with the H! is the size and the lack of visability...
I'd love to take my dads old '49 willys and make it fully independant with G wagen parts and locking diffs.. Leave the old flathead 4 cylinder and plow through anything... I have had that willys in places that amazed me and it still chugged along just fine- the best part is that its as simple as a VW!
If anybody wants to build their own AIRCOOLED off-roader they could do worse than have a look at one of these http://www.difflock.com/diffmag/issue10 ... ndex.shtml
No commercial success but apparently excellent on the rough going.
