Will the G-wagen float....?

[Fernweh]

After distributing the loaded weight almost perfectly, the one question remains:

Will the sealed off G-wagen float?

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[UK4X4]

considering your fine german engineer installed drain plugs in the foot well's


I'd say not for long !

Mind you a couple of bilge pumps and some carefully apllied mastic may extend your sail

 

[Mamontof]

Will the sealed off G-wagen float?

[ame="http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMSoTDAz9s&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMSoTDAz9s&feature=related[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf5m2cKu0IU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf5m2cKu0IU[/ame]

 

[Ron B]

I think most any vehicle will "float" for a short period. But floating is usually bad, right? I'd want to keep the tires contacting the bottom for traction otherwise, for the short time you may be "floating", you might be pushed sideways down the river/lake/wherever by the current instead of moving forward. I think for most military vehicles the doors are opened to allow water in so it will stay on the bottom and keep moving forward.

 

[brushogger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMSoTDAz9s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf5m2cKu0IU

Gives new meaning to the term "high flotation tires"!

 

[Ron B]

My post was made on my phone so I didn't notice the motor on the spare. Nearly pee'd myself when I saw it on my laptop!

 

[otiswesty]

Maybe he should have rolled up his window?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVEj6hrEZ98"]YouTube - A submarine Gwagen gets drowned!![/ame]

 

[The Swiss]

After distributing the loaded weight almost perfectly, the one question remains:

Will the sealed off G-wagen float?

I'd say like an anchor :elkgrin:

 

[zimm]

you sure do like to hang the weight off of those hinges/bolts.

 

[ben2go]

I had a 1979 F100 with 18.5/44-15 TSL Swampers and I floated it 100 feet down a river dragging the front end all the way.It was the sickest feeling I ever had when the front dropped in and the rear floated.I tired to back out but I didn't have lockers and the current swept me down stream onto a gravel bar.

 

[K2ZJ]

Like this?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTVPPTV-bQM"]YouTube - BBC: Challenge to cross The Channel in Car Boats! - Top Gear[/ame]

or this?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBIbEMXaDBk"]YouTube - Bigfoot swimming[/ame]

 

[Eaglefreek]

Those videos remind me of when I used to live in south Florida and see on the news the different contramptions the Cubans would come up with. Some pretty good engineering. http://www.floatingcubans.com/

 

[raicar]

According to this movie the G is a sinker:

www.ggwc.at/Fahrzeuge/Heinrich.mpg

raicar

 

[4x4abc]

of course

of course the G floats.

search "Volker Lapp", he is one of the earliest Camel Trophy guys (1980 Brazil).

He developed floating devices for the G and took it even on the Yukon of all rivers!
Could not find any good pictures (was way before digital) but maybe someone has an old stash of pictures.

Also, his book on how to survive in the wild is one of the few truly helpful books for overlanders (and no its not in English). Maybe I'll create an English version for him.
book

 

[Fernweh]

My post was made on my phone so I didn't notice the motor on the spare. Nearly pee'd myself when I saw it on my laptop!

Ok, we didn't want to try out that floating feeling.

Here's the real reason for the outboard on the spare:

http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?visitid=17367