6x6

[dennisuello]

Local listing :Wow1: --> http://reno.craigslist.org/rvs/552027981.html

 

[Deleted member 1276]

holy smokes. that's a machine.

 

[olympiccop2002]

That would be one very large heavy rig for sure! Drywall inside? Hopefully no leaks!

Bjorn

 

[Martinjmpr]

Uhhh....Really?

Slower than mollasses running uphill in January, noisier than a Deep Purple concert, so top heavy it would tip over on even a mild sidehill and so heavy overall it would sink up to its axles in anything other than hard packed dirt.

By the way, I didn't see anything that indicated he'd put on the power steering conversion. Trying to back or turn one of these in a tight campsite would be an experience you'd never want to go through again.

This RV will go anywhere and climb anything

Yeah, I don't think so. It will certainly go places that no full sized winnebago will go but that's about it.

My guess is that the number of people who are attracted to this vehicle would be inversely proportional to the number of people who had to drive one in the service. I drove deuces in the Army but you couldn't give me this rolling junkpile.

 

[adventureduo]

What the heck? there's more than one?

Martin, you'd be surprised.

http://www.jpmagazine.com/eventcoverage/154_0708_military_jeep_run_web_extras/index.html

 

[alaskantinbender]

WOW, now thats a rig for a long term trip........
But the fuel bill would be huge......


Regards,

Jim

 

[haven]

multi fuel

The motor is described as 465-1C Continental Multifuel Engine, capable of running on gasoline as well as diesel and jet fuel. Can someone explain how this works? Won't the compression needed for diesel cause gasoline to ignite in a catastrophic explosion (catastrophic for the engine, that is)?

Chip Haven

 

[Martinjmpr]

What the heck? there's more than one?

Martin, you'd be surprised.

http://www.jpmagazine.com/eventcoverage/154_0708_military_jeep_run_web_extras/index.html

Still looks top heavy as hell, but FWIW that is an M35A3, not an M35A2. Comparing an A2 with an A3 is like comparing a WWII Jeep to a 2008 Suburban.

The A3 has a brand new engine (turbo diesel, IIRC), automatic tranny, power steering, and a 6-wheel, high-flotation tire conversion with a very problematic, trouble-prone CTIS. They're pretty decent trucks if you can get past the air problems with the tires. But they're nowhere near the obsolete beasts that the old M35A2 was.

 

[Martinjmpr]

The military 6x6 is kind of like the Gama Goat. Seems like a great idea if you have never had any experience with them.

If you told me my next rig would have to be either an M35A2 or a Gama Goat I'd probably shoot myself.

 

[Colorado Ron]

Dont hold back, tell us how you really feel! HAHA!



:shakin:

Slower than mollasses running uphill in January, noisier than a Deep Purple concert, so top heavy it would tip over on even a mild sidehill and so heavy overall it would sink up to its axles in anything other than hard packed dirt.

By the way, I didn't see anything that indicated he'd put on the power steering conversion. Trying to back or turn one of these in a tight campsite would be an experience you'd never want to go through again.



Yeah, I don't think so. It will certainly go places that no full sized winnebago will go but that's about it.

My guess is that the number of people who are attracted to this vehicle would be inversely proportional to the number of people who had to drive one in the service. I drove deuces in the Army but you couldn't give me this rolling junkpile.

 

[kerry]

The motor is described as 465-1C Continental Multifuel Engine, capable of running on gasoline as well as diesel and jet fuel. Can someone explain how this works? Won't the compression needed for diesel cause gasoline to ignite in a catastrophic explosion (catastrophic for the engine, that is)?

Chip Haven

I asked the same question on another forum. Here's the answers I got:

http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforum/showthread.php?t=212139

 

[ntsqd]

A note on fuel oils; they are nearly all the same thing. Diesel and JP-8 are very similar excepting that diesel still has the paraffins that will gel at high altitude/cold temps where JP-8, being originally intended to be a turbine aircraft fuel, does have them removed. Jet-A and JP-8 are also similar.

When you figure that the average cost of a gallon of fuel at the front line costs around $300 the military's "one fuel" program makes a lot of sense. During Desert Storm they found that the original formulation for JP-8 didn't lubricate diesel truck engine injection pumps well enough and some pumps seized. JP-8 was re-formulated to cure this. At work we do some of our incidental testing on diesel, but the milestone tests are always done with JP-8.

 

[Christian P.]

now on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4x4-...218596783QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150218596783

watch the video....pretty funny...

 

[Gregny]

Great video

 

[ntsqd]

I note that the, um.... Mascots seem to be multiplying.