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Arctic Trucks 6x6 Hilux
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Overland Hadley
on a journey
6x6 =
Overland Hadley
on a journey
Great, now you got me looking at the Arctic Trucks website again.
And they now offer self drive tours! Ahhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrgggggggg.
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And they now offer self drive tours! Ahhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrgggggggg.
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skysix
Adventurer
Dreamin...
And the cost would be....
Seriously though - a 10' bed would be just right for a custom flatbed Alcan camper (the later version as opposed to the heavier wooden model Alaskan) sized (widthwise) and a new 16" AT405 style tire in 44"x 18.5" and incorporate an Atlas (or equivalent) transfer case for extra-low range selections so you had highway, off-road and crawl ranges. Just make the winch less of an approach angle problem or better yet replace with a hydraulic MileMarker/Foers Vector type midframe mounted winch to pull either direction (1:1 forward, 2:1 rearwards) and traverse sideslopes in 'cablecar' mode like the IBEX does.
Winch Patent
Ibex website - see page 5
And the cost would be....
Seriously though - a 10' bed would be just right for a custom flatbed Alcan camper (the later version as opposed to the heavier wooden model Alaskan) sized (widthwise) and a new 16" AT405 style tire in 44"x 18.5" and incorporate an Atlas (or equivalent) transfer case for extra-low range selections so you had highway, off-road and crawl ranges. Just make the winch less of an approach angle problem or better yet replace with a hydraulic MileMarker/Foers Vector type midframe mounted winch to pull either direction (1:1 forward, 2:1 rearwards) and traverse sideslopes in 'cablecar' mode like the IBEX does.
Winch Patent
Ibex website - see page 5
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amocaT
Adventurer
I'm curious too
Hotlinking the pic from the Arctic Truck site? Or the same for the patent. Interesting idea on the patent though, I've wondered how to sink the winch in the rear passenger footwell for COG reasons and have the ability to pull in both directions.
Overland Hadley
on a journey
I am guessing that it was because the person posting this thread was from Arctic Trucks and was new to the forum.
I think the mods just wanted to make sure it was not advertising.
I am not a mod, so this is just a guess.
I think the mods just wanted to make sure it was not advertising.
I am not a mod, so this is just a guess.
My username could have easily mistakenly identified as 'Arctic Trucks' and given it was my first post, the mods suspected something 'fishy'. The AT Europe username actually refers to the fact that we are Adventure Trailers European distributors. We are in no way connected to Arctic Trucks other than fans of their work.
Here's some more pics from a trip I did with them last summer over the neighbouring glacier that brought the sky's over the Europe to a standstill.
More pics here
During this visit the 6x6 was in the workshop undergoing development. They told us that the truck had been developed in response to requests from "a military user"....
Kev B
Here's some more pics from a trip I did with them last summer over the neighbouring glacier that brought the sky's over the Europe to a standstill.
More pics here
During this visit the 6x6 was in the workshop undergoing development. They told us that the truck had been developed in response to requests from "a military user"....
Kev B
Harald Hansen
Explorer
This was observed with a sensor mast in Norway. Thread (in Norwegian but with pics) here.