Snorkel Wars

[viter]

that is one cool pic Blair G!!! are they just playing around or is that some type of training or actual war action, if it isn't a government secret?

thanks P, here is a new thread - http://expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=37605#post37605

Bruce, great job on adopting a taco snorkel to another vehicle! hope to see your explorer in person some time soon, since I am in San Diego! maybe we could do a Big Bear run in the winter for expo members, but that will be later on when we get some snow, and it will need its own thread

 

[86cj]

This site is entertaining as well as informative what a hoot.
I kind of had the wow cool mall crawler snorkle mind set. Even though I know some of you guys need them. The guys in the videos proved the functionality for sure...

About a year or so ago there was a video around of a jeep I think, going into a big current on wide river and went for a real stupid boat ride. Wife has a real opinion about the whole river crossing thing now. She does NOT want to do the swampbuggy "sippi hole"..

But she also refuses to watch Pinks on speedvision must be a chick thing...I bet all the chickens that crossed the road were male......

 

[articulate]

Ahhhh! So this thread lives. :ylsmoke:
...and we're all still friends.

 

[Desertdude]

:iagree:

I am installing a snorkel on my M101 just as soon as I can :elkgrin:

 

[ccd8541]

Came across this on another forum:

Video

 

[cshontz]

Came across this on another forum:

Video

Okaaaay. Snorkels aren't much use if your vehicle is upside down. :smilies27

I'm not sure if I understand the pasttime of high-risk water crossings, but interesting video nevertheless. Thanks for sharing it!

 

[Ron B]

speaking of high risk water crossings...check out this fj!

http://vidsearch.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=898006844

ron b

 

[Nullifier]

Came across this on another forum:

Video

Those guys are crazy but they would have had alot less trouble if they would take of the doors. This is less surface for the water to pusha gainst and that may have been enough to prevent the capsizes.Of course taller rigs would have worked wonders too!

 

[Blair G]

Those guys are crazy but they would have had alot less trouble if they would take of the doors. This is less surface for the water to pusha gainst and that may have been enough to prevent the capsizes.Of course taller rigs would have worked wonders too!

In some of the Land Rover off road "manuals" they suggest rolling down the windows so that the current flows through your vehicle and not against it. Better make sure everything is secure inside or it will be down stream. Maybe thats why you don't see cup holders in Land Rovers.
Blair

 

[kcowyo]

Another Schmorkle Farkle video :Wow1:

Pretty impressive as even the snorkle head goes under water at one point. However, I wouldn't drive my truck through water that deep and fast for anything.

There's a real fine line between cool and stupid -

 

[njtacoma]

Trooper snorkle video

I love that video, it was the first promo video for safari snorkle I watched.

I'll pass on driving in with my truck, but hey might be fun to watch

 

[BCJC]

super cool to watch, and not to be a downer, but i wonder how many pollutants get introduced into our water systems by crossings like these? i'm certainly not an expert, but it strikes me as not great "tread lightly" practices either...not judgeing, just discussing.

 

[Nullifier]

well there is always going to be road grim but I feel reponsable wheelers won't go out with there rigs leaking fluids. I know I won't If I have a leak all trips ar eoff till I get it fixed. I'm probably in the minority though.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

super cool to watch, and not to be a downer, but i wonder how many pollutants get introduced into our water systems by crossings like these? i'm certainly not an expert, but it strikes me as not great "tread lightly" practices either...not judgeing, just discussing.

Probably not nearly as many as the ones that come out your tail-pipe

A sealed up vehicle should'nt introduce any into the water, but even if they did have some oil drips, etc it would be nothing compared to the amount of water volume.

 

[viter]

to keep the thread going

does this truck have a snorkle?

this is russian military kamaz, same company that makes kamaz trucks that have been winning dakar race for the past 6-7 years in big truck category, their civilian daily use kamaz trucks are not very reliable however, like majority of russian cars