From: Bjorn Brandstedt (super_deuce@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Sep 30 2002 - 15:52:01 PDT
Hi,
The 6x6 was mentioned earlier in this string, so in defense of my truck,
I’ll say this:
First of all, it’s a good thing that not everybody wants an MV, I probably
wouldn’t be able to afford one.
Just because a vehicle can negotiate a trail doesn’t make that vehicle as
good as another.
That would make the motorbike the most "superior" vehicle of them all.
If a trail is made for jeep size vehicles, then anything larger is going to
have trouble. Just like a trail for motorbikes is not suitable for jeeps.
Include a 5 foot deep river crossing on the trail and see where the
civilians end up!
All MV’s were built to do certain jobs, carry equipment or cargo, not just
bring a driver and a passenger from point A to point B, but we all know
that, so what is the problem?
Moments ago, I returned with my 6x6 from a "job", for which no jeep or
hummer (H1, H2 or whatever) would ever even be considered . Drove into the
woods loaded up with logs and returned. It only took a couple of hours and a
one man job at that. The HMMWV may be able to mount the knuckle boom crane
in some configurations, but not carry additional cargo. I had to engage the
front wheel drive coming back since the road was muddy, but the truck
performed admirably.
We also have an SUV, an ’88 Isuzu Trooper with almost a quarter of a million
miles on the odometer. It’s absurd to compare the two…
The military 6x6 can do so many things and it’s a tough old bastard too. The
dents in the heavy sheet metal attest to that as they blend in with the camo
paint pattern. What’s there not to like about it?
Oh yes, the HIAB crane is military too, it came from a Navy International
Loadstar truck, but there are M35 trucks out there equipped with the crane
as Army specified, although I have only seen one in a photo, never in a
manual. I don’t know what the Army nomenclature is for that particular model
6x6. Perhaps someone (David Doyle?) can enlighten us.
Bjorn
MVPA 19212
1968 Kaiser M49A2C with HIAB crane and no tank (the 1,200 gallon tank was
sold to a local fire department).
1953 M37 (my son’s). Needs a lot of work. Was salvaged from a cattle field,
where it had spent the previous 15 years. The ’68 Kaiser was used to get it
home, (HIAB crane in "tow truck" configuration).
>From: Steve Grammont <islander@midmaine.com>
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] H2: Not so fast...
>Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:01:25 -0400
>
>Hi Howard,
>
> >What did it say in the commercials, as tested 52K? Only the Yuppies have
> >money to spend like this.
>
>Correction... only Yuppies and the DoD have money to spend like that :-)
> Sure, the DoD doesn't have the bucks of the Gipper's days, but they
>still don't appear to have a problem blowing big wads of cash on
>unnecessary stuff (can someone say Osprey and Crusader?). I can just see
>it now... our nation's finest driving off into combat in a H2 with Gucci
>luggage on the roof rack and Starbucks frapachinos in the drink cup
>holders!
>
>Kidding, of course :-)
>
>Steve
>
>
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