From: Adam Suess (ajsuess@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Dec 07 2004 - 17:45:22 PST
I'm no HMMWV expert but from what I've been told by frinds that work with
them the first thing to do would be to throw out the 6.5 diesel and install
a reliable diesel. Apparently there very under powered and unreliable. I'm
also told much of the HMMWV is not strong enuff. I would guess if you start
building them the way they should be built weight becomes an issue fast. If
It were me out there I would want reliable mechanicle parts that are built
to stand up to all day every day hard use and last a minimum of 6,000
operational hrs with out needing major rebuild. Just normal maintenance
such as Belts, oil changes, ball joints or a U joint or two. Reasonable
armer was another wish they talked about.
>From: Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Civilian Built MV
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:55:27 -0500
>
>Alright guys, I've got a hypothetical for you.
>
> You're going to build a vehicle that will keep up with Military operations
>and operate in the field alongside the military but owned and operated by a
>civilian/corporation. We're talking about a HMMWV sized vehicle or similar.
>
> What configuration of vehicle would you build?
>
> What key features would you specify (electrics, tires, winch, ctis) why?
>
> What separations would you make from standard military vehicles since
>cost isn't as much of an issue for several hundred thousand units, you're
>building a handful at most.
>
> What other issues do you see arising?
>
>
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> Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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