Er, I was refering to trails, not roads. The majority seem to run about 5
feet wide or thereabouts and are made primarly by snowmobiles and quads. How
would you go about widening a trail? Seems like it would be quite a tedious
project. As for high-siding a rock thats in the way, as someone else pointed
out, what about that grandpaw of a tree that laughs at any thought of going
over or pushing down (or around, because of "grandmaw")? True, there is that
handy ax strapped to the side and one could carry a chainsaw, but thats also
a bit tedious. As for going compleatly around the whole mess, many times this
works and there sometimes is a semi-trail from others doing the same, but
unfortunatly, in wet or very rocky terrain, this also may not be feasable.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not against Hummers and I am not trying to
degrade your vehicle in any way, but I do think that the military was a bit
short-sighted in replacing the 1/4 ton 4x4 with it, instead of using them in
addition. Not all wars or "police actions" will be in desert or open terrain.
I just think it's a shame that the Jeeps were phased out.
Geoff