Military Vehicles, March 1997,: Re: Hummer in thick woods?
Re: Hummer in thick woods?
Front Line Military Vehicles (flmv@netrax.net)
Sun, 16 Mar 1997 14:03:17 -0500
Peste666@aol.com wrote:
>
> >In terms of impact on the forest, there's no difference between having a
> seven foot wide
> >road and an eight foot wide road. I have no guilt about widening a road to
> the USFS >eight foot standard in order to fit my truck, unless I think that
> it will spoil the trail for
> >other users.If no road is cut through the forest, then neither your Mutt nor
> my Hummer >are going anywhere therein.
> >Not saying that I'm ever going to accept a race through the Maine woods
> against one >of you short-wheelbase pilots....
> Ben
>
> 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
--
JUST A THOUGHT FOR YOU GUYS---
ONE OF THE MAIN REQUIREMENTS OF THE HUMV IS TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW A M1 OR
M60 TANK THROUGH THE WOODS. THIS WAS ONE OF MANY SPECS THE MILITARY
REQUIERED. THAT IS WHY THE VEHICLE HAS HIGH GROUND CLEARANCE AND A WIDE
TRACK. IT WAS NEVER MENT TO MAKE IT'S OWN WAY THROUGH THE WOODS.
JEFF HAIN-MATSON
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