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RobertRyan
Nov 17, 2013Explorer
DaHose wrote:
The general specs of a real HMMWV are 16-inch ground clearance and 72 inches high. Full-time four-wheel drive, independent suspension, interchangeable hubs, inboard disk brakes, diesel V-8, 60 percent slope-climbing, 40 percent side slope and 60-inch water-fording. You can find videos on Youtube of a real HMMWV truck variant climbing over a flat 4 ft. wall and climbing its nose up and over a flat 6 ft. wall.
Now that would make the basis of a very good Off Road Vehicle, going by the specifications an Expeditionary Vehicle. Plenty of ground clearance, Independent suspension, 4WD, Diesel, great mobility.ie 60% slope climbing, water fording and very good Payload.
Price is a determinant though and there are vehicles much cheaper as capable available with much greater payloads.Still you can buy here vehicles with much better ground clearance, as I said vastly better payload and the ability to run considerable distances between refueling. By the Way you could buy refurbished Ex US Army Vehicles in Australia, but these were used mainly as "cars" or "rock crawling" not as the basis of a Motorhome.
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