Anyone else off road in Jeeps or Trucks?

[lilduke]

Also, you use a relay so the full current of the circuit isnt going through your switch. They are pretty simple to wire.

 

[RXN]

Also, you use a relay so the full current of the circuit isnt going through your switch. They are pretty simple to wire.

I'll have to look in to that. Electrical is voodoo magic to me

 

[Lem Lamb]

A friend of ours got a National planetary cv truck for ripping around in...
Alot like this but he did a baja race truck box on the back...

They added a 12" life kit so the tall military heavy off road tires fit... The planetary diffs are a must...

There are 3 versions too choose from...

Slow speed off off road...

Mid gear for military slab and off road...

Heavy planetary slab for the long haul... vvv
There rated for xxx speeds all day and all night...

The trick is too either add a double double or a 1 and a 1/2...

Do a double drop box ahead of the t case for bull bull low...

Never touch the throttle in bull low or the drive shaft or diffs will explode...

Feather clutch at all times and never reverse the gears backwards with 66 or 127.000 lbs,,, diffs dont do well in reverse mode...

10 tons in reverse mode is asking alot from diffs,,, always forward with clutch slippage...

Good times for sure...

If you get into too deep We have a way too get you out... lol

You should see a husky 8,,, there totally awesome

 

[lilduke]

My mechanic has planetary's on his mud truck. Be over kill and very heavy for a street legal jeep though.

 

[Lem Lamb]

They allow the military off road tires for road use so long as there dot approved...

My friends truck scaled in at 6000 ish lbs up front ,,, 6000 ish rear...

Its street legal all around the world,,, 2 1/2 ton rating...

He has a set of skidder tire chains if he needs them,,, they added a full skid plate on the undercarriage so they can drive threw cut blocks... lol...

Slow and steady ...

 

[lilduke]

They allow the military off road tires for road use so long as there dot approved...

My friends truck scaled in at 6000 ish lbs up front ,,, 6000 ish rear...

Its street legal all around the world,,, 2 1/2 ton rating...

He has a set of skidder tire chains if he needs them,,, they added a full skid plate on the undercarriage so they can drive threw cut blocks... lol...

Slow and steady ...

For sure, they give you a ton of gear reduction. Another friend has Unimog diffs on a Toyota. Those are cool too, cause they give you the reduction, plus they
are portals so the give you more clearance. And they aren't nearly as heavy as rockwells.

 

[Lem Lamb]

6x6 and 8x8 sows are street legal,,, they get good milage even though there 40.000 lbs...

4.5 or 9 mpg if your tapping it kool on the throttle,,, we think of them as extra large jeeps...

It's nice go in too retrieve push cats and track hoes quagmire in swamps...

40 + ton jeep with a few winches too fetch and retrieve... lol

Snagging 480.000 lbs up side down in a river requires time...

The old service rig was standing stright-up and down in the battle river,,, we tugged it out whole...

$9 million dollars of junk by the time it got loaded out...

And the driver survived,,, lucky indeed

 

[lilduke]

It would be a fun job driving one of those big monster flat beds for sure. Be my dream job

 

[Lem Lamb]

A husky 8 will go alot further then my Onha

$12 k of pure glory,,, go light-weigth and go with the all season or snow tracks...

I hit lots of areas threw-out Western Canada with beast...

Chatter creek,,, revy,,, golden,,, shoeswap,,, Ferrnie and all over Alberta...

They won't go where sleds go,,, but they will tractor cut-lines all day long...

The trick is pinning it...

They rock the foot hills

There are places where they don't work...
My jeep filled in on those areas...

Lol

 

[RXN]

I have a buddy from Manitoba that wants to tag along on a wheeling trip. so he's flying in on the 8th of November. we'll hit Brule on the 9th. then Ruby on the 10th.

Brule, let's aim to meet at the Petro Can in Hinton (next to the fas gas) for 10am. Nov 9th.

for Ruby, let's aim to meet at the Chevron, next to the Tim's (East end of town). for 7am. Nov 10th.

If anyone is interested in joining feel free

 

[RXN]

She was a little slick.

 

[RXN]

Brule run, Nov 9th. 2024


And our Ruby run, Nov 10, 2024


Ruby was icy
Not a fan of the Nitto Ridge Gapplers M/Ts on ice. Aired down to 10psi. I still struggled.