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Offline Rob52240

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? for US military personell
« on: January 24, 2012, 12:54:23 PM »
Do the military Hummers have locking differentials?  This driver of a civillian H1 wishes he had them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y2lb64xY-w&feature=related
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Re: ? for US military personell
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2012, 01:06:23 PM »
Typical Hummer.

I got electric lockers in the Jeep btw.

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Re: ? for US military personell
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2012, 07:23:55 PM »
I have TSL's. Lockers seem redundant with them. Plus it keeps my d35 happier.....

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Re: ? for US military personell
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2012, 09:35:08 PM »
Pre '99 they have torque biasing LSDs, with which one could use brake throttle modulation when one wheel was in the air to brake it and send power to the other side.  The '99+ models used electronic traction control, where if you just hold constant RPM (instead of rocking like in the video) the computer will eventually get power to the wheel with traction.

Either way, driver in the video is and idiot, it is a case of driver failure, not equipment failure.  If he knew how to drive that Hummer, he could get off that easily.

The AMG Hummers are some of the most impressive stock off road machines I've ever seen, with their heavy weight and wide wheelbase they don't loose traction often, and when they do there are ways to get power to the other wheels (see above).  Their only major drawbacks is their width and turn radius keeps them off many trails.  Oh and of course the price $$$



P.S.  I'm not military, just a fan of the AMG product, the military ones may be different then the civilian ones.
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Re: ? for US military personell
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2012, 10:30:55 PM »
Typical Hummer.

I got electric lockers in the Jeep btw.

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Like I said, that video is not "typical Hummer" that is a driver that doesn't have a clue how to drive one.  All he needs to do is a little left foot braking and he'd roll right off that poor Taurus.

This->   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtsca9i4yHI  Is more typical Hummer with folks who actually know how to drive one.   There is a reason why several different tour/safari companies out of Moab  (not to mention the military) all run AMG Hummers, they can seat 7 and still do every trail in the area.
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Re: ? for US military personell
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2012, 10:49:28 PM »
20's.............. :rofl
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