DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
We should just roll one of these down the trail, like the Europeans do............just came into the yard for some work. 8x8 on 20r16 XZLs love it.
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Damn, that's a big'un for sure 
Wouldn't make it 10' into a trail here though, rocks and trees keep it pretty tight.
What's the wheelbase on that thing, 200"?
Wouldn't make it 10' into a trail here though, rocks and trees keep it pretty tight.
What's the wheelbase on that thing, 200"?
tyler__820
1/2 ton status
haha tree's? that thing would just run them over.....and forget about turning around on a gravel raod or any road for that mattter
Slapperbar
Retired Navy NDT Examiner
PLS... I wonder what the grunts really call'em.
four_by_ken
1/2 ton status
Damn, that's a big'un for sure
Wouldn't make it 10' into a trail here though, rocks and trees keep it pretty tight.
What's the wheelbase on that thing, 200"?
Those make their own trails.
i forget what they are called, but you can buy them. i saw one online the other day for like $80,000 or something. would be a badass tow rig thats for sure!
gt1009
1/2 ton status
It's the army's newest heavy transporter called the HEMTT. They are pretty beastly trucks if I must say so myself.
patt107
1/2 ton status
yeah thats a hemtt(spelling) a detroit 92 i beleive, its a turbo supercharged engine. yes it has a roots style seper charger and a turbo on it, they make something like 500hp but they are truned way down.
i knwo cause i work on them all the time in the army. they ar bad*ss too
pat
i knwo cause i work on them all the time in the army. they ar bad*ss too
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DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
yup its an 8v-92 2 stroke Detroit. its in for a tune up. monster of a truck 
lectric80
3/4 ton status
Wow, the generator we have here at work is twin 8v-92's, mounted in series. I can't imagine what the load must be on it if a single engine can move that thing.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
theres large outboard planetaries at every wheel. a fat hamster on a wheel could power that thing. anything over and above is gravy/
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
I totally lied to you guys sorry. they're not planetary diffs. those are just the drive flanges on the axleshafts. I looked it closer when it got into the shop. it was better than -38c that day it showed up. I'm just a sucker for big ugly stuff.
so little more info its a 1988 Oshkosh,
so little more info its a 1988 Oshkosh,
lectric80
3/4 ton status
So what you are saying is, it needs that powerhouse under the hood? Just giving you a hard time, looks like a cool setup, but way too massive to run on any trails around here.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
offroad/soft ground load capacity is 12 1/2tons. I guess theres a forestry co that uses it to run supplies into logging camps.
lectric80
3/4 ton status
I can say honestly it would be very weird driving that thing, what with hanging out so far in front of the steering wheels. I can see that it would be very useful for the intended purpose.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
no of course its not a trail runner. but its much like those Tatra turbo diesel 8x8s they do trials with in eastern europe. watch some of those trials vids on youtube. wow what those trucks can really do.
you see in the last pic I put up in the cab. thats a window inthe floor under the drivers left foot. so when you're nose up a guy can still see a little.
heres the exact same Oshkosh truck ecxept 10x10 with the rolloff bed - off
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you see in the last pic I put up in the cab. thats a window inthe floor under the drivers left foot. so when you're nose up a guy can still see a little.
heres the exact same Oshkosh truck ecxept 10x10 with the rolloff bed - off
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DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
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lectric80
3/4 ton status
I have watched a lot of those trials, and those guys are just plain nuts. They are amazing vehicles though, not many vehicles with that kind of capability.
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
for the mud guys...........
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