Good survivalist / prepper vehicle

[CamoDeafie]

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Huge ATVs.

 

[The Heretic]

1978 GMC "General" class 8 truck reborn as a motor home, carrying a 1972 Airstream Ambassador with a walk-through to the cab.

Has a Cummins 400 and a 13 speed road ranger manual transmission. It has been re-geared for lighter loads and higher speeds.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Someone on here needs to pick this up, even if it's $15,000.

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Clicky to embiggen. 2002 Kawasaki diesel dirt bike, remanufactured 2009 for the USMC. Screen shots because FB doesn't let people save pictures from marketplace listings.

 

[The Heretic]

Someone on here needs to pick this up, even if it's $15,000.

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Clicky to embiggen. 2002 Kawasaki diesel dirt bike, remanufactured 2009 for the USMC. Screen shots because FB doesn't let people save pictures from marketplace listings.

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Do some research on these before buying.
They are hard to keep running and hard to get parts for (not many were made, even fewer running examples owned by the general public).
There is a guy who specializes in repairing them. Watching a vid about him and the bikes, I got the impression that he has cannibalized more non-repairable bikes than he has restored to working order.

Beyond that, they are under-powered and overweight, even more so than the gasoline version. There only reason they are diesel is because of military logistics.

 

[The Heretic]

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[CamoDeafie]

Wot in tarnation is this, a jacked up Oldsmobile with a fiberglass camper piece?

 

[gearhead]

Wot in tarnation is this, a jacked up Oldsmobile with a fiberglass camper piece?View attachment 2002264

I don't know, but that's one b1tch1n' battle wagon.

 

[CamoDeafie]

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[CamoDeafie]

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Looks fun until you get hit by rocks thrown up from wheels

 

[The Heretic]

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[CamoDeafie]

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So you're saying, if they attached tracks to the frame thingy, it'd climb better?

 

[gearhead]

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Pardon my NC public school education, but im guessing the difference in traction boils down to surface area? I can't justify the expense of the conversion here in OR, but I can see the necessity in other parts of the world. I'm assuming tracked vehicles may perform better than wheeled in sand also, I'll see if there's any evidence to support that idea.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Pardon my NC public school education, but im guessing the difference in traction boils down to surface area? I can't justify the expense of the conversion here in OR, but I can see the necessity in other parts of the world. I'm assuming tracked vehicles may perform better than wheeled in sand also, I'll see if there's any evidence to support that idea.

More surface area in contact with the ground, yes. It's why we see several farm tractors with huge tracks, and why Caterpillar equipment, even skid steers have tracks versus just wheels. Sure it's more $$$ and maintenance, but the tradeoffs seems to be very good.

On the other hand, 6x6-10x10 setups can also do similar for less money

 

[The Heretic]

So you're saying, if they attached tracks to the frame thingy, it'd climb better?

It will have better flotation. Less ground pressure. If you expect to haul any cargo/weight, then ground pressure counts.

Also, vehicles that do okay, or even well, on level ground, may completely fail when they try to climb and incline.

Then there is the issue of pulling weight - especially up a hill - as displayed in that vid.

 

[The Heretic]

More surface area in contact with the ground, yes. It's why we see several farm tractors with huge tracks, and why Caterpillar equipment, even skid steers have tracks versus just wheels. Sure it's more $$$ and maintenance, but the tradeoffs seems to be very good.

Yes - track adaptations for wheeled vehicles are expensive, the larger the vehicle the more more the track costs. And they can have problems; some do poorly climbing over obstacles because the approach angle of the track is low, and the track is not designed to climb over obstacles. Those that are not designed for that use can break, or at least throw a track, necessitating a difficult field repair.

On the other hand, 6x6-10x10 setups can also do similar for less money

Some can. It depends on the weight of the vehicle. An ATV can do ok, but a truck with that many wheels is usually very heavy.

If cost was no object, I would go for a modern Hagglund type machine.

 

[Camelfilter]

Watched "Finch" today...

 

[The Heretic]

1995 DAF Leyland T244 | NJ | RHD OBO > United States

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[CamoDeafie]

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$250K water toy. An UTV on two jet skis with custom suspension and apparently 800hp

 

[The Heretic]

 

[CamoDeafie]

Saw one of these for sale on FB Marketplace. Could be a good base for a stealth camper, maybe? Looks like a cutaway (cab entry to back space).