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Horray!!!
I read it in full back in the day I won't be baited again I am still sorting out my air operated transfercase clutches I think they are worn. because it does not fully lock up.
What exactly are the stupid places? This truck is inadequately outfitted and now that I have 1/3 of ARB Air-Lockers in my grubby hands the truck is getting better by the minute.I had a mog (for a short time)with a factory mounted central winch that fed out the front, tougher n **** that winch was though i never used it. A german guy made a cd on how to drive mogs and I had the orange one that was in that movie. that machine had central and diff lockers as well. why screw around makin a truck when you can just get one that works. That mog would drift like a sports car and move like the wind. But woa to you if you get that thing buried. More super fly stuff you got on the truck, the harder its gonna get buried and then u'r f&*%^$D!!!
I just got in from a nice relaxing cruise with the M35A3 around the patch and a short medium rpm jaunt up the road. I would say the modification I would make to the M35 is acid dip every component and lighten it up so I could carry more cargo such as hiking boots and Mre's for the long hike. keep the soft top so you can bail out of quick sand. oh and have one of those james bond batman cross bows with a cable and a power winch so you can anchor in a tree and swing out before every thing disappears into the quick sand.
I am drawn to this thread with the same fascination that I have with A$$ boyles that need poppin. I want to ignore them but they just keep popping up when i'm havin a nice time, just about completely forgotin about them and here they invade my thoughts again!
I think a bone stock M35 multifuel or the newer 3116 cat would have a good chance of making it. It's not the truck, it's the operator, if you go in stupid places, you are going to have stupid consequences.
All of those years of fancy skoolin' didn't teach you poop.
Bjorn-- Chains are great. I plan on get enough for my truck's 3 axles. However, chains won't provide any traction for you when you have tires in the air. Did you watch the video of the Tatra trucks with axles in the air and moving up the hills still or being stuck at unholy angles and still driving out. That is what I want to do with my M35A2.
Tatra's can be insured... They are expensive because they are all class 7-8 trucks...
Everything Fails eventually. Will lockers put more stress on my axles? Yes. That is why I plan on replacing them with stronger axles and gear sets.
Agree that there are situations where lockers will help, but one has to learn to avoid those and if by accident you end up on a side slope, for example, there are other means readily available (winch or buddies with towing abilities). Uniquely, my HIAB crane has more than once helped by using it to shift the CG up hill simply by swinging it to the up-hill side to add traction to that side.
Well, you might guess that would be true, but then mud is mud, and I get my skid steer vehicles (aka Bobcat) stuck in the mud all the time. And they are even better than lockers in that I can control the amount of torque, and the direction of torque, to the wheels instantly.
