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There is a lot of truth in this, in so many ways. Many people also like the FEELING / LOOK of capability a lot more than they actually like real CAPABILITY... true of many of the FMTV expedition rigs out there, and most of the "pavement princess" suped-up Jeep Rubicons parked at the grocery...

Yeah, stuff like this poses interesting challenges in an LMTV. Totally different problems than the Jeeps have. You're 8' wide, on trails carved out for vehicles 6' wide (e.g. Jeeps, Tacomas). The people that talk about "picking a line with your LMTV" probably haven't tried it... you often...

As an example, here's one of the few videos I've posted online. In 15 minutes of video, I pass 6 vehicles (one of which was some kind of HMMWV offroad tourist trip!), and some bikers. My truck is just an M1078 cargo truck, not an M1079 or expedition box, but you'll see I have some issues with...

Around here in the western states, almost anywhere you take an expedition rig will be "wheeling with Jeepers", if only because the Jeepers are everywhere. If it's any kind of a trail (more than just a dirt road), there is nearly constant traffic from offoaders, UTVs, dirt bikes, mountain bikes...

If you haven't driven these offroad yet/much, they are a big change from conventional consumer vehicles (e.g. Jeep, K5 Blazer, etc.). It's a lot of pro's and con's, not just better or worse. For positives, you have 47" tires and 26" of ground clearance, so you can drive over mini-fridge sized...