OUT AND ABOUT WITH MY HMMWV

[Mogman]

I went down to port A again this morning and pigged out at my favorite breakfast spot where I realized I had forgotten to take my meds, the "emergency" meds could not be found so I headed onto the beach spent a short time there.

The sand was dry and blowing and it was too windy to deploy the flags (those little 4' fiberglass poles have there limits) and I was starting to feel not as good as I would like to so I decided to head home.

I get on the ferry and the guy in the truck next to me asked if I was with the group of Humvees, I said no and he said must be a dozen of them together, they were by his description a little farther down the beach than I had gone, I got off the ferry and drove the 7 miles to Aransas then decided feeling good or not I did not want to miss the opportunity to mingle with some like minded folks so I turned around and headed back to the ferry.

SOO, I get back on the ferry after a modest wait and the deck hand came over and asked if I was with that big group of Humvees, she went on and said there must have been 10 or more that had crossed to the mainland about a half hour before, she saw them on another boat.

SOO after waiting on a large stack of barges to pass I ended up on the island again, did a loop got back on the ferry and after waiting on a large tanker that was in NO hurry to get out of the channel I was once again on the mainland heading home thinking that is they must have been just in front of me on my first trip to the mainland and if they had headed north on HWY 181 I had about 50 miles to catch up to them, (smoking the occasional stock Humvee is fun but blowing away an entire serial would be a blast!) but no I wasting that opportunity.

The moral of the story is even a bad day on the beach is still a GOOD day!!

 

[GTUnit]

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@GTUnit ,

There are a hundred variables on how far you can push that HMMWV before "it won't go". My personal opinion is that the driver will make a big difference in where it will go before she bogs down and sits there... Driving gently rather than slapping the throttle when it slides a little can stop you in your tracks an bury the truck to the axles.

Then there are things like tires. What you have... Is it dirt rated, street rated, mud and snow rated? That makes a big difference. How much pressure is in those tires matters a lot too. Ten or twelve pounds of air "fattens" the track of the tires even in sand - that makes a big difference. Back to the operator: The one who stops at the first spin, gets out and lowers the tire pressure might drive out. The hot rod operator who slams the peddle to the floor might just sit there and spin...

Lockers would help too of course, but that still requires a brain behind the steering wheel. No insults to anyone's intelligence, but that does make a difference.

Im a big fan of insults when deserved. You said you can take the Jeeps way further out. Do you think the Hmmwv can do the same with lockers or is there something else that would put it behind the jeep?

 

[Mullaney]

Im a big fan of insults when deserved. You said you can take the Jeeps way further out. Do you think the Hmmwv can do the same with lockers or is there something else that would put it behind the jeep?

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No Sir! I didn't claim that jeeps are better or went further out.
Chances are that both vehicles with lockers would handle snow much better.

It was @Hammer who made that jeep comment.
He may have details that he can share to prove that point.
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[Hammer]

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No Sir! I didn't claim that jeeps are better or went further out.
Chances are that both vehicles with lockers would handle snow much better.

It was @Hammer who made that jeep comment.
He may have details that he can share to prove that point.
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I agree with what @Mullaney said in his post.
My comment on lockers is pretty specific it certain situations.
The diff setups in the hmmwvs works VERY well about 90% of the time.
But if you HAVE to apply the brakes while trying to keep traction, you are limiting yourself in some situations (think about climbing a steep hill with a lot of loose material like sand.) And you NEED wheel speed. Pretty hard to maintain when you have your foot on the brake and throttle at the same time. But very easy to maintain when you have full lockers.

Btw, my comparison wasn't really meant to be a Jeep vs hmmwv thing, it was a full locker vs using BTM in certain situations.
I stated the Jeep went further, but I was directly comparing MY Jeep with MY hmmwv. So, same driver, same location, almost identical conditions, etc.
The snow issue was mainly observed when pushing through deep snow and hitting spots of ice a little deeper where it froze before getting more snow on top.
You cannot see it, and you don't know it's there until you hit it. So you can't really be prepared. With full lockers, you feel a little slip, adjust the throttle and keep moving. If you have to touch your brakes, you will just create perfect little icy spots where you sit and spin (ask me how I know...) If you try and throttle out, you usually have the same result, but have better chances of making it a little further and get off the icy spot.
The lockers in the jeep made it feel effortless. Still have to be prepared, but still much easier.
Again, my observations.
It is also why I really with I could put an Ox-Locker in my hmmwv without changing the gearing. They only support down to a 3.08 gear set. And I am not sure I want to give up the ability to cruise comfortably on the interstate. And yes, 3.08 will cruise well, but I like to keep the rpm lower when going faster.

 

[Hammer]

How far can you push a HMMWV before you get it stuck?

Depends on what you consider stuck.
Either way, pretty far.
But if you don't mind some effort (think using a shovel, tires chains, winch, etc.) you can go pretty darn far.
I normally like to limit myself to the shovel. And not to plan on using it, but to have it to get you out.
Snow, typically anyways, is easy to get out of, IF you stop in time! A little shovel work and your moving again.

One other things about the hmmwv, I don't normally run as low of a tire pressure because of the run flats. I can still air them down a ways, but if I ran the basic bead lock version instead of the full run flat, I would air down further, which helps in the really deep snow.

 

[M1165A1]

Just a HMMWV and a HMMWV's best friend at 10,000 feet on the way up further.

 

[Mogman]

The wife just rolled her eyes when I said I needed to go to Beeville and get a haircut, she said "that's the 3rd or 4th time in the last week you had to go somewhere to do something!!", she also commented "I suppose it will be around lunch time"
I think she is catching on!
Turned 8K on the Duramax conversion today.

 

[Mogman]

I took the Detroit out for a little spin this morning, dang thing developed a hard pull to the right, so I thought it would be wise to let it cool off a little right here.

 

[Mogman]

I was driving through the big city of Skidmore on my way home today in the DuraVee, when I passed a highly accessorized Jeep, he must have seen my "Humvee, like a Jeep but for men" bumper sticker and his fangs came out.
I kept him "trapped" behind me (about a foot or so behind me, I could see his fangs dug into his dashboard) until we cleared town and the road ahead was clear (I may be completely crazy but I am never going to drag race anyone in town)
Then I let him get the jump on me, I would have liked to have seen the look on his face when that clumsy lumbering HMMWV blew his doors off!
Now I have to go out and inspect the boots on my half shafts, fun like this can get expensive!

 

[Mogman]

Nice day on the beach, if you ever get to Port A TX stop in and grab some grub at the San Juan, 4 eggs, 4 pancakes, three slices of bacon, 2 slices of toast and a large tea, $10...
Nice and sloppy just like I like (what the toast is for!)

 

[Hammer]

Picked up my new to me slantback with turret!
As you can tell, it BARELY fits in the back of the pickup version of my M1123. The roof is upside down with the full back on top.

 

[Mogman]

Was a little damp on the beach this morning, this thing needs wipers on both sides of the windshield

 

[TOBASH]

I was reprimanded (rightfully) by Mogman for not posting here.

I was out driving yesterday with my neighborhood friend who also has been infected by the HMMWV bug. Beautiful day.

Beautiful drive. Lots of people pointing and waving and saying hello.

I had the “sunroof” open for some terrific ventilation.

 

[Mogman]

I am SORRY!!, it was just a comment not a reprimand

 

[TOBASH]

I am SORRY!!, it was just a comment not a reprimand

Dude! It’s all good! I can bust chops too. Don’t be sorry. It’s all in good fun and amoungst friends.

 

[OBX]

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Picked up my new to me slantback with turret!
As you can tell, it BARELY fits in the back of the pickup version of my M1123. The roof is upside down with the full back on top.
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Your’s is a great workspace! Best of luck with the reconfiguration. Please report progress updates supported with pictures.

 

[AAVP7]

We had a little MV meeting in the woods close to the Ruhr area in Germany this weekend.

A bunch of Humvees attended, some really nice MUTTs, CUCvs, K30s, and two Dutch DAFs, one of them driven by a friend from the Netherlands:

I took my M997 ambulance, and was pretty glad I could have the A/C running on the way, as the temperatures were in the 90s to 100s F (or up to 35°C for us metrics).
Thanks again to Stefan for organising the meet !

 

[HoveringHMMWV]

Grillin’ out in front of the HMMWV. Probably should've posted this in Front End Friday.

 

[lpcoating]

Took the Humvee and 151 to Tioga Old Home Day parade yesterday. Small town (not even a traffic light) event. Car show was before parade. The motorcycle in the trailer is my father in law's 1919 Harley Davidson. He's probably put over a thousand miles on it this year! Even did the "Tail of the Dragon " 318 curves in 11 miles! Anyway, we loaded it in the 416 for the parade.

 

[OBX]

Out and about on the Outer Banks, NC. Noticed this welcome sign at a local eatery. Sorry, couldn’t get my Humvee in the photo.