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Yeah, stuff like this poses interesting challenges in an LMTV. Totally different problems than the Jeeps have.Damn, I missed the Black Bear trail. Start at 19:00 min.Not much rock crawling, but highly technical and the line you take will determine your fate.
- 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 have no choices but to go straight up the middle.
- You're often close to the edge of the cliff, in a vehicle heavy enough to crush the ground at the edge and cause it to slide away. No room left to maneuver.
- You're 9.5'+ tall, and the sides are basically totally straight/vertical. You often find yourself up against a sheer rock wall, tree, or other obstacle leaning into the trail, that the smaller vehicles just kind of drive "under". Even worse when the trail then tilts up, or has an obstacle to go over, that wants to tip you right into the wall/tree.
- The trail can take a small "S" curve around a tree or obstacle, and the shorter wheelbase vehicles can follow the course of the "S". The LMTV is so long that the front tires are on one part of the curve, while the back tires are on the previous curve, and the body is straddling straight across the curve. This leads to many precarious scrapes up against trees and rocks.
Personaly, I prefer to be able to go to on more rugged trails, than have a Gucci coffee maker. I designed up and built these "litter racks". Relatively lightweight (maybe 200lb for the whole system), low center of gravity, fold up when not in use leaving the bed free for hauling, and are not higher than the cab.
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