NOW I understand why you need lockers.
1
2
-
Dec. 3, 2008 11:24 a.m. 914Driver Dork
-
Dec. 3, 2008 11:31 a.m. dimarra Dork
I don't know what you consider amazing but I know what truck I'm buying to pull my trailer.
Keith
-
Dec. 3, 2008 11:32 a.m. Strizzo Dork
not knowing how to work the lockers in an H1....priceless
they're supposed to automatically engage when you lightly press the brake
-
Dec. 3, 2008 11:34 a.m. aircooled Dork
I think it is a great explanation of what a limited slip differential is (or isn't in this case).
Super off-roader, and no limited slip?!
-
Dec. 3, 2008 12:09 p.m. EricM Reader
LOL I thought it was the fact that the whole mess was getting dragged across the parking lot.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 12:09 p.m. bravenrace HalfDork
In reply to derekshannon:
It is pretty amazing that the Dodge can get enough traction, and then have enough power to pull all of that.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 12:10 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork
derekshannon wrote:
Well, to me the part that seems to go un-noticed by the crowd is the fact that the Dodge is actually pulling a Taurus (probably in "Park") with an H1 Hummer on top and also dragging the full-size Chevy anchor vehicle with either the brakes on or the transmisiion in "Drive" or both.
I was going to say either that, or the guy standing in front of the Hummer as it's about to be pulled forward hopefully gently with a chain that shouldn't snap. Darwin award waiting to happen.
I saw an H2 trying to pull an early 90s Hilux out of a mud pit a couple of months ago, up a mud hill at about 20 degrees...If it had gone any slower he would have been considered stuck himself.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 12:12 p.m. Salanis SuperDork
bravenrace wrote:
In reply to derekshannon:
It is pretty amazing that the Dodge can get enough traction, and then have enough power to pull all of that.
I wonder what kind of tires he was using.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 12:39 p.m. davidjs New Reader
derekshannon wrote:
Well, to me the part that seems to go un-noticed by the crowd is the fact that the Dodge is actually pulling a Taurus (probably in "Park") with an H1 Hummer on top and also dragging the full-size Chevy anchor vehicle with either the brakes on or the transmisiion in "Drive" or both.
The front tires on the Taurus were turning, so either they busted the transmission, or it wasn't in Park?
Ohh for the lack of a wheel chock or two...
-
Dec. 3, 2008 1:36 p.m. Raze New Reader
The problem with trying to do this is they are boned whoever pulls, simple physics tells us if you pull downward on an object above and behind you, you will actually be pulling placing a downward force on that object, thus increasing the static sliding force necessary to overcome motion in the horizontal plane. Realistically the Dodge needed to stand still and the chevy needed to pull, but oh wait, since it's got a Hummer on top of it it's got the same damn problem, except you won't actually be increasing the downward force as you pull, unlike when trying to pull the Hummer
Sounds like a job for a wrecker that can put the straps on the Hummer and pull parallel to the ground...
-
Dec. 3, 2008 2:28 p.m. seann Reader
Raze wrote:
The problem with trying to do this is they are boned whoever pulls, simple physics tells us if you pull downward on an object above and behind you, you will actually be pulling placing a downward force on that object, thus increasing the static sliding force necessary to overcome motion in the horizontal plane. Realistically the Dodge needed to stand still and the chevy needed to pull, but oh wait, since it's got a Hummer on top of it it's got the same damn problem, except you won't actually be increasing the downward force as you pull, unlike when trying to pull the Hummer
Sounds like a job for a wrecker that can put the straps on the Hummer and pull parallel to the ground...
Equal and opposite reaction
-
Dec. 3, 2008 2:38 p.m. Snowdoggie Reader
Kind of like trying to pull two mating dogs apart.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 2:40 p.m. Kramer Reader
Someone ought to explain to the H1 driver how a Torsen works, and how to "fool" it.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 2:59 p.m. bravenrace HalfDork
seann wrote:
Raze wrote:
The problem with trying to do this is they are boned whoever pulls, simple physics tells us if you pull downward on an object above and behind you, you will actually be pulling placing a downward force on that object, thus increasing the static sliding force necessary to overcome motion in the horizontal plane. Realistically the Dodge needed to stand still and the chevy needed to pull, but oh wait, since it's got a Hummer on top of it it's got the same damn problem, except you won't actually be increasing the downward force as you pull, unlike when trying to pull the Hummer
Sounds like a job for a wrecker that can put the straps on the Hummer and pull parallel to the ground...
Equal and opposite reaction
Exactly.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 3:24 p.m. walterj HalfDork
Just take a long prybar and flip that piece of E36 M3 over, problem solved.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 4:04 p.m. SupraWes Dork
BTM Baby! It depends on what year it is though whether it has lockers or not the later ones don't.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 4:25 p.m. neon4891 Dork
"chevy Vs. ford Vs. hummer Vs. dodge" as one spectator said
-
Dec. 3, 2008 4:45 p.m. Will New Reader
2 amazing things to me:
The side glass on the Taurus is intact.
I see no mullets.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 5:15 p.m. Treb New Reader
Will wrote: I see no mullets.
Now that is amazing.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 5:48 p.m. ignorant PowerDork
1, Hummer should have torsen diffs. Use two feet and get it unstuck. atleast the early H1's did. but that one sounds gas powered 5.7L chevy versions..
- Cummins power bitches.. bask in the glow... That truck didn't pull those vehicles.. It rotated the earth beneath them all.
-
Dec. 3, 2008 9:57 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork
Treb wrote:
Will wrote: I see no mullets.
Now that is amazing.
Not really, look closer...they're flatbillers.
-
Dec. 4, 2008 8:44 a.m. skruffy Dork
That was an awesome demonstration of how useless hummers are at any task besides driving around in sand.
-
Dec. 4, 2008 8:57 p.m. Appleseed New Reader
Those brushgards and chrome "DuBs" came in handy, didn't they?
-
Dec. 4, 2008 9:06 p.m. Tommy Suddard
skruffy wrote:
That was an awesome demonstration of how useless hummers are at any task besides driving around in sand.
They suck at that too.
4wd + weight + sand = stuck vehicle.
-
Dec. 4, 2008 9:22 p.m. Schmidlap New Reader
Much like Eddie Griffin in an Enzo, the most incompetent driver can make even the most competent vehicle look like crap.
