Not the Hotness but the Coldness?
http://www.motorcities.com/vehicle/09B4C391127120.html
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Feb. 5, 2009 1:27 p.m. John Brown SuperDork
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Feb. 5, 2009 2:01 p.m. ClemSparks SuperDork
Yowza!
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Feb. 5, 2009 2:47 p.m. Scott Lear Club Editor
You've seen how those arctic guys inflate tires, right?
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Feb. 5, 2009 3:00 p.m. Gearhead_42 HalfDork
Scott Lear wrote:
You've seen how those arctic guys inflate tires, right?
Old head at the garage we always went to when I was a kid used to do that for everything. Especially impressive on a 5 foot tall tractor tire on a split rim
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Feb. 5, 2009 3:02 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
What are those dealies hanging off the front that look like tow bars? They look important.
jg
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Feb. 5, 2009 3:11 p.m. Type Q HalfDork
JG Pasterjak wrote:
What are those dealies hanging off the front that look like tow bars? They look important.
jg
IIRC, if the front wheels drop into a cravass(sp?) (deep but narrow gap in the ice), they are design to catch the other side of the gap and keep the truck from falling all the way the in. Snow and thin ice can obscure these gaps when you are driving across the ice cap.
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Feb. 5, 2009 3:42 p.m. amaff HalfDork
That's pretty awesome. They look bad @$$ with those monster snow tires on there
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Feb. 5, 2009 5:48 p.m. Tommy Suddard SonDork
The guy in the front remembered to pack his lunch.
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Feb. 5, 2009 5:58 p.m. Petroboy New Reader
That's just like how the local off roading club reseats a tire.
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t194/Whitelight33/?action=view¤t=IMGP...
-PB
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Feb. 5, 2009 6:03 p.m. amaff HalfDork
It looks like they used the same wheel / tire on the trailers that they used on the truck. Would make a pretty handy set of spares in a pinch
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Feb. 5, 2009 6:09 p.m. Tommy Suddard SonDork
Looks like they brought spares, too.
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Feb. 5, 2009 6:35 p.m. Keith SuperDork
Tommy Suddard wrote:
The guy in the front remembered to pack his lunch.
Is the cooler to keep it warm or to keep it from freezing?
For more on the HiLux Hotness, check out the Top Gear North Pole special.
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Feb. 5, 2009 6:53 p.m. modernbeat HalfDork
Those trucks remind me of an old magazine feature from one of the C&R-R&T-MT rags on exploration rigs in Reykjavik.
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Feb. 5, 2009 7:20 p.m. GameboyRMH SuperDork
Is there a vid on this?
I have wheel envy now
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Feb. 5, 2009 7:37 p.m. amaff HalfDork
GameboyRMH wrote:
Is there a vid on this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLNCCTFlwc&eurl=http://www.motorcities.com/veh...
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Feb. 6, 2009 8:41 a.m. RossD New Reader
I heard they run single digit tire pressure in those things.
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Feb. 6, 2009 9:06 a.m. mistanfo Dork
JG Pasterjak wrote:
What are those dealies hanging off the front that look like tow bars? They look important.
jg
They're commonly known as Stingers. Used to minimize front end damage in event of a rollover. Go to a rock crawling competition sometime, and you'll likely see them on a lot of vehicles.
Hopefully, this picture posts:
