MLU FORUM  

Go Back   MLU FORUM > 'B' ECHELON > The Sergeants' Mess

Notices

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-09-13, 01:13
motto motto is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Woodend,Victoria,Australia
Posts: 1,068
Default

I would imagine that so long as they were coordinated it would have some effect but wouldn't it look funny! Sometimes merely having a couple of ton on board or removing outside duals will make a truck perform better.
There was a fellow in Queensland who had a replica VW Kubelwagen. It had a rear bumper that was ideal for standing on. With one or two blokes traveling on the bumper to bounce at the appropriate time that vehicle would go anywhere a Jeep would go.
That was the first vehicle I'd seen 'bounced' for traction and I remember being surprised how effective it was. Probably more effective because of the bouncers (bouncees?) being right at the rear.

David
__________________
Hell no! I'm not that old!

Last edited by motto; 04-09-13 at 01:21.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 04-09-13, 01:49
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
Bluebell
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Posts: 5,541
Default

V dub's by design, are very good cross country.
Another thing many people don't consider is tyre pressure. I did see in Hanno's car trial footage, that at least one car had deflated the tyres.
__________________
Bluebell

Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991
Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6.
Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6
Jeep Mb #135668
So many questions....
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-09-13, 04:28
motto motto is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Woodend,Victoria,Australia
Posts: 1,068
Default

That's the reason for the DUKW central tyre inflation system.(And others).
As regards traction, I once got my WLA Harley Davidson stuck on a hillside and couldn't get it out of the situation no matter how I struggled. That was until I took a rope I had with me and wound it round the tyre passing it through the spokes. I then walked it out. I imagine that I wasn't the first to have done that with a rope.

Another trick I heard of was through a friend that had a cement truck unable to drive up his wet, slippery access lane. The driver sprinkled lime on his tyres and proceeded on his way.

David
__________________
Hell no! I'm not that old!
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-09-13, 06:00
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
Bluebell
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tauranga, New Zealand
Posts: 5,541
Default

I was stuck once. I foolishly went down a greasy hill and only had 1 way out. Back up.
When I gave up trying to drive out, I reversed the front wheel on my 4x4 Dodge. Tied a wire rope to a tree, put the eye of the rope through a wheel hole. poked my wheel brace through the eye, locked up the brake on the other side, and in 4wd drove up the rope. It wound up on the brake drum. A lot of mucking about, but at the time was short of options. It worked well.
Maybe if I'd deflated the tyres from road pressure she might have climbed out on her own, but never had a tyre pump with me.
__________________
Bluebell

Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991
Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6.
Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6
Jeep Mb #135668
So many questions....
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Dodge Power Wagon in military use (was: Dodge DD4-60) Tony Smith Post-war Military Vehicles 68 12-08-21 10:13
Dodge D60 wtc8670 The Softskin Forum 5 07-05-13 00:48
Dodge D60 - or not? jsim The Softskin Forum 10 05-08-09 10:10
Dodge D3/4 APT CanadianScottish The Softskin Forum 0 04-04-06 18:24


All times are GMT +2. The time now is 02:49.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Maple Leaf Up, 2003-2016