Forget Politics, AGW, Peak OIL, IRAN - THIS IS SERIOUS

[Arragonis]

Originally Posted by NachtRitter

Even has time to take his gloves off and put them back on... TWICE!! Truly an amazing driver!!

Truly a driving god - like us all

[Xist]

Originally Posted by rmay635703

10 wheel drive is better and if I can find that weird slinky looking thing possibly 24 wheel drive

I do not know how many people looked at that image. I will re-post: . I am not positive of the terminology because I have never seen this exact model, nor can I find it now. The truck class is the HEMTT, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck. The only five-axle version that I ever saw was the M1075 Palletized Load System, as seen in "Dark Knight Rises" . The M984 Wrecker is an eight-wheeled version of what was shown:

In Afghanistan I drove the M978 2500 Gal Fuel Tanker (my actual job) , but usually a M1120 Load Handling System (someone else's job)

I always wanted to drive the M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter System

Well, nobody asked, so I will leave you guys alone. Rmay, thank you for sharing that beautiful example of four-wheel steering (and ten-wheel drive)!

[rmay635703]

Originally Posted by Xist

Well, nobody asked, so I will leave you guys alone. Rmay, thank you for sharing that beautiful example of four-wheel steering (and ten-wheel drive)!

Thank You for the thank you but the quote in bold always bothered me so here I will dig up the thread to correct it.

The truck is actually 4 AXLE steering and all proportional too. (aka the rear axles steer also)

Its technically a Marine job called an LVSR, another similar vehicle is the PLS (army but only 3 of its axles steer)

http://oshkoshdefense.com/wp-content..._4.20.2015.pdf

Gives you a nice reduction in turning radius, also fun to align on the hunter pit.

Cheers
Ryan

[Xist]

As I mentioned, I am familiar with the PLS, but only drove the four-axle LHS (and HEMTT).

HEMTT variants are fitted with power-assisted front tandem steering systems

Oshkosh HEMTT Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck - Army Technology

The front tandem provides steering. The rear tandem is nonsteering

http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/uploadedFiles...%20Vol%201.pdf
[M977 SERIES 8 x 8 HEAVY EXPANDED MOBILITY TACTICAL TRUCKS (HEMTT) TECHNICAL MANUAL]

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Nowadays that even BMW has at least one FWD model, it seems like RWD is going to be more targetted to a few segments where it's seen as a "prestige" feature.