AnswerID: 118448 Submitted: Friday, Jul 01, 2005 at 18:20
Peter 2
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You're all full of it! As I've posted before the humvee uses no more fuel than my 1HZ powered troopy, weighs the same and will go
places the troopy could only dream about.
They are the sort of vehicle that you have to be able to maintain yourself, being virtually handbuilt they are labour intensive, but simple mechanically. They are not the vehicle for the owner who has to get it serviced and cannot do the work them selves unless you've got buckets of money.
A civvie Hummeris a different animal to a military one, lots more 'crap' to go wrong and far more complex electrics to run all the 'crap'. Just remember that it started life as a basic military vehicle, the trim and all the crap was added later, some of it adapted from other vehicles, this is where the problems will arise.
My Humvee is now 17 years old and having had it and used it over the last three years I'd find it hard to go back to a conventional 4wd.
Correctly maintained it is bulletproof, drive it like you stole it and you'll have probs, no vehicle likes being abused. A prime example is the Hummers that Qld corrective services had, overloaded and abused they broke. They should have had APC's or LAV's for what they were doing.
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| Peter
1988 M1026 Humvee |
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FollowupID: 373645 Submitted:
Friday, Jul 01, 2005 at 20:32
Exploder posted:
There has been a lot of negative feed back about the hummer on hear, My 2 cent’s is ignore 90% of it because it is all hear say and 2 hand info and no one on hear a part from peter2 has any experience with them or has driven them (as far as I know).
They are a specialised 4WD and from my understanding a bloody amazing one Like any piece of machinery treat it well and it will give you many years of trouble free motoring, to say that you have seen one in a workshop for some time means stuff all you have no idea about how it has been treated or what is wrong with it. Some people will have you believe that Toyotas and Nissan’s never break down now that is just rubbish.
I would be getting all my info off peter on this one, as he is the only one with first hand experience on them.
Try some U.S sites as well as you may get some additional information.
I suppose the mane problem over hear is on the narrow bush tracks as it is a fairly wide car.
I think it would look pretty cool putting the boat in the water with the hummer; you only live once I would go for it.
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FollowupID: 373646 Submitted:
Friday, Jul 01, 2005 at 20:41
Peter 2 posted:
The Hummers have either a NA 6.5l diesel or the same capacity engine with a turbo. 4 speed auto trans, contant 4wd, locking Ziekel torsen diffs front and rear. They also have dual fuel tanks. The main 90l and a 45l aux (I think)
The turbo motor only puts out 10 more hp but double the torque.
I'm not sure on the actual tow rating, the Humvee has a 1500kg unbraked, cross country (off road) and nearly 3 times that on road. Australian regs will not allow the trailer to exceed the towing vehicle.
It would pull 2.4 Tonne ok.
It is not geared for high speed running rather a plodder.
They are not a particularly fast vehicle but the ride is superb on rough ground and tracks. Very stable due to the very low C of G, wide track (2100mm, 200mm wider than a 100series) and long wheelbase (130").
I get 450 -500 k's out of 75-80 litres (which is the same as my troopy) in the Humvee, a Hummer may use a bit more as it weighs more. Mind you if you want to travel at contiinuous high speed (110+) then it will guzzle it due to the total lack of aerodynamics, excessive use of the go pedal will achieve the same result.
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