Help, we're stuck in our Hummer.

[Profpinz]

Speaking of big vehicles like the Ural reminds me of a funny story.

Some years ago there was an event run here called the Rhino Trophy and run by the Victorian Suzuki Club.
It was a 24 hour, 4WD Challenge type thing, but it required that you must be part of a team of two vehicles .... one vehicle couldn't go it alone.
A friend of a good mate of mine owns a 813 Tatra, so the plan was to do the event in the Tatra and the Haflinger, EXCEPT that we were going to put the Haflinger in the rear/bed of the Tatra and everbody was going to pile into the dual-cab of the vehicle.
We checked the rules of entry and it was legal as far as we could see (after all we had two vehicles, be it that they were going to be stacked one on top of the other .... and we had two teams) and the Haffy would have fitted with room to spare, but unfortunately as we were seriously considering entering they stopped running the event

Ohh well...It would have been a laugh!

Here is the guys Tatra parked next to a friends 712:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/profpinz/ima ... tatra1.JPG

[andy]

Tatras are really neat, but I think I read somewhere recently that there is a large excise tax imposed on them here in the US. I think Urals and Kazs might have the same thing imposed on them. I wonder with Mr Putin now starting to flex his muscles what will happen to Ural/Kaz parts availability.

The biggest problem for Tatras, Urals, ex-military hummers, and even US made duece and a half trucks here is that the ranch roads are not wide enough for them. Yes, I'm sure the Tatra and Urals would have no problem creating their own roads, but I'm not sure the ranchers would appreciate that.

[russ]

I'm sure some of this has been posted before but buried in mud is a favorite thing down here in FL. At the military vehicle meet in Clermont FL earlier this year the following series of events unfolded:

Russ (me) decides to drive out into an area filled with cat tails and high grass following a fence line. Russ calls out on the radio "Going in". Corey in his Pinz takes the tone of voice in that radio transmission as a challenge. Of course he takes anything anyone says as a challenge. Needless to say, others including 404 Mog follow behind Corey.

About 100-120 yards in, Russ' luck runs out. Turns away from the fence to head back and is surrounded by cypress stumps and more cat tails. Makes a 90 degree turn to find another stump, turns a bit more, moves forward, sinks to the body in muck.

All but one vehicle quickly follow suit. One 710M gets out. We all collect back a bit on the bed of the 404 Mog to assess the situation. As we stand on the bed we feel each corner one at a time slowly sink deeper in the muck. Mog with winch can't budge himself or any Pinz.

Watching from what we now realize is the shore was a friendly Deuce with light duty hydraulic winch. By light duty we mean only ~40 tons, i.e. not big enough for tanks (yes, it actually says "light duty" on it). He spools out 300 feet of cable and yanks out the Mog, followed by everyone else. Now that was a winch!

You can see pics and probably a better description of events at the Steel Soldiers web site: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/index.php? ... pic&t=9515