Hummers are not Humvees, mmmkay?
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Ahh, I see. Its just that in that very thread, I'm the reply right after yours. And i said humvee.
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Don Vito Corleone
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I refuse to comply, because it just sounds too silly to me to call a vehicle a "Hummer". I will persist in calling any and all such vehicles "Humvees".
Well, write to the CNN author who described that as a mini humvee. If you don't write them, then I'll accept that description they gave there and use that language.
masterxfob
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On top of all that, the civilian "Hummer" is not even close to the military Humvee. I've driven and ridden many thousands of miles in an Army Humvee, and they are horrible on the road and very loud. Don't get me wrong, they are better than the jeeps we had in the 80's, but they are strictly utilitarian vehicles. Those sonofabitches are so freaking uncomfortable! Except the ambulance versions, they have A/C in the back and you can lay down in the back, but they're still loud.
I can honestly say I don't think I'd keep a civilian Hummer if it was given to me, I hate those things.
I can honestly say I don't think I'd keep a civilian Hummer if it was given to me, I hate those things.
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I just went to http://www.historychannel.com/mailcall/ and emailed Emery what are the differences.
Maybe it will be on mail call.
Maybe it will be on mail call.
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Originally posted by: iamwiz82
i wanna pick one up from military surplus. That would be a hell of a tow rig
I don't think you'll be able to do that. When the Army phased out the jeeps, we had to cut them in half with a torch and ship the halves on palletts back to the depot. They wanted to make sure they couldn't be sold or anything. Now you know why you don't see many Army surplus jeeps out there. You should see them everywhere, the Army had millions of those things. The real Army jeeps were dangerous though, they would roll very easily and lots of soldiers got killed in those death traps. Towards the end, they outfitted them with roll bars, nascar type webbing on the sides, and seat belts, but they still weren't that great. Very slow too, and most of them didn't have any heater. Those were the last tactical vehicles (to my knowledge) that had gasoline engines too, which made the logistics a pain in the butt since everything else burned diesel.
But you're right, there's nothing on the market that can outpull one of those things. The Army keeps vehicles forever. We had a deuce and a half wrecker in my unit that was made in the 50's. It had been updated over the years and you couldn't tell the difference between it and a new one.
iamwiz82
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Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
i wanna pick one up from military surplus. That would be a hell of a tow rig
I don't think you'll be able to do that. When the Army phased out the jeeps, we had to cut them in half with torch and ship them on palletts back to the depot. They wanted to make sure they couldn't be sold or anything.
But you're right, there's nothing on the market that can outpull one of those things. The Army keeps vehicles forever. We had a deuce and a half wrecker in my unit that was made in the 50's. It had been updated over the years and you couldn't tell the difference between it and a new one.
you can get stuff
this would be cool
a lumina
You can go through all the auction for a ton of bases in the country.
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
i wanna pick one up from military surplus. That would be a hell of a tow rig
I don't think you'll be able to do that. When the Army phased out the jeeps, we had to cut them in half with torch and ship them on palletts back to the depot. They wanted to make sure they couldn't be sold or anything.
But you're right, there's nothing on the market that can outpull one of those things. The Army keeps vehicles forever. We had a deuce and a half wrecker in my unit that was made in the 50's. It had been updated over the years and you couldn't tell the difference between it and a new one.
you can get stuff
this would be cool
a lumina
You can go through all the auction for a ton of bases in the country.
Trust me when I tell you that all those are piles of sh!t. I've been to many DX (deactivated surplus) sales on Army posts, and the stuff is really, really cheap, but it's worn out. I used to go to buy the nomex pilot jumpsuits, they are great winter clothes, but the collars and sleeves are worn out and they have big oil stains on them. But for something like 2 or 3 $ apiece, it was good to have to put on to crawl under the car to work on it.
iamwiz82
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Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: jemcam
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
i wanna pick one up from military surplus. That would be a hell of a tow rig
I don't think you'll be able to do that. When the Army phased out the jeeps, we had to cut them in half with torch and ship them on palletts back to the depot. They wanted to make sure they couldn't be sold or anything.
But you're right, there's nothing on the market that can outpull one of those things. The Army keeps vehicles forever. We had a deuce and a half wrecker in my unit that was made in the 50's. It had been updated over the years and you couldn't tell the difference between it and a new one.
you can get stuff
this would be cool
a lumina
You can go through all the auction for a ton of bases in the country.
Trust me when I tell you that all those are piles of sh!t. I've been to many DX (deactivated surplus) sales on Army posts, and the stuff is really, really cheap, but it's worn out. I used to go to buy the nomex pilot jumpsuits, they are great winter clothes, but the collars and sleeves are worn out and they have big oil stains on them. But for something like 2 or 3 $ apiece, it was good to have to put on to crawl under the car to work on it.
by the end of the auctions, the cars are usually at $100-200. It would be worth it just to drive it into a wall
Originally posted by: MacBaine
BTW, it's spelled HMMWV
Yes, it stands for "High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle". There's your trivia for the day.
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