Saw an interesting vehicle today

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I went to the local Big Lots store this afternoon. And sitting right there in the parking lot in front of the entrance was an Apocalypse 6x6. I've read enough about them to at least know what they are, but nothing else. This was the first time I ever saw a real one. They really are impressive, but I can't imagine they have any other function other than drawing attention. And at about $200K (plus probably horrendous costs of use and ownership), fairly costly just to be a big toy. Not for those who wish to remain anonymous, like me.

Does anyone here own one?
 
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VERY cool! Especially the wheel travel on the dual rear axles - 8" compression and 14" of droop is impressive when you have ONE rear axle - much less two!
 
BC38 said:
VERY cool! Especially the wheel travel on the dual rear axles - 8" compression and 14" of droop is impressive when you have ONE rear axle - much less two!
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I know what compression and droop physically are, but have no feel for how much is impressive. I always thought it had something more to do with how a vehicle performs on rough terrain. But again those are things I never think anything about in everyday driving down a level paved street in my Ford Ranger. But I suppose an Apocalypse owner must see things much differently than I do.
 
DWalt said:
I know what compression and droop physically are, but have no feel for how much is impressive. I always thought it had something more to do with how a vehicle performs on rough terrain. But again those are things I never think anything about in everyday driving down a level paved street in my Ford Ranger. But I suppose an Apocalypse owner must see things much differently than I do.
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As an avid off-roader, I can say that 22" overall suspension travel is pretty darned good. Maybe not quite competition rock crawler good, but way better than most "built" off-road vehicles.

Putting it in perspective, with 40" tall tires, 22" travel is more than half the diameter of the tire. Your average stock 4x4 might have 33" tires and a total of 12"-14" suspension travel.

And yeah, the more suspension travel you have the more extreme obstacles (like boulders, stumps, holes) etc. you can navigate over on the trails.
 
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There are two directions you can go for extreme off-road vehicles. On YouTube check out "Matt's Off-road Recovery" and "Unimog". I have a Chevy 4x4 pickup but can't afford anything in either category!

Ivan
 
The ultimate mall-crawler.

I remember when Hummers were all the rage 25 years ago. Like the truck above, they're really only good for open country. Either too wide, or too long for many trails.
 
I saw one of those in flat black on a lowboy tractor trailer last yr going down I90. I honestly thought it was some sort of Police Response Vehicle like a SWAT team might use. Never heard of them. Apparently they deliver them one at a time. That’s very costly. As someone mentioned the size of it would be a hinderance off road…… when I went from an ATV to a UTV I experienced the same thing. They’ll go anywhere as long as they fit.
 
What’s the turn Radius?
‘Give me 40 acres and I’ll turn this Rig around.’
Matt and his crew in Hurricane, UT built an off-road wrecker from scratch.
It rear steers.
Matt’s Off-road Recovery on YouTube.
 
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Rodan said:
The ultimate mall-crawler.

I remember when Hummers were all the rage 25 years ago. Like the truck above, they're really only good for open country. Either too wide, or too long for many trails.
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I'm on the Tacoma forum. Some of those guys put crazy $$ in their trucks on lifts, wheels, tires, winches, and gearing. Some have the racks on their beds for jacks, traction boards, and gas and water cans.

They never leave the pavement.

Notice the bottom line in this dudes ad.

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Dave.357 said:
I wonder it has ever been off the pavement.
Every one around here has 4WD something
but most only use it for snow days.
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I remember reading something about a study indicating 4WD vehicles use of that feature is only for a tiny percentage of their mileage because a great majority of their owners almost never leave pavement. Long ago, I owned a Jeep with 4WD, and to the best of my memory, I never engaged it, even just to see if it worked or not.

When I was in the oilfield service business, we once had many 4WD vehicles in use nationwide, manly vans and pickups. We eliminated most of them because it was found that 4WD capability was seldom needed, and the vehicles were expensive to buy and maintain. We kept them only for use in those Rocky Mountain service locations where there was an actual need due to terrain and weather. Even in the Rockies, most wellsites have pretty good roads going into them because drilling rigs need access and rock climbing capability is never needed.
 
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