: H2 Carnage!
BJ On Roids 08-31-2003, 04:24 PM You may have already seen this, if you have :flipoff2:
If not, then check it out:
http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=99961
some chic wasted a H2!
dieselcruiserhead 08-31-2003, 06:13 PM Nice BJ,
http://www.collegeinternetsolutions.com/h2carnage/H2bellyup3.jpg
http://www.collegeinternetsolutions.com/h2carnage/H2bellyup4.jpg
CaverInaCruiser 08-31-2003, 06:24 PM Actually, I didn't go wheeling and come across this, I found these pics web surfing, from a link from a link from what BJ on roids posted. I wrote a humourous e-mail to go along with the pics.
but I did not take them
Mustard Dog 08-31-2003, 06:25 PM Originally posted by dieselcruiserhead
Jame Henry (Caverinacruiser) was out wheeling and came across this, made me LOL pretty good,
Sweet, has to be some of the greatest pics I've seen in a while. I'd love to hear the story on that one:D
dieselcruiserhead 08-31-2003, 06:40 PM That's kinda funny in a round about way, my bad, I misinterpreted that email!
Andre
BJ On Roids 08-31-2003, 06:45 PM NICE!
ROFL
warpdriv 08-31-2003, 08:44 PM Spicoli said it best:
People on luds, should not drive....
texican 08-31-2003, 09:01 PM :flipoff2: :flipoff2:
Erik D_lux 08-31-2003, 09:40 PM That H2 is trashed!!!
"I wanted to jump the statue"
:laughing:
treerootCO 09-04-2003, 09:59 AM I will make this post Cruiser related by......well....let me see.........I will post a second pic with a Cruiser in it.
http://home.comcast.net/~treeroot5/HummerA.jpg
treerootCO 09-04-2003, 10:00 AM If I remember right, the pic with the Cruiser was from eBay and the H2 was a the rig that was for sale. Apparently his buddy came over with his FJ and made fun of him. My guess is the H2 didn't sell on eBay so his buddy hooked up a tow rope to his FJ and pulled the H2 to the top of that hill for a better picture. The H2 rolled when he tried to drive down the hill without the help of the FJ.
http://home.comcast.net/~treeroot5/HummerB.jpg
Outback 09-04-2003, 12:49 PM He-frickin'-larious!!!!!!!!!
Those H2's look goofy, it actually looks good upside down and trashed :D
Whoever thought they could 'wheel that thing needs to put down the crack pipe... :rolleyes:
I see those things all over OKC and they just make me puke! They just think they're COOL!! Goofy F'n dorks.
nuclearlemon 09-04-2003, 02:46 PM the automags link to the chick that tried to jump the statue is no longer valid...did anyone by chance save the pics...i want to show some friends
Bradass80 09-04-2003, 03:03 PM How the fawk do you roll on that, oh yeah you guys said a chick was driving:flipoff2:
Cruzilla 09-04-2003, 03:05 PM Yea I saved the pics
http://69.61.14.149/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4920
first time poster, long time lurker
So spare me the :flipoff2: 's
BJ On Roids 09-04-2003, 03:16 PM Originally posted by wob
http://69.61.14.149/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4920
first time poster, long time lurker
So spare me the :flipoff2: 's
WELCOME :flipoff2:
MD11Fr8Dog 09-04-2003, 11:42 PM My favorite Hummer pic....:D
http://home.offroad.com/~md11fr8dog/yankahummer.jpg
ToyotaFanatic 09-04-2003, 11:54 PM That T-shirt's slogan was very fitting for the circumstances!
BumperJumper 09-05-2003, 12:56 AM Originally posted by ToyotaFanatic
That T-shirt's slogan was very fitting for the circumstances!
I WANT ONE!
Where can they be obtained???
CaverInaCruiser 09-05-2003, 01:00 AM Warn 10,000 lbs winch, $1200
2003 AM General Hummer H1 cost new, $125,000.
1976 Toyota Land Cruiser, cost new, $6700
Picture of an uncomfortable, obsolete, 27 year old truck pulling out a piece of cutting edge technology?
Priceless.
Or.
2003 AM General Hummer H1 cost new, $125,000.
Obsolete Toyota Land Cruiser, Cost new, $6700
Picture of guy wearing the above t-shirt in JUST this situation.
Priceless...
Sorry to mastercard.
On a side note, I was wondering the other day, that if the H2 was sold with a Duramax diesel, a solid front axle, and locking diffs, if this community's view of it would be different...
nuclearlemon 09-05-2003, 01:00 AM landcruisers.com i got mine!
BumperJumper 09-05-2003, 01:03 AM Originally posted by FJSRULE
landcruisers.com i got mine!
It was a search page. DAMN THE IMBECILIC CYPERSQUATTING!
mixmaster 09-05-2003, 01:09 AM I don't know who did this, but I think it fits in pretty well here.
LandCroozer 09-05-2003, 01:47 AM Originally posted by mixmaster
I don't know who did this, but I think it fits in pretty well here.
That's at Hollister, the mud pit. I made it through there once.. with 27" tires and open diffs.. yeah, that was before they dug it out for Top Trucks. Since then, I've watched many a dumbass have to get pulled out, just like that. I won't even try it now.
-tom
CruiserChick 09-05-2003, 08:28 AM I want that tee shirt. Anybody know where to get one?
BumperJumper 09-05-2003, 08:48 AM Originally posted by mixmaster
I don't know who did this, but I think it fits in pretty well here.
That's awesome. But I hate the damned filter they put on it. Very rough on the eyes.
hullendersauce 09-05-2003, 10:06 AM Originally posted by CruiserChick
I want that tee shirt. Anybody know where to get one?
http://www.yourlandcruiser.com/shirts/tshirt.htm
"...they run BIG....!"
Landpimp 09-05-2003, 10:44 AM Originally posted by hullendersauce
http://www.yourlandcruiser.com/shirts/tshirt.htm
"...they run BIG....!"
so does Junk:flipoff2:
John H(with 2 of them killer shirts)
CaverInaCruiser 09-05-2003, 11:37 AM Originally posted by mixmaster
I don't know who did this, but I think it fits in pretty well here.
Whoa, that got around...
I did that graphic a couple of years ago. I was going have a professionaly made t-shirt, but my connection at the T-shirt company quit the job, so no t-shirts were ever made. :emb:
CruiserChick 09-05-2003, 04:11 PM Thanks for the info on the shirts!!!!
Toploader 09-05-2003, 07:33 PM Is that Mudrak pulling out that Hummer? At the 45run he told me of a recovery he did at a vinyard with a stuck Hummer. Looks like his 45 in the background.
CaverInaCruiser 09-05-2003, 07:38 PM That truck is Das Beast owned by Tom Boyd. Tom is also driving it.
orangefj45 09-05-2003, 09:15 PM you must be talkin about the hummer in the mud pit at hollister, toploader was referring to the red hummer that's getting extracted by the fj45!:flipoff2:
orangefj45 09-05-2003, 09:15 PM and for some reason i thought that was randy n. who pulled the hummer out of the pit?!:confused:
Cruiser Ken 09-05-2003, 09:51 PM Owyhee Jackass bought this FJ60 for $900. He bought it for the drivetrain (putting it in an FJ45). He couldn't help but wheel it though before parting it. He pulled this H2 back down after it blew up the rear diff, front diff, and transfercase in that order on a failed attempt at a hill climb.
Toploader 09-05-2003, 09:56 PM Originally posted by Cruiser Ken
Owyhee Jackass bought this FJ60 for $900. He bought it for the drivetrain (putting it in an FJ45). He couldn't help but wheel it though before parting it. He pulled this H2 back down after it blew up the rear diff, front diff, and transfercase in that order on a failed attempt at a hill climb.
Just goes to show yah,
HUMMER H2....the big useless shit-box's 2nd time around
BJ On Roids 09-07-2003, 06:58 PM man, how many cruisers tow out those H2s? :eek:
Cruiser Ken 09-08-2003, 07:36 AM Well, they are H2's, it's a full time job.
fj40crusher 09-08-2003, 08:25 AM Where is that other pic of the H2 with the busted F and R axles? Can't find it now. It was in another post. Chick rammed some chain blocking off a construction site then proceeded to try to "jump" her H2 over a little dirt burm and slammed into that cement wall.
nuclearlemon 09-08-2003, 08:36 AM Originally posted by fj40crusher
Where is that other pic of the H2 with the busted F and R axles? Can't find it now. It was in another post. Chick rammed some chain blocking off a construction site then proceeded to try to "jump" her H2 over a little dirt burm and slammed into that cement wall.
http://69.61.14.149/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4920
BumperJumper 09-08-2003, 11:17 AM Originally posted by FJSRULE
http://69.61.14.149/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4920
I love this:
Almost got run over in the rain this morning by an H2 driven by a NFL player. I heard the bass, on the interstate, as he came up behind me and passed from my right. He was weaving in traffic, no headlights, etc..... Could not determine what was worse, the driver or the vehicle.
Professional sports are great. They keep the athletes off the streets.
fj40crusher 09-08-2003, 03:43 PM Originally posted by FJSRULE
http://69.61.14.149/forum/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=4920
That's the one;)
I love this one:D
morgan 09-08-2003, 04:05 PM Originally posted by mixmaster
I don't know who did this, but I think it fits in pretty well here.
That's my buddy Tom Boyd pulling that H1 out of the mud hole at Hollister a couple years ago. I took that pic. The driver was there with another friend of hers in another H1, and the friend broke something in their tcase trying to climb the cement "waterfall" in the playground area.
Pics of the extraction:
http://www.birfield.com/~morgan/hh112400/index.html
Ha!
Morgan
morgan 09-08-2003, 04:30 PM Originally posted by toploader
Is that Mudrak pulling out that Hummer? At the 45run he told me of a recovery he did at a vinyard with a stuck Hummer. Looks like his 45 in the background.
That's Mudrak!
I just called him to get the full story. I heard part of it before.
The Hummer driver "knows nothing about cars", according to his own wife. Apparently he was driving around with 16.5" tires and no beadlocks and a leaky CTIS system. If he had to park somewhere he would put two jackstands under the front, so it wouldn't collapse, then use the CTIS when he got back to air up, then collect his jackstands and drive off. (!!!)
He was invited onto the property of a winery in Sonoma by his friend, a carpenter, who I guess was working for the winery. It was night. He probably took a wrong turn. He went between the rows and got into a spot that was so steep and off-camber that he was about to roll. The fronts lost their beads. The pic doesn't show the stuck, he was much farther down the hill than that and it was precarious. The guy was presented with the opportunity to pay $7000 (seven zero zero zero) to have the Hummer lifted out with a helicopter. The property owner ended up hiring Gary for $500 instead, and took the total cost of $2500 out of the carpenter's payroll. Gary anchored his FJ45 to a Caterpillar D2, then pulled the Hummer out. Apparently the hummer driver is bankrupt, so the carpenter got stuck with the whole bill. Amazingly they are still friends.
Gary's still pissed (and laughs) that he didn't win the "best picture" contest at yourlandcruiser.com, wearing that shirt. He thinks that picture has sold tons of shirts.
It is a great pic and a great story.
Morgan
climbermike 09-08-2003, 08:06 PM The tshirts are on my site as mentioned above yourLANDCRUISER.com (http://www.yourlandcruiser.com)
Yes, that is Mudrak - he sent in the pic during one of the site's picture raffles.
Pimp - it would be bigger if it weren't in your mouth.:flipoff2:
Just got more shirts in. :D
Bad Dawg 09-09-2003, 07:48 AM Geez Ken. If your going to pull out that old picture to continue to beat on my H2 then at least get the story right.
The three rigs you see in the picture (Dan's 55, Eric's 80 and my H2) were bringing up the rear of a group from the NWC club on a run up into the foot hills of Boise. The 55 was the last in line and had a tough time making it through the deep snow in places. I pulled him through about 4 times and Eric did the same. Later after the club decided not to go any higher after one of the 40"s slid off the trail, the three of us kept trying to break through a deep spot of snow going up hill. After several attempts, each of us taking turns pulling eachother back down, we finally made it past the snow pack and joined the rest of the club further up the hill where they had been trying unsuccessfully to climb a steep muddy incline. I was egged on to give it a try. After several rather spirited attempts the H2 broke. (We later found out that most likely the front diff had a crack in the casting which let go and caused everything else to break in succession). It should be noted that not one of the club's rigs could make it as far as we had gotten.
Before the crap starts to fly back in my direction, yes I do own an FJ40. It's our race rig (Bad Dawg) that has been shown on here before. We love all Land Cruisers and have owned them since 1978. The H2 now has some decent tires (37"Goodyear MTR's) so it won't slip like it did with the Mall Terrains. A Rancho 4" lift has given it more clearance. Dispite the carnage we experianced on our maiden run we still believe it is one of the best "out of the box" rigs to be found. Don't pass judgement just because it's the hot thing to do on a web site. Drive one.
Cruiser Ken 09-09-2003, 08:15 AM Geez Darrel, if you're going to tell the story get it right. Dan's 55 wasn't on that run. That's his 60 with the strap tethered to your H2. I'm not beating on your H2, just throwing out another pic of a broke/stuck H2 with a cruiser helping out.
Personally I don't care for H2s or consider them capable out of the box (nothing like a Jeep Rubicon). But to each his own.
Cruzilla 09-09-2003, 08:31 AM Nothing personal but I would not own a H2 for any kind of wheeling, from the pic's I have seen they have serious drivetrain issues.
Bad Dawg 09-09-2003, 10:59 AM Your right. I stand corrected on the model number. (At least I got the other two right ;)
All opinions can be considered truth here on this web site. Look, we have pictures to prove it!:shaking:
Nothing personal, but I wouldn't own a bone stock FJ40 (except for the investment opportunity). From my personal experiance (not pictures on a web site) they have serious Birfield problems not to mention intake valve problems, not to mention spline problems on the early years, not to mention wheel travel problems, not to mention steering problems, not to mention bad gas milage problems...Would I own another one to build up? In a heart beat if I wasn't so far in debt with the H2. Why does just about every single person on this web site modify their rigs? It's because folks find short comings with the stock rig and want to "improve" on it.
But, alas, I guess all this is pointless with some folks. Carry on boys.
morgan 09-09-2003, 12:12 PM Originally posted by Bad Dawg
Why does just about every single person on this web site modify their rigs? It's because folks find short comings with the stock rig and want to "improve" on it.
There's another reason, and you know it* very well: pirate4x4.com is all about the cult of modification. There are plenty of people driving stock or mildly modified (bolt-on) cruisers. They're just not here.
* I've seen pics of your mud bogger.
As to the rationale of new H2 versus older cruiser, you leave out the economics. Also, the problems you describe are the 1960s cruisers.
Later cruisers have stronger birfields, more splines/shaft and better engines, and they're still pretty cheap. And if you are running 33s or smaller (fine for most wheelers) they just don't break.
Adding counterpoint is all. I am a devotee to the cult of modification, and my FJ55 is getting weirder every year. However I just witnessed my friend Chris run the Rubicon clean - including Old Sluice - in a basically stock SUA FJ60. Mods are lockers, 4.56 gears, OME suspension and 33" tires. You can get FJ60s for $2000 - $3000.
I know of a pair of FJ62 axles for sale near me: fine-spline pinions, 4.11 ratio, bigger birfields, disc brakes, etc. Throw those and an SM420 under an older 40 and you'll have a damn good wheeler.
The economics don't work out. You could have many sweet cruisers for the cost of an H2.
Morgan
Bad Dawg 09-09-2003, 01:26 PM Morgan,
You make some very good points, however, economics doesn't really play where we all like to. I'm not sure any of us can really justify spending what we do on our rigs. It doesn't come from the wallet, it comes from the heart and soul. We all could buy a lot of groceries for what we put into our rigs. :) Besides, if I had a bigger collection of LC's someone would miss out on having one 8^)
I think we can include the 70's stock parts as needing upgrades. My '71 and '76 both had and have just a prayer for breaks. I lost count on how many Birfields and axels I have exploded (but I guess I do put a few more horses to them than most folks ;) ). Please don't misunderstand me, I wasn't bashing LC's, I was pointing out the weak points I have personal experiance with. Like I said I would build up another if I had the time and money. We were ready to completely go through our FJ45 wagon before we sold it to Georg but there just aren't enough hours in the day and night to do it all.
This site is a treasure chest of ideas and places to look for parts. I just wish I didn't have to wade through some of the bs to find the good stuff.
Speaking of the good stuff, I just put on the hi steer kit from 4x4Labs on our race rig. I went with the tie rods in front of the axel because my oil pan hangs down where the rear tie rod would go. I am very impressed with the kit. HEAVY DUTY stuff. It did great in a race we had last Saturday---Thanks Luke.
Jason M 09-09-2003, 01:48 PM Originally posted by Bad Dawg
Morgan,
You make some very good points, however, economics doesn't really play where we all like to. I'm not sure any of us can really justify spending what we do on our rigs. It doesn't come from the wallet, it comes from the heart and soul. We all could buy a lot of groceries for what we put into our rigs. :) Besides, if I had a bigger collection of LC's someone would miss out on having one 8^)
I think we can include the 70's stock parts as needing upgrades. My '71 and '76 both had and have just a prayer for breaks. I lost count on how many Birfields and axels I have exploded (but I guess I do put a few more horses to them than most folks ;) ). Please don't misunderstand me, I wasn't bashing LC's, I was pointing out the weak points I have personal experiance with. Like I said I would build up another if I had the time and money. We were ready to completely go through our FJ45 wagon before we sold it to Georg but there just aren't enough hours in the day and night to do it all.
This site is a treasure chest of ideas and places to look for parts. I just wish I didn't have to wade through some of the bs to find the good stuff.
Speaking of the good stuff, I just put on the hi steer kit from 4x4Labs on our race rig. I went with the tie rods in front of the axel because my oil pan hangs down where the rear tie rod would go. I am very impressed with the kit. HEAVY DUTY stuff. It did great in a race we had last Saturday---Thanks Luke.
Ummmmm,
Why not just buy a tahoe at a fraction of the cost???
They are the same...
I got my wife one as a daily driver :)
Cruzilla 09-09-2003, 01:51 PM Nothing personal, but it kinda sounds like it got personal:flipoff2:
BumperJumper 09-09-2003, 01:53 PM Originally posted by Cruzilla
Nothing personal, but it kinda sounds like it got personal:flipoff2:
Yeah I'm staying away from this one :bounce2:
mavric 09-09-2003, 01:56 PM A new h2 is what around 49,000 right?? So lets see what would happen if you bought a rust bucket of a cruizer for lets say 1000, and drop 48000 into it. I am willing to bet anyone that you would out wheel the h2, and could make the cruizer like new, and almost as comfortable as the h2, without spending nearly as much. As to why anyone would'nt do this and would by a new piece of Shat h2 that are known for breaking....beats me JMO:flipoff2: :flipoff2:
CaverInaCruiser 09-09-2003, 02:05 PM Originally posted by mavric
A new h2 is what around 49,000 right?? So lets see what would happen if you bought a rust bucket of a cruizer for lets say 1000, and drop 48000 into it. I am willing to bet anyone that you would out wheel the h2, and could make the cruizer like new, and almost as comfortable as the h2, without spending nearly as much. As to why anyone would'nt do this and would by a new piece of Shat h2 that are known for breaking....beats me JMO:flipoff2: :flipoff2:
2 (3?) words. 0% financing...
If I could get a car loan for say, $20,000 - $25,000 (about the same cost of a J**p Wrangler) with a 6.9% or less interest rate, there is a TON I can do to my Land Cruiser, and I would probably would do it in a heartbeat. However I have searched, and searched, and searched, and I cannot for the life of me find someone who will give me the money, and the financing I want, especially on a 26 year old car. What I have found, is that if someone IS willing to give me the money, the interest rates are through the roof...
Cruzilla 09-09-2003, 02:25 PM [QUOTE]Originally posted by Bad Dawg
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"I lost count on how many Birfields and axels I have exploded (but I guess I do put a few more horses to them than most folks ;) ). Please don't misunderstand me, I wasn't bashing LC's, I was pointing out the weak points I have personal experiance with."
So what you are saying is that you exploded many birfields and axels with Bad Dawg(a 700hp Land Cruiser mud/sand machine)rite? I don't think a stock or fairly stock 76 or newer Cruiser has many problems with exploding parts.:flipoff2:
Bad Dawg 09-09-2003, 03:06 PM No, 835 hp! :flipoff2:
So, gee, I wonder why there have been so many Birfield replacement kits offered through the years? Gee, is there anybody out there who has ever busted a Birfield or axel???
All a person needs to do is read through the posts here to find out the weak points on any year LC. They aren't the absolutely perfect 4x4, mainly because each person uses theirs differently. One built for rock crawling has lousy road manners. One with great road manners is lousy climbing rocks. Gee Scott, why have you done all the cool things to your's? Didn't it meet your needs out of the box? Because of what I have found out pushing mine to the limits and what I have learned on here I would build my next one differently, for the application it would be intended for. As Morgan pointed out, everybody here is into modifying their rigs and they aren't clones of eachother.
As for costs, a new Land Cruiser costs more than a new H2, but I guess some of you guys don't want to talk about that. :flipoff2:
Jason M 09-09-2003, 03:28 PM Originally posted by Bad Dawg
As for costs, a new Land Cruiser costs more than a new H2, but I guess some of you guys don't want to talk about that. :flipoff2:
Yeah but at least you are getting IFS and IRS
:flipoff2:
Bad Dawg 09-09-2003, 03:36 PM I am???
;)
morgan 09-09-2003, 03:40 PM Bad Dawg, I gotta say a cruiser owner owning - and owning up to owning - an H2 in the cruiser forum is sorta like a tuna bleeding in shark infested waters.
No one is gonna let it go by. :)
To each his own.
Morgan
Cruzilla 09-09-2003, 04:01 PM Darrel,
No the Land Cruiser is not perfect, but than I don't know of any rig that is. I drove my 75FJ40 for six years without breaking anything that was not my fault on the engenering side of it ( i.e. rear pinon due to excessive driveline angles)(knock on wood!!) but then I do not drive like a mad man:D this includes driving thru Carnage Canyon twice. with no lockers. As far as out of the box, I have never driven a stock Cruiser, mine had a SB350/TH350 when I bought it, and have been addicted to moding it sence. As to your comment on your H2 getting the furthest up the hill, nobody elce used as much speed (hence your drivetrain exploding) as you did and nobody had lockers except for Todd, and I do not think he even tried it, does your H2 have lockers front and rear?
This was not meant to be a personal attack on you, but I feel you are driving it there, it was meant to be a poke at H2's not the drivers
Cruiser Ken 09-09-2003, 04:45 PM Actually that one girl who drove her H2 to death at the foot of a statue probably deserves riducule.
I think most cruiser people dis H2s because they consider them poseur rigs. They are nothing like their big brother the H1 and a lot more like a Tahoe. I like GM trucks but Tahoes/H2s aren't really built for serious wheeling. I think the majority of the people who buy the H2 are looking more for image than off-road capability. It's probably this fact that draws the ire of the serious crowd here. Bottom line though is if you like it and are happy with it what does it matter what anyone else thinks? We'll still continue to poke fun of ANY rig that we pull out of the ditch with a cruiser (excluding other cruisers, OK maybe those too).
Anyone have pics of an H2 on fire? :flipoff2:
BJ On Roids 09-09-2003, 05:52 PM Originally posted by Bad Dawg
Your right. I stand corrected on the model number. (At least I got the other two right ;)
All opinions can be considered truth here on this web site. Look, we have pictures to prove it!:shaking:
Nothing personal, but I wouldn't own a bone stock FJ40 (except for the investment opportunity). From my personal experiance (not pictures on a web site) they have serious Birfield problems not to mention intake valve problems, not to mention spline problems on the early years, not to mention wheel travel problems, not to mention steering problems, not to mention bad gas milage problems...Would I own another one to build up? In a heart beat if I wasn't so far in debt with the H2. Why does just about every single person on this web site modify their rigs? It's because folks find short comings with the stock rig and want to "improve" on it.
But, alas, I guess all this is pointless with some folks. Carry on boys.
dude, id love to have a bad dawg and a 45 wagon and a H2!
chill, you got it good! :D
If i had a new car id have them filling the washer bottle and changing wiper blades under factory warranty, id be thier nightmare!
Cruzilla 09-10-2003, 08:10 AM I will say one thing about H2's they have 7 different typs of automatic/manual traction control:smokin: from a full locker to break assisted traction control......that would be nice :D
Bad Dawg 09-10-2003, 08:30 AM Ah, a new day. Good morning fellow Cruiser owners.
Me, a mad man? :) Well, yeah, I guess I am.
I guess I would get as involved in a discussion and defend LC's on the H2 site as well. I was drawn to this thread like a moth to a flame. My personal problem I guess. BTW, the H2 has a 5 link variable rate rear coil springs with self leveling air springs in addition to the things Cruzilla mentioned plus a few other off road goodies not generally known. Not exactly standard issue on a Tahoe or Burb.
I guess I am bleeding here aren't I? I thought you guys were pirates, not sharks.;)
Cruzilla 09-10-2003, 08:34 AM I did not say you were a madman......you just did!:flipoff2: But then Bad Dawg was the first clue!:D
mavric 09-10-2003, 03:36 PM wait so you were bragging about making it up this hill farther, and you have lockers and no one else did? well no shat your gonna make it father :flipoff2: Also, it doesnt matter you made it up the farthest, cause your car decided to :nuke: on you and you had to get towed back by one of the cruizers:flipoff2: (its kinda like you threw the touchdown pass, but the reciever dropped it....doesnt matter how good of throw it was, you didnt score)
dont worry, we dont hate you, just your rig :D jp jp
76lcforty 09-10-2003, 04:43 PM I guess I should clear something up here for everyone. Darrel if you will recall I was just as far to the top of the hill as you were, although I was in a stock Toyota pickup with no lockers. Some people may not remember this quite like this because they fail to also remember that I was the one that broke trail and led the group to the hill in the first place. I think they forget about this because I was at the top making my attempt at the big hill as the rest of them were still stuck in the snow field below trying to get to where I was.
I would also tell you that the H2 would have made this hill look easy with better tires.
:D
Aarrgghh 09-10-2003, 07:34 PM 10Sep2003 (UTC -7)
It's one thing to laugh about others in their senseless off-road masquerades, but this person, well... I don't know (your H2 is in this pic Bad Dawg ): SUVHate.org ranting (http://www.suvhate.org/cgi-bin/page.pl?p=articles/winner2003.html&b=news/index.html)
Cruzilla 09-11-2003, 08:01 AM His Hummer is called Humdawg, and his Kickass FJ40 is Bad Dawg.
(just to clear things up a little:D )
Bad Dawg 09-11-2003, 08:40 AM What a riot. I'm laughing so hard I pissed my pants. :flipoff2: Even the 4x4 haters got the story wrong. (But hey, thanks to a NWC member, my H2 is famous all over the world now...for the wrong thing, not because it was stuck in 2' of snow in the picture). Actually, I could say that it was me pulling the "60" up the hill and not him pulling me down...pictures don't lie! 8^)
No, I was making no assumptions what anybody else had or didn't have in their rigs. Some folks on here seem to be very impressed with how many "extras" they have added to their rigs to make it better. I thought I would join in the fun and list a few of the "standard" things the H2 has. Anybody impressed yet? 8^)Sorry James (76lcforty) I was told by some of the others that we made it just a bit further. By the way, I don't know how you do it but that truck always seems to end up on top.:) Was Kayla driving? ;)
I'm a mud bogger, in some of our races what wins a race is who goes the furthest (farthest?) even if you break doing it. My mistake here, I thought it was a mud bog:flipoff2: If you don't break once in a while you aren't trying hard enough. :D
Ok, I'm braced and ready, Throw some more crap about the H2. Anybody find a picture of a burning H2 yet. Heck, they are burning them in Oregon, I'm sure someone over there could find one and claim it was the fuel tank that caused it. :rolleyes:
Cruzilla 09-11-2003, 08:49 AM Darrel did you check out suvhate.com yet? they got ya posted there as well:D too funny!
Bad Dawg 09-11-2003, 08:54 AM To clear up one more little point. It was Cruzilla and his rig that helped pull us off the infamous hill. Not the 60. Mine was the second rig he rescued that day, the first being another 40. He was busy!
Bad Dawg 09-11-2003, 09:01 AM Isn't it the same one that Aarrgghh (did I spell that right?) posted? That's the one I was laughing about.
ginericfj80 09-11-2003, 11:38 AM Actually Darrel you need to give yourself more credit. You backed down from the hill and then you winched yourself out attached to the 80. And he has a killer winch on that rig, the new Warn TI.
Bad Dawg 09-11-2003, 12:01 PM I did? :confused: Oh Yeah. I was in shock and ticked off, so I guess I didn't remember that part. I thought Scott had hooked his winch up to me at one point.
I know, I know...Get the story right! :D
Cruzilla 09-11-2003, 01:52 PM I thought I did pull you back, you were locked up from the pinions nd t-case being frozen:confused: I know I pulled Todd out when we were forging the trail thew the snow and he got sucked into a hole on the inside of the road:D
Cruzilla 09-11-2003, 01:53 PM Or did you back down part of the way and then I finished it off?
Bad Dawg 09-11-2003, 03:25 PM I think you finished me off :D
I remember using my winch to pull myself around to Eric's rig so he could get hold and pull me up to the flat spot. Was there anybody in the club who DIDN"T pull on us at some point?:D
76lcforty 09-11-2003, 03:30 PM Originally posted by Bad Dawg
Was there anybody in the club who DIDN"T pull on us at some point?:D
Well I didn't but then again, I dug the freeway through the snow and ice that night to get the duelly with the trailer:p
Bad Dawg 09-12-2003, 07:32 AM James, if you ever lose your day job you would do great on a road crew axing ice off the trails. You guys worked your back sides off to help us get the dually and trailer back up the mountain and back out with the H2 that night. I'll have to get stuck someplace again so we can have you over for dinner again.
Cruzilla 09-12-2003, 07:38 AM Originally posted by Bad Dawg
I think you finished me off :D
I remember using my winch to pull myself around to Eric's rig so he could get hold and pull me up to the flat spot. Was there anybody in the club who DIDN"T pull on us at some point?:D
Finnish you off?? I'll finnsh you off, want to go hunting? I need somebody to walk ahead in the brush and scare up some targets:D :flipoff2:
76lcforty 09-12-2003, 07:57 AM Originally posted by Cruzilla
Finnish you off?? I'll finnsh you off, want to go hunting? I need somebody to walk ahead in the brush and scare up some targets:D :flipoff2:
WTF??
Have you always had these issues or is it something youve picked up over time?:flipoff2:
Bad Dawg 09-12-2003, 10:33 AM Cruzilla,
Thanks for the offer but I don't hunt. I pretty much stopped killing things when I came home from Nam.
Bad Dawg 09-12-2003, 10:45 AM Finnish you off?? I'll finnsh you off, want to go hunting? I need somebody to walk ahead in the brush and scare up some targets
Do you have something against the Finns? What did Finland ever do to you? :D
Cruzilla 09-12-2003, 11:39 AM What are you the PBB spellcheck police now??:D
Cruzilla 09-12-2003, 11:45 AM Originally posted by 76lcforty
WTF??
Have you always had these issues or is it something youve picked up over time?:flipoff2:
Why are you cruising for somthing??:eek: You can't get that here:flipoff2:
morgan 09-12-2003, 11:52 AM Doesn't this belong in the pushing-and-shoving-but-not-yet-fighting forum?
Morgan
Bad Dawg 09-12-2003, 12:12 PM I guess we all find humor where ever we can. Seems to be hard to come by these days.:(
morgan 09-12-2003, 12:16 PM If you're gonna talk smack in fun, you gotta be funny.
Or drive an H2. That's funny!
And shit.
Morgan
Cruzilla 09-12-2003, 12:36 PM Darrel,
Have you checked out High Desert off road yet? You could run your H2 there and get some respect at the same time:D It's an all wheelbase club in town with full sized rigs, your H2 will fit rite in:D
Bad Dawg 09-12-2003, 12:50 PM So when is the humor going to kick in? :flipoff2:
Cruzilla 09-12-2003, 01:40 PM That one was serious, I have allready signed up and will be wheeling with them as well as NWC, come on over and wheel with us!
GreenPig 09-12-2003, 01:56 PM Originally posted by Bad Dawg
So when is the humor going to kick in? :flipoff2:
The fact that GM ever built the H2 in the first place is pretty damn hysterical. Nice yukon. ;) :flipoff2:
God I hate the mind of the american car buyer.....
Edit: Yeah, I am just an asshole.
Bad Dawg 09-15-2003, 06:56 AM Scott, We have checked into High Desert a while back. I know a few folks in that club and actually talked Mike H. into trying out his Bronco in the mud races with us a few times. They had a booth and their incline ramp at the Buck's Customer Appreciation show and swap meet. We are thinking of talking with them again after race season when we have more time. Phyllis and I had to take the T400 trans out of the Dawg this weekend. We lost reverse through the trans brake after the last race. Had a really good second pass though. My first run was 3.10 seconds and the second pass was quicker. We think we broke into the 2's but the clock said it was 3.16...go figure! We ran the 39.5 boggers in the Mud Modified class because no one was in the Pro Mud class we usuall run in. Would have loved to see what the times would have been with the paddles on :D . Oh my, I got off topic. Sorry.:D
Cruzilla 09-15-2003, 07:31 AM Well if you get the chance join up and wheel!
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