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pauldun170
08-29-2011, 02:37 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6b54bZepoA&feature=player_embedded

http://jalopnik.com/5835420/watch-two-new-jersey-national-guard-trucks-drown-trying-to-drive-underwater

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/video_national_guard_truck_app.html
Trip
08-29-2011, 02:40 PM
lolz this would make red forman laugh
OneSickPsycho
08-29-2011, 02:43 PM
Yeah, and in 5 years they'll be selling those trucks for $3,500... with only 25k miles. :gofurslf:
pauldun170
08-29-2011, 02:43 PM
Yeah, and in 5 years they'll be selling those trucks for $3,500... with only 25k miles. :gofurslf:

:lol
derf
08-29-2011, 05:50 PM
I did that once

http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/205528_5210572395_652142395_87260_6263_n.jpg
Dave
08-29-2011, 07:44 PM
Watched them tow one of those in this morning. Those guys are fucking morons. Hope they get a statement of charges for that shit
Gas Man
08-30-2011, 01:46 AM
Those rigs can take on some serious water but not over the cab. DUMBASSES!!!
RACER X
08-30-2011, 06:26 AM
did the drivers have scuba gear?
Particle Man
08-30-2011, 06:44 AM
Man, the snorkels were barely above water... How the hell were they seeing where they were going and breathing?
derf
08-30-2011, 08:04 AM
just saw the video on fox news, hehehe, they said it wasnt the drivers fault, that they were driving to save some stranded people and it was the only way to get to the other side of town. So I looked up manville, and you can enter from any of a hundred directions
Archren
08-30-2011, 09:17 AM
Wow. These are the kind of idiots that make the rest of us look bad. :wtfru:
pauldun170
08-30-2011, 11:00 AM
It would have been a PR win had they not gotten stuck...er floaty
Cutty72
09-03-2011, 04:32 PM
Thank god we didn't have anyone THAT dumb during our flooding this year!!

For those that care... Those were M1078 LMTV's (guess they could have been M1083's but probably not)

Weight approx 17,000 lbs
Max fording depth, without fording kit : 30"

Oh, and the "exhaust" the camera guy was talking about is actually the air intake. The exhaust is in front of the left rear wheel... at about 30" :lol:
Homeslice
09-03-2011, 06:44 PM
"Army, bro!" :lol:

Like as if they could see where they were going.

I also like how the cameraman talks tough, but of course, not loudly enough to be heard by them.
Gas Man
09-03-2011, 10:39 PM
Ok cutty but what about the with fordging kit
Dave
09-03-2011, 11:45 PM
Ok cutty but what about the with fordging kit

obviously to the depth of the exhaust tip
Gas Man
09-04-2011, 11:10 AM
But what I'm saying is... those holes have to be at least 8' high...
Mr Lefty
09-04-2011, 12:39 PM
obviously to the depth of the exhaust tip

as long as you kept the motor running, you shouldn't have a problem... right? the pressure of exhaust would keep the water out... now if you killed it... you're fucked
tallywacker
09-04-2011, 06:55 PM
as long as you kept the motor running, you shouldn't have a problem... right? the pressure of exhaust would keep the water out... now if you killed it... you're fucked

Correct
Flexin
09-04-2011, 10:06 PM
obviously to the depth of the exhaust tip

I think its the lowest part of the air intake that will take in air/water. So as long as it was sealed up and the engine remained running they should be ok like others have said.

James
Dave
09-04-2011, 11:18 PM
as long as you kept the motor running, you shouldn't have a problem... right? the pressure of exhaust would keep the water out... now if you killed it... you're fucked

yeah, depending on if theres enough pressure to keep it moving out. eventually the depth/pressure is going to overcome the exhaust. LMTVs also have an electric fan clutch you can disable for water fording
Mr Lefty
09-05-2011, 09:42 AM
yeah, depending on if theres enough pressure to keep it moving out. eventually the depth/pressure is going to overcome the exhaust. LMTVs also have an electric fan clutch you can disable for water fording

idling maybe not... but moving, running the RPMS up, I'd think there would be... pressure that strong wouldn't hit at 8' unless there was a rage'n current which would sweep the truck onto it's side anyways.



either way dudes are mororns, good rule of thumb, if your head is under water, it's too deep to drive across
Gas Man
09-05-2011, 12:30 PM
Yeah that should be a common sense rule of thumb
Cutty72
09-06-2011, 10:51 AM
Ok cutty but what about the with fordging kit

60". At that point there is an electronic box that is ill protected from water that can get fried if it gets wet. Retarded design...
Gas Man
09-06-2011, 11:41 AM
They were way over that!
Cutty72
09-06-2011, 06:34 PM
They were way over that!

Yeah, probably one of many reasons that the truck died.

Hate to have to do the paperwork on that one...
Gas Man
09-07-2011, 08:57 AM
Yeah no shit... plus they had private citizens in the back. WOW
Cutty72
09-08-2011, 12:13 AM
Yeah no shit... plus they had private citizens in the back. WOW

Yeah, had a cop in the cab. Not sure if it was a PAO guy in the back with a civilian, or if the civilian was a reporter/photographer or what. Just saw the big fancy camera that probably doesn't work anymore :lol: