Me and Cleetus take the military trucks to the boggin hole to see what these things are made of. Very impressed!! Don't forget www.baldeagle.com for all your JH Diesel Merchandise
**** We know to shut the fans off now in deep water*** lol.. both fans are ok on the truck. To be honest the trucks never saw above 165*-170* so they were never actually engaged. I have only heard the fan engage around 200*
FYI the MTV and FMTV have axle lockers. If I remember correctly it is in the top right area of control switches close to the steering wheel. I noticed when the bobtail had to back up not all the tires were spinning. I had some fun with these at Hood and in Iraq. Definitely under powered with a 5K water or fuel tanker attached going up any grade. Never had one stop or give out though!
was just about to post this EXACT comment, The fan can get driven into the engine and result in damage. the alarm is saying HEY HEY Idiot dont forget the fording switch. There should be a FAN OFF light that turns on too
Yo some how my comment disappeared. Well the that noise is letting you know something. The switch with the X’ed out fan is what you need to toggle to disengage the engine fan. On a side note I’ve have water coming in the door windows. When Ft. Campbell had that big flooding back in 1998 or 1999 when the back 40 flooded out. So they can go through some deep water.
Parker does the same with his teeth and turbo channels, it would be so easy to make it just based on being cleetus brother but he's trying to do it on his own
Agree. Just a couple of mates having fun, although credit to Garrett for leaving Cleetus at home, not many on RU-vid can add value by stepping back and find joy in letting others shine.
turn off the engine fan for water that deep that is why it is beeping there is a switch for that. so it doesn't destroy the plastic fan should be top left switch.
@@HottyToddy1984 umm turning off the switch for the fan clutch would be the easiest and won’t damage the plastic fan blade… I hope that you were joking if not your reading comprehension sucks….
Cleetus bro please read: please ask maddy to keep her feet off the dash, i see her chuck her feet up in the jet boat aswell and man if you hit something that stops you dead, her shin bones will go straight threw her. Its a horrible thing and ive seen it happen, you guys do alot of awesome stuff and would hate to see the most important person to you get hurt bro
i tell this to people all the time my friends will try to put there feet up in my car and i tell them 1st off get your feet off my dash and 2nd off explain why, i feel like all girls do it 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
I see folks have already talked about the fan switch and the mode button. But haven’t seen a comment about moving the fording plug on the bell housing so you don’t fill up your bell housing with water and have your flywheel dump mud into your starter.
They ain't worried about that stupid important stuff. Like 90% of the population, they don't look like they think about much other than, "depress skinny pedal to go forwards"
Nope, LMTV's don't have on demand lockers. In fact, LMTV's have a limited slip transfer case. In "Mode" the transfer case locks to 50% front / 50% rear, whereas, the default is 30% front / 70% rear. But, the only lockers you can get for these Meritor axles is a Detroit style "lunchbox" locker.
6x6 MTv has an air locker in mode. but it does not lock axle shafts across an axle so both tires turn.... in normal operation there is a differential "BETWEEN" the two REAR axles that allows for one "whole" axle to slip. In 4wd mode the air locker locks that extra differential so the two axles in rear always spin..... though each left and right wheel on each axle still have their differential working like normal.
sorta yep about limited slip T-Case.... example if you pull either driveshaft from trans in normal AWD mode.... ... you will go no where... cause it will send all the out put to the one with massive slip (which of course will be the one where there is no driveshaft attached.) That said.. in 4x4 mode that is no longer the case.... it locks all the clutches in the trans together so their is no trans differential action any more.
Put the CTIS system on sand and put the trans in manual mode by hitting mode on gear selector. Then you’ll be in 6x6… yeah the fan switch too for the deep stuff. Depends on model you can against the suspension too. I use the 1088s (bobtail) daily
Might want to check your engine fans after that my dude, that's what that alarm is for. Top left switch on the control panel turns the fan off for deep water.
So pretty much your not gonna get stuck. I’ve high centered the fmtv and I was able to get it unstuck with the on board fun flat system. These trucks are amazing and we put them thru there paces in Katrina. Amazing vehicles love all the memories I get from watching these videos
I used to drive these at Stewart & Stevenson in Sealy, Tx. I worked in final prep. We got them ready for the government to buy them. I would burn the brakes in and find things wrong with them. I helped r & d the hydraulic tire lower and the cab lower. I would install the gun ring on the roof too.
I live about 30 miles from the base in PA that has the auctions for them about 4 times a year, The wrecker versions go cheap! Sounds like a good addition to your fleet!
@@MrErichonda30 it is gob planet, but it is Chambersburg. They usually have the trucks there about 4 times a year or so. Ritchie bros has them once in a while in Burgettstown as well.
Everytime I see these trucks I see the sticker on the driver's side of the windshield that says "Sgt Johnson" and think that you should add an " 's" so it reads "Sgt's Johnson."
What a piece of toys, guys...!!! WOW...!!! Those 6x6 will give you a lot of funny days on the future. I'm waiting for the next video right now...!!! LOL
Now you get to learn about replacing the fan and pressing the switch on dash to ford water more than 20" deep, and opening up the axles and diffs to remove the water and replace the lube and gaskets!
@@Hitycooking now what and the hell does this have to do with anything holy crap nobody that sees this video cares about that rc junk you get that thing to go thru where this video was filmed and we might care
That was freakin EPIC!! It’s going to be a JOB when the time comes and you get one stuck… I think you’re gonna need more than a mud truck to pull one of those out. Can’t wait to see that video when it does eventually happen. Great video!!
Im surprised neither have a winch. Most of the MC 7 tons have a rear facing winch. Im pretty sure its PTO powered and hydraulic. Maybe you could find one for these
91b here it is hydraulic powered and it's called the self recovery winch and they can either be routed to the front or the back of the vehicle finding a kit to upfit one if it doesn't already have it it's going to be impossible because that truck is been discontinued for some time.
I remember when Pinellas had spots like this to hangout. They're all 4 story matchbox apartments now. Do what you can to preserve your natural areas or you won't have any local spots to have fun anymore.
Hell yeah. Those things are awesome 👌 👏. Hope u find some mud to play in. Water makes it more fun to watch but mud will really test them. The intro was great BTW. Got me pumped to watch the video
Find a 20 ton wrecker winch and mount it on the towing unit. I would go the wrecker option because they might be a little more readily available. A few straps and a block and that truck would be almost unstoppable.
On the front windshield of one of them it has the name's of the driver's you should track them down and see where all they drove them it would be cool to know
This right here is great freaking content, would absolutely like to see what they can really do , I just know when you get stuck it’s gonna take heavy equipment to get it out