I was just thinking that too, " He is waving that camera around like a paint sprayer. My eyes are hurting, I guess I should have worn my goggles and I am wondering about my lungs too.
I drove them in the Army. 45 MPH downhill with a tailwind at 2.4 MPG running empty bobtail. Turning radius of a battleship and you can hear it coming five miles away.
IF you are a trained heavy equip mechanic, have been trained by the military in the maintenance of this vehicle, have access to the US military parts logistics system, know of an unlimited fuel source that will remain available after SHTF, and have the firearms capability to defend against the attention you will attract, this is the bug out vehicle for you.
If you are a fat civilian who wants to stand out in traffic and get his family killed and his possessions robbed in a WROL situation, this Vehicle is for you.
georgiamule its a detroit, it will run on used motor oil. think of all the abandoned cars that will litter the earth.....i know where theres a limitless supply of fuel
I think most comments are neglecting to realise - if you have the money to afford a NBC outfitted vehicle like this, you also have the money to fully outfit a bunker in similar fashion on remote property. this isn't so you can cruise around the countryside, this is to drive like a bat out of hell in a b line for your actual bunker in a one way trip. so what does the person who buys this care about a few hundred measly dollars in fuel, they probably have a garage full of super cars in their mansion anyways. the only part of the build I question is the air suspension - but there's probably some rubber spacers to keep it from fully bottoming out if there's pressure loss I'd guess.
I drove and maintained one of these back in the early 2000s they do not have anything of the sort for the suspension. Once a bag is blown, it’s blown. You have to either have one on hand to replace it or (what we did frequently) isolate the blown bag and Charlie Mike.
6 minutes into the video and my jaw is still on the floor i want one i dont know what i would do with it . i do know i would have to drive it to work least once just to see everyone's jaw drop
Nice content and like many others in the comments are saying, terrible camera work. Tried to pause your video multiple times to read the information and was not able to more times that I was. Better luck on your next video
I have to say the concept is pretty good. A vehicle you can take off road camping in case of a national emergency. However, there are issues with this rig. 1) The paint. Who would use glossy paint in a camouflage? That's like sending a visual beacon "Hey! Here we are!" 2) I will assume the side wings on the camper retract in somehow? If not you gonna be whacking about every phone pole and road sign from here to eternity. 3) What's with all the tubes and hoses hanging down? Some sort of gas mask system?? Anybody ever wear full chem gear and drive a vehicle???? 4) In the event of a "Bug Out", you'll need to pre-empt everybody else and get a head start before the roads get clogged. This big ol beast needs a lot of road. Yeah, can probably push a couple cars out of the way, but that's about it. 5) Will need a fuel station after you exit the city. These things only get about 10mpg max. Best to have some 55gal drums of fuel buried at locations along the route. Other than that, the concept is good if you have this rig waiting a hundred miles or so outside the city and regions.
ABetterLife.Inc It's not practical for civilians until you found out they love to go the desert and go offroading with their familes. You know, full camper setup while pulling a huge trailer full of SxS, dirtbikes and prerunners with this beast. Thats when it gets practical xD.
I have one of the older command center boxes sitting in my back yard. It has the fold out wings and i use it as a storage unit. I call it " The Hooch "
The guy was just wanting to show the cracks and crevasses so people could see how clean of a truck it is, and these comments bitching about his video skills! lmao. I think he did exactly what he set out to do. And it's a very nice and very clean truck.
Military vehicle's take a licking and keep on ticking, now that has potential for a bug out truck, in the RCT we had to keep our trucks very clean, or it cost you big time. Thanks Clint exelent video.
Yes, if the SHTF this is more or less useless unless you have 60 acres of canola to press and make into biodiesel every 6 weeks.... Having said that... People go ape-shit when you pull into a campground in a 5-ton. You would definetly win the "My camper is cooler than yours." award. Hands down no competition.... Unless Will Smith showed up with his 2 story semi-truck rv. I wonder how difficult it was to mount that expando-van to that H.E.T. That must have been a cast iron bitch getting those winches off of there. I'd bet one of those winches weighs as much as that van body. Practicality wise: It's pointless. Cool factor: Off the charts.
How many kilometers you go with your camper in one year? 5000-10000km? So if you need max 40 liters for 100km. It will be 4000 liters. If you go the same trip with lets say LandCruiser you will need 1200 liters. So for the truck you pay around 2800€ more. And be honest if you buy truck for 300-400 thousands euro. 2 or 3k in one year is nothing.
It’d be a great set up for extended hunting trips in the deep snow. You probably couldn’t off road with it, but it’d handle logging roads like a champ.
Yes please, I want one! Now all I need is a winning lottery ticket. You could flatline RU-vid filming this beast pulling into a good Sam camp site! “That’s an RV Clark!”
LOL, yeah, famous lines like 'someone go over and beat on the ant hill, those morons fell asleep again'. Nothing like some green smoke to 'liven up their morning' (I'm sure the young guys have no clue as to the pranks we used to do).
the thing is geared for super heavy loads with a different engine and trans combo i'll bet you can get a lot more then that i'd put the CAT C-18 18.01-litre turbocharged and intercooled 4-stroke diesel variant of engine in that thing and mate it to a higher geared 13 or 18 speed eaton fuller so you can get some speed out of it stock it can only do 45 -55 mph if it could do 70-75 fuel mileage would be better cause with that big of an engine wind aint gonna effect you
@@MrAxlzero You won't get more speed because it's a 40,000 lbs truck that is 8×8.The HET's all use a CLT-754 Allison Automatic with a TC-496 Torque Converter,they all do,and it's a Five Speed.The older M1070's all used a DD-92 Detroit with 500 HP and 1,470 Torque,you could get them up to 550 HP and 1,996 Torque with some aftermarket Modifications.But after Detroit got purchased by Mercedes Benz,the Army uses C18 Caterpillars in them.The C18 in the HET is at 800 HP and 4,000 Torque.
All that information on the placards starting at 1:00 would be great... if any of it were readable. But it's not, due to the camera work and the resolution. It is nice to see every bit of the truck - thanks.
back in '03 while "travelling"thru Iraq my Sqd Leader said to us'look at that hemt(or something like that)He called,Heavy Equipment Movement Transport,or about that,since We were not MOS related to this guys we just kept moving on our way to Mosul!...and look at this Monster here in Utube!!
Well, it takes diesel, although it does take a LOT of diesel (that Detroit sucks down around a liter-a-mile on highway, double that off-road). Then again, in a bug-out, drive it till it's dry, and you're STILL AT HOME, no matter where it stops.
god damn, the newer 8x8 diesels don't have the detriot anymore, *STOLEN RIGHT FROM WIKIPEDIA* it uses the CAT C-18 18.01-litre turbocharged and intercooled 4-stroke diesel developing 700 hp at 2100 rpm
If this is a a bug out vehicle then it should have cab to box access. If You're trying to secure yourself in a military truck but have to exit the cab each time you want to enter the box. Then that's defeating the purpose of having a bug out vehicle.
I'm not sure what this was for - the M1070 is a heavy tractor well suited to towing a trailer carrying 70 tons, but with the box on it, it's just an overly heavy box truck unless some extraordinarily heavy cargo was carried in the box. As a "bug out" vehicle, it has one axle too many and way too much height and weight.
If he had the ability to leave the pod somewhere. Having that big tool could easily be used to clear roads or bring back other vehicles. Heck, maybe even be used to move semi trailers of supplies. But yes it is overly big and fuel hungry for a camper.
i totally want this.. however, i will need to make the camper look more welcoming like the other RVs do. Honestly, i don't mind but i go camping with lots of people and it would be nice if it has a bed, kitchen, table and whatever else i want in it. The hard part is making it all fit with the expansion setup. You guess get what i mean?
We had an older version in the Marines. We trouble shot and tested M1 tank components. Nice when your in the desert. A/C baby. My warrant officer, aka platoon commander slept in there with us, he was cool as shit.
AWFULCOLD MINER Detroit diesels will run off pretty much anything, jet fuel, peanut oil, liquor kerosine house oil (which is diesel dyed red) so it wouldn't be very hard to find a fuel source for it
That is factory built for the military .... So it set us taxpayers back a load ... The sad thing is most of them had less than 10000 miles on them and you can buy one off gov.planet for under 20 grand if you catch the right surplus auction ....
We didn't have 1070s when I was in. From what I can see, these rigs are beasts! This truck is "too pretty" tho for prepping! Ha ha ha! Too glossy of a paint job.
love the M1070, looks amazing. why anybody would put a camper body on it though it completely beyond me....that thing would be brutally rough to drive and there is no need/reason/point.....max truck/trailer weight on that is over 200k lbs....beautiful truck but i cant say much for the camper idea
I never did figure out why these bug out people always select diesel/gas powered options. That is going to limit you in range and require you to have to enter the very likely conflict points of gas stations to refuel.
There is a show on Motor Trend OnDemand where they build a camper out of a 2 1/2 ton surplus truck. It was a great looking job and if you go and see it you will want one. They built it in a week complete.
Congratulations of your fine purchase. I hope you have a lot of cash in hand. Because the fuel cost and maintenance will ruin your dreams real fast. Buying this impractical monster was the cheapest part of your endeavor.
How did you get a used army vehicle this clean it looks like it's been in a safe since someone bought it
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A word of advice for shooting future videos: 1. When you show a particular feature, hold the camera still especially on close ups, for 5 seconds so your viewers can see what you are showing. Sweeping the camera does nothing but to make your viewers dizzy and agitated and not be able to see what you are showing. 2. Watch how things are done at a professional level on your local TV news. That's how the pros do it and you can learn something from them. 3. If you can't do the above two, then don't do a video and just do a slide show as it will turn out much better. This video was a complete waste of time. Anyone who hasn't seen it - just move on to the next video.
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