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Old 11-20-2005, 02:16 PM   #31
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Re: The Hummer H1: The King of the Road

take the hummer to Johnson Valley and do some of the trails there like x rated, and sledge hammer
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Old 02-01-2006, 06:34 AM   #32
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Re: The Hummer H1: The King of the Road

boy cant believe im going to feed into this thread...

want to know about the h1 and h2?
I am a member of other "offroad" sites.....

just search for member name

RootBreaker
www.pavementsucks.com
www.coloradok5.com
www.njfourwheelers.com
www.truckporn.com
www.fullsizechevy.com

now go over there and search...

Just watched a video of a stock h1 trying to do a mini rock garden.. after many attempts a beatup jeep cherokee did it like it was nothing...

also
h1's are too wide.... yes they are and no getting around that...

my buds just went wheeling and guess what they found in the middle of a trail? H2 with the passenger (wife) screaming at the driver (husband)


h1's are so great that there is a hummer dealer on rt13 in delaware that has about 8 of them... winches, off road lights, 35" tires, HOOKED UP... sticker price of $149,000 on sale for $42,000... why are they still sitting there?

so I have wheeled a fullsize chevy pickup all my life... matter fact the same one.. just keep on modding it... myself, wife and son fit in it right now but the wife is pregnant... so could buy a suv but dont think so... gonna do a crew cab on my frame.. it is all about the fabrication...


so all suv owners dont wheel...
tell that to my friends...
1993 suburban on 35" swampers
1998 s10 blazer 4 door (2" body lift) we just put a 6" susp lift and 34" ssrs
1997 tahoe on 35" boggers
there are more too....


you cant and i repeat CANNOT beat a old school chevy for offroad... yeah a h1 is capable in an open area where it has extreme angles but not a rock garden...

H2's are capable... exept for that capable h2 video floating around on the sites I listed above... where the h2 busts a tierod trying to do really nothing.......



oh and I wont say much of my truck but will post one pic and say one thing.....

I tried getting stuck to test out my new 15,000lb ramsey patriot winch.. funny thing is no matter what I tried... couldnt get stuck... may be the detroits front and back had something to do with it... also yeah I know.. find a bigger hole.....

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Old 03-10-2006, 05:05 PM   #33
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Re: The Hummer H1: The King of the Road

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h1's are so great that there is a hummer dealer on rt13 in delaware that has about 8 of them... winches, off road lights, 35" tires, HOOKED UP... sticker price of $149,000 on sale for $42,000... why are they still sitting there?

If this is true you should buy them and sell them for salvage.
Come to think about it, tell me the dealers name and I'll buy some of them.

Oh, I had another thought,If hummer h1s are too wide then so is a regular pickup truck, compared to my KTM. I can go places a truck won't fit. Man you have to keep things in perspective. All vehicles are good for some things and not others. For everything your truck is good at, there are just as many it isn't.

Not bashing your Gm truck, I have three of them. Drive my 83 every day. Wife drives her own duramax, never had a problem except injectors (full warranty). Several other trucks used on the farm, only had problems with the fords. In my opinion Fords are made a little less exspensive and it shows. Just like case tracktors.

What is the king of the road then?

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Old 08-29-2006, 08:42 AM   #34
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I agree that an H1 isnt all its cracked up to be but damn I would trade my beefed up Jeep XJ (cherokee) for one. They are wide but then again so is my Jeep, you find a trail you can fit on or make it fit. Plus if I had an H1 that thing would have scratches on it like you wouldnt believe, if I could afford the tag on one i would wheel the living shit out of it, why? cause i could so what if there is a tree in the way run it over or go around it. H2s yes they are a joke, capable yes but still a joke, I acted like i was going to trade my Jeep for one so i could take it on their little test track ya I hated it told the guy wouldnt consider it unless he let me take the Jeep on it, MY Jeep with 4.5" lift 33x12.50 tires and a rear locker did the entire thing without breaking a sweat. Oh yeah and just to drive the fact in that the Jeep was still better had the system blarin with Pantera just to make him mad. And they told me Jeeps couldnt do it. And i realize that wheelin a fullsize truck is different from wheelin mid small to mid size jeep but I have wheeled a fullsize truck it was fun and all but for me the Jeep fits.
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Old 08-29-2006, 08:45 AM   #35
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Oh yeah rootbreaker love the truck, thinkin bout findin another full size truck to beat on.
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Old 09-03-2006, 01:29 AM   #36
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Re: The Hummer H1: The King of the Road

I have pictures of an H1 picking up a wheel in a small ditch where a suzuki vitara didn't.

How far can an H1 go without using the difflocks? Crossing them up looks ridiculously easy to do.
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Old 09-03-2006, 01:35 AM   #37
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Re: The Hummer H1: The King of the Road

it's all about the '92 Hilux. my friend has three of them, all with 5.9s in various states of tune. we take them off-road, jump them, make them nose-dive etc.. everything we thorw at it it takes, never had a problem.
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Old 09-03-2006, 03:13 AM   #38
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it's all about the '92 Hilux. my friend has three of them, all with 5.9s in various states of tune. we take them off-road, jump them, make them nose-dive etc.. everything we thorw at it it takes, never had a problem.
How exactly do you fit a 5.9 into a hilux?
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Old 09-06-2006, 12:48 PM   #39
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Re: The Hummer H1: The King of the Road

The H1 are noseheave as hell, as soon as they hit the mud they nose dive and stick like glue. They make a great trail truck but its not a supertruck offroad. The H2 is an overglorified Chevy SUV. I have not driven the H3 yet I heard that it is OK though.
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Old 09-06-2006, 11:57 PM   #40
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The H1 are noseheave as hell, as soon as they hit the mud they nose dive and stick like glue. They make a great trail truck but its not a supertruck offroad.
Stock it's certainly a supertruck when compared to just about any other stock truck.
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Old 09-22-2006, 08:39 AM   #41
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lol how the hell did they manage to make the curb weight of those H1 beasts 8000 pounds!!!!!! and the H2 is not far behind at 6400 pounds!!!! you know what the curb weight of a 73-87 chevy truck is!!! anywhere from 3800 to in the 4000's!!! how can they make an H1 TWICE as heavy as an older truck that happens to have a big block... what is the real mileage of these things on the road (not manufacturer's listed mpg...the real one)... im guessing about 5ish?
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Old 09-22-2006, 09:17 PM   #42
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Stock it's certainly a supertruck when compared to just about any other stock truck.
Supersized and superheavy
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Old 08-16-2007, 12:06 PM   #43
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You will see an awfull lot of these comming back from overseas, as the do not provide much protection against roadside bombs, so likelly they will be fased out. Look for surplus auctions.
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