Where are all the wheelers? [Archive] - Hummer Forums by Elcova

CONRAD II

05-15-2009, 03:20 PM

Does anyone here 4 wheel their H2's anymore?
I know I do every friggan chance I get. I was at gray rock with the Hummer Club a few weeks ago. As a matter of fact the Hummer Club has an event going on right now at Kinzalow in Dayton TN. I'm pretty bummed I did not make it out there myself........:(

hummerpartsman

05-15-2009, 06:33 PM

I posted an invite in the other area for guy to meet up in SMORR in MO JULY 16-20TH. So yes i do wheel but haven hard time finding guys to wheel with.

splne1

05-15-2009, 09:16 PM

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/splne1/mud.jpg

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e56/splne1/mud2.jpg

HummBob

05-15-2009, 11:03 PM

Does anyone here 4 wheel their H2's anymore?

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/escalator2.jpg

No worries Rugged.......HERE I AM!!!!!!!:jump: ;)

HummBob

05-15-2009, 11:04 PM

Does anyone here 4 wheel their H2's anymore?

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/escalator2.jpg

BTW....That IS an AWESOME PIC!!!!!:perfect10s:

Seriously.....!!!!!:beerchug:

whiteyH2

05-15-2009, 11:33 PM

I'm jealous... that looks like a lot of fun. I'd love to be offroading but I have no damn time :(

RuggedH2

05-16-2009, 12:28 AM

Wedge on Poision Spider

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_2613.jpg

splne1

05-16-2009, 01:05 AM

:perfect10s: Thats an even better pic...looks like i got new background!!!

codered

05-16-2009, 06:13 AM

I just got my hummer h2 4 months ago, but i'm ready to see what she can do! I didn't buy it for it to sit around and look pretty. :jump:

HummBob

05-16-2009, 06:39 AM

I just got my hummer h2 4 months ago, but i'm ready to see what she can do! I didn't buy it for it to sit around and look pretty. :jump:

Mine DRIVES AROUND and Looks PRETTY!!!!!:fdance: :jump: ;)

RuggedH2

05-16-2009, 06:59 AM

Why are you fawking up the wheeling thread Bob?

There's only fawking one. You aint got sh!t to do with it..... and you still gotta post your worthless B.S. all over it.

Damn........ you talk too much. :fdance:

Why does it always have to be about you?

:giggling: :D

HummBob

05-16-2009, 07:29 AM

RuggedH2

05-16-2009, 08:20 AM

Cause THAT'S HOW I ROLL.....:giggling:

Man you're not black........ why do you try to talk like you're black?

You act like you think you are a black dude from L.A.........

Bob you are a white guy from Canada. :shhh:

frenzy1

05-16-2009, 09:44 AM

Man you're not black........ why do you try to talk like you're black?

You act like you think you are a black dude from L.A.........

Bob you are a white guy from Canada. :shhh:

fozhizzlemedizzle Bob ! Go smack yo bitch up !!!! :fdance: :twak: :jump:
foreal !

splne1

05-16-2009, 04:19 PM

nah wha amm saying!!!!! Bitch is running wild dawg!!!:giggling:

HummBob

05-17-2009, 12:35 AM

Man you're not black........ why do you try to talk like you're black?

You act like you think you are a black dude from L.A.........

Bob you are a white guy from Canada. :shhh:

I guess I've been reading too many of DEE'S posts on CHO!!!!:jump:

tomp

05-17-2009, 03:41 AM

Does anyone here 4 wheel their H2's anymore?

Yeah, there are a few of us still willing to wheel. I look forward to meeting up with you and Summit sometime this year - possibly in Moab around October? We had an interesting trip this morning, where an H3T Alpha broke a casit iron diff case and a few other breaks: http://www.clubhummeroffroad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5440&page=8

timgco

05-19-2009, 03:24 AM

Wedge on Poision Spider

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_2613.jpg

LOL, I was just on that trail last Sat. :fdance: 1st time I did the Wedgeeee.

Alan06SUT

05-19-2009, 03:45 AM

We all got H1's dude...
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/acablik/kinzalows/P51602351280x768.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/acablik/kinzalows/P51602631280x768.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/acablik/kinzalows/P51602691280x768.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/acablik/Morris%20MTN/PC0601201024x768.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/acablik/Morris%20MTN/PC060152.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/acablik/grey%20rock/P82903971024x768.jpg
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i16/acablik/grey%20rock/dsc_8962_187.jpg

wingn69

05-19-2009, 08:51 AM

You guys are out of control again. :popcorn: sorry my friend but in germany tree huggers would have me for lunch if I used mine off road. so i have to bling it shiny and mighty is the way I roll dawg.

Alan06SUT

05-20-2009, 05:19 AM

Hey I know the H2 can make it on nearly all of those trails...1 BIG difference...if you wheel it for a few years hard it will be a twisted, tin canned, warped bucket of bolts! Trust me you should have seen my frame and underside after just 2.5 years of wheeling the h2. Kinzalows will eat any truck but the H1's seem to handle the constant abuse best. The rocks are sharp...tires, rims, bodies just get mauled.

Am General has been sending guys down to the event since the 90's for r&d and a VP told me that some findings have made there way into current HMMWV's etc.

There is a guy we wheel with a Kinzalows who has been wheeling his H1 extremely hard since it was new in 93. Still going strong....Any Jeep or other civillian type truck would have been trash in 5 years or less for sure. There are trails here such as dolly's squeeze that no h2 has attempted. You guys should come next year and give it a shot...But don't expect to be looking pretty afterwards, you will get body damage. :D

BTW your pics look great and I hope to wheel with you someday..I still plan to go to Moab one of these years.

RuggedH2

05-20-2009, 12:38 PM

I watched you move from the H2 to the H1. I watched the wheelin' you did in both rigs. All good stuff no question.

I have wheeled with H1's out here and I'm sure under different conditions and terrain than what you guys might consider standard fare out there.

I've seen my H2 walk right over obstacles that H1's have struggled and worked hard to get through. It was an eye opener and I suspect most people have no idea that an H1 can be outdone by an H2. I've seen it too many times to count. The driver is another big factor.

I have wheeled this truck hard for two years, I already do have body damage on the H2..... Most is superficial though. The truck also has 4.88 gears, with front and rear lockers. Custom suspension arms. Rancho lift with 38X14.50X17 KM2s on beadlocked wheels.

I would love to make the trip to Kinzalows with you guys. Big sacrifice would be required though. It's far away and I have two teenage boys in competition sports, Lacrosse and Baseball, and a little girl in Dance. There is much to miss right now.

Keep posting the good pics........ I'll get more up from Moab.

Who knows..... these things might become illegal or collectors items the way the governments going.

HumminNBoatin'

05-20-2009, 05:43 PM

Yeah Alan, go ahead and show them your body damage from Kinzalows! lol I will go ahead and start a picture thread from Kinzalows. I took about 200.

Eric

tomp

05-20-2009, 11:38 PM

if you wheel it for a few years hard it will be a twisted, tin canned, warped bucket of bolts!

Hey Alan...I am seeing these same things with my rig. The entire frame area surrounding the Idler Pivot Assembly was flexing like rubber. It even had an extra Cognito gusset and still was flexing. I ended up correcting the problem by extending the gusset all the way to the front round cross member.

I had to purchase a mig and plasma cutter to keep this thing wheeling and prevent it from a complete disaster.

tomp

05-20-2009, 11:44 PM

The driver is another big factor

I have also out wheeled or equaled every H1 I have come encountered with (this is not many). I concur that people don't know how to drive them. It takes a certain level of finesse in any vehicle. Granted I have dual lockers and most H1s dont.

Hopefully I can meet up with you in Moab in October. It would be really cool to finally get to wheel with some other modded H2s such as yours and Summit's and with someone not afraid to drive it like it was meant to be driven.

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 03:52 AM

Looking forward to Moab in April Tom.

We have some trails I know you will like.

tomp

05-21-2009, 05:14 AM

Looking forward to Moab in April Tom.

We have some trails I know you will like.

April? Does this mean you cant make it in October?

Alan06SUT

05-21-2009, 05:31 AM

After wheeling both pretty hard (east cost forrests and rocks only) my opinion is that the h2 can make it nearly everywhere the H1 can besides deep fording and big ledges (h2 dosent have the approach angle). I could barely make it up that waterfall in the photo. Im not sure if the h2 could w/o stacking rocks. I have the MM winch so about 72 deg approach angle.

Geared hubs, and instant torque from the diesel also add to far more traction from the start. Which leads to less wheel spin and sliding around.

H2 beats the h1 in comfort by miles and people carrying capacity.

Heck the h2 will fit 37's in stock form...but the h1 will fit 38.5's...and with a 2" body lift 41's..no gearing or parts upgrades required!!

As far as an h2 outwheeling an h1, tsall driver if that were the case.

Also h1 is easier to see out of (opentop at least vs h2sut), especially the back, and the h2 will definatley flip quicker on a side slope, and h1 feels more nimble when weaving through trees etc.

That all bieng said, I think we could get h2's through most of the h trails at kinzalows, we just need some h2's to come out next year who are willing to try.

Again, I've never been to moab in either rig, so I dont know how they compare out there, but I would be very hard pressed to belive there is an instant I could not follow and H2 out there.

Alan06SUT

05-21-2009, 05:41 AM

Hey Alan...I am seeing these same things with my rig. The entire frame area surrounding the Idler Pivot Assembly was flexing like rubber. It even had an extra Cognito gusset and still was flexing. I ended up correcting the problem by extending the gusset all the way to the front round cross member.

I had to purchase a mig and plasma cutter to keep this thing wheeling and prevent it from a complete disaster.

My frame was toast, my crosmebers were literally hanging by a thread and dog eared (especially the t case and tranny one). Similar issue w idler area, etc. Went through three stock sets of skid bars/plates, etc.

H1 after harder wheeling, dents in the front of the control arms, thats it.

Both eat idler and pitman arms each trip and require allignment.

Alan06SUT

05-21-2009, 05:45 AM

Yeah Alan, go ahead and show them your body damage from Kinzalows! lol I will go ahead and start a picture thread from Kinzalows. I took about 200.

Eric

Whats up dude! Good to meet you and wheel w/ you! I havent downloaded my pics yet but I'll do it soon and post. I got a couple of good ones of you in the river.Feel free to post the hood carnage if you have some of it!!!

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 06:24 AM

I would be very hard pressed to belive there is an instant I could not follow and H2 out there.

I appreciate your confidence Alan.

I love H1's and drove Hummvees for almost a decade with the Corps..... Granted never on stuff as fun as what we do now. I'm not trying to put them down at all.

There might be some things that could still "surprise" you.

Is your rig all locked up?

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 07:34 AM

April? Does this mean you cant make it in October?

I shouldn't try to post and work at the same time. :rolleyes:

I meant October. ;)

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 07:37 AM

This little trick can be tight maneuvering for an H1.

Pics don't do it justice. You really have to see it to understand the challenge. Many H1's have caved in a corner.

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/escalator5.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 07:45 AM

The other side

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/F5Moab124.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 07:53 AM

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/Rugged-C.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 07:57 AM

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/WipeoutHilldrop-in2.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 08:00 AM

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/Hellsgatedropin.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 08:02 AM

Hells Gate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouWJa6FC7-E

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_2424.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 08:14 AM

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1473.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 08:18 AM

Nothing fancy just Playin' in the "backyard".

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1925.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 08:21 AM

Steel Bender

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1449.jpg

RuggedH2

05-21-2009, 06:24 PM

Hey I realize that many here have already seen my pics before.

Can't call for wheelers to post pics without throwing up some of your own though.

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1202.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1203.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1204.jpg

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1205.jpg

ROUSHDEMON

05-21-2009, 08:51 PM

Nice pics bro!

H3slate

05-21-2009, 09:05 PM

Thanks for sharing the pics Rugged!

HummBob

05-22-2009, 11:09 PM

Hey Rugged....even I CAN appreciate the COOLNESS of those PICS!!!:beerchug: :excited:

Badace

05-23-2009, 03:41 PM

I am not interest in rock crawling,(Really only because everytime I get a hair to do something crazy, I break something) but that is bad ass. I am the Hunter and like the woods more. I do love that h2 though.

H2Finally

05-23-2009, 04:51 PM

Nice pics! But need a bit more bling imho... :D

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/h2finally/240672973-L.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/h2finally/097.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/h2finally/005.jpg

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i303/h2finally/087-1.jpg

tomp

05-23-2009, 05:09 PM

Nice pics! But need a bit more bling imho... :D

Hey stranger - where have you been? Hope you are doing well....

Not sure if you noticed but that one pic of you sliding over that boulder at Krocks is on the HXC home page. You have to wait for the slide show to get around to your rig. Looks like there are two of my SUT there also. That was a fun trip that resulted in many great pics.

H2Finally

05-24-2009, 02:00 PM

That was a fun trip that resulted in many great pics.Still bummed that when I (finally) managed to get over this giant wall with my driver tire so high up in the air that the K-Rock guide could walk under to pose -- was of course the exact moment the rig tipped over the center of gravity and came crashing down -- resulting in scattering people and NO photos... :crying: :D

KenP

05-24-2009, 04:16 PM

DRTYFN

05-24-2009, 06:06 PM

:yawn: Is this some kind of attempt at a board troll? The Island of Misfit Toys wouldn't even exist if it weren't for Elcova. Oh, and the butthurt bitches that stormed off over the "Who's the mod" pissfest. "Oooh, I'm a chapter president!!":giggling: :giggling: :giggling: :giggling:

DRTYFN

05-24-2009, 06:17 PM

And as far as I know, I was first up it in an H2. And that was without a spotter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO33T8B8nAk

DRTYFN

05-24-2009, 06:22 PM

:jump:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfDwo-mKwGc

timgco

05-25-2009, 12:04 AM

Oh yes, Escalator. My wife wanted to do that one so bad when we got there she grabbed a passenger and drove on up without a spotter. Then the front CV snapped at the top and the right rear slipped into a hole.

Too bad too, she was out.
51022

haha, I remember that trip! One of the best ones for me!!!! I remember climbing up on the brushguard to "try" to bring the front end down some.

...and Susan "carefull Tim, you're going to get hurt." ...as I'm thinking this truck is gonna flip over. ...I'll risk it!

I have a bunch of these Ken, but could only find three of them.

timgco

05-25-2009, 12:19 AM

pics

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009425.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009432.jpg

timgco

05-25-2009, 12:20 AM

piccs

wedge
http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009431.jpg

my buds day old sut.

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009435.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009442.jpg

timgco

05-25-2009, 12:22 AM

more from last weekend

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009456.jpg

down the waterfall
http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009472.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009473.jpg

timgco

05-25-2009, 12:25 AM

last 3 I have from last weekend.

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/P5160144.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/P5160158.jpg

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/P5160165.jpg

timgco

05-25-2009, 12:30 AM

http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww59/RuggedH2/IMG_1473.jpg

38's look great!!!! That shot was my wallpaper for a week!!!!:cool:

timgco

05-25-2009, 12:33 AM

btw- this was the first time out wheelin without those low hangin BA shock skids. I bolted a set of TomP's lowpro shock mounts on. Much better.

http://i542.photobucket.com/albums/gg437/Timgco/MAY182009421-1.jpg

H3slate

05-25-2009, 02:48 AM

RuggedH2

05-25-2009, 03:41 AM

Nice Timmay!

I recognize those exact spots. I must have wheeled that trail 10 times now.

Did you do the whole shackle mod with that shock plate?

Sh!t man I just realized I've wheeled my wife's H3 harder than most here have wheeled their one's and two's.

Thanks for posting the wheeling pics gents. There's some good stuff here. "Balls Deep"!

DRTYFN

05-25-2009, 05:54 AM

Rugged, clear out some of your PM's - you're full.

RuggedH2

05-25-2009, 07:10 AM

Done.

RuggedH2

05-25-2009, 08:29 AM

These were all on Poison Spider in March (or April?) except the first one on Wipeout hill.

Beebs is running her new "Spring over" rear axle and dual beadlocked wheels.

51030

51031

51032

51033

tomp

05-25-2009, 02:16 PM

Didn't know your wife also had an H3. Trail Duty will be releasing some more H3 components in the next few weeks to include:
-Matching rear 5125 series Bilstein shocks (matches the Cognito-Bilstein 5125 series shock). There will be two options available to accomodate different rear suspension setups.
-H3 extended shackles. These will be the only H3 shackles available that are bolt-on right out of the box with the exception of the Samco shackles which are way overpriced. Samco shackles are also too tall for most people and impede departure angle. TD shackles will have two sizes available.

Nice Timmay!

I recognize those exact spots. I must have wheeled that trail 10 times now.

Did you do the whole shackle mod with that shock plate?

Sh!t man I just realized I've wheeled my wife's H3 harder than most here have wheeled their one's and two's.

Thanks for posting the wheeling pics gents. There's some good stuff here. "Balls Deep"!

RuggedH2

05-25-2009, 06:27 PM

Didn't know your wife also had an H3.
Actually she took over the H3 after I bought and started wheeling the H2. They are both 06's.

51037

RuggedH2

05-25-2009, 07:37 PM

These pics have been around this place for years.....

51038

51039

51040

H3slate

05-25-2009, 08:18 PM

Alan06SUT

05-26-2009, 09:47 PM

I appreciate your confidence Alan.

I love H1's and drove Hummvees for almost a decade with the Corps..... Granted never on stuff as fun as what we do now. I'm not trying to put them down at all.

There might be some things that could still "surprise" you.

Is your rig all locked up? Yes detroit rear ected front