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Thread: So I think I found the perferct expdition truck

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    Default So I think I found the perferct expdition truck

    Plenty of room, low environmental impact, and it should deal with the Florida sand just fine...yeah... whats your Landcrusier got now...lol









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    Nice....perfect for those pristine out of the way places...

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    I hear the maintenance schedule is as many pages as the U.S. budget.

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    Wait....I thought expedition trucks had SKINNY tires?!


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    Skinny tires are over rated. I want mine to float across lakes...lol

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    So you saw that show too!! all I have to say is WOW I want to go drive up there!!!!

    Here is a bit of info on these beasts...

    http://www.petroleumnews.com/pntruncate/120074555.shtml

    "CATCO vehicles can climb areas with a 60-degree forward or reverse pitch, or a 40-degree side pitch." quoted from this PDF file:

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    Here is a great OLD vid. showing how it all works. Watch them drive a 20,000lb. unit over the inventer and a "dune buggy gal"

    http://www.albeerolligon.com/index.htm
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    yeah, those things are nuts. I just want to drive one.

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    Great find. Interesting to see them pop up again. They're not too far from my old stomping grounds, would be fun to see what they have in the yard.
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    I wonder how much a new tire would cost for one of those though, I bet it can't be cheap.

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