Brody
October 26th, 2011, 07:18 AM
Here are a few videos from the 'Big Boys'. Nothing like seeing these massive rigs off road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GGrHhywzsA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3tKIu7g8qU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi8SlYGt0YM&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PLAEB5415EF8383CF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49OqRPpR7no&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Epd4WZypvA&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PLF9456737319FEF6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y2JOxN9zVk&feature=related
Hell, who needs wheel travel when you are locked up X6, X8, or X10 and have a huge diesel turning the wheels? What some more? Google 'Tantras and Dakar' or 'DAFs and Dakar'. The boys driving those huge rigs at speed sitting over the front axle with only a tire or two on the ground at any one time are pretty damn good.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention your basic 16X16 grocery getter nuclear missile hauler, the last video. Pretty much your FU highway rig that you can do some off roading with....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cTOhQGdXaM&feature=related
And, last , but not least, some of the DAFs at Dakar. Yes, these are as big as they look, too. We saw a DAF in Aruba that was set up as a sight seeing 'troopie' and carried up to 10 people in the back. Leaf sprung, too. with leaf springs that are about 1/2" thick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfi5XO1T6aU&feature=related
Not sure if this is a DAF. Same driver, so it probably is. The DAFs and Tantras look similar. Still an entertaining driver's view of driving something this big off road at speed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UWnZMMeVqo&feature=related
And how about this for a turning radius? Something to be said for having who knows how many wheels being able to turn (some of them, if not all of them, are duals. I didn't bother to count...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWtJqdzw5as&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GGrHhywzsA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3tKIu7g8qU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi8SlYGt0YM&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PLAEB5415EF8383CF4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49OqRPpR7no&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Epd4WZypvA&feature=rellist&playnext=1&list=PLF9456737319FEF6A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y2JOxN9zVk&feature=related
Hell, who needs wheel travel when you are locked up X6, X8, or X10 and have a huge diesel turning the wheels? What some more? Google 'Tantras and Dakar' or 'DAFs and Dakar'. The boys driving those huge rigs at speed sitting over the front axle with only a tire or two on the ground at any one time are pretty damn good.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention your basic 16X16 grocery getter nuclear missile hauler, the last video. Pretty much your FU highway rig that you can do some off roading with....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cTOhQGdXaM&feature=related
And, last , but not least, some of the DAFs at Dakar. Yes, these are as big as they look, too. We saw a DAF in Aruba that was set up as a sight seeing 'troopie' and carried up to 10 people in the back. Leaf sprung, too. with leaf springs that are about 1/2" thick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfi5XO1T6aU&feature=related
Not sure if this is a DAF. Same driver, so it probably is. The DAFs and Tantras look similar. Still an entertaining driver's view of driving something this big off road at speed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UWnZMMeVqo&feature=related
And how about this for a turning radius? Something to be said for having who knows how many wheels being able to turn (some of them, if not all of them, are duals. I didn't bother to count...):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWtJqdzw5as&feature=related