Re: Hummers getting stuck

[Kevin Curry <kevin@domain.elided>]

Gearing makes a difference fer sher! The Hummer has a total of 5.23 at each
wheel (or 5.32...I can never remember which). Because of 1.92:1 gearing at the
hub, when in 4Lo and 1st gear it puts out over 10,000lb-ft at each wheel (gulp!)

Joseph M. Shaw, II wrote:

> >      Yes, Hummers DO GET STUCK- I only wish I had a camera to document the
> >      fact.
> >
> >      steve_cavender@domain.elided
>
> Well, I don't have a Hummer getting stuck story, but about five years
> ago, while living in Taos, NM, we got a pretty good snow storm to start
> the season.  I was working at one of the Hotels at the base, and several
> of my co-workers lived up one of the switch-back roads up the mountain.
> One of them had a Passport or Rodeo, and the other had a Pathfinder.
> They found that they couldn't make it up the hill, and were having to
> park at the bottom of the hill and walk up and down.  I was driving my
> '68 T'all, and offered to give them a ride.  They assured me that I
> couldn't make it, and I-having bravened myself with a few shots at the
> time-assured them I could.
> Well, to make a long story short, I got them up there, though I stalled
> myself out once-no fault of the trucks, but of my own.  I dropped them
> off, and went back down the hill.  The roads at the bottom were much
> clearer, so I hopped out to unlock the hubs, only to find that I had
> never even locked them!!!  I attribute this to the shots as well!
> Anyway, it was rumored that the only guy in the Ski Valley that could go
> up that hill after a storm was the guy that owned one of the hotels and
> had a Hummer.  That rumor changed after my episode with the T'all.  I
> guess it was just the low gearing and all that weight.  Regardless, that
> is probably the episode that won me over as a devotee' of IH's for life.
> One of the best stories I have.
>
> Michael



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