the h2 is built on the chevy 1500 frame with larger wheels. so in theroy it is a dressed up tahoe. its noting compared to a h1. we have towed so many of these back to the dealer. i dunno, we dont tow to many 1500 trucks but they tryied to dress these up so much that it cause alot of problems.
i would of went with an esclade ext
stock for stock, i'd actually take an H2 over an H1. The H1's are so seriously under developed its rediculous. Underpowered, all that weight pulled by a 4l60e. They only thing they got right with the H1 was the independant suspension. The ONLY tough as nails independant suspension. Even though they have little to no flex, with the suspension setup and portal hubs, you have massive ground clearance. I got sick of H1's having to work on them all the fucking time. I did 6 years in the Air Force vehicle maintenance, and at any given time we had 2-3 of the hummers in the shop needing a tranny, or another 6.5 failure of a diesel. What's REALLY rediculous is even the up-armored H1's (10k plus with a turret) STILL ran the 6.5 n/a with a 4l60e. Those went through tranny's every other oil change. Even worse in the desert in the heat and high load soft sand puts on a drivetrain.
Were you in charge of the fridge fund or what? First off, the overdrive trannys in up armored HMMWV's are 4l80E's, second the engine in up armors have been 6.5TD's since the mid to late 80's. I would take an H1 over an H2 any day, they are actually built to go offroad, not just to look like a capable offroad vehicle.. Sure, they are low on HP (6.5TD-190hp), but its a fucking diesel with more than 350lb ft/torque and 3 lines of gear reduction (trans, transfer case, hubs) and even the porky 1116's with frag 5 armor (12,500lbs) has more than enough power and torque to pull another at 45mph without overheating in severe heat. I definately agree that the suspension sucks, and they are over engineered and underbuilt though and they could have easily solved the majority of the problems with a 6BT (even 4BT) cummins TD and a pair of Dana 60 axles with portal hubs then dropped the floor a little to have more fucking room and maybemore than 4 seats...
Are you aware that probably half of the up armored ones are actually not built to be an up armored vehicle? That the shit was pieced together to meet a demand from disabled uparmored H1's?
And no, I wasn't in charge of the fridge fund, did that shit for 6 years.
A 6bt would have been a great choice, but the military wanted ground clearance. Know nothing paper pushers think that equals something, instead of a vehicle that could flex a little. ( as they sit, even with a 60 and portals, the independant would still have the advantage of actual chunk clearance because of the extra joints in the axles) The H1's have hardly any compression and very little drop, which is why you see most videos of them toting wheels all over the fucking place.
The military should have just had 4bt powered, and dana 60'd jeeps with some armor. Who doesn't like a fucking jeep?
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