Military Vehicles, March 1997,: RE: Hummer in thick woods?

RE: Hummer in thick woods?

Ben Goetter (goetter@angrygraycat.com)
Sat, 15 Mar 1997 10:41:08 -0800

In terms of impact on the forest, there's no difference between having a seven foot wide
road and an eight foot wide road. I have no guilt about widening a road to the USFS eight
foot standard in order to fit my truck, unless I think that it will spoil the trail for
other users.

If no road is cut through the forest, then neither your Mutt nor my Hummer are going
anywhere therein.

Not saying that I'm ever going to accept a race through the Maine woods against one of you
short-wheelbase pilots....

Ben

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From: Peste666@aol.com[SMTP:Peste666@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 1997 10:10 PM
To: lazarus@nmia.COM
Cc: mil-veh@skylee.com
Subject: Re: Hummer in thick woods?

>>What? is the HMMWV unsuitable for tree-infested terrain?

>Personally, I like to leave the woods pretty much as I found them, as in not
>bashing down trees to try to follow my buddy in a Willys.