Rock crawlers are now obsolete

[George16]

Originally Posted by gtxracer

Hate to break to you guys, but as much as that thing is an engineering marvel, it's also useless and doesn't stand a chance against rock crawlers.

As a Jeep guy AND an engineering major, that thing is cool machine, but that's it. It would snag everywhere and be S L O W. It's massively heavy and although the idea is solid, the design just isn't compact or fast enough to compete with the rock crawlers of today.

Sorry to be a buzzkill. If you guys really want to see some cool new rock crawling stuff, check out the King of the Hammers race. It's Baja rock crawling on steroids.

Let me jump in and post my .02 about what ypu just said. Being a Jeep guy and having an engineering major is a big plus towards your opinion but that doesn't mean shi#t to me. I also am an engineering major (M.E and graduated back in 1990) and to me that rig is more than capable of rock crawling. I had my own experience crawling with tube buggies before they became mainstream during my tour of duty in San Diego from 1991-1994 (how old were you at that time ). Majority of rock crawling competitions in the US does not emphasize speed but rather finesse and accuracy in tackling the obstacles. I have seen it done in Moab (never drove though) and only a few of them go fast.

This rig has it's flaws (what rig is not anyways) but for somenody to come up with this is a genius in my opinion. Saying

it's also useless and doesn't stand a chance against rock crawlers

is akin to what the Jeep guys used to say when tube buggies first started coming out back in the early 90's.

By the way, I still would not be wheeling a jeep unless it's one of the older models (built CJ5 with the Perkins diesel engine) .

[gtxracer]

Originally Posted by George16

Let me jump in and post my .02 about what ypu just said. Being a Jeep guy and having an engineering major is a big plus towards your opinion but that doesn't mean shi#t to me. I also am an engineering major (M.E and graduated back in 1990) and to me that rig is more than capable of rock crawling. I had my own experience crawling with tube buggies before they became mainstream during my tour of duty in San Diego from 1991-1994 (how old were you at that time ). Majority of rock crawling competitions in the US does not emphasize speed but rather finesse and accuracy in tackling the obstacles. I have seen it done in Moab (never drove though) and only a few of them go fast.

This rig has it's flaws (what rig is not anyways) but for somenody to come up with this is a genius in my opinion. Saying is akin to what the Jeep guys used to say when tube buggies first started coming out back in the early 90's.

By the way, I still would not be wheeling a jeep unless it's one of the older models (built CJ5 with the Perkins diesel engine) .

Seriously?!?!? I think some of you guys need hook'd on fonix or something. It shows in the vid that it rockcrawls, which I never said it didn't. Read my posts again, like I said.

I'll say it again - it's a marvel of engineering but it is NOT the future of rockcrawling.

One more time - If you want to see some real ingenuity and designs mixed with real usable technical data with revolutionary parts and features - LOOK AT THE KING OF THE HAMMERS RACE. It DOES emphasize speed and rock crawling, especially now in all the WEROCK and similar events, check it out. If you aren't actively involved in the sport, look it all up and stop trying to "tell me how it is" because things have changed. Thanks.