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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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A Submersible??

Even our Rams can't match this truck in this 40's or 50's video.
http://dmaguire.home.mchsi.com/fording.wmv
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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That was awesome....looks like what I do with the 4-wheeler
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 05:43 PM
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Try that on the James river and the truck will be lost in the muck.
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 07:57 PM
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Dang, i'd like to see the engineering in that one , what about all the breathers , keeping water out of where it doesn;t belong , etc.
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Old Nov 24, 2005 | 10:03 PM
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It's a great demo on another reason diesels are superior to gassers. How hard it would be to get a gas engine to run under water like that and be reliable?
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 06:01 AM
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I get a kick out of the Army training manuals and videos.

That was a neat video, but the reality of it all is that only something the size of our govt could afford to do the maintenance on that thing to keep it running reliably.

Even simple things like marine grade starters and alternators are not designed to run submerged. The Mermaids were cool.
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Old Nov 26, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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That's just there way of washing them
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