Tipping angle w/ camper?

[craig333]

I've seen that more than once. I watched a Jeep that was behind me roll on a loose downhill everyone else had no trouble on.

Even if your vehicle is capable of more there is no point in pushing yourself past your comfort level. We're out there to have fun not push ourselves to our limits (mostly).

 

[Vic Harder]

We're out there to have fun not push ourselves to our limits (mostly).

Funny statement to me... having fun to me = pushing my limit. Maybe that's why I appear to have been so hard on my body? ;-)

 

[Wallowa]

We're out there to have fun not push ourselves to our limits (mostly).

Funny statement to me... having fun to me = pushing my limit. Maybe that's why I appear to have been so hard on my body? ;-)

With you Vic...that is also why my body appears so old ...assumption of risks is a choice and those successful risks taken serve to re-vitalize the spirit. Cliches: " A ship is safe in the harbor, but that is not what it is design for", or, of course the other one which is also applicable: "Keep the rubber side down"!

 

[ntsqd]

I'm not quite sure how I've managed to live this long, I'd have thought that my adolescent self would have kilt me dead by now.

"Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone"
--ntsqd household's fridge magnet, quotee unknown.

It's right above:
"My therapist has a wet nose."

I'm figuring that a few here would like that second one.

 

[Wallowa]

I'm not quite sure how I've managed to live this long, I'd have thought that my adolescent self would have kilt me dead by now.

"Life begins at the edge of your comfort zone"
--ntsqd household's fridge magnet, quotee unknown.

It's right above:
"My therapist has a wet nose."

I'm figuring that a few here would like that second one.


[SIZE=10.5pt]Indeed, give your Pup a hug from me....still miss my Golden...[/SIZE]

[SIZE=10.5pt]In diving the first 'dive computer' [profiling dives] was a SCUBAPro affectionately called the 'Bend-o-Matic' and then a true computer with valid algorithms [/SIZE]named an “Edge” [no not the Irish musical group “Edge”] was used by our research dive team…our axiom was to follow the profile “to the Edge” but not over it…kind of like any adventure, you never really know how they will turn out…on or off road....

 

[craig333]

Some are more willing to push the limits than others. How about sidehilling something like this?

https://expeditionportal.com/the-million-dollar-sod-rise-unimog-camper-is-out-of-this-world/

 

[Wallowa]

Some are more willing to push the limits than others. How about sidehilling something like this?

https://expeditionportal.com/the-million-dollar-sod-rise-unimog-camper-is-out-of-this-world/

Good one Craig....CG/CM on that sucker has got be way up there....AND to topple over a million dollar camper is WAY out of my budget!

 

[Vic Harder]

looks like a lesson in how to take a fully capable off road vehicle and make it a parking lot queen. Way too tippy looking!

 

[Wallowa]

looks like a lesson in how to take a fully capable off road vehicle and make it a parking lot queen. Way too tippy looking!

Hey, only needs to safely get from Starbucks to Starbucks....oh, and to photo shoots...or was that a 'photoshop shoot'?

Hopefully that vehicle is more stable than it looks...reminds me of an upside down keel on a sail boat and 'self-righting'...

Manuf site: https://www.sod-muc.com/en/news/sod-rise-4x4

Can't tell if is aluminum, carbon fiber or fiberglass....look at where the engine exhaust is on right side of vehicle, odd. Evidentially modular, since the camper can be removed " and can be operated independently"..to serve as a guest lodge? Unique indeed.

 

[AWG_Pics]

We're out there to have fun not push ourselves to our limits (mostly).

Funny statement to me... having fun to me = pushing my limit. Maybe that's why I appear to have been so hard on my body? ;-)

I am pretty sure no one alive has done things in a 4WD more risky/stupid than I did as an adolescent and very early 20-something. If there is a quota on how many close calls you get to have -- well, I have used all of mine up, I am sure. Could, but won't, tell many tales of my breathtaking stupidity. Proof positive that with age comes wisdom -- only very, very slowly.

 

[wicked1]

Some are more willing to push the limits than others. How about sidehilling something like this?

https://expeditionportal.com/the-million-dollar-sod-rise-unimog-camper-is-out-of-this-world/

I saw a few big rigs like that on my last trip last month... Not quite that nice from what I could tell, but big. Super 'tough' looking, aggressive tires, covered in recovery gear. But where do rigs like that actually go? Other than the desert, I guess. But they're too big for most mountain roads. I just can't imagine that many areas where the roads are that big, but also that bad you'd need all the grippy tires and recovery gear. (I'm honestly curious tho.. maybe there is some place w/ awesome huge back country roads).

They definitely go to national parks on paved roads.. That's where I saw them.

 

[DavidGraves]

Every Spring I see a heavily outfitted F450 Earthroamer in my area....parked at a B & B.

DG

 

[Jon R]

Yeah, I feel somewhat limited in my 3500hd/Grandby due to its large size. I can’t imagine trying to offroad in a bigger rig.