BEST OFF ROAD VEHICLES EVER Hi! Tell me guys? What is an off road vehicle?
Big cars with big wheels, high clearance and four wheel drive? That`s what they are usually.
But why not go a little further than that? Let`s have a look at some of the most unusual
off road vehicles you most likely never heard of before!
1. Check out Ripsaw EV2. This all-terrain vehicle looks a lot more like a tank and it
definitely stands out among it`s peers. Developed by Howeand Howe Technologies this
monster combines speed, passability and maneuverability. There isn’t a place this baby can`t go through.
Any type of terrain, any weather conditions. Ripsaw can handle it all.
Apart from being very capable in terms of it`s practicability, this vehicle can go pretty
fast. And what`s most peculiar is that it drifts!
Thanks to modern composite, high strength materials it weights only 4.5 ton. Believe
me, that’s nothing for a vehicle of this caliber. The creators call their brain child
a supercar among all terrain vehicles. It doesn’t have any type of armor and it`s
got super modern caterpillars. Inside, there is a powerful diesel engine that works in
perfect harmony with a hydrostatic transmission. Count to five and you`ll see it reach 80 kmph.
Imagine this thing go 100 kilometers per hour on rough terrain. That must be one hell of
a show!
2. Once you see Avtoros Shaman, you can`t get your eyes off it. Indeed, it looks quite
unfamiliar. If you ask me, i`ve never seen anything like it before. It doesn`t look like
most cars. The first thing you notice of course is that
it`s freakishly massive. It is 6.3 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and 2.7 meters high.
It`s got wheels and uses low pressure tiers. There are three drive modes: On-road, off-road
and a so-called crab mode that makes it go sideways. This guy is a great swimmer! It
crosses swamps and gullies like no other. And it does it in a way that passengers don`t
even notice. The frame of the car is airtight and resembles
a kind of boat. Inside, there is a 4 cylinder 176 horsepower Iveco F1C engine.
There are two fuel tanks with the total capacity of 260 liters. Average fuel consumption is
25 liters but you can`t really speculate what it`s gonna be on rough terrain because it
would depend on many factors.
3. Recently, Toyo Tires launched a very impressive video of a pretty creepy-looking vehicle of
a military origin. It is a very unique, super modified all-terrain finish that used to be
a part of the British army. So the main goal was to make it peaceful.
Ferret is a British armored car that was developed back in the late forties. The total of 4400
copies were made. But the one you see in Open Country M/T commercial video is one of a kind!
Ferret was modified by the Californian company Action Vehicle Engineering. 6 liter Rolls-Royce
motor was replaced by the Chevrolet Corvette LS V8. We don`t really know what goes in sausages
at this point because they keep it a secret but one thing is clear though, this thing
got a lot more powerful and it is way faster than your regular al-terrain. What we do know
for sure however is that they use King shock absorbers. That is to allow for better energy
intensity. The most interesting part of the new Ferret
is the side wheels. You maybe thinking that those are spare once but they are functional
and can be controlled by means of hydraulic motors. There used to be a big gun on top
but they got rid of that and replaced it with a kind of harpoon that shoots a kind of hook,
which is connected to the winch cable. By the way, the rough-looking beardy guy operating
the vehicle isn`t a war veteran. It is off-road champion BJ Baldwin.
4. Sometime during the 1950s LeTourneau Inc. made a few so-called overland trains, one
of them was LeTourneau TC-497. The size of it staggers you. It`s 173 meters in length
and 9 meters high. It`s got 54 wheels, each wheel is about the size of a regular car.
Super durable exclusive tires were made by “Firestone”.
Each wheel has a separate electric motor, which allows for a much better traction. So
you can think of it as a sort of train, the difference is that the steel wheels are replaced
with the rubber ones. The overall power of TC-497 is 5000 horses.
The train consisted of 8 to 12 trailers. It could carry as much as 150 tons of load. The
total mass of the train itself was about 450 ton.
You may be wondering about the purpose of this giant as it`s obvious that it consumes
way too much fuel and generally isn`t very practical. As we mentioned before, it was
built in the 1950s. The time when the cold war between Russian and US was at full swing.
So US was afraid that Soviets would destroy all of their railroad connections with a few
atomic bomb strikes and so they had to come up with some sort of alternative solution.
TC-497 used to be a top-secret development but as the time passed, the secret was finally
reviled. The price for this thing as you can imagine is rather high – 3.7 million dollars.
5. When I first saw this genius thing, it boggled my mind and I immediately wanted to
try it out for at list a little while. It`s wonderful what a human mind is capable of.
Some engineers really push it far and think creatively to come up with extraordinary things.
It`s called Chainlink extreme 4x4 Chainlink extreme 4x4 has four absolutely
independent wheels with an incredible vertical swing of 2 meters! It`s got very capable air
suspension and chain drives. It has 5 liter V8 Ford Mustang motor, four
speed transmission and a hydraulic suspention. It is probably the most passable vehicle out
there. No 4by4 is match for this guy at this point.
6. Australian Ferox Advanced Vehicles Corporation created a prototype of a six wheel all-terrain
concept. It is based on fluid operating system and has two modes of transport. It uses BMW
1200GS motorcycle power unit. It`s got four liquid motors, each of which
responses with it`s wheel. They are connected to a single pump that pumps over the 95% water
liquid. Engineers claim that such motors are 98% effective. A single motor is capable of
producing 680 Hm of torque. One motor weights 11.3 kilos.
The rare suspension is balanced and allows for a very smooth ride even over a rough terrain.
Creators say it feels like it glides over the surface
7. The cross country vehicle Hunta, also known as Overcomer is a brainchild of Belarusian
and German specialists. This thing can move just about anywhere. Be
it the rocky terrain, water, swampy and even icy areas.
Hunta has very unique low tires that provide high maneuverability and most importantly,
the tires are designed in a way that they don`t damage topsoil. That is due to low ground
pressure. It`s got a fiberglass body. The cabin provides
outstanding heat and sound insulation. Hunta can run on gasoline or diesel engine.
Manufacturers say that Overcomer can make up to 8 km per hour on water and can reach
up to 70 kmph on land. Hunta basic configurations comes with 1.9 liter diesel engine with 95hp.
8. vehicle is one of a kind. It is especially designed to withstand harsh polar conditions.
Designed in 2015 by ATVs Makarov, Burlak is a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle based on
the concept of the soviet armoured personel carrier BTR-60.
It`s length is 6.6 meters, it is 3.2 meters high and 2.9 meters wide. Outside diameter
of the wheels is 1.75 meters. It weighs about 4 ton.
All the units and assemblies can be accessed from inside the cabin, so that the harsh polar
conditions don`t interfere with the vehicles repair process. Waterproof body and the water-propeller
allow Burlak to easily float among the ice cracks.
Some parts of the vehicle were taken from the armoured personel carrier and some from
Toyota Land Cruiser. Transmission and transfer case however are custom made. Low pressure
tires were manufactured on request in China .
Inside, there are four berths, there s a kitchen with gas-burners for cooking, there is a wash-basin
and a shower. By adjusting the engine heat supply a stable, comfortable temperature can
be maintained. The interior is sheathed with insulation and synthetic felt that retains
heat for a long time. The body is made of aluminum and is 1 mm thick. All in all, a
very promising and capable vehicle for the harsh realities of the North.
9. Tarta 813 8by8 was a military truck produced in Czechoslovakia from 1967 to 1982.
It`s got a very firm frame, independent suspension and V12 engine of 17.5 liters, which is a
lot! It has a main, auxiliary gearbox, single step down transfer case, planetary overdrive,
clutch and a lot of other stuff. It is a great example of the olden days all-terrain vehicle.
It offers a very smooth ride and it seemed like it was too good to be true at the time.
Thanks to it`s high engine power and uniquely designed gearbox, Tarta 813 used to carry
heavy loads and was generally very rapid.
10. ZIL the Punisher When first images of Zil the punisher appeared
online it made some people praise it`s aggressive design that kind of resembled a batmobile.
Others laughed hysterically at those huge windows that were obviously too big for such
class of a vehicle. Some people even said that the car wasn`t real at all. They thought
it was some sort of joke. But the truth is that Zil began making the
car back in 2008 together with ford technology. Some specs remain a secret till this day.
Not that anyone cares much about it. The windows are very large indeed and are a potential
threat for those operating the vehicle. Those are heavily tilted however and that minimizes
the damage quite a bit but at the same time, not really. Zil the punisher makes 200 kmph
but the fuel consumption is crazy. 100 km per 50 liters.
And now, can you guys tell me what the hell is this? I found this pic by accident and
I have no idea what a hell is this. So what is this giant crazy SUV? Also, tell me which
one of today`s ATV`s did you like most? Don`t forget to share your answers in the comments
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time!