Yes, thats why AM General featured the TT4 Torqtrak System and later in 2004 Eaton Lockers wich worked pushing a switch. Old Hummers had BTM, Brake throttle modulation. To activate the lockers in front and rear, you had to step with your left foot on the brake and with the right foot, hit the gas pedal. This has to be practised bevor getting offroad in trouble.
I agree with you. Same problem your talking about also face drivers of UNIMOG. Great 4x4 rig but once get stucked, you are in deep trouble. Thanks God, you come pretty far if you know how to operate your hummer correctly, that includes how to adjust your tyre pressure correctly to the terrain your driving.
Why not? As Offroad Instructor I have driven several 4x4, but driving a Hummer H1 is always a special feel, a great experience. It's a kind of it's own. Jeep guy's try to explain this, with the words...It's a Jeep thing.
No matter what jeep guys says, this is the best STOCK off road vehicle ever made... No way a stock jeep can perform better, but with lots of mods and suspension probably will do.
Thats not as true as you think. With the Advent of the Jeep JK Unlimited, the Wrangler is the most capable Jeep to date. Nothing beats the Hummer for serious heavy duty use. However the jeep is far more nimble and light weight and with factory lockers frt &rr it goes almost anywhere.
hell ya man im gettin one too... ive loved those things fore ever. unfortunatley i cant afford one right now .. but some day.. ill buy a beat up one and fix it up if i have to.
@wodanowitz Having used both Defender 110's and HMMWV's in the military, they both have their good points. Both will wheel like mountain goats given a good driver behind the wheel.
Right now I'm not living in Florida but in Europe. Unfortunately here I got no Hummer. For european citys the Hummer H1 is far to big and expensive. Car tax and insurance are skyhigh and the gallon diesel fuel is US$ 7,30 ...YES Seven Dollars and 30 Cents. Can't wait to get back to FL :-) and drive Hummer again. Mine was a green 94 Wagon. 4-Speed autotrans, CTIS, Ice Aircon, tinted windows. Normal diesel, no turbo.
@blibbax ..... yes, but please dondt forget, that a lot of Armys that used the Land Rover, now took decision to replace the Land Rover ...... getting the new, the Mercedes G ...... for example, search the net for the Canadian Military and take a close look at these special military G models.
@1903tx ... this is indeed a real good question. I will send an e-mail to Reeves and ask them. I just saw on Google Earth, that the testtrack still exists.
I see you are right, I'm impressed. I have a question, maybe you can help me. Why did GM as you say, build the Alpha with Duramax engine, Allison trans and all the other goodies, just to cancel the car a half year later ? That makes no sense to me :-((( I thought GM gave up the H1 Alpha, because they needed that production line, to produce better armoured Humvees for Iraq. Thanks for your posting, good to discuss with one who realy knows about that stuff.
@wodanowitz Sad but true, if you look it up on bing maps and look at the birds eye view. You can see the area is filled with cars. You will need to use your hummer to push them out of the way, then hit the course.
Okay, got it. Yeah, the east european countries have some realy amazing vehicles with independent axles for a long time. TATRA is a good example for this.
Your old Land Rover is a good historic vehicle. Yet I doubt, that you could drive up an 22 inch step, or wade through 30 inches of water. And you will get cross axled on the first object of this test track. Nevermind, I would be glad to see your Land Rover here on youtube. Land Rover are good cars, but there are others too. Jeep, Hummer, Unimog, Landcruiser and Patrol, just to name a few.
@goober239 .... there were some rumors that the H1 would come back for 2010. Seems to take more time, but never give up the hope. Would be great if the Hummer H1 Alpha could return with its Duramax engine and Allison transmission. Hummer forever :-)
Yeah, I would like to see, how bigmouth defendertd5 would do there with his antic land rover in high range. It would break into pieces all over the first obstacles ;-)
Who knows? In my country the Jeeps did not have the Daimler stickers under the hood. But you know, even if they are the same cars, each country has other dealer politic. One example: In my country you can only get the Jeep Rubicon with the 2.8 CRD engine, not with the fuel engine. Why? I dondt know. In Germany it is different again. Another example: Jeep Patriot. In the US-version it has a different nose wich makes it far better offroad. The European version, is lower and far badder offroad.
I wonder what the dealer does with his Hummer-specific course now that it's been out of production for five years. I don't think an H2 or H3 will get through that.
hes in sweden.. they might write paycheque (like that) But thats just it. its not for everyone this guy obviously doesnt apreciate it like we do. In my mind id have a shank apartment as long as i had my hummer.. which is if i had money...i dont but id have a hummer if i did. i dont understand why there wouldnt be a hummer in the driveway of every wealthy person. but thats me.. HUMMERs rock.
Upphew, well, if there is no road and trees are 1.6 meters apart...Puch Haflinger will go between them while driver of a Jeep heads back home to get chainsaw ;-) you never heard about that small but very capable 4x4 ? Go and google ;-)
@wodanowitz As long it is all original; with the 6.5L V8 Diesel Duramax, CTIS, all the accessories, military influence (ruggedness), 12,000+ pounds of metal, and the 5* crash test rating; I will buy one. Not to mention to have bumper stickers telling tree-huggers to shut the hell up. Last thing, I don't want GM to produce it, (GM like sucks) but instead AM general.
The chinese should bring out a civilian version of the Dongfeng sometime in 2008. Would like to test it against the real H1. I suppose the chinese car will break into pieces at the first obstacle.
@pulpatro368 ... Yo tuve la suerte, antes de unos anos, de conducir un touareg V10 una semana. Es un coche estupendo. Excusame my mal espanol. Saludos, Wodz.
@1903tx .... Today, I got an answer from these guys at Reeves. They wrote: "Dear Wodz, We use our Hummer Track for a parking lot ." Best Regards, Robert Kearney BDC Representative Reeves Import Motorcars 11333 North Florida Avenue Tampa, FL 33612 (813) 933-2811
Sure they have the AM General sticker on it, so what? GM buyd AM General. It is like Chrysler with Jeep. Chrysler was owned by Daimler. Ever seen a Jeep with Daimler stickers? Me either. GM wanted to make quick money, and they did with the Toymobiles H2 and H3. GM was the one, wich decided to no longer build the H1 Alpha, not AM General.
I know what you mean, but I can not agree with you. Every carmaker today has it's test track build perfect for it's own cars, getting out the maximum in reference to wading, aproach angle and all this stuff.
@richiefrickenrich .... well, the shit hit the fan in Iraq, so they needed all capacaties for building more Hummmvees. It's a shame how GM and specialy Rick Wagoner acted. They just killed the H1 just months after the ALPHA1 truly ruled with Duramax Engine, Allison trans and much more.
H2, H3 son las camionetas mas debiles que existen. muy delicado el ranfer y tren delantero. aparte no son para rutiquear, son muy pesadas, es como queres fanguear con una camioneta hecha de plomo.
Today I learned in the wikipedia, that GM has selled hightech Hummer H1 technologie to the Chinese, and now the Chinese are building an own Hummer called the Dongfeng EQ2050. So GM is a traitor !!! They are ruining AM General.
The course is great and also the truck, but I can tell you that almost all the people that go to the moust remote places dont have a hummer and they pass all the obstacles and arrive to their target. With a Toyota Land Cruiser you can go where ever you want and it can also go to places where a Hummer simply cant, because it is to big and dosent fit in the trail. And what they dont tell you is that if a Hummer gets stuck in the mud you are going to have a great time pulling that fat bastard out.
I think so too, as the H3 is selling much better in the rest of world and they nearly got finished the H4 wich will be smaller again. It's a shame. HUMMER was such a great brand and this GM idiots ruined it.
Yeah dude, looks like GM killed the H1 Civilian, cause there are too many humvees coming in, wich have to be reforced with body armour. To many humvees have been blown up out there. The 2006 Hummer H1 Alpha was truely the king. New Duramax engine, Allison gearing. Everything was made far better. And then, after a half year, they stop production. THEY ARE CRAZY !!!
I love the on-board, on-the-fly tire inflation and deflation. I didn't know the H1 had that: it's a neat gizmo.
Yes, thats why AM General featured the TT4 Torqtrak System and later in 2004 Eaton Lockers wich worked pushing a switch. Old Hummers had BTM, Brake throttle modulation. To activate the lockers in front and rear, you had to step with your left foot on the brake and with the right foot, hit the gas pedal. This has to be practised bevor getting offroad in trouble.
thanks a lot for posting this video.
Very cool video - i like your G-wagon ones as well!
Thank you, I enjoyed every minute!
I agree with you. Same problem your talking about also face drivers of UNIMOG. Great 4x4 rig but once get stucked, you are in deep trouble. Thanks God, you come pretty far if you know how to operate your hummer correctly, that includes how to adjust your tyre pressure correctly to the terrain your driving.
nice! I love green, and a nice set of options too! unfortunately I do not yet own a hummer, but I will as soon as the opportunity presents itself!
GREAT VIDEO!
Landrover, heck even some Russian trucks are incredible, but when it comes down in terms of power and reliability the Hummer H1 is overall the best!
14 years and now UA-cam decides to show me ...logic 😂
Why not? As Offroad Instructor I have driven several 4x4, but driving a Hummer H1 is always a special feel, a great experience. It's a kind of it's own. Jeep guy's try to explain this, with the words...It's a Jeep thing.
Great video.
That's it! Never give up a dream, go after it and catch it! I'm sure you will get your Hummer.
No matter what jeep guys says, this is the best STOCK off road vehicle ever made... No way a stock jeep can perform better, but with lots of mods and suspension probably will do.
Thats not as true as you think.
With the Advent of the Jeep JK Unlimited, the Wrangler is the most capable Jeep to date.
Nothing beats the Hummer for serious heavy duty use.
However the jeep is far more nimble and light weight and with factory lockers frt &rr it goes almost anywhere.
hell ya man im gettin one too... ive loved those things fore ever. unfortunatley i cant afford one right now .. but some day.. ill buy a beat up one and fix it up if i have to.
I love the H1s interiour!
This is an awesome video. So when did hummer switch to the 4 wheel drive system with the eaton lockers?
Yeah, it's the CTIS and works very well driving on swampy ground, or soft sanddunes.
@wodanowitz Having used both Defender 110's and HMMWV's in the military, they both have their good points. Both will wheel like mountain goats given a good driver behind the wheel.
Thank you, I will post a lot more videos over the coming weeks.
agreed 100%!!! soon to go is the h2
Right now I'm not living in Florida but in Europe. Unfortunately here I got no Hummer. For european citys the Hummer H1 is far to big and expensive. Car tax and insurance are skyhigh and the gallon diesel fuel is
US$ 7,30 ...YES Seven Dollars and 30 Cents.
Can't wait to get back to FL :-) and drive Hummer again. Mine was a green 94 Wagon. 4-Speed autotrans, CTIS, Ice Aircon, tinted windows. Normal diesel, no turbo.
@amaple312 ... I'm not sure, but I think it's water that got into the winchbox at the prior fording.
the Time is the final Judge
@blibbax ..... yes, but please dondt forget, that a lot of Armys that used the Land Rover, now took decision to replace the Land Rover ...... getting the new, the Mercedes G ...... for example, search the net for the Canadian Military and take a close look at these special military G models.
As I lived in the US I owned a green 94 H1 Wagon. Do you have the Alpha? Wow, must be great, I love them.
Is this the hummer dealership on Gandy BLVD right behind walmart. Because i loved driving by the dealership with all new hummers out on the lawn.
Do you mean the gear hubing system wich delivers power from the axle to the wheel? The same system Unimog has.
@1903tx ... this is indeed a real good question. I will send an e-mail to Reeves and ask them. I just saw on Google Earth, that the testtrack still exists.
I'm not sure, but I think it's water that got into the winchbox at the prior fording.
yup, and you'll never be able to find parts for it either :p
what year/body style hummer do you drive?
We took a drive before filming. It's just water from the water fording bassin. The Hummer did not leak driving through the water....
I had them both ;-)))
@Fastcaruk401 ... thank you!
I see you are right, I'm impressed. I have a question, maybe you can help me. Why did GM as you say, build the Alpha with Duramax engine, Allison trans and all the other goodies, just to cancel the car a half year later ? That makes no sense to me :-(((
I thought GM gave up the H1 Alpha, because they needed that production line, to produce better armoured Humvees for Iraq.
Thanks for your posting, good to discuss with one who realy knows about that stuff.
@wodanowitz Sad but true, if you look it up on bing maps and look at the birds eye view. You can see the area is filled with cars. You will need to use your hummer to push them out of the way, then hit the course.
Okay, got it. Yeah, the east european countries have some realy amazing vehicles with independent axles for a long time. TATRA is a good example for this.
Your right! :-)))
I love IT (H1 alpha !)
Sorry i was thinking about the hummer dealership in St Petersburg my bad. Cant even think straight.
Your old Land Rover is a good historic vehicle. Yet I doubt, that you could drive up an 22 inch step, or wade through 30 inches of water. And you will get cross axled on the first object of this test track. Nevermind, I would be glad to see your Land Rover here on youtube. Land Rover are good cars, but there are others too. Jeep, Hummer, Unimog, Landcruiser and Patrol, just to name a few.
@goober239 .... there were some rumors that the H1 would come back for 2010. Seems to take more time, but never give up the hope. Would be great if the Hummer H1 Alpha could return with its Duramax engine and Allison transmission.
Hummer forever :-)
exactly
where is that hummer dealership..im really lookin to get an H1 and i cant find a place with resanoble prices
Reeve's at Tampa, FL
i want one but i dont live in florida and i cant find any where to find one in colorado
Hi Deyo99, nope, this one is at 11333 N Florida Ave
Tampa, FL 33612
@UnionKid15 .... your welcome
Yeah, I would like to see, how bigmouth defendertd5 would do there with his antic land rover in high range. It would break into pieces all over the first obstacles ;-)
Nice rare video...
10-40 seconds.......depends if you take all wheels or only front or back.
what pored out of the truck at 3:15
the new range rover (2013) or H1 ?
Eso es. Solo hay un verdadero Hummer, la original y premiera. La H1 como la laman ahora.
Just tell us how? We are curious.
Who knows? In my country the Jeeps did not have the Daimler stickers under the hood. But you know, even if they are the same cars, each country has other dealer politic. One example: In my country you can only get the Jeep Rubicon with the 2.8 CRD engine, not with the fuel engine. Why? I dondt know. In Germany it is different again. Another example: Jeep Patriot. In the US-version it has a different nose wich makes it far better offroad. The European version, is lower and far badder offroad.
I wonder what the dealer does with his Hummer-specific course now that it's been out of production for five years. I don't think an H2 or H3 will get through that.
do you have a website?
the original Hummer H2 and H3 are imitation!!!
Landrover can do pretty much anything except go fast cos there suspension is amazin & very versatile u can change anuthing on a LR
@wodanowitz ...
28° 3'7.28"N
82°27'27.89"W
You should find it on GE
The grip is pretty good on concrete.........
Jim Joe Brown, this video was made many years ago.
@amaple312 im pretty sure it was gasoline, ;) explains the bad mpg......
Yeah, expensive is the right word. The Alpha was much more expensive then the normal H1 before.
This guy doesn't even look like he is trying. He seems to be like he is just out for a sunday drive.
Sorry, I missunderstood. So it has the same engine my one had, the 6.5l V8 Diesel with no turbo and with BTM. Nice rig :-)
hes in sweden.. they might write paycheque (like that) But thats just it. its not for everyone this guy obviously doesnt apreciate it like we do. In my mind id have a shank apartment as long as i had my hummer.. which is if i had money...i dont but id have a hummer if i did. i dont understand why there wouldnt be a hummer in the driveway of every wealthy person. but thats me.. HUMMERs rock.
Upphew, well, if there is no road and trees are 1.6 meters apart...Puch Haflinger will go between them while driver of a Jeep heads back home to get chainsaw ;-) you never heard about that small but very capable 4x4 ? Go and google ;-)
yo tengo un touareg v10 de 8.000 centimetros cúbicos y hace todo eso y mas. el hummer me encanta pero no me lo podia comprar . era muy caro
@MilSimAirsoft1 Er... loads of the non-US armies in Iraq exclusivley use Land Rovers as their basic troop vehicle.
Land rover defender could easily do that :D
They stopped the civilian ones with the Alpha 06 model. This vid here is old.
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@wodanowitz
As long it is all original; with the 6.5L V8 Diesel Duramax, CTIS, all the accessories, military influence (ruggedness), 12,000+ pounds of metal, and the 5* crash test rating; I will buy one. Not to mention to have bumper stickers telling tree-huggers to shut the hell up.
Last thing, I don't want GM to produce it, (GM like sucks) but instead AM general.
The chinese should bring out a civilian version of the Dongfeng sometime in 2008. Would like to test it against the real H1. I suppose the chinese car will break into pieces at the first obstacle.
Cool as fuk
rubicon crd
Yeah, but unfortunately they are using the test track as a parking lot :-(
Yeah, in your sweetest dreams maybe.
@3312cdfp5674 nuh uh, I added a snorkle on my civic
hummer aint got shit on me!
@pulpatro368 ... Yo tuve la suerte, antes de unos anos, de conducir un touareg V10 una semana.
Es un coche estupendo. Excusame my mal espanol.
Saludos, Wodz.
Una pregunta el h1 tiene control de traccion?? Saludos no hablo bien ingles
@1903tx .... Today, I got an answer from these guys at Reeves. They wrote:
"Dear Wodz,
We use our Hummer Track for a parking lot ."
Best Regards,
Robert Kearney
BDC Representative
Reeves Import Motorcars
11333 North Florida Avenue
Tampa, FL 33612
(813) 933-2811
i can run that course in my civic
Ki ami notun comment korlam
@3312cdfp5674 Thats ok, I have gills, i can breathe underwater
Sure they have the AM General sticker on it, so what? GM buyd AM General. It is like Chrysler with Jeep. Chrysler was owned by Daimler. Ever seen a Jeep with Daimler stickers? Me either. GM wanted to make quick money, and they did with the Toymobiles H2 and H3. GM was the one, wich decided to no longer build the H1 Alpha, not AM General.
I know what you mean, but I can not agree with you. Every carmaker today has it's test track build perfect for it's own cars, getting out the maximum in reference to wading, aproach angle and all this stuff.
@wodanowitz the landy would do that with ease
If you want to run over cars, you might better get a Marauder.
@richiefrickenrich .... well, the shit hit the fan in Iraq, so they needed all capacaties for building more Hummmvees. It's a shame how GM and specialy Rick Wagoner acted. They just killed the H1 just months after the ALPHA1 truly ruled with Duramax Engine, Allison trans and much more.
The H2 is much better as it bad Rapper image.
Yet it is no match for the H1.
H2, H3 son las camionetas mas debiles que existen. muy delicado el ranfer y tren delantero. aparte no son para rutiquear, son muy pesadas, es como queres fanguear con una camioneta hecha de plomo.
Today I learned in the wikipedia, that GM has selled hightech Hummer H1 technologie to the Chinese, and now the Chinese are building an own Hummer called the Dongfeng EQ2050. So GM is a traitor !!! They are ruining AM General.
Any 4x4 can do this hummer is just saying its the only stock 4x4 that can do it.
in real life it would sink in mud in no time. To invade midleeast countries for their oil that's what was made for...
The course is great and also the truck, but I can tell you that almost all the people that go to the moust remote places dont have a hummer and they pass all the obstacles and arrive to their target. With a Toyota Land Cruiser you can go where ever you want and it can also go to places where a Hummer simply cant, because it is to big and dosent fit in the trail. And what they dont tell you is that if a Hummer gets stuck in the mud you are going to have a great time pulling that fat bastard out.
I think so too, as the H3 is selling much better in the rest of world and they nearly got finished the H4 wich will be smaller again. It's a shame. HUMMER was such a great brand and this GM idiots ruined it.
Yeah but the hummers don't break when you do it all day. I'm saying this and I'm not a hummer man.
Yeah dude, looks like GM killed the H1 Civilian, cause there are too many humvees coming in, wich have to be reforced with body armour. To many humvees have been blown up out there. The 2006 Hummer H1 Alpha was truely the king. New Duramax engine, Allison gearing. Everything was made far better. And then, after a half year, they stop production.
THEY ARE CRAZY !!!