Re: [ihc] Bigger is Better

[Tom Mandera <tsm1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Harais wrote:
> It comes down to "it depends on how you are planning to use it".  For
> instance, for the uses I am interested in, the Humvee has some serious
> By the same token, if rock crawling was my game, I'd have to give up the
> Traveler and find a Scout.  The shorter wheelbase would mean the difference
> between "go" and "no-go".  Function is important.
Owning, and daily driver-ing at various stages, a decent sized 
collection of Binders..

My stock Scout IIs were great.  Park anywhere (compact car!), great 
turning radius, good ride, good capacity.

Good tow-rig?  Not really, but adequate.

Stock 119" WB Travelall?  I think a better highway ride, still 
park-able, but not a Compact, still turned well, and a better tow-rig. 
Pretty capable 4x4, but not as capable as the unmodified Scout.

I have a 133" single-cab long-box pickup, but I've never driven it. 
I'll give you feedback when I do.

I also have a 166" WB 1T Travelette.  HUGE truck.  Very heavy duty.

Goes down the highway great, hauls a trailer great, and hauls a yard of 
gravel and has a good ride.  Empty?  Off-road, the tail tends to kick a 
bit, but the cush coils up front ride nice for me in the driver's seat. :D

Park the thing?  Please.  I make 3 pt turns into diagonal parking 
spots.. forget most 90-deg slots if there are cars around.

If I lived in a big city, the Travelette would just be too much trouble 
to maneuver around parked cars and into parking garages.

Sure is nice to pull a load down the highway with it though.

OTOH, the T'ette gets 10mpg empty, 6.75mpg loaded.. the stock Scouts 
managed 12-24 depending on which one and which engine was in it at the 
time..