Posted on 04/19/2022 9:00:41 PM PDT by algore
The extra length means the load bay area is so expansive that Ikea's biggest flat-pack wardrobe would be no challenge for this particular vehicle.
The Dodge RAM TRX it uses as a donor machine isn't exactly a shrinking violet itself, with the eight-cylinder powerplant in the tuned four-wheel SUV producing 702bhp.
However, the addition of a 2.65-litre supercharger, high-flow fuel injectors and upgraded induction system, Hennessey has wrangled and extra 300bhp out of the V8 engine.
The Texas-based car maker already sells a four-wheel Mammoth 1000 TRX with the same engine specification, which is claimed to be capable of accelerating from a standstill to 60mph in 3.2 seconds and complete a quarter-mile sprint in 11.4 seconds - though expect the 6X6's times to be quite a lot longer. The seven-metre-long body sits atop these massive 20-inch wheels that are wrapped in chunky 37-inch off-road tyres
The seven-metre-long body sits atop these massive 20-inch wheels that are wrapped in chunky 37-inch off-road tyres Alongside performance upgrades, the new truck features a mountain of off-road kit, including locking rear axles
Alongside performance upgrades, the new truck features a mountain of off-road kit, including locking rear axles The six-wheeler gets specialist Bilstein suspension, offering lots of ride height and travel for those who might want to take this enormous motor off the beaten track
The six-wheeler gets specialist Bilstein suspension, offering lots of ride height and travel for those who might want to take this enormous motor off the beaten track
Alongside performance upgrades, the new truck features a mountain of off-road kit, including locking rear axles and longer-travel suspension, and also gets redesigned front and rear bumpers featuring a dazzling array of LED lights.
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Nothing like standing behind your product.
You can live in your car, but you can’t drive your house!
Yeah my friend just converted a deuce and a half to a water truck to spray his roping arena.
He says it is a beast
Stupicraft.
Hold my martini and watch this
“Pickups with six tires have been around for a long time.
This is just a slight variation.”
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True. It is a Dually with the tires arranged front-to-back instead of side-by-side.
“Pickups with six tires have been around for a long time.
This is just a slight variation.”
Mechanically the tandem arrangement, especially if all four wheels are powered, is a lot more complex than a dually.
I couldn’t tell from the pictures whether all four of the tandem wheels are powered.
The headline calls it a 6X6, and the article refers to locking rear axles (plural), so I’d guess that all four rear wheels are powered. Of course, the Daily Mail writer might have been wrong, too.
“I’d guess that all four rear wheels are powered”
On further thought, all 4 wheels would certainly be powered because if only two were powered, the powered wheels would have only half the weight of the rear part of the vehicle, which would be a disaster for traction.
They released a Ford version of this a few years ago..the Velociraptor
I seems like you would get a lot of tire skip on sharp turns.
That too. Also, for half a mil you’d expect Hennessey not to cut corners.
What’s the bed length? Short beds just tick me off.
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I thought I was alone in hating short bed pick ups.
I want one of these!! I loved my time in Panama and 1st Gulf War in one of those!
They will do over 95MPH on hardball! Over 65MPH in deep sand!
Yes, but you can live in your truck but you can’t drive your house.
Living in one’s car ain’t the same as a house
For some people, having a car is much more important than a place to live.
I know of someone who got an inheritance and then proceeded to use it to buy a brand new car—at the same time he was living rent-free at someone else’s house.
Didn’t occur to him to use that money to pay off his debts and secure a stable living situation.
Nope, gonna use it to buy a new car.
yup, they **it and git! I have had them airborne!
and they have a smooth suspension.
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