Posted on 02/13/2005 4:49:41 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
JASPER, Texas (AP) - For some drivers, even a Hummer may not be enough. At a curb weight of more than 3.5 tons, the Humvee-inspired Hummer H1 is no skinny guy who gets sand kicked in his face. But the Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck, a dressed-up military vehicle more than twice as heavy, is being billed as bigger, badder and more bodacious.
"It's the rugged Bubba," said Daniel Ayres, president and CEO of Homeland Defense Vehicles LLC and its division Bad Boy Trucks.
The East Texas company aims to market the machine to civilians with disposable cash and a hankering for more protection from the outside world. A $379,000 version made its public debut in January at the Dallas Safari Club convention.
For a base price of $225,000 - nearly twice the Hummer H1 wagon's base price of $117,508 - consumers can get a basic version of the 10-foot-tall Bad Boy that can drive through five feet of water, climb a 60-degree grade, tow six tons and keep rolling even with a quarter-sized hole in the tire's sidewall.
(AP) Daniel Ayres, president and CEO of Homeland Defense Vehicles LLC and its Bad Boy Trucks division,...
The price goes up from there, depending on options. Drivers can get infrared cameras that peer through darkness. The flat-nosed cab can be bulletproof, and house a mini-safe behind three leather seats. The dash can include a satellite phone, a two-way radio and a global-positioning system - all alongside DVD, MP3 and CD players and a flip-out LCD screen.
For $750,000, buyers can get the fully loaded "NBC" version that can, Ayres said, detect and block out fallout from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons by over-pressurizing the cab with filtered, clean air much like an aircraft.
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Nice but I would rather have a Unimog.......
The Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck, left, draws
interest Jan. 19, 2005 in Jasper, Texas. The
converted military truck, parked beside a Ford
pick-up, can drive through 10 feet of water
and climb a 60-degree grade with infrared
cameras that peer through darkness.
(AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
I don't want to think about the damage my wife could do with that thing in the grocery store parking lot.
Well hopefully the store is insured.
Call me old fashioned, but this is enough for me.
Lots of Hummers around where I live and they are too fierce looking for my taste. It's like a tank heading towards you.
this thing has euro-commie written all over it. there is still nothing like American muscle.
this thing has euro-commie written all over it. there is still nothing like American muscle.
International is also coming out with some huge, pricey pickups:
http://www.internationaldelivers.com/site_layout/xtfamily/mxt.asp
http://www.internationaldelivers.com/site_layout/xtfamily/rxt.asp
http://www.internationaldelivers.com/site_layout/xtfamily/cxt.asp
That just happenes to be the biggest truck in the world.
The 360 TON Terex Titan (Terex is owned by GM).
Seems completely wasteful and impractical to me, but if that's your thing and you can afford it, more power to you...
Big Bad Boy
Vehicle of the Week
Dan Lienert - Forbes.com
Homeland Defense Vehicles' Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck is a converted military vehicle that can protect its occupants from dirty bombs and chemical and biological agents. If it looks and sounds a bit to you like a joke, that's understandable.
For one thing, you might have started laughing when you saw the photo. For another, the truck just seems too ridiculous to be real. According to a recent statement from the manufacturer, the vehicle's prices can reach $750,000 when the truck is equipped with the full nuclear, chemical and biological detection and protection package (good if there are a lot of terrorists in your area). A company spokesperson said in a recent e-mail message that the vehicle would have its introduction at a monthly meeting of the Dallas Safari Club, which also doesn't sound like a real thing (but it is: see: www.biggame.org).
The Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck is, according to the company, a "luxury version" of Texas-based Stewart & Stevenson's Medium Tactical Vehicle, which the U.S. Army uses. This kind of super truck is becoming popular with wealthy civilians, who see the machine as a ludicrous alternative to a sport utility vehicle or extended cab or super-duty pickup.
The Bad Boy weighs approximately 13,000 pounds and has 330 horsepower. It is 21 feet long, ten feet tall and eight feet wide, and seats three adults. The passenger compartment is located over the engine. The truck has all-wheel drive and can run at freeway speeds as well as carry a 5,000-lb. payload.
Like General Motors' (nyse: GM - news - people ) Hummer H1, another civilianized military vehicle, the Bad Boy is prepared for extremely challenging off-road driving. It has 22 inches of ground clearance and can climb grades as steep as 60% with a full payload. It can operate in up to five feet of water. Its 58-gallon diesel tank can be good for over 400 miles on one fill-up.
Attacking a small country? The Bad Boy may be the vehicle for you.
A cabin filtration system is optional. This unit over-pressurizes the passenger compartment with clean air in the presence of nuclear fallout, biological contaminants and/or chemical agents.
Forbes Fact
Homeland Defense Vehicles hopes to sell 50 Bad Boys in 2005. The conversion to civilian vehicle from the military original is complex and typically takes six weeks to complete. The range of options to customize the vehicle, according to the company, is almost limitless--like that of a Bentley. A crazy Bentley that can storm Baghdad.
I've seen that truck in person. It's on display in Sparwood, British Columbia -- I think they use them in the open-pit coal mines up in the mountains there.
Yes, impressive.
The Terex Titan is powered a 16 cylinder locomotive engine, and delivers 3300 horsepower. It was combined with a huge generator to deliver power to 4 traction engines located on the real wheels. The generator alone has enough power to supply 250 homes with electricity.
Specifications:
Height: 6.9 m (22.5 ft) With Box Raised: 17.1 m (56 ft)
Length: 20.1 m (66 ft) Width: 7.6 m (25 ft)
Weight: 260 tons Payload: 350 tons
Max Weight: 610 tons Horse Power: 3300
The tires are 11.5 ft in diameter, and weigh 4 tons each. Two Greyhound buses and two pick-up trucks would fit inside its dumper.
Yes, it's on permanent display. Would love to see it.
Here is the TitanCam: http://www.titancam.com/
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