Do the new hummer h2 come with Goodyears?

[31_bandits]

well, to offer some counter to the indictment of the H2 for its independent front suspension

-i think the H1 guys originally ragged on the H2 for not having 4-wheel IDS, no? Real hummers have 4-wheel IDS and so forth?

-sometimes solid axles in the front aren't so great (or the back for that matter). Just a simple example would be that driving through some tall grass in my jeep while a friend followed in the H2, i took an awful blow to axle that was just a poke at the skid plate on the H2. Tall grass, couldn't see the rock. In an H1, you'd have just plopped on by with nothing at all. If the H2 had the same clearance as it has now, but IDS both places, it wouldn't have required any caution.

I know that isn't the kidn of wheeling that you've said you prefer, phil (i think i've seen you post that you liked rock crawling the best), and this isn't some competitive thing or whatever else, but i think its insanely relaxing to just mosey (sp?) around the country where pickups fear to tread. Its alot less relaxing when you also fear to tread.

I built a little strap-on "warning" thing for the front skid that is just lower than the rear diff's clearance to kind of give warning for the tiems you have to pamper the solid rear diff when in tall brush or grass. If a rock that threatens the rear is present, it hits that (hopefully) to warn you to be careful. I can post a picture if anybody cares.

Also, in snow i can't imagine an H2 has any chance of keeping up with an H1 due to lower clearance and more stuff to drag (the rear axle), and more weight. I don't mean 2" of snow making sort of muddy stuff, i mean 2 feet (edit by my coworkers request: 2 feet or more of packed drifts) of drifted snow you have to whale your way through.

And again, snow might not mean anything to you guys, but it will ultimately define for me whether my H2 is good or just ok offroad in my eyes.

Hence i simply offer that i'm not entirely sad about having IFS. And i like the ride quality.

[31_bandits]

There just aren't enough H2s sold to justify a big aftermarket, maybe? If one assumes the same % of H2's, H3's, LR3s, and Wranglers go offroad, then you'd maybe have

most parts for wranglers
then FJs/Tacos
then H3s
Then H2s
then JR3s
then Mercedes G500s

Market drives design, or so the saying goes, and there's no point in designed aftermarket offroad parts for a Benz that sells 1500 units a year. H3's have probably already pased H2s for unit sales, FJs probably will soon, etc.



And on a side note rleated to my snow comments: i'm gonig to feel like a monkeys rear if the H2 can't out-plow a 3/4 ton pickup this winter, as probably half a dozen hunter-friends have begged me to drive them around during hunting season. SO SCREW SOLID FRONT AXLES! hee hee

[Agriv8r]

the h2 is great in the snow...we have moved a few mountains" with 2x4s plywood and bungee cords, real plow will probably be a miracle

[31_bandits]

man, i hope its good in snow. when i say plow i just mean shove itself through 3 foot drifts and ditches and stuff.

my neighbor bought a 3/4 suburban with an 8 liter, and gave it a lift and got 33 inch tires. (he's a very nice guy and means this in fun) And he says the reason was to make sure i didn't have the best hunting truck. lol. his theory is that the wider tires on my truck will be my doom. It will take years to live it down if my hummer gets schooled by some farm trucks with a ton or two of sand bags in the back. :O

EDIT: see, if you take a big farm truck and load it up, by the time you're stuck you sometimes have to crawl out the window as the snow is too deep to open the door. that isn't some internet jabber, people just like to hunt and have fun and tell stories about their silliness, so they get a little carried away.

[Agriv8r]

i guess time and the weather will tell...dont forget the pics...

[Motohead]

yup, every jeep out there goes offroad pencil dick...