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six wheel disco
thermidorthelobster:
--- Quote from: "Bulli" ---Come on then someone please explain WHY anyone outside the military would want one?????? help me please i just dont get it.
--- End quote ---
1) Extra volume for loading - eg an ambulance
2) Extra payload - can carry more weight
3) Better weight distribution for off-road transport - lower ground pressure - although tracks are generally better
4) Just because it's a laugh
I'd always fancied a 6wd Range Rover, but ended up with the 6x6 101...
Bulli:
exactly i can see why in an ambulance or as in the 101 military usage, but for recreation? H
ey dont get me wrong im not knocking it but when most people are trying to attain maximum fun for smallest outlay 6 wheels seems to be a logistical nightmare.
thermidorthelobster:
I refer you to answer (4) above. :)
Out of the two 6x6 101s I'm aware of, neither of them were built for military use.
beast5680:
i,m not really looking for whether it was for recreational or not just being curious as to see if there was ever any built be it factory or diy build, i got to wondering after seeing the latest LRO where a guy has built his own 6 wheeler for a trip to africa and a friend of mine has a rangerover fire appliance 6 wheeler, being that a range rover and a disco share parts i thought it would be a fairly easy conversion to make a 6 wheeler rangie into a disco and unusual as well
Bulli:
thermidor, answer 4 is justification for just about anything.
You could do it but to make it look good you would have to be exceptionally good with bodywork.
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