HEMTT Tanker vs Tractor Sled Pull

The Lassen County Fairgrounds this year had a truck pull for the first time, and one guy who is local brought in a HEMTT tanker for the pull, and it was interesting to watch!
The HEMTT actually weighed more than the entire sled, still pretty funny! 1:25 if you want to skip straight to the pull.

[@Man0fMeans]

I loved driving my HEMTTs. Requires skill to drive effectively with 8 wheels. I was an 88M stationed with an ammo squad in the Army, 1996-1999 Ft. Stewart, GA

[@NH2112]

Man0fMeans I drove them off & on for 12 years, the big mistake I see most often on KZbin is people hitting mudholes & obstacles too slowly. Secure any loose objects in the cab, buckle your seatbelt & cinch it tight, then FLOOR IT.

[@howyadoin4079]

I love my HEMTT I am training on the M1120A2 right now. Hopefully I can get the A4

[@jominator3187]

@@NH2112 yeah it’s like riding in a trampoline. Can’t forget headgear either. Can’t remember how many times I smacked my head on the ceiling.

[@15Med3]

He musta been driving it with 2 wheel drive selected. If the trails were wide enough you could drive those things up fucking Mt Everest in 8x8 full lock

[@folkskjoldr4814]

Sunday! Sunday! SUNDAY! Monster truck MADNESS!

[@cxjeter]

While stationed in Germany one of our Hemmits fuelers rolled down a hill and didn't spill one drop of fuel

[@gunfuego]

And to think you can get one at auction cheaper than a 14 foot aluminum boat...... One day I might just get one for camping lol

[@hummerguy]

Not anymore lol

[@gunfuego]

@@hummerguy lol guess I'll have to order a MRAP from Afghanistan for 🐏🐏 and a 🐓 instead 🤣

[@hummerguy]

@@gunfuego LOL

[@jholmes4355]

I miss pulling my launcher with my baby. Nothing like getting stuck in the mud. Rolling up the windows , flip it into 8x8 and drive away. Remember how you could jam that seat down and get stuck? My back loves me these days lol

[@BigRed1151]

The only reason he stopped is because he ran out of road. 😅😅

[@karlk6860]

I dont think he even had the front axles engaged? This vintage HEMTT was running the Detroit 8V92 TS and made about 500 HP. The empty weight on the cargo version with Crane in the rear is 39K pounds and they have a max gross of 100K pounds. Great trucks to drive and I love cranes so its right up my alley! When the Govt. started releasing these trucks about 6 years ago around 40 of them were sold and OshKosh Defense stopped it by offering the Govt. an upgrade to brans new specs the trucks were Zero timed for a hare less than half the price of a New HEMTT, well that completely ceased the sale from the Govt of all HEMTT, PLS etc. I got luck and got one when they were first released. These are pretty rare vehicles in civilian hands and for a good one in full operational condition they are going for between 75K and 90K USD!

[@woofdog4219]

Wow that was thrilling !

[@mow4ncry]

I also drove the m984 wrecker in the military

[@waitemc]

I get a bunch of these in my shop and Ive always have wanted to go out and do this to one of em

[@theyeetus1428]

@Turbo Last Name It's the thing right behind the cab.

[@motordyne_super37]

Love the hemtt I work on them

[@mzimm460]

It’s up on the bed behind the cab

[@bruhbruh13968]

@@mzimm460 they still use cats in the army one because I drive the 10x10 version one in the Marines and ours uses the cat

[@kylecampbell1444]

I'm surprised he stopped him.

[@codymoncrief2128]

Nothing stops a Deteoit 8v92t, especially with an automatic and 8 wheel drive. And since it's a tanker it has the lockers.

[@timforbrook9169]

Cody Moncrief they all have lockers

[@ericl2969]

@Little Skull Big Brain That's slang for "differential lock", and in this case, referring to a way of locking the differential between right and left sides of each axle (thus there are four such locks on this truck because there are four drive axles). The locker ensures that both the right and left wheels on any given axle spin at the same speed regardless of differences in traction, not what you want for normal circumstances but a lifesaver when the going gets tough. THIS kind of differential lock is not to be confused with another kind, that which locks the differential which is present between a pair of tandem drive axles and thus makes sure both axles turn at the same speed regardless of traction differences (two of them on this truck, but just one on most heavy-duty trucks), OR the lock for the differential that is present between the front and rear drive trains on a truck with full-time all-wheel drive (many Oshkosh trucks have this feature but I'm not sure about this model). In all cases, the locks are NOT to be engaged except in conditions when traction is poor enough for wheels to slip.

[@ericl2969]

@Little Skull Big Brain This is an entirely different thing than shifting the transfer case, and take note that even non- 4WD vehicles can have differential locks. But you are correct that engaging differential lock or locks (as the case may be) is usually done with an electric switch of some kind, and yes, this switch might control an air-pressure switch so that air pressure does the actual work. Diff-lock switches are on a control panel on the dashboard or headliner. On all-wheel-drive concrete trucks there can be as many as four or five diff locks (but fewer control switches than that), but on semi-trucks and dump trucks, often the only differential that can be locked is the one that's between the two powered rear axles (that differential is also called a "splitter" or "power divider"), but sometimes the differentials between right and left wheels can be locked as well.

[@Slim_Slid]

All 300K-M985 HEMTT's have air actuated mechanical Detroit lockers equipped on them.

[@xxmeanyheadxx]

pretty sure they only had interaxle lockers and not differential lockers but i never owned one

[@BUILTDIESELMAFIA]

very cool

[@maplemanz]

I drove a M985 In germany and they were so fun to drive.

[@jamescox2749]

like the one guy said the HEMTT was heaver then the sled

[@Malakie]

Had it been filled with liquid, it would have kept going.. lost traction

[@jess31558]

8x8 they go almost anywhere. use for tanker firefighting. Sandhills, NE.

[@zshawkey]

@@jess31558 wrong thats a fueler

[@iankimmen4118]

We have two of them we use for wildland firefighting in eastern Nebraska. There isnt anywhere they wont go

[@YR7A]

@@zshawkey bruh it's a multi use tanker, water, fuel, etc. Instead of having 3 different vehicles for 3 different tasks, they just use the same one.

[@zshawkey]

@@YR7A it says flammable on the side. The fuel trucks are not the same. They have pumps designed for fuel and grounding rods etc.. we in my unit have always carried water in water hippos never once have I seen water in. A tanker truck .. I'm in a logistics unit right now with fuel and water platoon

[@williamdeiter4470]

The Hoonigan folks dog the HEMTT unmercifully with their comments, but it is bad to the bone!!!

[@jamescox2749]

full pull and then some not even breaking a sweat

[@HunterXray]

77F - Iraq - 1991

[@mow4ncry]

I'd love to do that with my HEMTT wrecker

[@mow4ncry]

And by the way the wrecker model ways 52k without fuel it's the heaviest of all the HEMTT models

[@joshlower1]

Wrecker version is 100k

[@mow4ncry]

@@joshlower1 not the 984 wrecker 52 K without fuel I used and worked on one in the army that's all they weigh

[@atracamoniusvlogs]

Hemtt's to roro vessel and travels to dubai

[@surfstarcc1]

What sled? Haha

[@sqr2024]

That appears to be a lot of truck for a small tank.

[@joshlower1]

It's a 2500 gallon tank bub

[@pup9et]

!st thing id do is ditch that tanker and put the towing set on it. He's make a hell of a lot more money using it to pull out and tow heavy equipment then he would anything with with the tanks. unless they were filled with liquid gold maybe.

[@maplemanz]

Empty they weigh around 40000 lbs

[@poopcriminal315]

Hold up I thought it was a catapiler Diesel engine

[@callsignvader2100]

Savage Mickey it is

[@Slim_Slid]

8V-92 Detroit Diesel

[@DocDewey]

8v92 in the a2 variant c15 cat in the a4 variant

The Polaire ac ad is a scam. (If youre see it)

[@maplemanz]

Should have filled the tank with water

[@mannyworthy3321]

Try that with an M88.

[@johnsomerset1510]

Not a good advertisment for Hemtts!

[@callsignvader2100]

It's a CAT C15 motor not a Detroit diesel lmao

[@williamschmidt3391]

CallsignVader older trucks had the Detroits in them. Newer trucks have the C15’s.

[@robertovermyer8532]

That's got the d60 I used to drive the m984a2 wrecker and the a4 had the c15

[@scottjarrell6549]

actually the older ones had detroits in them only the a4 series and newer has cat engines

[@Slim_Slid]

@@robertovermyer8532 What? The M977-M985 & M977A2-M985A2 HEMTT's all had the Detroit 8V-92 TA.The M977A4-M985A4 all use the Caterpillar C-15 ACERT.

[@Slim_Slid]

You need your ears cleaned then.The M977-M985 & M977A2-M985A2 all had the two stroke 8V-92 TA.The M977A4-M985A4 only have the four stroke C-15 ACERT.You can literally tell the difference between a Detroit and Caterpillar because one screams and the other cackles.Also,the spare super singles on these trucks are one give away.If it has it's spare 53/1600×20 standing up and straight,then it's the variant with the Detroit,but if the tire is on top of the cab,then it has the Caterpillar.The variations with the Caterpillars also have large hydraulic cooling fans.

[@guyh.4553]

He needed to ramp up that engine a little more. And like someone else said, had he had more weight in it nothing would have stopped him. I had 2 in my section, Assault and Obstacle, my men knew how to make the most out of those bad boys!

[@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader]

They are gutless off the line

[@p45equipment]

very cool

[@KingofHearts67]

very cool