TRACKED BEAST: Driving a Diesel Hägglunds BV206 Over Gnarly Terrain | EP8

What happens when a 17-passenger all-terrain SUSV tracked vehicle mashes into a hidden ditch? Or dredges through a reeded swamp? Or creeps up a steep incline? Find out when Nicole Johnson takes on a Hägglunds Bandvagn BV206 Mercedes diesel-powered former Swedish Army carrier.
MORE ABOUT LARRY RUBIS AND TRACKED OUTDOORS:
As an avid hunter and outdoor enthusiast, Larry Rubis started Tracked Outdoors after years of enjoying his personal Hägglunds on camping trips, hunts, and off-road adventures. His Wyoming-based business restores, services, supplies parts and sells complete Hägglunds BV206 machines, Fat Trucks, and Snow Cat machines built for extreme weather and isolated, rugged terrain.
Website: www.trackedoutdoors.com/
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[@highcoaster]

They are built in my hometown, Örnsköldsvik in northern Sweden, 4km from my house. My father was an instructor on it for many years, went all over the world and taught drivers and mechanics how too take care of them. I drove one when I was 14.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

How cool is that! Thank you for sharing. They are very impressive vehicles!

[@benscoles5085]

some kids are born lucky....YOU were one of them.

[@tucker7631]

That's a great history to share. Thanks😀

[@TrustJesus100]

What's the cost of a new machine?

[@TrustJesus100]

@Z Man Sentinel 😎 yes, the trailer is coupled with a drive line...all 4 tracks have power.

[@MagnusThornberg]

I drove the bv206 in the military 7.5 months in the northern Sweden in 1993. I drove it in all conditions from +25 to - 34c in 1.5m of snow. Over lakes and river crossings. Through arm sized trees. My first week of driving after learning period I was sat as a training moving target for antitank robots. I was told 3 things... 1. Buckel up 2. Helmet on 3. Don't take the foot of the gas. I drove the bv206 on a field for hours and was beaten up and had brouses all over the body as I was like a rag doll inside the vehicle 😂 We abused the shit of the vehicle for months and it hold up pretty good. Sure, I broke the hydraulic damper between front and back. It looked like a banana. I cracked the big beam between front and back when driving in the snow because front and back twisted opposite direction to each other. I was the trusted one with the key to the garage. We sneaked out in the night and tog the cable socket off that regulates the speed so we could push it into the red🤣 we got it to 60km/h on the roads and drove it like a manual in the snow to prevent it to shift. Can't think of a vehicle that are more fun to drive.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Wow..what an awesome story..thank you so much for sharing with us! I totally agree that it's fun to drive..such a blast!

[@petterteignesse5486]

Still driving one in the Norwegian Army today😂

[@irisheart5920]

Fun to drive probably, absolute nightmare to travel in as a passenger, I'm trying to keep my squad combat ready and the driver decides "We can jump that ditch" and sends it. Or an 8 hour long motor march during the summer, the rear module is like a sauna inside. Terrific offroad vehicle, terrible passenger vehicle

[@mrfrenzy.]

@@irisheart5920 driving offroad as a driver is really fun and challenging. For sure you need to keep the helmet on if you do any kind of serious trek through the forest. Driving 50km down the highway was really boring though, and deafening since we had the original Volvo V6 gas engines att full rpm.

[@OjsMatte]

@@mrfrenzy. Well you could spice it up and fire an AT4 "eldmarkering" on the highway, didn´t notice i had a Volvo behind us, he looked at me really funny when he overtook us.

[@persoderstrom1]

BV206 was my home for a year in 1986 when I was in military service in northern Sweden. It was completely impossible to get stuck. 1 meter of snow was no problem. Everything we needed for 12 people for a week we had with us. An absolutely fantastic machine from Hägglunds.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing your experience..I love hearing these amazing stories!

[@magnuslindgren9460]

My mum used to work with home-care and sometimes when there was a meter of snow, or more they used these to provide food and other other services to people being isolated, mostly the elderly.

[@bomek-drogvanor]

Did also drive bv206 in 1985-86, this vehicle is cruel in the terrain. Waters, snow, mud or anything doesn't matter. Just push the pedal to the floor, bv206 will just go on and on regardless of what in front of it. Fun, really fun to drive but no armour.

[@jonassundgren720]

You should return in the winter. It is in the snow it's truly amazing. I've driven that thing for 10 months as a conscript and 6 month as UN peacekeeper.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

I would love to see that! Thanks for sharing!

[@kajakmannen1666]

Yeah, winter driving is fun with this machine!

[@johndohe990]

Its a beast in the snow, to blast at full speed over a frosen winter bogg. And hear the small sprucetrees whipping the glassfiber is awsome❤️🌲❄️🌲💨☃️❤️ If Santa had a BV206 Christmas would be in October🎅🏻👍🏻🎄

[@stenpersson3428]

YES - lot of fantastic memory from "winter war practice" in our swedish army - we love it and al the new verisions.

[@MrBEA68]

As a former officer in the Swedish army I don't know how many hours I've spent in one of these, weeks of my life I've literally have been living in one. You can throw anything in it's way and it will just keep on going. Remarkable little thing. Have to agree, so many memories...

[@mar4kl]

OK, this is what KZbin is for -- getting a tour of things most of us would otherwise never get to see, and Nicole is one of the finest tour guides!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for saying that, I really appreciate it!

[@Nitro-Finn]

@@yt45204 Norway as well..

[@bollinger3034]

@@yt45204 Just loving your comment, because its true.

[@ingvarhedenrud621]

Remembering the late eighties in the swedish army. The Hägglunds full of 18 year old recruits full throttle through the woods. Absolutely NO careful drivning what so ever.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Wow..thank you for sharing your experience!

[@mikaellyckinger9578]

Yeah, and I was the one who had to repair them after you hooligans! We had our own with 2 tonnes of spare parts plus a full wagon of fuel on tow.

[@hermanrobak1285]

Yeah, we had them in the Norwegian army, too. And I drove it harder and faster, and in worse terrain. It was pretty scary at times... One time, when three tracked vehicles had been more or less totaled in *one day,* the major emphasised that those things were *not disposable!*

[@SonsOfLorgar]

@@hermanrobak1285 My home guard unit has had two engine fires and one torn up roof cargo rail just this year (the rail got torn when we useed a hydraulic crane on a scania all terrain 13ton ammo truck to prevent the Bv 206 from rolling sideways off a dirt road bridge). No injuries, no lost vehicles.

[@peterbonivart6818]

Loved the video! My father was on the design team for this vehicle in the 70's, he did the driveline with engine, transmission and brakes. As a child we were out on many "tests", I accidentally fell a tree with it once when I was sitting in my fathers lap and couldn't reach the brake. :)

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Very cool! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for sharing!

[@mikaelgideryd]

Surely it was Volvo's 3 liter six from the beginning, ate at least in the test carriages that the Motor School had?

[@peterbonivart6818]

@@mikaelgideryd no, maybe you're thinking about the older BV202 made by Volvo but those only had B18/B20 engines. BV206 in Sweden had a petrol Ford V6 2.8 liters. Export versions usually had a diesel Mercedes engine.

[@mrfrenzy.]

@@peterbonivart6818 Many early BV206 had Volvo B30 until the stock of these engines ran out and they switched to the Ford V6 2.8. We had one with the Volvo engine at the fire department in Småland where I worked, a really early unit with serial number 0013 was recently sold also with the B30 at Klaravik for 115 000 SEK.

[@gunnar6674]

Guy in my platoon backed into a medium size pine tree - it fell. Thankfully no injuries. Got new respect for trees that day.

[@CredibleHulk]

They say driving a slow car fast is so much more fun than driving a fast car slow. I think we now see that driving a slow vehicle over everything is the most fun.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much..you couldn't have said it more perfectly!

[@theshyguitarist]

Like Rock Crawling in 4L...

[@leangrypoulet7523]

We Defender drivers have a saying: ‘You may be fast, but we can go anywhere’. So true. And so much more fun.

[@KaiSyversen]

I used to drive one of these in the military. Its the most capable vehicles I have ever driven.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing that, and thanks for watching!

[@totalassuage]

I was driven around in one of these 20 years ago, in artillery recon...

[@vesaparkkonen4279]

We had them too, I drove XA180 or Pasi as we say

[@bennyhultofficial]

I still drive these things in the Swedish national guard. If you are a good driver there are almost nothing that stops them.

[@markokiskonen3533]

I have drove PvBv 2063 (antitank version). It has 3 litre Mercedes diesel. I think it was litle bit low power. I like more Sisu NA-110 or Na-140 those have V8 engines, diesel in 110 and older 140 had gasoline. At soft terrain those give more speed.

[@SolitarySwede]

Best machine ever. But then again I might be partial :)

[@OjsMatte]

I was on a mortar crew during my military service in Sweden and during an excersice we got "attacked" by Russian built MTLB:s, the funny thing was they were unable to climb the snow walls on the road, the same walls we climbed with ease with the Hägglunds just before setting our mortars up. Kind of fun watching them try and we fired everything (blanks of course) we had at them and relocated further into the woods. Happy times! =D

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Oh wow..great story..thanks for sharing!

[@mrfrenzy.]

the BV206 really can go anywhere in the woods where you would think it is impossible to drive through. We really had a lot of fun crossing through forests.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

The really amazing part about that is the fact that the MTLBs are known to be one of the most terraincapable military vehicles in service.

[@aukanmeister]

During operator training,we had to dismount one belt from the 206. Then we had to pull the belt around the workshop building. Then put it back on. That way we knew that losing a belt in the field was better not be our own fault😄 We also learned how to replace the carrier wheels in the field. Had so much fun finding the limits of this vehicle. We used it to pull skiing troops along for long distances, haul ammo, and general transport of equipment. If you could ski there, the BV could generally also get there. In summer, this could go where troops couldn't go in soft marshlands. Love this thing!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for sharing your personal experiences with us. I love hearing these stories..just amazing!

[@bollinger3034]

Did my military service -94. We did drive this things "stridsmannamässigt" aka stolen, and dislogded 5 belts during our time. It sucked really bad to track or change the belt in field, muck, rain, snow, water an all. But we did it. Awesome machine, still love it.

[@jamesferguson8217]

Nicole, I cannot say how impressed I am that you washed the rig off after playing in the mud with it. Really speaks to your character. I thoroughly enjoy the amount of fun your have in your videos. Great job!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you are enjoying!

[@maydieh]

Who needs roads with this beast. Lucky you!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Yes..this vehicle is AMAZING and I had a blast driving it! Thank you so much for watching!

[@Krymnon]

Sometimes the youtube algorithm just finds the right stuff (a year late, but still). I noticed Larry has an old Norwegian Armed Forces version. On the roof hatch it says "Emergency Exit" in Norwegian (Nødutgang). His modernizations and paint job is amazing! 😀

[@driveandsurvive]

Great to see the comments from people with personal experience driving them, or working on them, or both. I pictured the belt being dragged around the workshop with an instructor encouraging the crew to give it everything, or, a cam version flogging through snow covered alpine forests. Really not surprised to see something so cool coming out of Sweden. Oh and neat footage Nicole😊 just hanging.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Glad you enjoyed it.. I also love all the comments! Thanks for watching!

[@norwegianrecce2570]

Norwegian guy here… This vehicle was my service vehicle in my military service, and I just have to say that this is the most fun, and off-road capable vehicle I have ever seen or driven! I have driven til to the top of countless mountain peaks myself, and there is really almost nothing it can’t handle with an experienced driver behind the wheel.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing that..I love seeing these stories.

[@johanmetreus1268]

Guess you're too young for the bv 202s then. The Norwegian ones got upgraded to the Volvo B20 engines, so even more capable than the Swedish who had the B18s...

[@norwegianrecce2570]

@@johanmetreus1268 I have driven a 202 as well, but that was after my service. I had a really hard time driving it because I have very long legs, and it was almost impossible to work the clutch because of the tight driver space. But it was still very fun 😊 the space in the 206 isn’t that much better, but at least it’s automatic.

[@Eternalblixx]

thanx for liking the vehicle, ive built quite the few of them in my years working at the Hägglunds Factory here in Örnsköldsvik, sweden, its a remarkable machine, and very fun to drive, in the military i drove the BV 206 so i do have military and civilian licence here to drive them =) im actually on the hunt to buy one privatly too, soo much fun ;)

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing your story with us. Although my experience in driving was purely for fun, I am sincerely impressed with the capability of this amazing vehicle.

[@MrGunnar69]

Is the new version of BV being built in Ö-vik as well?

[@Eternalblixx]

@@MrGunnar69 Japp, plus stridsfordon

[@MrGunnar69]

@@Eternalblixx Kul. Hur mycket folk jobbar på hägglunds, är det hela ö-vik?

[@Eternalblixx]

@@MrGunnar69 dryga 1000 talet anställda, fast det ökar fn

[@shirleyboy8859]

Your Enthusiasm is infectious... A true delight to watch.... A blend of Crazy and Beauty and I love it.... :-)))) xxxx

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha..I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@shirleyboy8859]

@@NicoleJohnsonsDetour Top Lady... :-)))) xxxx

[@RundFyrkant]

Warms my heart to see that the 206 gets new life and appretiation in civillan uses. I did armyservice as a gunner on a model Bv2063 without roof and a cargobed. Quite a remarkble vehicle made for woodland, marsh and snow. Thanks for sharing!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@NUMMEHARBEN]

The sad thing is that when the Swedish army did not want to use them anymore they were mostly wrecked. The Norwegian army sold their 1000 BV 206 on an auction and got lots of money. The Swedes could have been given them to countries as Nepal where they really need thes kind of vehicles.

[@Screaminhelo]

I just never know what to expect from Nicole Johnson's Detour and y'all never disappoint! Thank you for yet another entertaining episode!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you! I'm just so glad you enjoyed it!

[@CarVideoCzar]

Its almost like each episode is a Detour away from the last one. An endless route of Detours.

[@398paul]

Two tours of the Falklands going anywhere and everywhere in the 206 and had a great time. We did bog one once when a new guy didnt listen to me and we had to climb out of the roof hatches.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Oh wow..thank you for sharing your experience and thanks for watching!

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

"Bring me the gun!" Big Fat Smile here :-) Greets, T.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha! Thank you for watching..glad it made you smile!

[@EmilWestrum]

Was a pilot and mechanic on these for almost 10 years, great vehicles, and so fun to drive!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing with us!! Love it!!

[@daniel635biturbo]

In a weird way they are kind of cute, like two little boxes on tracks. Surprised to see them over there, cheers from Sweden.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Cheers to you!! Thank you for watching!

[@pettybird]

Man opens garage door to show off pride and joy. Nicole: look at this garage! Me: that’s relationship goals right there

[@chrisrnielsen]

You are so fun to watch when you enjoy it. You're one Gnarley Chick!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha..well thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Harma76]

Used to drive BV 2063 and Sisu Nasu in my days at Finnish Army. Bv 2063 had Mercedes turbo diesel engine and Sisus got either Chevrolet 6.2 litre diesel or V8 gasoline Rovers. Such a great video! Thank you!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

We're so glad you enjoyed watching!!

[@MrFengen]

I drove these in the army. You are nowhere near the limits of its capabilities. One thing you didn't get to do, was swim with it. And do doughnuts on the ice. Always fun when crossing rivers and you have to plan the current to where you wanna land to get out of the river. I wish I had some photos of mine during my time in the Recon Service.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us..I loved it! My experience was so much fun, but certainly not a working exhibition of the full capabilities of these amazing machines. Thank you for watching!

[@bumblebeebob]

I LOVE your enthusiasm as you drive each new vehicle! I just spend each episode with a big ol' Chessy cat grin. Thanks Nicole! And thank you Larry for showing her your machines!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for watching..I'm really glad you are enjoying!

[@kezoomer]

Oh this brings so many memories from my service. Top BV hacks: If stuck in liquid soft mud, open the doors in the back, and let it sink until it reaches solid bottom, and hocus pocus traction. And we were taught a way to braid ropes into the front belts to be able to use them as a winch, capable of vertical climb...

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

That's awesome...thank you for sharing!!

[@andersbjorklund9432]

“Can I get it dirty today?” Are you trying to kill the old man? Haha.

[@MrBamse82]

I was a driver of one in the swedish army. best vehicle ever.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

That's awesome..you know first hand how capable they are!! Thank you so much for watching!

[@Skyisnotalimit]

Reglaget runt ratten såg precis ut som på Volvo Bm 4300B/L70 etc.

[@espennybraten3832]

Only half way through the video, and i am back in the army in my mind!😍👍🏻Was BV driver back in 98 in the Norwegian army in north of Norway. Remember we opened the hatches to the heater in friont and putted our canned food in it.😉👍🏻Genious way to get a hot meal! And the wooden benches in the back! Did a lot of sleeping in the seats in the front waggon!😂 The speedlimit on the Norwegian was only 35 km/h, so the british came roaring past us in 50 km/h.😂👍🏻

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for sharing that with us...and thank you for watching! Love it!

[@chriskriaris4304]

The guy was very nervous with her driving. She did great hahahaha

[@pg7093]

What a genuinely nice guy 👍

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Yes he is! Thanks for watching!

[@terencetan236]

This brings back some memories. The Singapore army also used these for a while. I drove this and the M113.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Very cool! Thanks for watching and sharing your experience with us!

[@fljw5814]

We have them in Latvian army and National guard. It's truly a wild vehicle. It's like a roller coaster in the back part if you're going through a glade, over hills etc. like on 40 - 50 km/h xD Although it's described to go at max on 55 kmh, ours went over that, like 70 or so.

[@stevetabley3984]

I love the way the Hagglund drags its twin around wherever it goes !-fabulous vehicle 's'

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Yes..I agree! Thank you for watching!

[@jmdoutdoors5729]

Great job driving that monster, I am glad someone restoring them. You are fun to watch Nicole.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🤗

[@rugwalle]

I have a love/hate relationship with these from too many cold winters in the swedish military. Spent most of my time being towed on skis behind them....

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Wow, I can totally understand that! Thank you for watching!

[@Fred-ck1gh]

Cool video! I did my Swedish military service mostly in the back in one of these in the early 90's, it's a very capable vehicle especially in the snow but it's also drives in the swamps and water! I did probably 1000-2000 km off road in it under a year!We had mounted a car audio system in it and played AC/DC's Thunder Struck album pretty loud and often, pure nostalgia!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for watching and sharing your experience!

[@flamenmartialis6839]

I got "wounded" under an exercise while doing my military service and had to ride on a streacher in the back of a Hägglunds.

[@NUMMEHARBEN]

@@flamenmartialis6839 I doubt that it was a nice experience.

[@larserikertzgaardringen7426]

Oh! Serious flash back from my time in the Norwegian Army. Love the 206.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for watching!!

[@tilerman]

This lady is so much fun! I could let her drive my 15 year old worn out builders van and she'd love it!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha..thank you! Glad you enjoyed watching!!

[@alan-freeman]

This takes me back to my time in the Falklands 1986. We had two of these at our base 4,000 up a mountain, and used them to go to the base of the mountain for regular store drops when the helicopter couldn't get in to base. We also had our fuel lines down at sea level. The one thing you didn't get to do was go swimming in deep water!! That is totally different!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

I know..I would have loved taking it swimming! Thanks so much for watching!!

[@stephenbrown571]

A professional rock crawler getting nervous about a little dip. Now that’s funny.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha! Well, you saw he made me clean it... I just didn't wanna get stuck there doing body work! 😉 Thanks for watching!!

[@mus2896]

Crazy, nobody else but Nicole could have made a video about these exciting

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you!!

[@muzzasmsmadness1081]

I'm jealous ... you get the best toys to play with. Kudos to you

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you ! 🤗

[@olejacobstalesen6558]

The "Emegency Exit" on his personal rig is Norwegian; both this model and the previous BV202 with a Volvo engine were/are used extensively in the army here to this day.

[@schnizzyfizz7832]

There was an accident some years back in Norway where one sank when crossing unsafe ice. Not everyone made it out. If the front is down in the water with ice on the sides blocking the exits, then a roof escape hatch makes sense. That feature may have been added after that.

[@spiritwolf7]

Those vehicle floats if you put the drain plug in before you drive across a river or a lake,was a driver in one of these when I made my military in sweden,was probably why they sunk with it,our machines had a Ford v6 in it..they was very fun in the winter,you could drive and slide it as a car 😀

[@olejacobstalesen6558]

@@spiritwolf7 Oh yes, they float just fine. Plug sounds like a great idea... In Norway they use a Mercedes straight six 3-liter turbo diesel. Normally ok, but they were known go get cracked heads if run hard from start on really cold mornings. Other then that, the old 300D is bulletproof!

[@danielludlow8960]

I love your enthusiasm! Like when a child discovers something new and says...WOW! BTW....most of my teen years was during the 80's and as I watch this...Your "verbiage" is like a flashback in time for me.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha! I did get pretty excited, it was so much fun to drive! Thanks for watching...glad you enjoyed it!

[@jamesengland7461]

Best trailer ever!

[@Acke1974]

Wow this brings back memories ❤ If you emagine the a forest. A dense forest, where you barely can walk... you just drove straight in. The grip where insane and still the weight per cm/m are way less then a human being. Thank you for the video ✨

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

You're welcome...thank you for watching!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@skeezix8156]

Larry seems like the kind of guy who does what he says he’s going to do, no excuses. Thanks for bringing me a story I otherwise would’ve known nothing about Nicole. These videos are awesome.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much..I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[@leonardolealdelima3760]

Amazing veichle !!! And Nicole's friendliness, in addition to her enthusiasm and love for cars made everything more interesting. Greetings from Brazil ! :)

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you..so glad you enjoyed it! Greetings to you!

[@SuperLaplander]

Im born in Örnsköldsvik Sweden, where the Hägglunds company started. They sure got this vehicle right!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Yes, I totally agree, these are amazing vehicles!

[@Chris_Love]

As a swede and a military, I´m glad to see these amazing vehicles getting new homes and still being used. Mostly national guard that´s using them here but we used them a couple of weeks ago where we would take the students up in alpine environment for their SERE training.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing with us!!

[@bentandre5524]

you certainly know how to choose (and drive) your vehicles, never boring

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for watching..I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertvance1873]

Great Job little Lady, you are Hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Sooo Talented and Gorgeous.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for the nice compliment! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Mike-bb1li]

It eats anything in it's path ! Cool !

[@massebassepearpung]

Love them. I was the driver of one of those when I did my military service 30 years ago. :-)

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

[@jeffstrongman7889]

Ok, I can't take it, every time I find new video lately, about another awesome rig this pretty firecracker comes walking into the shot.Young Lady. you're making the content out there right now, keep it up.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you very much! I'm so glad you are enjoying!

[@Alohakoa59]

Saw one in Nome AK today,

[@user-bd5md5cm2j]

Ok, he's had to have been a bishop at one point. He's got the demeanor for it. Sweet man.

[@Fulliautomatix]

"Bring me the gun!", LOL. I envy how much fun you get to have driving "all the things"! Keep up the good work! :)

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much!!

[@tomibollen3069]

That is some sweeet vehicles! I used those sometimes during my military service in Sweden!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

That's awesome! This was my first experience driving one of these and I loved it..so much fun! Thanks for watching!

[@tomibollen3069]

@@NicoleJohnsonsDetour They actually floats in the swedish military spec. And the rubber tracks function as paddles, so you can cross water.

[@andersostmark3345]

@@tomibollen3069 I have worked on a lot of those at Ericsson installing radio equipment with huge 10+ meter telescoping masts and stuff. A funny thing i remember about the swimming capability is that the early ones did not have inside sealed headlights so if you had a broken glass you would sink. When we drove those around Kista to load up with if i remember right 800 kg of cement bags in one occasion. For testing weight distribution and swimming capabilities cars stayed well clear its got that intimidating look to it. Also at the hägglund test track one of our guys started crying before going down a long 45 degree descent scary as hell it was. Nice to see that Americans can appreciate what once was Sweden and i know that "Volvovalpar" is popular over there too.

[@MetismanInBC]

Beautiful! I'd love one of those for camping out in the bush. The vehicle is pretty cool too! 😍👍👍

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

It really is! Thanks for watching!

[@MetismanInBC]

@@NicoleJohnsonsDetour You're welcome Nicole. I really like your videos. I'd love to drive most of the vehicles you get to pilot.

[@wayngoodman3099]

Nicole, this series is SO MUCH FUN to watch! You pick interesting rides, ask interesting questions and get to drive some cool shit… thanks for hosting this!!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much..that's very nice!! We're so glad you're enjoying watching!!

[@doctortruth4094]

Another great video from Nicole! My grandson is two, and he's a big fan of trucks, bulldozers, and backhoes. This video is perfect for him.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@mattgthor]

Had a ride at the Antarctic Centre in Christchurch. So much fun and incredibly able.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thanks for sharing..they are amazing vehicles!

[@kellycoffey4501]

This series is so amazing. I watch one episode and then save the next one like a little kid saving a secret stash of Halloween candy having one piece every once in a while. You gotta keep em coming! I need more!

[@kellycoffey4501]

NO! I will NOT watch that 911 episode! Must….save….it….for…..later…..

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha! I'm glad you are enjoying our channel! Thanks for the kind review!

[@joshgngt]

US ARMY, 1998, Bosnia at Camp Dobol, we swung a new engine into one of these. Super fun to drive. 25 years later, still remember driving this beast.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Awesome!!! Thank you so much for sharing and thank you for your service!!!

[@m118lr]

“…driving BY Braille”! Ha ha. Good one Nicole!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for watching!

[@timbeatty11]

I was Army Infantry in Alaska. We had a lot of those. They are called a "SUS-V" in the Military

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Ah..that's interesting...thanks for watching and sharing!

[@teknisoroka42]

Had to drive few bv206’s on Finnish military back in 2015. I mostly drove 80's gasoline models on various condition. It still gives chills when you had to keep up with others, sled trailer attached behind, and hope that your poor tracks won't detach or snap on the woods or something else breaks up. Those were true beater ones on hard use/abuse. Bv206 is really capable offroad vehicle, indeed, but sometimes these carburated Ford V6 ones felt way underpowered. Fuel consumption around 1-3L/KM depending terrain. Good experience after all and still want to drive one of these someday.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thanks for watching and sharing your personal experience..I love reading these comments!

[@redneckraconteur]

I was stationed in Alaska when we turned in the old "gamma-goats" for new SUSV's. It was an awesome vehicle! (early 1980's).

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@johnswick4593]

LOL!!! "Look at that rear!" YES! look at that rear

[@umbertoyltp]

Trust the machine, that what it's about. Your Jeep experience may have helped a bit, I guess. Thank you for sharing!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thanks for watching!

[@Peregrine101]

I once lived near the main base of the Dutch Marine Corps, who are also heavy users. I was behind one of these at the traffic lights. I never experienced that thing in real life. I thought it would be a real slow vehicle, as it was tracked. Then the light went green. And it took of like crazy. On regular road this machine rocks, too.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

They are amazing vehicles for sure. Thank you for watching and sharing your story!

[@robertrohr3990]

So he guided you into the swamp and you felt obligated to hose it off. What a courteous visiting driver you are!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha! It was just as much fun hosing it off as it was getting it dirty!!

[@pierreracicot1405]

As a former Canadian military mechanic , I enjoyed working and driving these unstoppable machines. They are quiet on the outside rolling by, however quite noisy inside. The 5 cylinder Mercedes’ engine were a breeze to work on. My thoughts

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing with us!!!

[@AndyWoohoo666]

Had these versions in the 90's with the military, deployed to Bosnia in mid 90's and we brought one with us, they are absolutely epic! I saw the one he had that you drove was one exported to Norway. The military in Norway use them as well as the UK and so many more, but Sweden, Norway and Britain I think used them the longest in the military. Great video as usual and great filming!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I love you're description and I totally agree..they are absolutely epic vehicles!

[@AndyWoohoo666]

@@NicoleJohnsonsDetour Yeah I've had some great moments with the BV-206 as it is called over in Sweden. It was the only vehicle we could use in Bosnia to get to one of our OP's ( Observation Post ) up in the mountains outside Tuzla. In the fall and winter not even our 6x6 APC with chains could make the way up there. Also used it several times in Northern Sweden during maneuvers and it is so reliable and awesome. I might even get me one as a little project in the future to use for hunting and fishing or just rip around with ;)

[@KaiSyversen]

They are actually still in use in the Norwegian military.and yes, the one Nichole drove where from the Norwegian military. You can see it in the exit sign, and enginetype. It uses the OM603A. The OM603A was mainly used in Scandinavia i believe. Come to think about it. They forgot to showcase the brakes and amphibious capabilities.

[@paulboncz9826]

Andy woohoo när o var, var den där!?!? Såg ingen bv206 bensinare där....

[@AndyWoohoo666]

@@paulboncz9826 Ba 04 8:e för att ta oss upp på B7 då det inte ens gick med SISU och kedjor...

[@fredrikrojd463]

A Hägglunds BV with a diesel engine is a BV208. BV206 is powered by a Ford Grenada V6 petrol engine. The only Mercedes in a BV206 was the automatic gearbox. Also: the BV208 was mostly used by the Swedish air force, while BV206 was issued for the army.

[@alaincayer8999]

Nicole,this is the video you look the least confortable to drive a vehicule and it was fun. Appreciate you wash it after! This company could not have a better publicity. Next : you must drive a tank!!

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you...we're glad you enjoyed watching!! I would love to drive a tank!!!

[@leegoddard2618]

Gotta admit gurl. Don't think I've EVER seen one of these things showcased. Nice. 😁👍

[@opiealvin]

Larry and the tracked outdoors crew are great people. See them all the time at Napa here in Casper. Can't recommended them enough to anybody looked for a tracked vehicle. They will take care of you. Too bad I missed out on Nicole coming to town. Oh well. Great episode as always.

[@CarVideoCzar]

We need more guys like Larry.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Larry was awesome to work with. Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@NUMMEHARBEN]

Joshua, Do you know that. your family name is Swedish as the band wagon? Blom = flowers quist => kvist is twig.

[@shaunsheep8252]

Nice video Nicole, I like your genuine excitement while driving it, shame you wasn’t able to swim it as you would have loved that. We just got one arrive in our collection last week, stripping it now for painting and tidy up then it’s time to have fun yipeeeee Thanks, shaun from Belgium

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you Shaun..from Belgium! I'm so glad you enjoyed this episode. Yes it would have been fun to "take it for a swim"!

[@Brgnalf81]

I liked before I watched. As always. Wasn't disappointed either. You sure know how to find 'em. And I really like your enthusiasm, it's contagious.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Awesome! Thank you for the kind words..so glad you enjoyed!

[@clintonoconnor9224]

I have recently Discovered your videos - the various machines you come across to play with are exceptional as are the builders - you have a good knowledge or automotive and bring it out during the interviews with your personality and humor - Legend !

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

We're so glad you enjoyed watching!! Glad you discovered our channel!! Thank you!!

[@bjornSE]

Thanks for making this video, it brings back fond memories from my military service! Climbing into a warm BV206 from the -35C of northern Swedish winter was a great feeling. It's not the smoothest of rides but it's very practical. You can heat canned food by shoving them into the värmepaket and there is almost no limit to how much stuff you can bring. Actually, the more stuff you bring the better, because it's useful as padding so that the in the people in the back can sleep on top of it while your on the move. That is, when your boombox isn't blasting Sabaton while you're feasting like kings on your huge stash of shitty canned food of course.

[@heavingbehemoth789]

I need one of these bad boys for Logan winters.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Yes you do!

[@user-fe6km7gw8m]

When you were teetering there I had a flashback of the movie RV. It made me laugh. Thanks.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha!! Glad you enjoyed watching!!

[@markshattis6957]

"You don't trust me. I think you're stalling". Ha! Love it! You're such a goof. In the very best possible way! Another awesome episode Nicole! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Haha..I was really having fun! Thank you!

[@markshattis6957]

@@NicoleJohnsonsDetour and it showed! Always fun to watch someone else having fun. I also got a kick out of the way you "prairie dogged" out of the Hagglunds in the outtakes. 😆

[@lokis7230]

We tried to get one stuck in a swamp during a recovery training when I worked in the Swedish Army but we failed. We had to pretend it was stuck and winch it out of there.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@bomek-drogvanor]

Yeah, we did that too. Never successivt to get stuck, think this vehicle is outstanding in the terrain. Only one fault, no armour at all.

[@Unknown_Ooh]

Freaking sick. I hope to afford one in the future.

[@bomek-drogvanor]

@@Unknown_Ooh It would be more fun than fun, a bit expensive since in terrain they can use up to 20 l/10 km but if money not a problem my god how fun it would be. Easy to drive to, if you have trees around you just turn when the trees is in lime with your shoulder and the BV will not even touch a tree. But theres also the option to just run over the trees, if they are smaller. The ultimate fun-machine 😁

[@2wheelhopelessgarage258]

I drove the Finnish version Sisu NA-110 in my army days. It is similar to hagglund, but an entirely different beast. These are sooo much fun, when driving alone. When you drive with full load of troopers onboard, you got to drive really like on feathers, otherwise you gonna get a hard time from the guys onboard. Great video.

[@maxmillion4216]

That was Rad Nicole....!! You never disappoint

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you..so glad you liked it!

[@michaelguerin56]

Thank you. Looks like great fun and … just like my NZ Army Unimog training, you need to start with a qualified instructor. Good to see you washing it down. Nicole. First rule of driving, you get it dirty, you clean it.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thanks so much for watching..glad you enjoyed it!

[@thescifidork]

Oh man, I spent a lot of time in the back of one of these in the military. 2 meters (6 feet) of snow and steep hills were no match to these. Their only weakness was the windows, (arguably the real problem was the people using it :) we hit a ditch once and a tree branch came through the window in the back compartment as we lurched to the right. We were fine but a bit chilly riding around for another week without a window in -30C conditions. Another window broke in the front when l once closed the door apparently too hard. After the first window broke l was trying to be super gentle with the door and it wouldn't close after a couple tries, so used like 5% more force to try to close the door again and the window shattered in my lap. Awesome machines though :)

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

Thank you for sharing your personal experience with us. Very interesting and informative!

[@johndewey6358]

I want one of those!

[@clintrea1]

I've always loved theses things and the laplander 😎 all things Swedish.. Volvo/Saab

[@bjornh4664]

I have a memory from my military service back in 1986-87. It was winter and we were on a manoeuvre. Two guys from my squad slept in the back, on top of our gear, like ammo boxes, a sack of firewood, and spools or telephone wire. You know you are tired when you can sleep while rattling around on winter roads.

[@NicoleJohnsonsDetour]

I can just picture that! Thanks for sharing your experience and thank you for watching!