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When is someone going to bob a HET?
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amgeneral72
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Would be neat. Id go for it if I had the money to blow. Maybe one day.
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Never if there is any justice in the world.
amgeneral72
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Now we have to just to p!$$ Richard off.
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Probably not going to happen because even when bobbed you presumable still would need a permit to drive it on highways because its more than 8'2" wide? Besides, its already looking crazy, so why bother. It would be like buying a Ming-dynasty vase and paint gratify on it or buying a mint Bugatti Royal and make a hot rod out of it.
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I didn't realize they are overwidth.
Edit: I just went and looked at maximum legal width and actual m1070 width. The HET is ok at 2.59 meters with maximum legal width being 2.6 meters. 102 inches.
2nd edit: why Bob it? Why not remove the ramps and add a bed like a lot of people are doing with the 939 series truck tractors? Keep the 8x8 functionality and add a bed that you can load to the gills with 45000 lbs of stuff...
Edit: I just went and looked at maximum legal width and actual m1070 width. The HET is ok at 2.59 meters with maximum legal width being 2.6 meters. 102 inches.
2nd edit: why Bob it? Why not remove the ramps and add a bed like a lot of people are doing with the 939 series truck tractors? Keep the 8x8 functionality and add a bed that you can load to the gills with 45000 lbs of stuff...
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I'd make a big rollback out of it.
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Still a problem of 45mph top speed!
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But you would look good at that 45
dezert ratt
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I would love to own a het. But here In Southern California, it's just too much of a liability being on the road.
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45mph isn't a problem. There are two bunks in the back.
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I would like to have one too. My idea is to install a semi-truck customs sleeper. Used one's run about $10k. Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CKBCdOfyFE
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I'd live in that sleeper for 10K, I bet the new ones are 7x that.
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The rear wheels steer I believe. Lots of gizmos onboard. It's not just removing an axle and shortening the frame.
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Here's an idea.... lots of space to use up. I made this is pretty close to scale.
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You could meld one with the camper cabin a guy built on a 927 bed it's posted in the 5 ton mods. Just hope you don't get stuck in the mud out in the sticks. I don't know who you would get to pull you out.
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That is hilarious!
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If you could do some fender reworking and get some larger tires on there you could pick up a little speed
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Add the dromedary that brick posted and then work in some JATO boosters. Wouldn't do much for the 45 problem but would make light to light bursts a little more interesting.