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The US Army had three experimental units built, the largest reaching almost 600 feet (183 m) long, which holds the record for the longest off-road vehicle. Road trains are in use in certain roles today, but the US Army examples and a few derivatives appear to be the only off-road examples built.
The Extreme Off-Road Package, a $10,000 option, gives drivers 35-inch tires, an additional skid plate, underbody cameras, front e-lockers with virtual rear lockers, ball spline half shafts and ...
Extreme Trains is a television program on the History Channel that describes the daily operations of railroads in the United States, from coal trains to passenger trains and famous routes. It is hosted by Matt Bown, a train conductor for Pan Am Railways in Maine , whose interest is railways and the technology of them.
A tracked drive-train has greater off-road capability. Tires play a significant role for any off-road vehicle equipped with wheels, ensuring optimal traction to keep it moving. The off-road tire tread types vary depending on the terrain type. The most common types of off-road tires are A/T (stands for "All Terrain") and M/T (stands for "Mud ...
In vehicle insurance, a phantom vehicle is one that causes injury, death, or damage without making physical contact. [1] For example, a run-off-road accident can be caused by a car in the opposing direction drifting partly over the center line of a highway, then veering away.
In the mid-1950s, the US military were looking for a new, extreme off-road, tactical truck series, with substantially increased load-carrying capacity. According to a May 2006 article in Classic Military Vehicle magazine, the United States Armor Board began evaluating and testing commercially available, large, wheeled, articulated-steering ...
Global Expedition Vehicles Safari Extreme 4X4 RV. GXV takes full-sized and medium-duty trucks and turns them into RVs that are designed to be expedition-worthy.
29 April 2008 – The vehicle of a 'P-Plate' driver was hit by train while stopped on a crossing in Murrumbeena, Victoria [20] 18 November 2008 – A Connex Melbourne express train collided with a car in Dandenong South, Victoria , killing the car's 53-year-old female occupant, after she failed to stop at an actively-protected crossing.