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It is more fun with four wheels.


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Unused "guapong" 4x4 in front of the house of Dra Aliman

It is more fun with four wheels.

I saw this 4x4 vehicle in front of the house of Dra. Aliman at Barrio Bagumbayan in Angono Rizal. It must have belonged to her husband.  It has oversized wheels (maybe 35 inches) IS and used to have winch?

Happy New Year; see this picture of a Wrangler 4x4 seen in Teresa Rizal

It is more fun with four wheels.

Rizal Philippines  |  January 26 2014

A 4x4 Wrangler jeep seen in Teresa.

WW II Willys Jeep

Jeeps are truly marvelous 4x4.  They are light, and very capable.  They are cheap and easy to maintain.  They could be easily outfitted with Toyota parts and other surplus parts.

Jeep (CJ) documentary

Jeeps, jeepneys are ubiquitous in the PHL society. Jeepneys are still the major means of  mass transportation in the PHL although they are polluting and cause many traffic problems. In some remote towns, Jeeps with heavy duty 4x4 or even 6x6 weapons carrier diffs are used.  They come with winch in case it rains.  I have seen these type of vehicles in logging and mining towns.

But for modern cities, I think jeepneys usefulness has ceased and must be replaced by more comfortable and fuel efficient, less polluting new vehicles, like the plan to have vans (with 18 pax capacity) as new means of commute.

  Elsewhere CJ, Jeeps are used for recreation




History of the Jeep

Jeep History


Another version of the jeep history

More comparison between Land Rover and other 4x4

These are more comparison between Land Rover and and other 4 x 4:

Car vs wild - some ingenious tactics in off roading

 

I learn a lot from this car vs wild episodes at Discovery Channel. The main protagonists here are Bill Wu and  and Gary Humphrey.   Take this river crossing for instance using empty drums.

Some ingenious solutions:

1.  The Jeep's engine took in water. There is a danger of hydro lock and wrecking the connecting rods and the engine.  Solution:    remove the spark plugs and have the engine spew out the  water from the spark plug socket holes.  To finally remove the water, Bill put in tequila in cylinder and incinerated the same to vaporize the water.  The engine finally restarted.  Wow.

2.  There was an almost 45 degree drop and could not go down further without endanger the vehicle falling off the steep grade.  Solution:  Bill removed the two rear wheels, had them dragged as anchor.  The friction of the rear drums slowed down their descent.  wow again

3.  There was a scene too where the Ruby was tilted dangerously to a dangerous side (drop off to a river) after the Ruby slipped or made the wrong turn.  The vehicle was righted through an ingenious system of pulleys and straps.   About winching, we were advised not to anchor to trees.  But when your life is in danger, you forget about the trees -  you watch our for your survival

Car vs wild gallery