Trapped

[BZOOK]

Bit off topic but I've started watching the Icelandic thriller 'Trapped' on Sbs. Some very impressive large snow tyres on their 4x4's. Good show too.

[gwagensteve]

Icelandic 4wders were well ahead of the curve.
The first reduction gearset for a sierra was made in Iceland, as were dual transfers in hiluxes, NP203/205 doublers, dual valve stems- they also used Loran-C radar for navigation before GPS existed.

Not to mention formula off road

Steve.

[BZOOK]

Watched ep 5 last night. They used the snow rescue vehicles. The tyres are so big the full size 4x4s look like sierras on 35's

[BZOOK]

From imcdb site.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_909668-Nis ... -1998.html

[gwagensteve]

Yes, very common.

It's possible to buy sort-of factory approved vehicles in this spec from arctic trucks - they built the car Top Gear drove to the North Pole.

An interesting observation with these cars is that they retain standard axles and running gear - because snow is a low traction surface, they don't stress their driveline despite the huge tyres. Obviously running those tyre sizes in local terrain isn't feasible.

http://arctictrucks.com

[BZOOK]

Impressive.