Can your Wimpy Rhino do THIS?

[Wet Dream]

Not a chance in hell (http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/860hillclimb.wmv) :D

[ZBODaytona]

ahh power....
those guys race over water then up the side of hills....it is cool....

[Kiddunot]

Yah you overrated Rhinos...give it a shot

[Parker Dreamin]

that is amazing

[Cole Trickle]

Those stock Rubicons sure do sound different on video!!! :idea: :crossx: :crossx:
I am selling my Rhino and heading for the dealership....:D

[Jyruiz]

Wow.

[76ANTHONY]

Those stock Rubicons sure do sound different on video!!! :idea: :crossx: :crossx:
I am selling my Rhino and heading for the dealership....:D
hey, take that djunkie dude with you :crossx: :crossx:

[ULTRA26 # 1]

Not a chance in hell (http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/860hillclimb.wmv) :D
Great video. Nothing like raw power
John M

[jackpunx]

how the heck did that guy look at that hill and decide he could make it in the first place..
amazing..

[OutCole'd]

I could make it down that hill, but not up it. Friggen insane.

[TRUMP TIGHT]

Thought he was in trouble there for a sec. guys all you need is more HP to get yourself in and out of as much trouble as possible.

[sigepmock]

We're currently working on getting the 525 from the boat into the Rhino.....had to ditch the passenger seat and move the gas tank....but we're close man...I mean really close!!! :crossx:

[fat rat]

I wonder how he got down. :220v:

[djunkie]

Not a chance in hell (http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/860hillclimb.wmv) :D
How much $ is in that thing. Plus I really didn't buy the Rhino to do that. I'll find another way up the hill with it. Your reaching. :rolleyes:

[Ziggy]

How much $ is in that thing. Plus I really didn't buy the Rhino to do that. I'll find another way up the hill with it. Your reaching. :rolleyes:
Hey now, he just asked if the Rhino can do that, not if you find a different way around...LOL ;)
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:D :D

[h2oski2fast]

i'm more curious how many teeth the driver has ???? :skull: :cool:
Way to gay up the thread, Keyes

[Wet Dream]

How much $ is in that thing. Plus I really didn't buy the Rhino to do that. I'll find another way up the hill with it. Your reaching. :rolleyes:
Does it matter? If he has twice as much into it as a Rhino, its still worth it. :D

[djunkie]

Does it matter? If he has twice as much into it as a Rhino, its still worth it. :D
Looks like a waste of money to me. A vehicle built to just climb hills. How boring.

[Wet Dream]

Looks like a waste of money to me. A vehicle built to just climb hills. How boring.
Are you really that ignorant? Please tell me you're not, because I'm not seeing it any other way. Yes, its trailered in the "nose up" position. Its then placed at the base of the hill "nose up" because it can't go anywhere other than up. That 4 wheel drive system, healthy motor, tires and steering won't allow it to go anywhere else, will it? :rolleyes: Now who's reaching?

[djunkie]

Are you really that ignorant? Please tell me you're not, because I'm not seeing it any other way. Yes, its trailered in the "nose up" position. Its then placed at the base of the hill "nose up" because it can't go anywhere other than up. That 4 wheel drive system, healthy motor, tires and steering won't allow it to go anywhere else, will it? :rolleyes: Now who's reaching?
I think you should look in there mirror when your calling people ignorant. You think the hill climbing thing (whatever the hell that is) is cool. Thats fine, So do I. But you fail to see that some of us enjoy what the RHino does. Ignorance is bliss.

[Todd969]

Just curious, but why would you compare that to a Rhino? Most people aren't into them for that type of purpose. Hell, I wouldn't even use my Rubicon like that. Nice video though :)
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[djunkie]

Just curious, but why would you compare that to a Rhino? Most people aren't into them for that type of purpose. Hell, I wouldn't even use my Rubicon like that. Nice video though :)
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Because I think hes the one thats a little ignorant. :crossx: :crossx:

[out of bounds]

Balls big fricken balls And a liitle thing called ponys Getty upppp

[Wet Dream]

I think you should look in there mirror when your calling people ignorant. You think the hill climbing thing (whatever the hell that is) is cool. Thats fine, So do I. But you fail to see that some of us enjoy what the RHino does. Ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance at its finest! Keep em coming junk. When did I EVER state that I don't like the Rhinos? Yeah, keep looking. Sounds like you're getting defensive of your $16,000 shortcoming. Let me know when you're ready to sell it. :D

[djunkie]

Ignorance at its finest! Keep em coming junk. When did I EVER state that I don't like the Rhinos? Yeah, keep looking. Sounds like you're getting defensive of your $16,000 shortcoming. Let me know when you're ready to sell it. :D
Can you honestly say you have not talked shit about them? Being a waste of maoney and such? You gonna make me go back through some past threads? Naww. Waste of time. And trust me, far from $16k. And I'm not hurting for money so I think I will keep it and enjoy it.

[Wet Dream]

Can you honestly say you have not talked shit about them? Being a waste of maoney and such? You gonna make me go back through some past threads? Naww. Waste of time. And trust me, far from $16k. And I'm not hurting for money so I think I will keep it and enjoy it.
Still wrong, and right. I like the Rhino, the base price is fine. $16,000 is crazy, and all I'm doing is waiting out the market and seeing the reaction when the next models come out and see what kind of return you get on it. :D

[djunkie]

Still wrong, and right. I like the Rhino, the base price is fine. $16,000 is crazy, and all I'm doing is waiting out the market and seeing the reaction when the next models come out and see what kind of return you get on it. :D
Well I hope you like waiting a couple years. Right now I bet I could make money off mine. But it is just an overpriced toy. And in a couple years when the next fun toy comes out maybe I'll sell this and get it.

[Wet Dream]

Well I hope you like waiting a couple years. Right now I bet I could make money off mine. But it is just an overpriced toy. And in a couple years when the next fun toy comes out maybe I'll sell this and get it.
And I'll be picking one up just like it, clean, all the mods, hardly used, owner didn't have time, and hand him about $8,500 cash. :D Maybe a little more, but not much. Before you can refute that, you might want to check the market for the prices of a modded up 4 wheeler and tell me where they sell compared to new. I'll give you a hint:
(60%) :D

[djunkie]

And I'll be picking one up just like it, clean, all the mods, hardly used, owner didn't have time, and hand him about $8,500 cash. :D Maybe a little more, but not much. Before you can refute that, you might want to check the market for the prices of a modded up 4 wheeler and tell me where they sell compared to new. I'll give you a hint:
(60%) :D
4 Wheelers are a dime a dozen. They're everywhere. These aren't. The market is hot on them (and will be for a while) unlike the overpopulated 4 wheeler. They are 2 things that are totally uncomparable IMO.

[Wet Dream]

4 Wheelers are a dime a dozen. They're everywhere. These aren't. The market is hot on them (and will be for a while) unlike the overpopulated 4 wheeler. They are 2 things that are totally uncomparable IMO.
We'll see about that. Good luck.

[djunkie]

We'll see about that. Good luck.
Yes we will. I'm just glad I got mine and am enjoying it.

[echo]

Like a generation gap, this seems like a west coast east coast thing.

[djunkie]

Like a generation gap, this seems like a west coast east coast thing.
I think its more than that but I'd rather not say. I've wasted too much air on this today as it is.

[FlatStupid]

You guys are serious? I am assuming that you also own boats! Yea, really big retun on all this motorized shiaat! This thread is useless without pics!!

[djunkie]

You guys are serious? I am assuming that you also own boats! Yea, really big retun on all this motorized shiaat! This thread is useless without pics!!
What makes you think I would own a boat? :crossx:

[lucky]

You guys are serious? I am assuming that you also own boats! Yea, really big retun on all this motorized shiaat! This thread is useless without pics!!
big stick Montana - is that your location -- Hey ya buddy :)

[Quality Time]

Saw a video clip sent via e-mail of the same hill, but this person didn't make it. Based on the background conversations this hill may be in Europe.

[Wet Dream]

You guys are serious? I am assuming that you also own boats! Yea, really big retun on all this motorized shiaat! This thread is useless without pics!!
Thats exactly my point. How much do you have in the boat, junk? Could you ever sell it for what you have in there? Only property, for the most part, has been able to appreciate in value. Machinery or electronics? Never. Unless its rare, or specialized, not gonna happen. Its the trend, and thats how depreciation works. Someone will school you on it...when you sell it. ;)

[djunkie]

Thats exactly my point. How much do you have in the boat, junk? Could you ever sell it for what you have in there? Only property, for the most part, has been able to appreciate in value. Machinery or electronics? Never. Unless its rare, or specialized, not gonna happen. Its the trend, and thats how depreciation works. Someone will school you on it...when you sell it. ;)
Let me explain this to you. Sure maybe 2 years from now you could pick up a used Rhino for say $7k in decent shape. But you still have to wait 2 years. I wanted one now. I had the money to get a new one now, so I did. If I use it for 2 years and sell it for $7-8k I think I did pretty well. What is it exactly that is a problem to you? I'm trying to understand your thinking on all of this.

[djunkie]

Thats exactly my point. How much do you have in the boat, junk? Could you ever sell it for what you have in there? Only property, for the most part, has been able to appreciate in value. Machinery or electronics? Never. Unless its rare, or specialized, not gonna happen. Its the trend, and thats how depreciation works. Someone will school you on it...when you sell it. ;)
And I hate to tell you but If I sold my boat right now I could make money off of it. I've had multiple offers within the last year for well over what I paid for it 6 years ago.

[FlatStupid]

Thats exactly my point. How much do you have in the boat, junk? Could you ever sell it for what you have in there? Only property, for the most part, has been able to appreciate in value. Machinery or electronics? Never. Unless its rare, or specialized, not gonna happen. Its the trend, and thats how depreciation works. Someone will school you on it...when you sell it. ;)Dear Mr Dream I have a life time of schoolin'. As for you Mr. Lucky stand back you could get hurt in the crossfire of these two wizards.

[Wet Dream]

Let me explain this to you. Sure maybe 2 years from now you could pick up a used Rhino for say $7k in decent shape. But you still have to wait 2 years. I wanted one now. I had the money to get a new one now, so I did. If I use it for 2 years and sell it for $7-8k I think I did pretty well. What is it exactly that is a problem to you? I'm trying to understand your thinking on all of this.
Thats perfectly fine. I just bought my wife a 4 wheeler last week, and bought the kids their own over the weekend, and still wating for the right one for me. All for a fraction of the price.

[ratso]

Funny... Nobody EVER makes money selling motorized stuff lmao... Let's see, I owned a KTM dealership... made money. I sell cars and boats, a few bikes and 4 wheelers, and still make money... Damn, I must be a broke ass MOFO!!! :rolleyes:

[Wet Dream]

Dear Mr Dream I have a life time of schoolin'. As for you Mr. Lucky stand back you could get hurt in the crossfire of these two wizards.
I'm no wizard by any means. Junk on the other hand is getting butt hurt because I keep pointing out that the Rhino is not the best thing since sliced bread AT THAT PRICE, and is most likely going to get bit when the time to sell comes.

[djunkie]

Dear Mr Dream I have a life time of schoolin'. As for you Mr. Lucky stand back you could get hurt in the crossfire of these two wizards.
Ya it is pretty stupid isn't it? Maybe I'll go join in a more intellectual thread like that Sunk the boat B.S. :crossx: :crossx:

[djunkie]

I'm no wizard by any means. Junk on the other hand is getting butt hurt because I keep pointing out that the Rhino is not the best thing since sliced bread AT THAT PRICE, and is most likely going to get bit when the time to sell comes.
Too each his own.

[Wet Dream]

Funny... Nobody EVER makes money selling motorized stuff lmao... Let's see, I owned a KTM dealership... made money. I sell cars and boats, a few bikes and 4 wheelers, and still make money... Damn, I must be a broke ass MOFO!!! :rolleyes:
Not what I said. Go back and reread it. Buy cheap, sell for a profit is the game in your "expertise". What I said is that machinery does NOT USUALLY APPRECIATE IN VALUE. Do you see it now?

[djunkie]

wow, i step away for a minute and this thread did turn "gay" :rolleyes: ;) you can't fight over a rhino and a hill climbing machine "apples vs oranges" :argue:
Unless your name is Wet Dream I guess. :rolleyes: :crossx:

[djunkie]

Not what I said. Go back and reread it. Buy cheap, sell for a profit is the game in your "expertise". What I said is that machinery does NOT USUALLY APPRECIATE IN VALUE. Do you see it now?
Not usually? So you say theres a chance? :crossx: :crossx:

[Wet Dream]

Unless your name is Wet Dream I guess. :rolleyes: :crossx:
I'm walking away from this one smiling. :) Quit fuming junk.

[riverbound]

Thats perfectly fine. I just bought my wife a 4 wheeler last week, and bought the kids their own over the weekend, and still wating for the right one for me. All for a fraction of the price.
Congratulations...you want a F*cking cookie or what??
They are toys not investments. What all are you trying to prove?? Obviously you are not in the financial position to afford a Rhino and build one the way you want, so you are stuck waiitng for someone to get tired of theirs and be ready to sell it for pennies on the dollar.
Funny thing is, when I sold my first Rhino, people were saying the same thing you are...and now that I am looking for antoher they are actualy more expensive now then they were then. Looks ike you will be waiting for a while.

[Wet Dream]

Not usually? So you say theres a chance? :crossx: :crossx:
Not unless they become as rare as a prime Fastback Mustang, '55 Vette, you get the idea?

[djunkie]

Not unless they become as rare as a prime Fastback Mustang, '55 Vette, you get the idea?
So now your comparing a boat to a classic car? :rolleyes: I may not make the same amount but I am definately ahead. Lucky for me, I don't buy my toys to make money off them. It just has worked out that way. :rollside:

[riverbound]

Not unless they become as rare as a prime Fastback Mustang, '55 Vette, you get the idea?
funny thing is...in the day these cars werent that rare. They became rare over time. Im pretty sure in 40-50 years a Prime Rhino will fetch a pretty penny ;)

[Wet Dream]

Congratulations...you want a F*cking cookie or what??
They are toys not investments. What all are you trying to prove?? Obviously you are not in the financial position to afford a Rhino and build one the way you want, so you are stuck waiitng for someone to get tired of theirs and be ready to sell it for pennies on the dollar.
Funny thing is, when I sold my first Rhino, people were saying the same thing you are...and now that I am looking for antoher they are actualy more expensive now then they were then. Looks ike you will be waiting for a while.
Yes, actually. Oatmeal raisin would be great. Soft though. ;)
And you're way off on the financial situation.

[djunkie]

Congratulations...you want a F*cking cookie or what??
They are toys not investments. What all are you trying to prove?? Obviously you are not in the financial position to afford a Rhino and build one the way you want, so you are stuck waiitng for someone to get tired of theirs and be ready to sell it for pennies on the dollar.
Funny thing is, when I sold my first Rhino, people were saying the same thing you are...and now that I am looking for antoher they are actualy more expensive now then they were then. Looks ike you will be waiting for a while.
You can be such an asshole at times RB. :crossx: :crossx:

[riverbound]

You can be such an asshole at times RB. :crossx: :crossx:
Just a Broke Wigga here ;)

[squirt'nmyload]

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k265/squirtnmyload/2550popcorn.jpg

[Jbb]

All the infighting notwithstanding.......thats a pretty cool video....

[Froggystyle]

I am still figuring out what angle that guy was actually on. If you look at the rooster tails from the sand, they aren't falling down like you would expect. That angle makes it look near vertical, but I think it is taken from another hill, above this one with a telephoto lens which killed the depth of field and the reference angles.
I think it was steep and bad ass, but the video makes it look like it defied gravity and climbed a wall. You can't drive sideways on a wall in any case. I bet the Rhino could do it actually.
In any case, I have a whole pile of cool toys including my paintball gun, my boats, my Chevy 2500HD, the Bmw etc... that couldn't do it either. I don't think that makes them wimpy though.
As long as it can out-climb anything you own... you should keep your mouth shut about how wimpy they are. Mine WAY out peforms my 427 Chevy Scout with the rockcrusher 4 speed and Atlas transfer case. Nuts in its face in fact.

[Froggystyle]

funny thing is...in the day these cars werent that rare. They became rare over time. Im pretty sure in 40-50 years a Prime Rhino will fetch a pretty penny ;)
Honda Pilot's are selling for WAY more than new right now...

[OCMerrill]

Honda Pilot's are selling for WAY more than new right now...
I looked for one (a nice one) for over 6 months. Came accross only one cherry machine and 3 other JUNKERS. The guy (orig owner) wanted $8k and it was like new.
I walked away and gave up. Now I'm thinkin :idea:
Good freind has had one sense new. Every time we go out someone is riding that thing. Never quits. He has a Cr500 cylinder on it. Goes good, real good.
Oh sorry, I know this thread is about Rhino's.

[76ANTHONY]

And I hate to tell you but If I sold my boat right now I could make money off of it. I've had multiple offers within the last year for well over what I paid for it 6 years ago.
fock yeah, i'll buy your tugboat right now, or steal that biatch and your rhino and your guns and your truck beotchhhhhh :crossx:

[Eliminator 4 Life]

Those stock Rubicons sure do sound different on video!!! :idea: :crossx: :crossx:
I am selling my Rhino and heading for the dealership....:D
Im with you lets go Cole work a double deal :cool:

[INSman]

I am still figuring out what angle that guy was actually on. If you look at the rooster tails from the sand, they aren't falling down like you would expect. That angle makes it look near vertical, but I think it is taken from another hill, above this one with a telephoto lens which killed the depth of field and the reference angles.
I think it was steep and bad ass, but the video makes it look like it defied gravity and climbed a wall. You can't drive sideways on a wall in any case. I bet the Rhino could do it actually.
In any case, I have a whole pile of cool toys including my paintball gun, my boats, my Chevy 2500HD, the Bmw etc... that couldn't do it either. I don't think that makes them wimpy though.
As long as it can out-climb anything you own... you should keep your mouth shut about how wimpy they are. Mine WAY out peforms my 427 Chevy Scout with the rockcrusher 4 speed and Atlas transfer case. Nuts in its face in fact.
Well said :cool:

[Ultracrazy]

I am still figuring out what angle that guy was actually on. If you look at the rooster tails from the sand, they aren't falling down like you would expect. That angle makes it look near vertical, but I think it is taken from another hill, above this one with a telephoto lens which killed the depth of field and the reference angles.
I think it was steep and bad ass, but the video makes it look like it defied gravity and climbed a wall. You can't drive sideways on a wall in any case. I bet the Rhino could do it actually.
In any case, I have a whole pile of cool toys including my paintball gun, my boats, my Chevy 2500HD, the Bmw etc... that couldn't do it either. I don't think that makes them wimpy though.
As long as it can out-climb anything you own... you should keep your mouth shut about how wimpy they are. Mine WAY out peforms my 427 Chevy Scout with the rockcrusher 4 speed and Atlas transfer case. Nuts in its face in fact.
Your kidding me right.......? I don't have a rhino or anything close to that and have no stake in this stupid thread........but a Rhino would NOT make up that hill.

[djunkie]

Your kidding me right.......? I don't have a rhino or anything close to that and have no stake in this stupid thread........but a Rhino would NOT make up that hill.
In all reality it probably wouldn't. But you would definately be shocked at what it will climb. It may not do it in as much style as that beast in the video but it just goes.

[RiverRatMike]

Just curious, but why would you compare that to a Rhino? Most people aren't into them for that type of purpose. Hell, I wouldn't even use my Rubicon like that. Nice video though :)
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yeah, get your damn story right. Rhinos rule!

[Ultracrazy]

In all reality it probably wouldn't. But you would definately be shocked at what it will climb. It may not do it in as much style as that beast in the video but it just goes.
The Rhinos I've seen in town can barely make it up Jamaica.........

[Froggystyle]

Your kidding me right.......? I don't have a rhino or anything close to that and have no stake in this stupid thread........but a Rhino would NOT make up that hill.
Point to the hill on a map and I will tell you if it will or not. There are some trick angles in there for sure.
Just look at the sand and the way it falls. It isn't as steep as it looks.
BTW, out at the dunes right now you will see plenty of Rhinos going up stuff that tricked out trucks and buggies aren't. Stock Rhinos go all the way up Comp Hill without much problem. Stock Jeeps can't make it, neither can a lot of 2WD buggies.
Put paddles on it and I personally wouldn't rule it out of making it up any sand hill a truck could make it up. It just might do it slower.

[djunkie]

The Rhinos I've seen in town can barely make it up Jamaica.........
Your probably seeing the Rangers. :crossx: Like I said, they won't be as flashy as that high horsepower hillclimber but it just crawls up the steep stuff and just keeps going and going. They really are amazing.

[ZBODaytona]

OK sorry froggy the rhino wouldn't make it....those things run over in iceland...they sometimes set up a course over a river, pond or some sort of water that heads into a very steep hill side...Object shoot across the water without sinking onto the hill side and then make it to the top...and actually they usually have about 10 feet of vertical on the top or a couple i have seen..no jeep either...i would say a dirty bike probably would have a tuff time... I stated earlier i have seen them run on the discover channel, it is insane......AGAIN they are iceland maybe maybe not rednecks....not sure why it got so personal about the rhino..
like jbb said the video is cool..
ps i have a rhino and yes they can climb...but that one is a little beyond their relm, and i wasn't slaming them either.....

[Froggystyle]

OK sorry froggy the rhino wouldn't make it....those things run over in iceland...they sometimes set up a course over a river, pond or some sort of water that heads into a very steep hill side...Object shoot across the water without sinking onto the hill side and then make it to the top...and actually they usually have about 10 feet of vertical on the top or a couple i have seen..no jeep either...i would say a dirty bike probably would have a tuff time... I stated earlier i have seen them run on the discover channel, it is insane......AGAIN they are iceland maybe maybe not rednecks....not sure why it got so personal about the rhino..
like jbb said the video is cool..
Video is totally cool, and I showed it to a lot of people the first six times it was posted on here... No doubt that rig has some cojones, but I just don't think it is as steep as it appears. Physics is physics... trucks don't go vertically. As long as the CG of the vehicle is above the bottom of the tires, it won't go vertical. Every inch towards vertical actually makes it compoundingly worse. I have jumped a 2' vertical ledge at the end of a long uphill crawl with the Scout, and with momentum it would settle the front end over the hill and you would just bounce the back end over it. With any vertical longer than the wheelbase of the truck though, you just can't physically make it without a JATO rocket.
My Rhino out-climbs my old Scout by a lot. The scout was sick, and among the top rock-crawlers at any event I took it to. We ran right behind the Warn "Black Diamond" jeep and myriad quarter-eliptical suspended crazy crawlers. We had articulation devices on it with over 44" of articulation and it would ramp over 1300. This Rhino WAY out climbs and crawls it.
I just don't buy that it is as vertical as it looks. I bet it is steep as hell, and I bet the Rhino could climb it better than anything that isn't a full-bore climbing rig.
I have owned both... the Rhino is more capable. Not as powerful or brutal, nor does it sound as cool... but it is a climbing son of a bitch.

[lurid]

Iceland jeeps
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/144089/iceland_jeep_action/
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/141959/waooooaw_iceland_jeepin/

[ZBODaytona]

Well i have gone up some vertical in my day. Though it was on a 4wheeler. Its all about momentum, and i know those guys carry a lot as i did on the banshee.... I have climbed some steep stuff on the rhino but at some point it will run out of momentum and doesn't have the power to keep it going up....and i know the guys in iceland have vertical at the top of climb, they have to clear it like i did on the banshee, enough momentum and they make it up...sometimes they don't and they do as you say "they come tumbling down to earth end over end"
Of corse there is no way to compare those two. that is a tube framed buggy with tons of HP and paddle tires that can skim across large amounts of water and climb some nasty stuff. not sure i would want to take it riding in the woods where i ride the rhino....heck if it wasn't my rhino i would try it......wanna find me one to use...

[Froggystyle]

Well i have gone up some vertical in my day. Though it was on a 4wheeler. Its all about momentum, and i know those guys carry a lot as i did on the banshee.... I have climbed some steep stuff on the rhino but at some point it will run out of momentum and doesn't have the power to keep it going up....and i know the guys in iceland have vertical at the top of climb, they have to clear it like i did on the banshee, enough momentum and they make it up...sometimes they don't and they do as you say "they come tumbling down to earth end over end"
Of corse there is no way to compare those two. that is a tube framed buggy with tons of HP and paddle tires that can skim across large amounts of water and climb some nasty stuff. not sure i would want to take it riding in the woods where i ride the rhino....heck if it wasn't my rhino i would try it......wanna find me one to use...
You know what I am saying... there is no way it is as steep as it looks. It looks like he is just going up a damn wall. But look at the sand and the way it falls.
Like I said, steep, but not vertical. I think it goes vert right at the end, but he punches through a bunch of it with the front tires and smashes over it.
Again, great video. I would like to see another view of the hill though. I bet it isn't that much crazier than what we see at Patton or Comp...

[Froggystyle]

Iceland jeeps
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/144089/iceland_jeep_action/
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/141959/waooooaw_iceland_jeepin/
Nuts... those guys clearly have nothing else to do... :D
But even so, those hills were steep as hell, but nowhere near as steep as that one in the first video "looked". From the way the sand fell in the first video you posted, it looks like it is about as steep as the original. It also doesn't go vertical at the end, other wise he wouldn't have been 5' over the edge when he came down. Again... the physics dictate...

[Cole Trickle]

Well i have gone up some vertical in my day. Though it was on a 4wheeler. Its all about momentum, and i know those guys carry a lot as i did on the banshee.... I have climbed some steep stuff on the rhino but at some point it will run out of momentum and doesn't have the power to keep it going up....and i know the guys in iceland have vertical at the top of climb, they have to clear it like i did on the banshee, enough momentum and they make it up...sometimes they don't and they do as you say "they come tumbling down to earth end over end"
Of corse there is no way to compare those two. that is a tube framed buggy with tons of HP and paddle tires that can skim across large amounts of water and climb some nasty stuff. not sure i would want to take it riding in the woods where i ride the rhino....heck if it wasn't my rhino i would try it......wanna find me one to use...
agereed...
Rhinos were not making it half way up comphill at dumont a couple weeks back.
I have made it up olds at glamis....slowly;)
A suped up regular cab Silverado Z71 made it up. (Small lift and it sounded like it had some motor work)
Rhinos will go alot of places but they would need about an extra 100 hp to be exciting climbing steep dunes or big bowls.

[Wet Dream]

Ok, I would retract it if I could. If I had the chance to retitle the thread, I would take out Wimpy.

[Froggystyle]

Ok, I would retract it if I could. If I had the chance to retitle the thread, I would take out Wimpy.
Deal... ;)

[jrod]

Just wondering how fast (top end) is a stock 660 rhino?

[Cole Trickle]

Just wondering how fast (top end) is a stock 660 rhino?
42mph (Limiter restricted)
with a CDI box you will get a tad over 50
With another $300.00 in bolton mods you will get 60.

[ZBODaytona]

42mph (Limiter restricted)
with a CDI box you will get a tad over 50
With another $300.00 in bolton mods you will get 60.
what would those $300 mods be...

[djunkie]

what would those $300 mods be...
Intake/filter, rejet, exhaust.
The stock air filter is very restrictive. Open that baby up and it frees up quite a bit of power.

[Cole Trickle]

Intake/filter, rejet, exhaust.
The stock air filter is very restrictive. Open that baby up and it frees up quite a bit of power.
Don't forget the KMS sheave.
Intake $99
Billet tip $35
Jet kit $50
Sheave $100

[superdave013]

so any of you Rhino drivers racing this weekend?
Sure sounds like fun.
Last night I was checking out a full race Rhino that's under construction. It was looking pretty bad azz.

[superdave013]

Video is totally cool, and I showed it to a lot of people the first six times it was posted on here... No doubt that rig has some cojones, but I just don't think it is as steep as it appears. .
All the MTB videos I see never look as steep or gnar as they do in person. I'll watch it and think "no problem" then get out there and think "holy crap!". lol

[Bense468]

BTW, out at the dunes right now you will see plenty of Rhinos going up stuff that tricked out trucks and buggies aren't. Stock Rhinos go all the way up Comp Hill without much problem. Stock Jeeps can't make it, neither can a lot of 2WD buggies.
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HUH???
You are talking dumont or Glamis? Comp hill at glamis a honda could go up at glamis (old days are different) so I know your not saying a jeep or buggy can't go up that. We climbed olds in a 454 suburban with no 4x4 2 years ago, and I have seen rhinos get up that but not by much. A jeep No problem, buggys no problem unless its a 1600 (4 seater) which had about the same horsepower as a rhino. So compare apples to apples.
I don't doubt rhinos capabilities in the dirt, but in the sand momentum, weight, horsepower and Tire footprint all play a big role. Only thing going for the rhino is weight...Bottom line is the rhinos are fun in the sand, but in no way will it beat a properly setup rail, bike, or even jeep.

[Sleek-Jet]

Nuts... those guys clearly have nothing else to do... :D
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That's what happens when winter last 10 months...

[Kilrtoy]

GOD I love this video

[SmokinLowriderSS]

Not a chance in hell (http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/520/860hillclimb.wmv) :D
Sure it can, after you bolt a BIG winch on the front, to hold a LOT of cable. :D