My one and only experience of a Hummer was towing it off a beach ramp where it had become embedded (to use a US Forces term) with the beach. To add insult to injury I was driving a 1958 short wheel base Landrover with a little 2.25 diesel engine which was just enough to get the Hummer moving and keep it moving. The bloody thing (Hummer) was so heavy that the wooden slats across the top of dunes started to crack under its weight, when it was on the dirt road we watched it literally sink into the ground.
I might add that the Hummer is not the only over priced piece of 4x4 crap that the little Landy pulled off that ramp - Landcruisers, Hi Luxes, Patrol come to mind.
The funny thing is that one of my son's mates in a <1975 VW Kombi (4x2) drove past us on one occasion much to the amusement of the crowd that would gather at these bogged vehicle festivals on Sunday afternoons.
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