Yes i am a noob H1 OWNER but im not cherry to HMMWVs. I have been driving them for over 10 years now. anyways, i was not aware of these proportional differntials that i have read about. I understand you apply gas, then ease onto the brakes until the diff locks in?!?!? is this true? i havent been able to try it out on my H1 yet. I bought it over the internet while I have been here in Iraq. I was home for 15 days with it in April. Then left to come back. tryin to gather all the little insider knowledge i can before me and the family head to the Smokey mountains in september.

 

I'm pretty sure they might have been reffering to a method? The throttle brake modulation or something like that.

Its where you give it gas while riding the brake to slow down a fast-turning wheel to deliver the torque to the other wheels.

What unit you with? 1/82d 2/504 parachute infantry regiment here. I'm back home in NY now though.

 

The technique, BTM, or brake throttle modulation will essentially work like having lockers. You apply 100% brakes and slowly bring your rpms up to 15-1700 rpms. You will feel the power starting to defeat the brakes. Very slightly release just enough brake pressure to allow the truck to crawl foward. For non-lockered trucks technique works very well. I don't have lockers in my trail truck and that is how I crawl over ledges, rocks, etc. It is very easy to learn and most people master the technique very quickly.

 

Im with C co 2-504. I was in D co for about 4 years. Got drill school in January, then PCS to benning for 2-3 years of no deployments. its about time. after just over 50 months deployed its time for a break, more for the family then me.

Anyways, all the information you guys gave was exactly what i thouhgt was going on. I have had 4x4 trucks in the past and have heard of this. thanks again

 

Hell ya thats awesome. Those 2/504 and 319 guys are some bad motherf*ckers.

I would have loved to go to drill school, but medical issues arose so thats the end of that.

Benning is a sh*thole, but drills over there are no joke.

I fell ya though, 82d is always on the prowl and deploying. Were you at the last jfex before 1bgd redeployed? It was last aug. I think.

 

Yeah i did all the JFEX's last year. never had a bad yump either. Been real lucky so far. only one bad landing in jump school and that was it. I always seem to come in perfectly to the side. How much ya wanna bet that the redeployment jump will be the one. lol BN isnt what it use to be. cant really say on here, never know whos reading.

 

Ya the bgd is been doing some major changes it seems, but it looks like for the better. I'm not in the Army anymore so I cant comment, and I missed this last deployment.. but I've kept in lose contact with some of my guys. You guys been getting hit hard this time? My guys said there has been MINIMAL contact in al asad.

 

Anbar is all quiet now. Every now and then there is an IED, sometimes a VBIED. But this has been a boring year. I was in Ramadi and Fallujah most of the year. Im in Al Asad right now waiting for a flight home. Thank god. This deployment really wore me down....just from not doing anything.

 

Ya I've heard minimul ied/vbieds. Did you know Sergeant Montain, from 307thbsb? He got an efp to the hip last time around in an 1151?