The story goes that Greenland and Iceland got their names, despite antithetical topographies, because the residents of Iceland wanted to keep out the riff-raff. Although not truly covered with ice, the North Atlantic nation does still possess a number of remnants of the last ice age, including a large number of glaciers. Unlike in Alaska where people just look at glaciers from the decks of cruise ships and then go inside for a hot toddy and the buffet, in Iceland they drive on them, and to do so, you need one big-ass truck. This three axle Ford sports tires typical of the glacier trucks, and their likely road noise would make this truck a delight to drive next to on the freeway, snow kidding.
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Icelandic Glacier Truck is Built Fjord Tough
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What, no more pictures?
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It gets -15 mpg
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I'm glad they didn't go for the full double cab. I hate it when pickups get too big.
Seriously, the only way that could be more radical would be if it were a half-track. Or had Fordson Snow Drive.-
The only thing slowing this truck down are the massive Truck Nutz… which is why this one is wearing underwear.
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If you ever go to Iceland, you can rent a monster truck for about $600 a day, and go drive on the glaciers yourself. I highly recommend it. I rented a Land Rover Defender 9? passenger wagon with tires like you see here, from Budget. It got about 20 MPG with the tiny diesel they equipped it with!
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That is so freaking cool. Now I want to go to Iceland!!
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You should…. http://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/
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Here’s the link for anyone that wants to go.
http://www.alp.is/car_fleet/landrover/index.html
This thing ate 4 feet of snow for lunch!
The Icelandic trucks are funny. They put huge tires on them, but do such a nice job with the modifications that after looking at them for a while they look stock. Then you come back to the states and wonder why all the trucks look either tiny, or like the modifications were done by a wild animal. -
I guess the full size spare wouldn't fit under the bed. Keep it classy, Icelanders.
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I'm in, it looks like fun. I wanna go boonie-crashing onna glacier in a midi monster truck.
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Finally, somebody with a monster truck who actually NEEDS a monster truck!
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props on the headline
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Giant truck…cold weather…yet somehow I don't think the owner is compensating for anything.
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Yes, they know how to build. All work. No show. And then they go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKyV1t9WYkM
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The only way it could be even a smidgin cooler is if it had these http://www.mattracks.com/
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