Icelandic Glacier Truck is Built Fjord Tough

have you Driven a Fjord Lately?
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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  1. dukeisduke Avatar

    What, no more pictures?

  2. Jeff Glucker Avatar
    Jeff Glucker

    It gets -15 mpg

  3. tiberiuswise Avatar

    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.

    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      The only thing slowing this truck down are the massive Truck Nutz… which is why this one is wearing underwear.

  4. BPR Avatar
    BPR

    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!

    1. dculberson Avatar

      That is so freaking cool. Now I want to go to Iceland!!

      1. BEi Avatar
  5. BPR Avatar
    BPR

    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.

  6. muthalovin Avatar

    I guess the full size spare wouldn't fit under the bed. Keep it classy, Icelanders.

  7. dmilligan Avatar

    I'm in, it looks like fun. I wanna go boonie-crashing onna glacier in a midi monster truck.

  8. Peter Tanshanomi Avatar
    Peter Tanshanomi

    Finally, somebody with a monster truck who actually NEEDS a monster truck!

  9. FreeMan Avatar
    FreeMan

    props on the headline

  10. Ash78 Avatar
    Ash78

    Giant truck…cold weather…yet somehow I don't think the owner is compensating for anything.

  11. hagenxj Avatar
    hagenxj

    Yes, they know how to build. All work. No show. And then they go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKyV1t9WYkM
    And come back in one piece.

  12. njhoon Avatar

    The only way it could be even a smidgin cooler is if it had these http://www.mattracks.com/