The HU 4wd Forum and what does it need to make better?

[Lonerider]

I am a motorcyclist my self but have been reading this with interest as I eventually my get too old or my body might not take any more.

What about an over 7500kg section as I can only go up to 7500kg on my car licence being from the UK and some people travel in some big vehicles. I would be good to know if I ever decide to go to 4 wheels

Just a thought

Wayne

[Jervig]

An issue is Car or Truck, nobody in Europe will use the word Truck for any vehicle under 3500kg We would use Car, Van or Pick-up. To avoid misunderstanding this could be solution:



4 Wheels Trip Reports (Trip Reports for ALL 4 wheeled vehicles)
4 Wheels Travel (Non Technical questions, Driving Techniques, safety, comfort etc)

Tech for vehicles <3500kg (Any Make 2&4WD, includes tires and wheels)
Tech for vehicles >3500kg (Any Make 2&4WD, includes tires and wheels)

Equipping the Vehicle (What's the best gear?)

Expedition campers (How or where to construct one)

For Sale/Wanted


I added expedition campers because that is a world on itself. On other forums topics about constructing these kind of campers stay "fresh" for a long period of time, lots of documentation, pictures, tech stuf etc.

GRTZ,

Jeroen

[TheWarden]

Its probably worth remembering that for some vehicles there are plenty of well established dedicated forums for technical advice, there certainly are plenty of Land Rover/Land Cruiser forums

If I need to find out about servicing, repairs or modifications for my Land Cruiser I use one of the specific land cruiser forums. I use the Hubb for travel information, visas, route planning etc. So in the 4 wheels section my main interest is the overland travel side of adapting the vehicles not the routine servicing and repairs type info

I know that LR and Toyota 4x4s have a good forum base elsewhere but other 4 wheeled vehicles maybe not, so a generic light/heavy type approach could fill a bit of a gap for those makes without that info elsewhere on the web

[Walkabout]

I can't see what is a problem herein: currently there are only 7 main topics within the 4 wheel bit (and two of them are LC/LR specific), while there are techical sections for nearly every manufacturer of motorbikes.

What is really so difficult about deciding where to post within "4 wheels"??

Nor can I see any reason to "throw away" the LC/LR specific information by amalgamating them; IMO that would kill off both of them for those who own such brands (I am still very surprised that those particular fans haven't posted in here, but I do recall a very highly regarded LC enthusiast saying a few years ago that he had stopped posting in LC specific fora elsewhere because of the BS that they contain).

[pdriver]

The Land Rover and Land Cruiser boards work fine and as others have commented there are dedicated forums elsewhere which serve these marks very well in terms of specific advice. I am sure this is repeated for all manufacturers, regardless of how many wheels.

What isn't catered for very well on the hubb are vans and trucks. I am pretty sure that with such naming, people would quickly figure out what what is meant and what they are interested in.

Size isn't everything and it is difficult to draw a line about weight or whether a heavy goods licence is required or whether a vehicle is ex-military. Indeed I had an interesting conversation about this at the Overland Adventure show, with a truck owner who thought the distinction ought be about whether a vehicle had air breaks or not!

Vans: Campervans, and panel van conversions, including small military such as Pinzgauer
Trucks: Larger cargo vehicles, typically with a separate body mounted upon an external chassis.

[James Rothwell]

I would just be happy if the 4 four wheeled forums where a bit more active, I know this site is favored by the bikers but it has such a wealth of information it surely should be home to people who are interested in exploring in vehicles.

[Walkabout]

Originally Posted by James Rothwell

I would just be happy if the 4 four wheeled forums where a bit more active, I know this site is favored by the bikers but it has such a wealth of information it surely should be home to people who are interested in exploring in vehicles.

I guess we can all take that as a given; the trick is to come up with the format that brings in the postings from the 4 wheelers (yeah, OK, 4 or more).
For instance, the cycling bit has been in place for a while and it doesn't get a lot of attention but I have noticed that there is a lot of competition out there for the cycling fraternity.

[TheWarden]

Try posting more maybe, it might make the 4wheel section more active?

Although the site tag line is "inspiring, informing and connecting traveelers sine 1997" it is very much a bikers site.

I know it was set up by bikers and without them the site wouldn't exist but some of the biker users are overly arrogant and at times downright obnoxious to us 4x4 drivers. I forget which thread it was but recently I had to remind some of the vocal users that people here don't just use bikes and some posters found this amazing

WRT revising and improving the structure has anyone looked at the set up on the expeditionportal? they have section for 4x4s, bikes and expedition campers. But general travel advice and equipment forums are not specific to any, yet our equipment sections are mostly bike orientated.