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[Cold Iron]

Lots of Farmalls from the 1930s-1960s are still running around here in the Ozarks doing tractor pulls or active work on the farm....at 75 years of age! Puts Toyota reliability to shame, although they are of course un-refined, overbuilt, underpowered, agricultural tools.

I own a more modern green tractor with a Japanese-built Yanmar diesel. Slightly more refined, but will still probably outlast me .

I can still spot a Farmall from a long ways away, they are still active all over the Country.

When we first started lifting rigs in the 70's it often didn't take long before the front ends would start to splay, along with drivetrain issues, etc. Many of those issues still exist today if you drive them long enough. One reason many of us that have been around the block long enough and plan on keeping our vehicles a long time don't mess with them in that regards. Until they had at least 50K miles on them, and that has gone up since then.

Used to be common when someone started messing with lifts the old timers would say what the hell are you trying to do, turn it into a Farmall?!

 

[K Dub]

I can still spot a Farmall from a long ways away, they are still active all over the Country.

When we first started lifting rigs in the 70's it often didn't take long before the front ends would start to splay, along with drivetrain issues, etc. Many of those issues still exist today if you drive them long enough. One reason many of us that have been around the block long enough and plan on keeping our vehicles a long time don't mess with them in that regards. Until they had at least 50K miles on them, and that has gone up since then.

Used to be common when someone started messing with lifts the old timers would say what the hell are you trying to do, turn it into a Farmall?!

With a face like this, what's not to love?

 

[Cold Iron]

With a face like this, what's not to love?

And on weekends there may have been a metal trash can in the back just large enough to hold a quarter keg of beer packed with ice. I can neither confirm nor deny that however.

 

[K Dub]

And on weekends there may have been a metal trash can in the back just large enough to hold a quarter keg of beer packed with ice. I can neither confirm nor deny that however.

Great minds think alike. Mine had a metal tool box welded into place behind the rear fender that was lined with spray foam insulation. It was for storing fish. The fact that it fit 12 cans perfectly was just a coincidence.

 

[rexington14]

The new Scout is checking a lot of the boxes we talk about this thread. They've certainly got my attention.

The Hybrid 'Scout Traveler' SUV And 'Scout Terra' Pickup Look Absolutely Amazing - The Autopian - https://www.theautopian.com/embargo-630-et-the-hybrid-scout-traveler-suv-and-scout-terra-pickup-look-absolutely-amazing/

Props to The Autopian for mentioning right out the gate that Scout is now owned by Volkswagen. I closed the tab immediately after reading the first sentence of the article.

 

[mtnco]

I briefly took our RAV4 Prime "offroad" while we were still in Texas going up a hill with loose gravel and that instant torque was nice. Makes two footed driving easier when trying to be precise. No idea how it would work with the knarly stuff we have up here in north Idaho but I'd imagine it would still work well.

We took our RAV4 Prime soft-roading in EV mode a handful of times in Colorado and the instant + controllable torque, quietness, and (didn’t think this was a thing but) the lack of blasting heat from the engine bay of a GX climbing a trail at 4 mph with windows down on a warm summer day was amazing.

Biggest gripe was that it seems the hybrid software isn’t programmed for low speed descent. “Shifting” to S1 is great above 5 or so mph but below that the car pushes too much, requiring constant foot on the brake pedal. It would be nice to have a virtualized 4-low for descents (not hill descent control, but low speed regen or at least less push. Being a RAV, I guess that’s not really the market).

It’s weird describing things about EV operation in ICE terms but don’t know what else to do . Short of it is I think EV power delivery has amazing potential for off-roading.

I’m a big fan of the idea of the Scout Traveler. I just hope it pans out.

 

[Acrad]

My parents had ‘74 Scout II growing up… IIRC it had the 345.. it was quite the solid tank.

@mtnco - I know what you mean by different experiences… my Moonbike trail & off-trail is unlike riding my snowmobiles. I wouldn’t call it a replacement but a very different experience.

 

[mtnco]

My parents had ‘74 Scout II growing up… IIRC it had the 345.. it was quite the solid tank.

@mtnco - I know what you mean by different experiences… my Moonbike trail & off-trail is unlike riding my snowmobiles. I wouldn’t call it a replacement but a very different experience.

That Moonbike looks awesome. I imagine that would be quite a different experience to a snowmobile.

 

[Hiluxforever]

My favorite nickname for an International product is calling the Travel-all the Rattle-All. My maternal grandfather had a Scout II and a Travel-All. My mom's second car was a Scout I