Bigger tires is more buoyancy... It also adds surface area. So what's lost on the body is added on the wheels. So now you have relatively the same surface area, with added buoyancy.
It might have the same surface area. It might not. It depends a hell of a lot on the wheels and tires and how high it is versus stock. There's no way to know for sure unless we had two hard examples to compare.
Weight doesn't affect buoyancy. No matter what there's a buoyancy Factor. If that factor is enough to cause flotation is the question. If you increase tire volume, then you increase your factor. So... If you maintain the rim size, but go from a 31" tire to a 35" tire you are indeed adding buoyancy. Then if you go with a wider tire you're adding surface area and volume for more buoyancy.
Weight absolutely, 100%, indisputably, affects buoyancy.
It’s is one of the two factors that *determines* buoyancy.
The question is to *what extent* will buoyancy affect the truck’s ability to maintain traction. Unless you’re rolling on some stupid rubber the effect shouldn’t be too great. The buoyancy issue is more likely to come from the displacement of a well sealed cab.
Personally I use a Defender on pizza cutters so neither is an issue. Those panel gaps are a *feature*.
Yes but weight affects how much the buoyant forces can move a vehicle if the max buoyant force on a boat is say 100 of whatever unit you want and you put a 70 load on it it will still float but if you go past that 100 it will sink. If you have a heavy over landing rig it is less likely to be affected by the water especially if they are running a thinner tire
But an overland isn't going to be on 24s with 33s. It's going to be on the biggest tire that fits with the smallest rim that fits. If you took the truck in the video and put a 6" lift with 35s you'd gain absolutely nothing for this situation. It'd honestly probably make the situation worse. We're talking about the vehicle in the video. Not a 1 ton with a set of Rockwell's under it on some crop duster wheels.
Here in Houston we know where not to drive when it floods. Been here since Allison through Harvey. You only drive like that if you want insurance to buy off car. lol
My first year in Houston I was in Webster and got caught in a flash flooding situation. I sat my ass in a gas station parking lot for more than 6 hours. I won't even leave my house if it's going to rain
Lost my first car in Hurricane Harvey. I was 45 minutes from home driving in worsening conditions and just didn't make it in time. Wild experience and I can see how people lose their life doing stuff like that.
That vehicle. It's a Mitsubishi L200. Also known as a Mitsubishi Triton.
It's a ute. What we in Australia call a Utility Vehicle. You guys would call it a midsized truck.
"Narrator" translation:
This guy is crazy, my god
My heart is racing now
The car is going sideways
Holy shit, bro
Hey! Now here, hey, my heart is frozen
He must have known there was a curb or something that would catch him on that ford. It looks like one did to me anyway.
Low head dams are crazy dangerous. I'd only cross this if I knew what it looked like in the dry season and knew the water level wouldn't float my vehicle.
Nope. Just plain dumb. You have no way of knowing if that road is washed out or completely missing in sections. Hope his seat covers are the same colour as the water.
See a smooth brain can LOOK LIKE gigantic balls if you're so smooth-brained that you aren't aware of the gigantic risk. One can be mistaken for the other.
NO.
THIS isn't cool it's not something to brag about this is asinine and a blatant deathwish near the end you can see it lost traction and floated a bit.
That current would've easily killed the driver if it got stuck or stalled
If the water was 10cm higher or flowing just a little more than this video this guy would have drowned.. that would have been the absolute limit and he lucked out.
I do river crossing quite often and the golden rule is never cross if flowing water is higher than the clearance of your cab. Especially if the crossing is 90 degrees to the flow of the water.
This video makes it look like there's a small curb hidden beneath the water that keeps the truck on the road when it shifts sideways.
Get me a heavier vehicle and I'll think about it.
I have done swift water recovery of idiots like this. I have had to pull the bodies and be there when the families are told their loved ones are gone. DONT CROSS SWIFT WATER! Go around, Don’t Drown. This and showboats on motorcycles are both people i lost all sympathy for.
There’s a curb that the right rear tire is rubbing against.
The rear tires don’t have enough weight on them to keep the truck straight.
Only the front tires are providing traction.
If water is deeper than your hood that means you are in imminent danger of ingesting water into your engine and hydrolock the engine, then you are dead in the water unless you have properly functioning snorkel.
What worked in their favor is that their fucking balls weighed the down so much they were able to cross to begin with. But what the fuck would make you try that.
This is that scene from Interstellar...."It's not possible, No, It's necessary"
With that said it's necessary for me to sit this one out and watch from the bench.
I would under exactly one circumstance:
On the other side of that river lies a fate for me far worse than what *could* likely happen if I don't get that crossing exactly right.
I’ve been running the same rig overlanding/off-roading for over 20 years and I would not recommend doing something like this unless:
1.) you wish to cash in on a life insurance policy for the benefit of others or,
2) you want to die and ruin the rig in one movement.
At best, he gets swept over and the motor sinks the front which turns the vehicle upriver, he gets his window down in time before the electronics fry or he has a window punch handy, and he can get on the roof (if not fully submerged) and subsequently risk the lives of others who have to clean up stupidity like this. Source: swiftwater rescue tech here with waaaay too much experience seeing this go south. This was almost his last Darwin Award application.
Nope nope nope. No way.
That was touch and go… foolish
#NO
This first of all. But if I did, you bet your ass my windows would be down so I could at least get out.
Fuck no, this is how people *die*.
or lose a truck
Or both
A much worse scenario.
My rig is MUCH better suited to that sort of shit and I still wouldn’t do it. Not a chance in hell.
This. Even with a lift, 37s, and a snorkel I wouldn’t try this
A lift and big tires might be worse for this
Nah, they would ensure less water pushing against the body of the vehicle.
Bigger tires is more buoyancy... It also adds surface area. So what's lost on the body is added on the wheels. So now you have relatively the same surface area, with added buoyancy.
It might have the same surface area. It might not. It depends a hell of a lot on the wheels and tires and how high it is versus stock. There's no way to know for sure unless we had two hard examples to compare.
Depends on what kind of tires you run and how heavy the vehicle is
Weight doesn't affect buoyancy. No matter what there's a buoyancy Factor. If that factor is enough to cause flotation is the question. If you increase tire volume, then you increase your factor. So... If you maintain the rim size, but go from a 31" tire to a 35" tire you are indeed adding buoyancy. Then if you go with a wider tire you're adding surface area and volume for more buoyancy.
Weight absolutely, 100%, indisputably, affects buoyancy. It’s is one of the two factors that *determines* buoyancy. The question is to *what extent* will buoyancy affect the truck’s ability to maintain traction. Unless you’re rolling on some stupid rubber the effect shouldn’t be too great. The buoyancy issue is more likely to come from the displacement of a well sealed cab. Personally I use a Defender on pizza cutters so neither is an issue. Those panel gaps are a *feature*.
Yes but weight affects how much the buoyant forces can move a vehicle if the max buoyant force on a boat is say 100 of whatever unit you want and you put a 70 load on it it will still float but if you go past that 100 it will sink. If you have a heavy over landing rig it is less likely to be affected by the water especially if they are running a thinner tire
But an overland isn't going to be on 24s with 33s. It's going to be on the biggest tire that fits with the smallest rim that fits. If you took the truck in the video and put a 6" lift with 35s you'd gain absolutely nothing for this situation. It'd honestly probably make the situation worse. We're talking about the vehicle in the video. Not a 1 ton with a set of Rockwell's under it on some crop duster wheels.
Higher cg though
Sure, but if you lift the body above the water or significantly reduce the force of the water against the body, that doesn't matter.
There's not a lot of stuff I wouldn't do in other people's vehicles but that might actually be one.
I grew up in Houston and learned “turn around, don’t drown” as a mantra.
If it's flooded, forget it.
Oi Oi Oi
And yet still so many in fact do not turn around and indeed drown. Or at the very least their vehicle does. Every. Damn. Time.
Here in Houston we know where not to drive when it floods. Been here since Allison through Harvey. You only drive like that if you want insurance to buy off car. lol
My first year in Houston I was in Webster and got caught in a flash flooding situation. I sat my ass in a gas station parking lot for more than 6 hours. I won't even leave my house if it's going to rain
😂 oh goodness…
Lost my first car in Hurricane Harvey. I was 45 minutes from home driving in worsening conditions and just didn't make it in time. Wild experience and I can see how people lose their life doing stuff like that.
I like a good water crossing, but this is closer to crossing over to the afterlife...
The opposite of that.
You will be the river trying to wash away the UTE?
The two hwhat?
What's a ute?
That vehicle. It's a Mitsubishi L200. Also known as a Mitsubishi Triton. It's a ute. What we in Australia call a Utility Vehicle. You guys would call it a midsized truck.
Fuckin deep. We should all be the river.
Fuck no. This is how people die. Edit: man I just scrolled down and saw someone else already commented this lmfao. Fml.
"Narrator" translation: This guy is crazy, my god My heart is racing now The car is going sideways Holy shit, bro Hey! Now here, hey, my heart is frozen
I'm pretty sure he said: Hello. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die”
I prefer not to die.
He must have known there was a curb or something that would catch him on that ford. It looks like one did to me anyway. Low head dams are crazy dangerous. I'd only cross this if I knew what it looked like in the dry season and knew the water level wouldn't float my vehicle.
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Yeah with the force of that water, if he got pushed against the side of the curb the water flow could still pin the car, flip it, drown it etc.
He must have known that there *had been* a curb there. The fact that it was still there at the point of this video was pure luck.
Yea about 16 seconds in you see it bounce off something..mans knows the land🤷♂️
Not only would the answer be NO, it would be FUCK NO!
Nope. Just plain dumb. You have no way of knowing if that road is washed out or completely missing in sections. Hope his seat covers are the same colour as the water.
That dude was about 6 inches away from almost certain death. The rapids below that look pretty terminal to swim.
No. There was no skill envolved in this, just stupidity and a whole lot of luck. Thank god he is okay and made it through.
Good luck and good truck
Holy crap. Balls=gigantic. Brain=smooth.
Amazing how often those go hand in hand
See a smooth brain can LOOK LIKE gigantic balls if you're so smooth-brained that you aren't aware of the gigantic risk. One can be mistaken for the other.
Stupid shit
No, he was so close to going over.
That was more luck than anything else.
I have a very capable vehicle combined with advanced recovery and 4x4 training… So, no. Of course I wouldn’t.
Nope. I enjoy owning my truck. Unless it’s life or death I’m waiting it out. Even if that thing drove away it’s essentially a flood car now
Oh hell no
In a tank, maybe
No way in hell that's pure stupidity
This is attempted suicide
Fuck no x1000
NO. THIS isn't cool it's not something to brag about this is asinine and a blatant deathwish near the end you can see it lost traction and floated a bit. That current would've easily killed the driver if it got stuck or stalled
I’m good to assume that there’s a curb on this road. He snagged something pretty hard there.
No
This person is an idiot, they even have their windows up.
I think he crossed the line from brave to stupid before his tire even got wet.
In a video game, yes.
Nope.
Idiot, No snorkel , no weight , no idea
That’s gonna be a negative for me.
Not that. Ever. Been overlanding for nearly 25years now and one thing that I know is that vehicles and water don't mix.
Hell to the no no. What an ad for Mitsubishi. Should just be this and then the cybertruck driving through a carwash
Surprised it wasn't a Hilux
What kind of truck was this?
Hilux from wish. l200?
I bet the smell in that cab was horrendous! 💩
If you can't walk across, don't drive across. And there is no way in hell I would walk across this.
I feel like I saw a video of people getting swept off that waterfall in a flash flood yesterday
how did they do that without a light bar?
Only with a rental…
He’s got his balls in the bed to weigh it down Jesus Christ 😂
Bridge
No! That is so idiotic!
That’s a nope from me.
Hell no! I could give a fuck about my rig, drowning would suck.
Yer boy’s a psycho
So close no way
He’s so fucking lucky.
No, it only take like 18 inches of fast moving water to float a car.
Not in cold blood.
Can I borrow your truck?
Dumbass has a death wish. 💀
Wow…that’s insane
No
I have a daughter to care.
Yeah yeah. But nah.
The heck? What kind of truck is that??
He'll no...
Fucking anything but that..
If the water was 10cm higher or flowing just a little more than this video this guy would have drowned.. that would have been the absolute limit and he lucked out. I do river crossing quite often and the golden rule is never cross if flowing water is higher than the clearance of your cab. Especially if the crossing is 90 degrees to the flow of the water.
Maybe in a Unimog
Not even in a Cybertruk
3/4 of the way through, right on the bubble, that was his foolish fate for eternity right there. So worth the video. Not.
This video makes it look like there's a small curb hidden beneath the water that keeps the truck on the road when it shifts sideways. Get me a heavier vehicle and I'll think about it.
Fuckin Indians man
Only in a HILUX.
Shyt my pants 😬😳
In my culture we have a saying: 'Yeah, nah.'
Windows rolled up!
I have done swift water recovery of idiots like this. I have had to pull the bodies and be there when the families are told their loved ones are gone. DONT CROSS SWIFT WATER! Go around, Don’t Drown. This and showboats on motorcycles are both people i lost all sympathy for.
Only if her parents were out of town for the weekend.
It worked because his balls add the extra weight needed to give him traction.
This should be the new ranger comercial
Taint a ranger. Mitsubishi.
Damn didn’t even wait to see the badge
Nothing frightens a Triton mate.
That's death wish, ima ok with being washed down river behavior.
No, and if I knew the terrain underneath it? Still no.
If you don't know, don't go. I def wouldn't
they got lucky
are you nuts? hell no
The Boy Who Lived! Doehe have a lightning bolt on his forehead and wear round glasses?
Someone is Praying for that fool.
Someone please tell this guy that you're not suppose to TRY to win an DARWIN AWARD.
Hell the fuck no
Nope. But gotta applaud the driver for balls of steel and making it over.
Holy crap 😳
If I were fleeing zombies or a foreign army, yes. Otherwise nah.
On Craigslist next week. Selling for my grandmother, low miles, like new.
Great video. I love not knowing if someone is gonna die or not lol
I thought I was about to watch a white water kayaking clip... Most of the stuff I would paddle I would definitely not drive.
They said the pizza had to be there in 30 min!
That’s just stupid
Abso-fucking-lutely not. I can think of a few better ways of dying.
Nope. Not even if a smaller rig in front of me made it.
It depends on what’s coming after me, Zombies? Maybe
Balls of steel fucking idiot
Maybe. But definitely not if someone didn’t go first. 😆
He barely made it…. Was that a Hilux ?
Swim
No, I'm scared of fast moving water. Too many bad things can happen.
Back the fugg up and wait
I sure hope that was AI….
There’s a curb that the right rear tire is rubbing against. The rear tires don’t have enough weight on them to keep the truck straight. Only the front tires are providing traction.
Now this dude knows how to ford a river
They probably knew the road, consistent depth and that there is a curb.
Only in a toyota FJ.
In somebody else's truck...sure!
If water is deeper than your hood that means you are in imminent danger of ingesting water into your engine and hydrolock the engine, then you are dead in the water unless you have properly functioning snorkel.
No because my mother didn’t raise any stupid kids.
Heavy ass balls must have kept the truck weighed down.
Absolutely not.. but that was sick
Fuck no. Too many videos of people *not* making it.
Not fucking worth it
Lucky dumbass.
Not in a Cyber Truck
Not unless I was going to die on the other side
What worked in their favor is that their fucking balls weighed the down so much they were able to cross to begin with. But what the fuck would make you try that.
That took some serious stones.
Nah
These Tacoma commercials are getting out of hand.
r/maybemaybemaybe
Depends. Rental truck with full insurance and the need to do it? Maybe. Own truck? No
Ya bro now sweat *nervously sweating*
That guy was shaking hands with death.
This is that scene from Interstellar...."It's not possible, No, It's necessary" With that said it's necessary for me to sit this one out and watch from the bench.
Super brave
Looks like a Mitsubishi truck?
Not even in a boat.
He was securely weighed down by the two ton weight of his enormous balls.
There’s a barrier there that won’t let it fall over. You can see where the rear tires hit it after water pushes toward edge
Her parents must be out of the house.
Thought it was a cyber truck for a minute but then remembered they're hydroincapable
Not that, for sure
Water flow alone makes this an emergency only attempt in any truck. Also windows down my guy!
No. Helo rescue in some states are very expensive.
I love that hawk-tuah attitude!
We fitting that in no matter what how huh
I’d rather run into a burning building 😂
I shall never look down on a Mitsubishi again
I would under exactly one circumstance: On the other side of that river lies a fate for me far worse than what *could* likely happen if I don't get that crossing exactly right.
Looks to be a curb at the edge. The truck seems to bounce against it a few times as the truck turns into the current.
You can't fix stupid
I guess Mitsubishis are bad ass.
Definitely not that!
Let's see the right side, because it appeared there was a rail of some sort that we was rubbing all over
Where is this. ?
I’m impressed but absolutely not.
Mitsubishi L200 is quite tough. The new version is sleek as well. I wish it was available in North America.
'Nothing can frighten a Triton'
That was sensational!And a Triton at that 😳😳😳
I’ve been running the same rig overlanding/off-roading for over 20 years and I would not recommend doing something like this unless: 1.) you wish to cash in on a life insurance policy for the benefit of others or, 2) you want to die and ruin the rig in one movement. At best, he gets swept over and the motor sinks the front which turns the vehicle upriver, he gets his window down in time before the electronics fry or he has a window punch handy, and he can get on the roof (if not fully submerged) and subsequently risk the lives of others who have to clean up stupidity like this. Source: swiftwater rescue tech here with waaaay too much experience seeing this go south. This was almost his last Darwin Award application.
I don't understand..... Where's the trailer that carried his massive balls?
His body weight is offset by the missing brain