Half track roller for front bumper

[Cisco Kid]

Anyone running this roller??
I'm think'in putting on the front bumper like the WWII half tracks ran just for the look factor.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FQ203O/?tag=wranglerorg-20

 

[JEEPCJTJ]

This shouldn't be taken as any support of Nazis but the VW on the right is a-kdf-kommandeurwagen which has a roller and I believe was also 4WD. I don't know how many were actually made but I bet it was less than a dozen.
Beside that is a Schwimmwagen and to the furthest left is a Kubelwagen.

 

[Chris]

I didn't even know this existed until now, haha.

 

[dudehitt]

A lot of really cool German engineering came out of that really dark period in history. Fear and war seem to be really good at driving innovation.

 

[Squatch]

I much prefer the marble versions...

 

[jjvw]

I much prefer the marble versions...

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Far better for rolling out fancy pastries than what the Germans came up with.

 

[Squatch]

Far better for rolling out fancy pastries than what the Germans came up with.

The Germans always seem to over-engineer stuff, ya know?

 

[Cisco Kid]

Mabe need a bigger one

 

[Jerry Bransford]

To me, that roller would just get in the way since it hangs down below. I'd think an obstacle would have to be at the perfect height or angle for that roller to work as envisioned. Though my TJ spends most of its time crawling over big rocks, that roller didn't get me excited in the least. It caused me concern though, I'd think it would cause more problems than it would solve. At least for me.

 

[jjvw]

Agreed. All I see is a big hunk of steel occupying a space that wasn't occupied before. And the diameter is too small to actually roll over anything easily.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

And the diameter is too small to actually roll over anything easily.

Especially that. In my wheeling conditions I'd expect to bend that roller in short order.