Was licensed to operate those back in the day. As others have said, maintenance nightmares. Not only hydraulically, but the drive train was suspect. Parked one on an incline, next time it went into gear the u-joint snapped. Hell of a ride on the highway, though, felt like cruising in a bouncy castle. Glad they replaced them with the HMEE.
Neighbor has one outfitted with a water tank and pump for use on forest fires locally, its a pos.
673; Good morning sir, I hope you all slept well and it's as mild up north as it is down here.
Funny I always thought that a Unimog would be the ultimate hunting rig until a few years back when I was managing that storage facility that used to be behind the Can Tire in Penticton - where I had a '60's Unimog stored.
My goodness it was something.
Have you sat in your neighbor's?
This one was a tight fit for me and as you know, I'm no giant!
It was also a workout with a built in sobriety test just climbing in or especially getting out...
The turn radius was pretty big too I thought.
Anyways color one of my dreams shattered 673... no German "wunder wagon" for me.
Neighbor has one outfitted with a water tank and pump for use on forest fires locally, its a pos.
673; Good morning sir, I hope you all slept well and it's as mild up north as it is down here.
Funny I always thought that a Unimog would be the ultimate hunting rig until a few years back when I was managing that storage facility that used to be behind the Can Tire in Penticton - where I had a '60's Unimog stored.
My goodness it was something.
Have you sat in your neighbor's?
This one was a tight fit for me and as you know, I'm no giant!
It was also a workout with a built in sobriety test just climbing in or especially getting out...
The turn radius was pretty big too I thought.
Anyways color one of my dreams shattered 673... no German "wunder wagon" for me.
All the best to you all this weekend.
Dwayne
No, I never sat in it, but I have worked around it a couple times in an emergency situation. They crawl good, but with all the weight of the tank up high, I stayed clear in case of a flop over, which would then become a rolling and tumbling situation. I can think of better rigs for the purpose.
Ham radio friend in Phoenix bought one and outfitted it with vintage military communications gear. Took it up I17 to the Flagstaff hamfest years ago. Overheating and 25mph uphill north of Camp Verde. It was cool to look at and work the radios but not practical. He eventually sold it.
Higginez; Good afternoon to you my cyber friend, I trust the weekend has been going smoothly for you all.
We made it up to the "big city" of Kelowna north of us, survived a Costco run and have returned home in more or less one chunk.
One of my hunting mentors had one of these.
His was painted a bright red or maybe orange, can't remember that detail.
It was capable of going almost anywhere, but surely didn't get there fast.
I think it was powered by a little 2 cylinder air cooled gas motor that looked sort of VW beetle-esque.
He didn't have it very long and I really should have bought it when he sold it, but then if I had it'd be parked in the yard under a car cover like the rest of the "too many" rigs that live here already, you know?
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