RE: Mercedes Unimog: A real-life Tonka toy
Discussion
We had one on a farm for hauling herbs to a processing factory and annoying the local boys in Fendts who thought they had the fastest grain-hauling machine... Had the fancy preselect gearbox, cruise control etc. T'was an ex-Heathrow one so only had a few hundred hours on it and a lot more comfortable/economic than the Fastracs!
Farols (the JD dealership) are the new distributors and held the event at Millbrook I think.
Farols (the JD dealership) are the new distributors and held the event at Millbrook I think.
Edited by LMPanda on Tuesday 10th October 13:33
paulyv said:
YES!
Such fond memories of my Dad starting his own agricultural business in early 80's Lincolnshire by buying 2 ex-West German Unimog military ambulances. I can still smell them now. They were petrol models so god only knows how much they gulped on regular trips to farms in their new 'Omega Seed Enterprises' livery as pictured below.
They both came from the surplus yard with ambulance backs, one of which became our garden shed, or my own personal den depending on who you asked. Living in the city I don't see them so often but would love to get one and run it off to Le Mans one year.
Not sure if it is different now but he didn't have an HGV license. Perhaps you do need one but 'country rules' applied...
I am confused however, where did the driving in this article take place? Is this a sales piece or is this somewhere we can all have a go? Oh, and surely a 100% gradient is 45degrees?!?
My ideal number plate on that. Such fond memories of my Dad starting his own agricultural business in early 80's Lincolnshire by buying 2 ex-West German Unimog military ambulances. I can still smell them now. They were petrol models so god only knows how much they gulped on regular trips to farms in their new 'Omega Seed Enterprises' livery as pictured below.
They both came from the surplus yard with ambulance backs, one of which became our garden shed, or my own personal den depending on who you asked. Living in the city I don't see them so often but would love to get one and run it off to Le Mans one year.
Not sure if it is different now but he didn't have an HGV license. Perhaps you do need one but 'country rules' applied...
I am confused however, where did the driving in this article take place? Is this a sales piece or is this somewhere we can all have a go? Oh, and surely a 100% gradient is 45degrees?!?
Edited by paulyv on Monday 9th October 12:46
They needn't cost an arm and a leg, How about this for a weekend toy
http://www.machineryzone.eu/used/unimog/18768506/m...
http://www.machineryzone.eu/used/unimog/18768506/m...
We have a several Unimogs at work and they do look cool.
That is, until the KAMAZ trucks we also have park next to them, and then the unimogs look like Suzuki jimnys...
I'm not sure if the KAMAZ are actually better offroad, but their tyres / ground clearance / usable load space etc are all one and a half times the unimog.
When the going gets really tough, we have two Bandvagn 202s...
That is, until the KAMAZ trucks we also have park next to them, and then the unimogs look like Suzuki jimnys...
I'm not sure if the KAMAZ are actually better offroad, but their tyres / ground clearance / usable load space etc are all one and a half times the unimog.
When the going gets really tough, we have two Bandvagn 202s...
Willy Nilly said:
If you register it as a tractor it will be able to run on red diesel and the tax is zero as stated, you can gross 27.5 tonnes, no MOT, but you will be limited to 25mph, you can't haul anything for other people and I doubt that VOSA would take kindly to you using it as a weekend toy.
I could be wrong but I don't think they are limited to 25 mph as they have full suspension, I was under the belief that 25 mph was the limit for tractors with only a single suspended axle or no suspension. trailer braking is a separate issue and I think above 25 mph air brakes are needed but again I could be wrong. Agricultural vehicle legislation is a nightmare.MK1RS Bruce said:
Willy Nilly said:
If you register it as a tractor it will be able to run on red diesel and the tax is zero as stated, you can gross 27.5 tonnes, no MOT, but you will be limited to 25mph, you can't haul anything for other people and I doubt that VOSA would take kindly to you using it as a weekend toy.
I could be wrong but I don't think they are limited to 25 mph as they have full suspension, I was under the belief that 25 mph was the limit for tractors with only a single suspended axle or no suspension. trailer braking is a separate issue and I think above 25 mph air brakes are needed but again I could be wrong. Agricultural vehicle legislation is a nightmare.Atkinson Vos is always worth a look for these. They often have extremely clean classics..
http://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs
http://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs
Apart from this forlorn soul, who looks comprehensively shagged, bless!
http://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u900-di...
http://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u900-di...
This one for me please.
It even looks almost exactly the same as the Lego model...
http://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u400-di...
It even looks almost exactly the same as the Lego model...
http://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u400-di...
Blackpuddin said:
New prices on these seem to be a state secret, I can't find any info anywhere.
Well on the website mentioned above there's one for sale at £99,500 +VAT which is noted as being a "substantial saving on the new price" So I'm guessing that, with all the options available, the sky's the limit!
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