India or China?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjrEQaG5jPM



There is an up armored model of the Actros if things really get bad

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Got two rusting away down the street from me in some guy's yard. I see them when I walk the dogs each day.. I want them, but I don't have time, or place to start a new project that I'll likely lose interest in before it's completed anyways.

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Hey, Truckinik. Haven't seen much of you on here lately. How are you?

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Mostly from South of the border, I believe. Many Asians, too.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Unimogs show up regularly for sale up here in BC. They tend to be used in the logging industry by private operators and are generally "well used" when they come up for sale.

They are seriously heavy duty machines but the older 1970s and 1960s models that come up for sale are best suited to REAL off-road use in tough country. Top road speed and operator comfort are low and fuel consumption is high. If you are used to a North American half ton 4X4 you'll get a shock driving one of these on an asphalt road.

There are several on the Vancouver Craigs List right now.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/search/?areaID=16&subAreaID=&query=unimog&catAbb=sss

It would be fun to try, though . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Wow, one of those had 24 a speed tranny! It was $60,000, too. And it was 32 years old.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

You might find that it is a 12 speed transmission that has the same number of gears going forwards and the same number going backwards... EEEEK. Now that's what I call fun

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

Yeah it depends on what transfer case is fitted but I think i've seen them with 36 different gear ratios. Throw in the locking diffs and you'll be very busy driving it off road

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

That seems like overkill, but then I don't really ever do any driving like that.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

So, it's really a tractor dressed up like a truck? That's what it sounds like. One of those will probably go a lot of places I'd be scared to drive anyhow.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Yes, it's DNA is closer to that of a fast tractor than a slow 4X4 truck.

Check out this pic from the Craigslist ad I mentioned earlier. As a former David Brown tractor owner I could have fun with one of these!

http://s01060018f83eb380.pi.shawcable.net/mog/slides/img_4103.html

Not really...I would think that it's more comfortable and they can actually get up to speed on the highway (50mph....that's fast enough and a lot faster then a tractor can do) Also I would guess looking at it that there is a lot smaller chance that you could roll a Unimog.

The original design was intended to allow farmers to work there fields and bring their crops to market with one vehicle rather then two.

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

Well I can remember driving a Massey Ferguson tractor (diesel) about 40 MPH as a 12 yr old when I used to work on (mean) granny's farms. That mofo would absolutely haul ass! We also had tracks for it. Sometimes it would rain so much during the summer that we would have to put tracks on it to be able to drive it out into the fields.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Of course, it didn't have any amor plating . . .

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles