Love it! Have always wanted one.

So, just how impractical are they, really? Can they be driven regularly? Can you get on a highway with one? Are they reasonably easy to park? How tall are they usually? Impossible to garage?

Do want!!!


JA

Nice toy, could have used it here in Michigan - we got 14.1 inches of snow on Super Bowl Sunday.

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Note: no cab on my truck, that's snow!

Sweet, great weather for working on it too.

Here's a sweet looking one... Mercedes Benz Other Unimog Military Fire Brush Pumper Vehicle | eBay

Equally curious. The tires don't look highway friendly.

Those tires are designed for rolling over the broken bodies of zombies, and for added traction when pushing a Prius out of the way.

I thought more for crushing Prius'.

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I like, but i know my wife won't let me get one of those. Plus, I bet they are not too good as a work truck.

I hear changing a track is pretty time consuming as well. You could fill it with Jet A at the airport though.

Hard to fit in the garage too, unless you cut a hole in the garage wall into the living room to make room for the barrel. Nice conversation piece when people come over.

Cashflyer, here's your Prius work truck. Functional, and sexy.


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Nice score, and looking forward to hearing more about it as you learn, too.

Last summer I was out for a run and passed this about a mile from mi casa.
Same house, one on each end.

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Wow, really want.

I alternate between a deuce and a unimog, of course I need neither.

I wonder how high the price will go....

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From reading the ad, I can tell the seller doesn't know ***** about unimogs

I have brake parts and some other tune-up goodies on order, just sitting on my hands waiting for now. I've driven it around the block a couple of times, but it's a bit "interesting" with the weak brakes.

LOL, 24 speed. Simple!


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I wish I knew more about them, the gearing and drivability, etc
The firetruck pictured above says top speed is 40mph!

This one is for sale in VA.
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I was thinking the same thing. I'd love a super cool tow vehicle/project truck, and there are some great trails and fire roads in the mountains an hour from here…But if it doesn't do freeway speeds it just wouldn't work.

Well, this is all Tom's fault. I have been talking to a few people the last couple of days because ["really, really want" racoon goes here]

From what I've been told, the 404 is a gas burner. Almost all were, except for a very small number that were spec'd as diesel by the end user. Like, so few, you will never find one.

Also, was told that none were ever built to go interstate speed. That 60 is really pushing it hard, and that the trans will not take that for too long. Realistically, they said, it is a 50mph top end.

Anyway, that's what I was told.

Here is a DoKa firetruck on ebay - for $63k :eek::eek:
Mercedes Benz Other Unimog U1550L Double Cab Doka 1989 Model Year | eBay

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Hey - what about a Stewart & Stevenson M1078A1?
Looks like a domestic version of the Unimog!

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Maximum speed: 58mph lol
http://tanknutdave.com/images/fmtv/m1078a1.pdf

Domestic? IDK…Doesn't seem to have the panache. But hey, that extra 8 MPH is HUGE!

Just picked this one up yesterday, will clean it up and resell. Needs some minor rust repair in the driver's floor, which all seem to collect mud and water and rust out. I have floors all stamped out and ready to weld in. Has only 930 hours on the motor and less than 18000km on the speedo. Has hydraulics, PTO, and dump box.
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Wow, really like that one.

Just needs some new gearing so it's more street friendly, wonder where I can find some gears.... :)

I haven't got it in yet, just paid for it. Need to have it shipped in. Don't know the gearing yet, but some of them have "fast axle" gearing in them. With standard gearing top speed is about 58mph. Changing the gearing can get you up to 80mph if you are crazy enough to try it!

Ever been in a "high-speed wobble" :eek:

80 mph in that Ox cart?

This is all your fault widebody911.


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Harvey,
Looks like a nice truck! You will get plenty of positive comments no matter where you go!:D And it will take longer to get anywhere, as now you have to answer all the questions you will be getting about your new toy! It can take 10 minutes to get into Home Depot from the parking lot as a crowd gathers.

Just offloaded it from the carrier this morning.
It seems to be well kept.

I'll start getting the tags and insurance on Tuesday, then can go play with it!



Thanks for your time and advice with my questions, Von!

unimog: (v). to afflict or be afflicted by a fellow pelican with a PPOT transmissible disease or disorder or incurable notion to buy an impractical vehicle or trinket. Contagious. Effects similar to being Rickrolled by Gottlieb Daimler and Rube Goldberg and Charles Manson Ron Popeil all in one day.

will there be a repeat of the Ducati 900SS thing? :)

Unimog - Mercedes-Benz Forum

http://www.expedition-imports.com/

Where'd you get it? If I may ask, how much did it set you back?

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It is a 1968 model 404.1, Swiss troop transport.
I bought in in VA.

I had a PPI done before pulling the trigger. There is a little bit of rust in the cab, and I mean little. Like 2cm x 10cm, in the lower pax door frame. Obviously, it has some patina, but I think it is a very good unit based on the PPI and based on what I see today.

Doesn't seem to have been abused off-roading.

Harvey,
Nice score! Next time I get down to SC I need to come and see that. Maybe if I bring the Range Rover we can do some wheeling--just kidding as the wife would kill me.