This German truck is WAY crazier than anything in America
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The American would use the Unimog to buy eggs and milk at the nearest Walmart.
They can't drive this thing, it needs gear changing 😂
@@DKSON1337 They need to advertise it as a manual anti-theft device.😄
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger in LA. He had a "Street"-version.
Yes, they could probably even carry missiles on it, just in case. There could be a bad guy lurking in the mac & cheese aisle with a wooden stick.
Refrigerated eggs. 🙄
In the Army we used to say: where this one can't go, you need a helicopter. 😊
... or a tank
it is not a truck... it is an Unimog ;p
Unimog stands for "UNIversal MOtor Gerät", which can be translated as "universal motor device"
btw. Unimog were built in the time after WW2 primarily as a device for the most diverse activities in agriculture and forestry.
They are very common here in Germany, as they are so versatile (there are smaller variants, than the one you watched - esp. smaller tires).
They are in deed half a tractor, as you can attach a lot of tools to them - e.g. most villages have one for forest-maintenance (maybe equipted with a crane) in summer, which they can transform to a snow-plower with gritting-device for winter.
Inspired by the american Willys MB Jeep and the first Willys CJ Jeeps
The Universal is taken very very seriously, you can change the attachment (the back part) within a few minutes to basically anything else, its a beast. There are many attachments from Mercedes-Benz, but there are also other companies making attachments and its not hard to DIY a attachment either.
And the original ones are basically indestructible.
The off-road capabilitys are great, but not the most important part of it.
@@SaschaDBrickmanNot really😂
@@Andre-BW-Doc-DB-Ltd it's true the versatility of the Willys Jeeps inspired the engineers who developed the first Unimog in the late 1940's. There is a very Long list of the Attachments for the Willys MB and CJ Series. But the Willys were too small in the eyes of the engineers, so they developed a bigger version of the Jeep, looking like an all terrain Truck but with many attachments like a Tractor and the Same versatility and reliability like the Jeeps.
Unimog doesn't get "stuck". Unimog just gets the planet wedged in its treads.
Fact!
If a Unimog doesn't make any progress, then the journey for all other vehicles has long since come to an end. (translate from German)
@@mirkowallraff5806Please, say it in German, sag das mal auf Deutsch, ja? Ich verstehe es nämlich nicht. 😂
Ach nee, DAS hab ich nicht verstanden. "Wedged in treads "? 🙈
Sorry!😄 @@Winona493
Der Unimog kommt auch dann noch weiter, wenn alle anderen Fahrzeuge schon längst nicht mehr weiter kommen (gute Geländegängigkeit).
The first, smaller Unimogs were often used as tractor replacements in agriculture after WW II. The bigger models like this new one are often used in forestry (about 30% of Germany are forests), but also by fire brigades, special heavy transport companies and (still) the military (they had always Unimogs, but mostly the smaller models, while they used e.g. MAN for bigger vehicles).
The Unimog was developed as an agricultural vehicle. The military and forestry use and use as a base for expeditions and off-road rally came only when they saw how unstoppable the thing is.
@@wanderwurst8358 As someone that was in the Bundeswehr i can attest to this. We didn't use MAN's much, unless it was transport of a lot material from our Base to someplace like Hammelburg. But when it goes to supplying the troops in the field, we always used our UNIMOG.
And there was the saying: If the UNIMOG can't go there the only option you have is trying with a tank.
@@germanmosca "If the UNIMOG can't go there the only option you have is trying with a tank." or a helicopter
I see many construction companies using them as well, also my city uses them to Remove snow in the winter besides the normal Trucks.
they are also common in communal service as they are used as carriers for mowing arms to mow roadsides, salt spreaders, water tanks and pumps to water trees, snowplows, etc...
take a look at the possible attachments. It IS an all-rounder:
You can make it a spreader, a mower, a digger, an ambulance, a dumpster, a crane, a RV, .... you can fit it PTO and a three-point hitch to use and power all your farm equipment.
And snow plows and snow blowers also can be added... That's what I've seen in the german alps. Some cities and even the Autobahn Maintenance crews all overr the country use Unimogs for mowing (a mowing arm is attached to the front)
did you notice the words on the hood? "Der Alleskönner" it translates into "the one who can do everything..." And that is what it is with this vehicle. But there are limitations. Some people said you can't get stuck in a Unimog..... well I was there back in 1979/80 while in the German Army when some fellow soldiers got a Unimog stuck in a field. But to do that they had to work for it: they tried to drive a Unimog with a short wheelbase perpendicular across the track made by a MAN 5t truck in a field with a ground of clay after some heavy rain. In addition they also had a 1 axel trailer attached to the Unimog. And they tried to cross the tracks by force meaning with a lot of power, lettting all 4 wheels spin... ...took them a while to dig the Unimog out again.
And you can attach boogies to drive this thing as a shunting locomotive.
When Germans build Pickups, then we build them right.🙂
Aber die Ingenieure ließen sich dabei von den Amerikanern inspirieren. Und zwar vom Willys MB Jeep und von den Willys CJ Jeeps
Build Ford Though😂
not built by the Germans, but by the Austrians, Magna-Steyer, what is special about these vehicles is the Austrian
@@uncle_matulaYou mean the G-Class. Unimog was manufactured in Gaggenau until they moved production to Wörth. All in Germany.
In fact, the first manufacturer, who built the Unimog was Böhringer in Gaggenau. They were bought off by Mercedes Benz. The frame of the G Model is in fact the frame from the first Unimog.
In germany we say it could easily climb up a tree if only the bark keeps in place. 😄
I once worked at a building materials store where a customer came in who also had an old Unimog. The thing was easily over 25 years old and still ran like it did on the first day. If you take good care of it, it's indestructible.
Hello from Germany :) Unimog is not considered a vehicle for private use. These were developed as heavy towing vehicles for agricultural use and where broadly deployed to communal service, civil engineering and stuff like firefighting. There is of course the occasional one that has been modified for private use, but this is for guys who cross the Sahara as a leisure activity.
There was also another vehicle destined for solely agricultural use, being made of mostly identical parts in a modular fashion, research "MB trac" for that.
I know a guy that does own one (a relatively small one tbh) and drives around with it
@@akteno2796 Of course there are vintage unimogs. Those were heavy compared to other vehicles of their time. A 1950ies Unimog has 150% the power and double the weight of a contemporary VW Beetle. However the main point of unimog is the ability to fit it with modular tools like cleaning-equipment, hydraulic cranes, winches, waterpumps and so on and apply all of that offroad as well. Makes it a very useful versatile vehicle for firefighters and desaster management, also for military application.
@@A.Lifecraft we own one too. it´s great for forest work to get our wood home for the winter. And i can only agree with the modular being. it´s fitted with a winche, a splitter and since a few years a small electric crane for lifting up heavy wood parts to get them more easy to the splitter
@@A.Lifecraft I know, i drove one for some time as well
well, unfortunately, the MB-Trac just had a short "build-time", 'cause that couldn't compare with a unimog - even when it was more or less the same base. the problem was there 'cause of the smaller hood (longer, but smaller in broad - while the unimog had a wide hood over the complete broad, but it's just small sticking forward) and the middle-sitting cabin, that it wasn't good at a specific point for the industry, who build the unimog and the mb-trac - even both were used in the same services. only the unimog "survived", but the mb-trac didn't.
drove one of these the time I were in the German Army. we always said an Unimog is a farming tractor with a truck chassis. To get stuck with one of these is nearly impossible.
greetings from Germany
The version of Unimog shown in this Video is 70.000€ to 300.000€. It is a Utility vehicle that rarely gets used by private persons.
The back loading area often gets used for special Add-ons like small cranes or telescope mower
other common use cases are snow plower or water transporter
When I was in German's mandatory military service back then what was still a thing, I used to sit on the back of this kind of vehicle (1.5 ton version, IIRC) on a bench with a belt to strap in and a few of my fellow soldiers, while the driver would drive at unreasonable speeds (definitely faster than the guy in the video) over crazy inclinations and pot holes. Curses to the driver were called out, as we were thrown around on our "seats"...
Get well soon!
One belt for all, boots on the sideboard, hand on the scaffolding above the head and you could remove the bench.
One day they asked for volunteers for the "build up command" for the shooting range, no one stepped forward, because that meant to get up an hour befor everyone else in the morning, so me and 5 others were ordered to be volunteers.
The next morning we waited ready to go on the floor for an hour, because the group leader over sleept, but then he drove like a maniac to the shooting range, with the munition boxes and the frame with the MG3 sliding around like crazy, so we had to keep the feets up.
After that we volunteered everytime.
Ich erinnere mich noch gut daran.😂. Ich war u.a. MKF auf dem schönen Mog beim. 2. Jgbtl./521 Northeim. Fast 40 Jahre ist das mittlerweile her😢.
Crazy concept, having a big vehicle with actual functions, not just to be an asshole on the road.
unimog is a swissknife on wheels. whatever attachment you can think of is made for it. been working hard for 70+ years.
think the reason you wont see many in US is the price.
gonna be around 425000,00 usd
At least, plus extra equipment. Only military user buy series. The big rest is allways single build for the user. There are allways differences between.
To answer why not every American drives around in one of these: You can buy four F-150 for the price of a single unimog (simplified average comparison). This vehicle has no mass market. Only used by specific people for specific tasks
And because of that, back in 2000 around 500 Units were imported, but only 200 sold. So no new Unimogs had been brought over.
Its also supposed to last 8 times the lifespan of a US pickup and be actually All terrain.
Its for work not to show off.
I wonder about what milage you get per gallon😂
@@bulldowozer5858Apart from these 200 units, the only way to get a Unimog in the U.S. is to import one that is at least 20 years old. Importing new ones would require a lot of permitting efforts, once a car is 20 years old those rules almost all fall away. Fortunately, in particular the large version (there are two quite distinct sizes, the video shows the large version) hasn’t changed much over the years. The current large model (437.4) was actually released in 2002 and its predecessor (437.1) in 1988. That latter model is what has been available used in the U.S. for the last 15 years. But upgraded versions of those can go for between 200’000 and 400’000 U.S. Dollar.
@@LeperMessiah2 A quick search turned up an Unimog 435, aged 42 years, that's running at roundabout 20 l/100 km. That's about 11.76 mpg and seems about average for the Unimogs listed on the site. Can be lower, can be higher and will absolutely depend on where you're driving and what you're doing with it.
Greetings from Gaggenau, the town where this beauty was build for many years.
You know why the Unimog might not be liked in the USA? It has a very complicated transmission, it has 2 × 6 + 2 × 4 = 20 forward gears and 2 × 2 + 2 × 2 = 8 backward gears. 😅
A Murican would probably not be able to drive a vehicle with 10 forward and 2 backwards gears...
Ha, in 1990 it had 8 forward and 4 backwards... once it was much easier... Getting started on the street we used the 4th gear :)
Hello, fellow Murgtäler. I grew up in Ottenau.
Anyway, in Gaggenau, there is a Unimog test track (you can book rides for it) and it is crazy, what these things are capable to do. Plus they are heavily customizable with tons of add-ons. Furthermore Mercedes guarantees, that you will always get brand new spare parts for every single model.
I worked at the Mercedes factory during holidays, where they were built for a long time. They have a section with old machines, that still produce maybe a dozen parts a year for old Unimogs, that were built 70 years ago. It's crazy
My granddad used to work at „Benz“ in Gaggenau, until 1944. Being somehow talented with sheet metal saved him until then, just to die in 1945 in a bunker. But that all was pre-Unimog.
I personally remember the Unimog as a place to hide in ice-cold nights on patrol in an German army location in 1983. You had to get hour by and part was sitting in an (very old) Unimog.
@@steffenjonda8283 The old Unimog with the round hood wasnt resticted to 4 gears in reverse, it could drive as fast backwards as it could forward, very scary.
In german there's the saying "Unimog - alles andere ist Behelf" => "Unimog - everything else is a makeshift"
I think the video proves it!?
Having been a tank guy in German army, those Unimogs followed us everywhere, as the company sergeant had to bring supplies somehow to us.
Edit: Get well soon!
I was in Siberia as a tourist some years ago. They put about 10 tourists, me included, in the back of an UNIMOG to drive around the countryside on paths pretty much like in the video - no road. The vehicle was 40 years old and was pretty much the only car that had no broken front windows in the whole region. It was also the only time in my life I witnessed a grown man getting literally green and sea-sick inside a car.
⚠The old Unimogs could be used to operate Agricultural Equipment Agricultural implements, Circular Saws, Wood splitters, Winches, Tipper Loaders and were able to drive through the Water up to the Roof. The Driver drowned first before the Engine stopped. The first Unimogs were assembled from Scrap scraps and had three PTO Shafts at the Front and Rear and Side to operate Equipment. There are also Cranes and Aggregate to stick on. Very easy to repair. You can also fill the Wheels with Water to keep the Center of Gravity low, or mount it inside out to widen the Track.
The new ones could do that too. Pto and hydraulics are standard for road building and maintenance equipment, they’re just too expensive and unusual for farming.
We had a unimog for rainy season access in the mountains. My gramps bought it in 1956 and we still were using it up to 2010. It's the best, but is also hugely expensive to buy, to run, and to maintain. The Discovery and the Toyota Land Cruisers we use today don't come near the power of "Bessie", as we called our Unimog. It could do the hauling work of two of the 4x4s we use today. 🇰🇪
I'm a Voluntare Firefighter in Germany and we get a Unimog as a Vehicle for Forestfires
There are even world wide used variants of Unimogs for combat employment. The MRAP Variant is called ATF Dingo and has served exemplary in its role as light protected all terrain mobilty (about 50 ATF Dingo were donated by germany to Ukraine)
Слава унімогу!
The good old Unimog. They are used mostly for military appliances, but they are in service for forest management companies, electrical companies on terrains, where a Toyota Hilux and similar cars would stuck. Ford F150s are rare in these places, since they are considered as a "luxury" car in Europe. I have a friend, who have a F150 Raptor since 2018, but the car never seen any mud or dirt road. Its used as a family car in a village between mountain ranges.
Hi Ryan,
The US Army actually uses Unimogs for their Pioneer Corp, and they love it dearly.
For more Info about the Unimog in US Army: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog_419
Btw the Unimog has a smaller Brother which is not quite as Offroad capable:
The Zetros czcams.com/video/nOdbvs17scw/video.htmlsi=d8cNnoh41IRN-Dns
Greetings from Germany
Aber du weißt, dass der Unimog amerikanische Wurzeln hat?
Die Inspiration für den Unimog kam durch die Vielseitigkeit des Willys MB Jeep und den Willys Jeeps der frühen CJ Reihen. Allerdings waren die Jeeps zu klein und darum entwarf man eine größere Version, die sich hinter der Vielseitigkeit und der Anzahl an Anbaugeräten, die für die Jeeps zur Verfügung standen, nicht verstecken brauchte und braucht
the Zetros ist not the smaller Brother, it's even biger
@@SaschaDBrickmanhi, because of your multi posts I want to ask you for a source
@@Schmokkie1984 IT was a German TV documentary about the Unimog, where they told about the Inspiration from the Jeeps for the development of the First Unimog of the late 1940's the era of the Willys MB and the First civilian Jeeps of the Willys CJ series. But not only the Unimog was inspired by the Willys. The First Land Rovers the First Toyota Land Cruisers or the Mitsubishi J-Series (right hand drive licensed copys of the Willys CJ-2 to CJ-5) have the Jeep as ancestor
Ah yes the unimog. German engineering at its finest. One of the best post WWII tractors of all time
Eh, Leopard 2 is a better Traktor.
not built by the Germans, but by the Austrians, Magna-Steyer, what is special about these vehicles is the Austrian
@@uncle_matulaAS far AS i know they are Made in Wörth
@@TheGogeta222 This is right. I live 8 miles away from the assembly plant.
Yes, it has all wheel drive. It's THE all wheel drive vehicle.
When all other AWD vehicles like Landcruiser, Landrover, G-Wagon, Jeep, Hummer etc. are getting stuck an Unimog comes to pull them out.
I've had a friend in Kindergarten who loved this vehicle, 40 years ago. Unimog and its technology is so old and still next level, compared to most other vehicles (with same scope) of nowadays.
I drove an Unimog during my military service. Unforunately it carried a container with the electronic and had a trailer with the antenna mast. I drove just once without the carriage in a forrest. It was realy fun 🙂
Dillingen/ Donau? Klingt verdächtig danach. Richtfunkantenne wohl. Damit durftest du nur 60 fahren, da die Antenne eigentlich zu schwer for das Fahrgestell war. War selbst in Dillingen im Fm Btl 230.
@@Dirk-Ulowetz
Ja, war Richtfunker. Aber im FmBtl 3 in Buxtehude, als es dort noch einen Standort gab.
@@Dirk-Ulowetz War das nicht sogar eigentlich illegal weil er das zGG überschritt?
Nach den Geschichten die ich so gehört habe, konnte der 25m auch in beide Richtungen ausfahren, wenn jemand vergessen hat den Sicherungsbolzen zu stecken, d.h. erst nach hinten raus um dann mit Schwung die Mastspitze durch die Tür der Funkkabine zu rammen.
Als RiFu Muxer (StFmRgt 310) hatten wir nur das Stromagregat hinten dran, wobei ich garnichtmehr weiß ob das vom Funkwagen oder vom B-Fahrzeug gezogen wurde.
@@wolf310ii war so ähnlich wie die unzureichende Radabdeckung beim Unimog. Es gab ne eingetragene Ausnahmegenehmigung.
06:55 - Nope. ^^ fun story about that. About 15 years ago, in one of the last winters with larger amounts of snow here in Germany, I got stuck in the snow on a country road in a snowdrift in the middle of the night. I called the towing service, they also got stuck with their tow vehicle, so the guy from the towing company called this special kind of fire brigade we have here in Germany, the federal agency for technical relief and they showed up in one of these, pulled out the tow vehicle, pulled out my car and just drove through the snow with their plow blade. It was so impressive I later joined the agency. 😄
Actually, your first impression was spot on! It is THE utility vehicle, of to be more precise: it is the mother of all utility vehicles!
It can literally do anything, including pulling a plow of pushing snow with a shield if needed. And honestly, that is its biggest disadvantage as well:
As the saying goes: Jack of all trades, master of none.
Yes, it can pull a small plow, yet reach speeds beyond 45 mph (some versions even 60), you can connect a multitute of hydraulically operated accescoires,
so, yes, its versatility is not matched by anything road legal. However, more specialized vehicles outperform it on a regular basis in the fields they are specialized in.
I find the variety even more impressive. Unimogs support up to 3 power takeoffs (front, side and rear) that can power almost any piece of heavy equipment you can think of. Because of that you also often see them in service for German cities where they perform a wide array of tasks like transport, road cleaning, mowing, digging and so on. The Unimog is a jack of all trades that can fit most roles when heavy equipment is needed and is also really reliable.
Dieser Hobel ist der geilste Lkw aller Zeiten. Der einzige der seinen Namen beim starten sagen konnte: Uni Uni Uni Mogg Mogg Mogg.... absoluter Spaß im Gelände ❤
Even as a German who used to grow up around big machines, I'm always impressed and act like a child when I see a cool UNIMOG. 🔥😅
The Unimog is the Chuck Norris of utility vehicles.
If the Unimog gets stuck, there is an Unimog with 6x6 drive. So we have even bigger ones. And I guess they are not mudding because it would be like cheating. Who would participate then.
The 6x6 Unimog is called Zetros
nah, they're not mudding 'cause that one takes hell of time to get cleaned... especially 'cause it's a white one.
i remember when i was a young boy, my grandfather had an old Unimog these daysfor going to the Wine Yards, where i helped him sometimes. This Unimog is such an amazing Vehicle. You can drive and climb up the deepest hills and terrain.....i loved it.
My man has only scratch the surface of unimogs ... there are 6x6 and 8x8 variants. The Unimog is the ultimate Zombie Apocolypse vehicle if it wasnt for there gas consumption.
I think you are thinking of the Mercedes Benz Zetros
Hey there. This Truck is actually used by several european militaries. Especially the Bundeswehr uses it a lot. Needs a "Higher Grade" of driving permit though.
Normal Cars is grade B. Cars with more than 3.5 tons are grade C.
Smaller unimogs can be in class b
Well, us older guys have the C7,5ts... so we are allowed to drive it :)
You could say the Unimog is the big brother of the Multicar.
The history of the Multicar began a little earlier than that of the Unimog and was fortunately continued through the division of Germany and later reunification.
You could say the Unimog was for agriculture and the Multicar for everything else.
Both have in common that they are multifunctional workhorses.
In the Bundeswehr the little one is called Mungo. 😊
And if you have an old driving license of typ 3, you are allowed to drive an Unimog.
I did it in the Army, great!
The UNIMOG the Universal-Motorgerät (universal motor device) was also made to serve farmers, it is used in road contrasrution or also in the arms or at the fire brigade and similar.
"Der Alleskönner" maybe translated as the all-rounder, but it could also be the all-doer. Yeah, yeah, I know that's not a word. But you get the drift.
There are models that have up to three external drive shafts to power additional tools. Like agricultural tools, pumps, saws, generators... Basically any tool with a standard coupling. The engine then switches over to the appropriate drive shafts to power the tools.
So you use the engine to drive itself anywhere, then power any tool anywhere.😊
3:21 I found myself in exactly this position all alone in the middle of nowwhere during nighttime in a ditch with a Mercedes Kombi.
Oh man, I wish I had this vehicle back then! Then I wouldn‘t had to wake up the nearest farmer to pull my car out with his tractor and I bet my knees wouldn‘t have been that shaky on my way home. 🥴
At the German Railway we also have those. They have train wheels at the front and back that can be lifted to drive normally, or put down to drive on rails. We use it to push small trains (DMUs) in the repair facility.
Unimogs have been used by a lot militaries around the world including Australia
and Portugal 😁
0:12 Unimog is an abbreviation and stands for “Universal Motor Device”
This is one of the german masterpieces.
not built by the Germans, but by the Austrians, Magna-Steyer, what is special about these vehicles is the Austrian
@@uncle_matula The Unimog is a product from Mercedes-Benz.
@@uncle_matula The first unimog was build by Boehringer Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH in Baden-Württemberg. Austrians have nothing to do with this it's a 100% german product
If you are in lowest gear, you can floor it and a slug is able to overtake you.
I've seen a Unimog tow a Caterpillar out of mud.
I remember seeing this vehicle everywhere in the '70s and '80s. Unfortunately, you can hardly see them anymore.
hi ryan, this truck is also available in the us ! as mercedes unimog and as frightliner unimog !!! it is the most versatile useable vehicle arround the globe !!!
It's a real special duty vehicle originally built for agriculture, forrest work, road maintainance, general construction and building, special rescue services (eg. in mountaineous regions, in catastrophe situations like floodings or land slides), etc.
There's also a special version equipped with rail tracking gear to use it as a shunter in large industrial facilities like chemical works and oil refineries.
One of the earliest Unimogs is actually rather small and was particularly useful in wine yards and similar special plantations.
Many public road maintainance yards have at least one Unimog for winter service and all terrain tasks.
Of couse there are a couple of them used by the German defense forces, the Bundeswehr. But it's important to keep in mind that they're specifically designed for access to difficult terrain, not for large amounts of load in mass or volume.
The Unimog is one of the best working horses we have.
Every professional use is possible, army, fire brigade, construction, farming, etc.
You will have a BIG SMILE when you drive one off road.
I fell from one as a child and broke my arm. I can confirm these things are huge.
In the Scottish Highlands and other remote parts of the UK railway network, the road-rail version of Unimog is used quite extensively for track maintenance. It can, if necessary, also be used as a shunting engine if rail vehicles need to be moved between sidings, and could of course be used to haul additional maintenance vehicles in an emergency. It is not however allowed to be used in place of a locomotive for any other purpose.
there are at least 2 versions in the german military, one as medic vehicle and one for radio-communications (which i was able to drive)
As others have said, this was originally a traktor, an agricultural vehicle. Its special ability is an unused drive shaft that can be hooked up to drive all kinds of powered aftermarket equipment.
I have once ridden one going up the etna vulcano im italy. They use them gor their off-road capability, equiped with a passenger capsule in the back.
The Bundeswehr has them too, and there's also an armoured version available. Designation is ATF Dingo. It is more of a tractor than a truck. The Unimog 1300L we used in the Bundeswehr had 8 gears forward and 4 for reverse. Originally it was designed as a general purpose machine, so you did not require a tractor and a truck. That's also were the name Unimog comes from, Universelles MOtorGerät. Gerät can be translated as appliance, device, machine, instrument, gear or apparatus.
Production started in 1948, they have modernized them continuously.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_Dingo
Fun fact unimogs were used on farms and you can still get them with pto and hydraulics
Pto and hydraulics is normal to have in a unimog, any municipal one needs it, farmers, forestry etc
Isn't hydraulic standard for many models still?
In 1992, a Unimog set the world record for climbability off-road. He managed a gradient of 100% (inclination angle 45°). The Unimog also achieves a short distance of 110 percent (inclination angle 47. 726°).
These things are great! Workhorses, that are extremely fun offroad. The german Bundeswehr uses them a lot, the armored vehicle "Dingo" is based on an UniMoG chassis.
We managed to get one of these get stuck while I was serving in the military - we had to call a "Bison". That is a recovery vehicle based on a Leopard 1 chassis, no other vehicle was able to reach the stuck unimog.
When I was in the army we had a few of them, but the old ones. They did not even have a synchronized gear box, so it was actually a skill to drive it and shift between gears.
During my military service as a paratrooper almost 40 years ago, I was the driver of a Unimog. You could transport a squad (US)/platoon (UK) of about 10 people. 2 of these Unimogs fitted perfectly into a Transall C160, also known as Transmuff (a combination of Transall and Muffensausen (scared stiff) for reasons :-D). That was the biggest aiplane in our military at that time. It was fun to drive them although they were not particularly fast (max. approx. 70 - 80 km/h)
An Unimog is the german version of a monster-truck.
But its much more practical. Monstertruck is just a show car
@@dernano5195
It certainly is. It is a german car.
No, monster trucks are like American wrestlers, no real use other than entertainment because it's nonsense. An uni-mog is an engineering masterpiece... Not for retards to play in the mud like toddlers.
Where a Unimog gets stuck you need a Leopard Tank
The Unimog is used in road maintenance a lot.
Shovel snow, cut gras on the shoulder and slopes, clean side posts etc.
Greating near from Gaggenau / Germany. Just Google where Unimogs are build. Btw: Uni-mo-g means Universielles Motor Gerät / universal engine machine
Greetings from Wörth am Rhein! The production moved from Gaggenau to here in 2002. Sorry!
@@andreasmartin9296 But in Gaggenau is the Museum :-) You are right. Anyway. Wörth is not so far away from Gaggenau
I drove the UNIMOG during my time in the army and I couldn't find any terrain that it couldn't handle. It's not for nothing that the UNIMOG is also used by most teams in international off-road rallies and always occupies one of the top five places in the rankings. It was actually developed as a universal power tool for agriculture and forestry to make things easier for the people who work there. With all the possibilities it offers, it is used especially in the municipalities and their economic sectors. Especially in winter service as a snow clearing vehicle and or in summer to clean the roads and also to mow the grass on the sides of highways and to clean the signs on the roads. It is also used by various fire departments, but the highlight is that the UNIMOG can also be used to pull railroad wagons and even trains.
This is probably the most serious off road vehicle you can imagine!
Yeah my Fire Devision will get a U5023 soon to replace an older Truck. It will carry 2000L Water, a massive Pump, 4 Firefighters and all the other Equiptment. It will have hatchets and hoses on the roof and can do pump and roll so you dont even have to exit the vehicle anymore :D
Europeans: Unimog is a commercial vehicle for military, agriculture, forestry, transport and if you wanna cross the Sahara desert.
Americans: I have to get one of these to take the kids to school!
Best machine ive ever worked with! At work i use it for pulling/pushing railcars. 2000tons no problem at all. At winter time for plowing as well.
In my free time in the woods for big game hunting "delivery vehicle", as an "everything you need to atach power supply" in the woods and farm.
It's an UNIMOG - the Universal Motor Gadget
The unimog was used as the support vehicle to pull the land rovers out of the mud in the camel challenge
Unimogs often are used in communities as a multi tool. F.e. in winter times to clear snow from streets or spreading salt. In spring, summer or autumn it is used for several purposes of local work.
I drove those UNIMOG (older model) 1985, military service (medical service montain brigade), amazing! 😢😢Last week, on bike, blackforest colone of vintage UNIMOG made car ride, great! Nice content
One of the best trucks ever ..german power ...❤😂😮😊
Anyone who manages to get a UNIMOG stuck needs an armored recovery vehicle. I didn't manage it back then :-). These vehicles are used in many places in Germany. For example, they are used by the German armed forces (army) and by public municipalities as maintenance equipment in the broadest sense. There are a variety of attachments that are driven hydraulically or via a PTO shaft. The UNIMOG equipment often also includes a three-way tipper. In winter, they are often used with a salt spreader and snow blade. It is a working machine, thought through as such. The "large" municipal version can move the driver's seat with steering wheel and controls from left to right to mow grass or clean signs at the roadside. And these are just a few examples of its uses.
Unimog is the Chuck Norris of trucks.
I moved houses once with an Unimog, cause a friend was member of the tHW. I lived on 2nd level (which would be 3rd in the US). I could´ve just climbed out of the window onto the roof of the Unimog. It´s that tall. :D Quite impressive.
You see loads of these in the UK, they are usually used by Gardening Maintenance / Forestry - Tree Surgeon companies. They usually have a wood chipper with them. Do anything, go anywhere vehicle.
In my time inthe German Army I drove one of older models loaded with a communiction shelter.
If you get stuck witj one of them, you haven't really understood basic physical laws like gravitiy.
All wheel drive, lockable differentials front and rear as well as a lockable transfer case, air pressurised axles, so no water can get in, and Portal axles for extra clearing.
I loved to go offroad with them on our training grounds. So much fun to drive, but on the highway extremly loud.
I drove an older Version of this Unimog when I was in the army. This vehicle is a beast!;
A friend of mine has a Unimog 417. We call it the "Diesel Valykrie". Best machine ever. The engine of this thing is relatively weak, 6 cylinder ~80 horsepower, but it's still fast enough to be allowed on the highway.
How much torque does it have?
Yes it does.
the fun really starts, once you realize all the crank shafts and connectors it has to mount practically everything that needs an engine to get powered... brushes, saws, pulleys... the Unimog is a tool on wheels to make it mobile.
I made a roadtrip with a friend with a unimog. Was awesome.
We have one. It's an old one from 1958 in Blue. I love it.
Ich war 1980/81 beim Bund als Fernmelder(Fahrer), bei uns war ein FM Trupp immer ein Unimog, ein MAN 5t und ein MAN 5t TMil. Wir konnten damit in fast allem Gelände fahren aber der Unimog wurde eingesetzt um die Antennen an den unwahrscheinlichsten Stellen (irgendwo im nichts, im Wald, auf einem Berg...) aufzubauen.
The Unimog, the Swiss-Armyknife on Weels :) I know of almost 40 tools that can be picked up in the same way as the tools and interchangeable tools on tractors, and that can make the Unimog do almost anything. But there are many more.
There are even modular conversion systems for the military that turn the Unimog into a versatile machine, so it can also be armed if a customer so wishes.
But most of them are support modules, e.g. medical supply, I've even seen one with radar.
So for the Unimog there are permanently installed applications and those that are intended as interchangeable parts, for which you don't even have to get out to change them.
I drive one myself on a regular basis, and the interchangeable tools are the ones you need for landscape maintenance and forestry.
Would you like a Unimog as an ambulance? No problem. You want one with a radar for military purposes or a light weapon system? No problem. You want a versatile utility vehicle for agriculture, forestry or many other applications? No problem. Some say the Unimog can do almost anything except, fly into the Air, fly into space^^. AND it is: Made in Germany^^.
(you're wondering why I left out swimming and diving? quite simply, there were at least 2 Unimogs that could do that too 🤣🤣)
there are still a few hundreds of unimogs active in the army... as support vehicle for troop transport, medical device transport or ammunition/food ...
they were still active in ISAF
I don't know if anyone has noticed the speciality of the UNIMOG. The Unimog has so-called portal axles like those used on the Hummer H1. This design means that the centre of the rigid axle is above the wheel centre, which provides more ground clearance.
The excellent clearance is due to the wheels not being mounted centered on the axle but via gear wheels. You can imagine that at the end of the axle there is a gear wheel and at the (tyre) wheel there is a gear wheel. And now you place the gear wheel of the axle onto the gear wheel of the wheel.
That's pretty clever.
"Does this thing ever got stuck?" Yep. We pulled a snow plow out of the ditch last year, which was an Unimog ;D
Probably took the turn with the blade in the wrong direction and got pushed out in the ditch.
I absolutely love this thing, my grandpa drove it when he was in the German Army (Bundeswehr) through water on a test place. He always showed me videos from it.
I drove a Unimog in the Bundeswehr. That was a lot of fun.
A little anecdote...
My uncle, a winegrower on the Rhine with steep vineyards, had a smaller version of one of these and it really was his perfect all-rounder because you could attach all sorts of things to it.
And: we loved playing in it as children because it had a large but thin steering wheel and 3 gears or maybe even four!
One of the levers was for normal driving, there was another one for so called "Kriechgang" (crawling gear), ment for driving with a load and/or in difficult terrain..
and the third lever was for - i think - limited slip differential (sorry for the deepl translation) even though I still don't know what that is. Maybe someone can explain or even have pictures...
Moab is a walk in the park...😂
The Unimog is used a lot as an emergency vehicle for fire departments in remote areas and armed forces. It can take an additional load of 2 tons and is called the 2 Tonner GL, which means 2 ton all terrain vehicle.
And yeah, I saw a stuck one once which got stuck trying to pull a Nissan Patrol out of the mud. But wich some muscle power we could move it.
Americans will never drive a Unimog - to do this, they would first have to learn to shift gears manually. But since they will never learn this on a flat road with a car, it is extremely unlikely that they will ever be able to master a Unimog.
A sidie note for our American friends who consider themselves great drivers... the Unimog is available as a remote-controlled toy car, which should suit your skills very much.🤣
In my military time in Ge, we had these for nearly every kind of stuff. From field ambulance, medical center, radio station, operation central base, and much more, we used them for anything. Only risk was to drive corners too fast with a cabin loaded. Than it could happen that they flipped...