Re: A different breed of cat.

Posted by Hugh MacKay on March 08, 2005 at 17:02:20 from (209.226.106.88):

In Reply to: A different breed of cat. posted by Chris Vangel on March 08, 2005 at 11:47:36:

Chris: You did the good deed. Doesn't matter who you are, breakdowns are no fun when you're long piece from home. Had much the same thing happen in a place called Rivere du Loup, Quebec. Probably the heart of french speaking Quebec. To the average english speaking Canadian you may as well be in a foreign country. Tow truck operator called his wife to come with van and take us to a motel. Next morning after car was going she came back for us, and made sure communications were right between us and repair shop. He did charge a modest tow bill, but the translation and busing were free. These events are truly unforgetable.

Back to the UNIMOG, I first ran across these rare little buggies right after the winter Olympics at Lake Placid NY back around 1980. They were then a Mercedes product. I thought Mercedes truck had become part of Freightliner. But who can keep up with these changes. I lived in Nova Scotia at that time and two German guys hired my my flatbed trailer to pick up two of these in Ottawa. They had been leased out to the Olympics when held at Lake Placid, put up for tender, and a Mercedes dealer in Ottawa had bid and was sucessful bidder, on a group of them. 72 speeds foreward and 36 in reverse, 540 pto and 3 point hitch at both ends. Mercedes Benz deisel. There is a truck as well as a tractor version. Truck would be cab over, tractor uses same chassis, but with cab in middle. I don't know what they cost today, but in 1980 they were pushing $100,000. The two I pulled from Ottawa, one was truck and the other a tractor. Delivered the first one and German guy unloaded it. Got to second guys place, he wasn't home and it took his hired hand and I, 2 hours to find reverse. I think in the end he pulled it off trailer with 966 Farmall. That was my unimog driving lesson.

I think there is a UNIMOG model with air brakes, much heavier, more in line with the Hummer or new IH truck. The truck version I hauled to Nova Scotia, they equiped with flotation tires and had an air fertilizer spreader and a sprayer for it. I think they still use it for that.

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