[AT] I want this!

[Dean Vinson]

My Air Force unit in Germany had a few Unimogs when I was stationed there in the late 1980s, and my recollection is they were sort of highway capable:   50-60 mph or so, although as Gene pointed nobody bought them for the smooth ride.    Hell for stout tough, is what I mostly remember.

Dean Vinson
Saint Paris, Ohio


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From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dave
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 8:56 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] I want this!

WOW! Eleven workers and only one manager to keep the whole bunch in line and on task! 
	Dave
PS, What is the highway speed of that “THING”?

> On Feb 22, 2017, at 8:20 PM, macowboy at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> My son and I belong to the Rhode Island Military Vehicle Collectors Club and the vice president of the club has a Unimog he bought from this place: 
> 
> http://schuessler-unimog.de/home-en/ 
> 
> Basically what you do is tell them what vehicle/model you want. The will restore it from the ground up to factory new condition. I got to ride in his Unimog when the club went on a trail ride in Northern RI. The vehicle is in outstanding condition, can haul 10,000 lb and get 15 mpg loaded or unloaded. He had to wait 6 months to get his and it ended up costing $35,000. When you consider the cost of a new pickup truck this is a good deal. Here is a picture of the truck. 
> 
> 
> Jim Thomson 
> Rehoboth, MA 
> macowboy at comcast.net 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Gene Dotson" <gdotfly at gmail.com> 
> To: "Antique" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:42:34 PM 
> Subject: Re: [AT] I want this! 
> 
> The Unimog was built in Germany by Daimler and was sold under contract 
> to J.I. Case in the U.S. Saw a demonstration of it at the old Farm Science 
> show when it was held on the Ohio State university grounds in Columbus. A 
> man near East Liberty, Ohio owns 2 of them My brother Gary does the 
> maintenance on them. One is a very nice machine that he parades 
> occasionally. The other in less attractive, but it also runs. Gary says they 
> are kinda crude and noisy and rough riding. 
> 
> Gene 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ralph Goff 
> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:05 PM 
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> Subject: Re: [AT] I want this! 
> 
> On 2/21/2017 6:42 PM, John Hall wrote: 
>> If I remember correctly, Unimogs were tested at the Nebraska tractor 
>> test lab. 
>> 
>> John Hall 
>> 
> I think Case-IH (Tenneco) sold Unimogs for a while. A local guy had one 
> he imported from the U.K. and used it 
> as a truck and tractor. Saw him pulling a good sized deep tillage 
> cultivator in the field one day. Other days 
> tearing down the road as fast as some trucks. 
> I think I'd rather have a JCB. 
> 
> Ralph in Sask.