Thread: U1700L Unimog in the flesh - HUGE

current tyre price for a mog is $1800 for the 1700 series mog (army) and $2k for the 1750 (Raaf)

then engine can be tweaked up to push the mog to 115KPH BUT then the engine is operating beyond its designed RPM and is pretty much into its max overrun RPM.

they are slow up hills empty (bout 80KPH if your lucky) and driven nice run about 3k/L

they go roughly 1kph faster in reverse than they do in forwards and you can use all 8 gears in reverse, Ive been to hpk57 once on a runway just as a cause we can thing. All gears are syncronized including the forwards/reverse selector making the first reverse rock a lot easier to do.


I suspect you might be more after an OKA or similar small truck.

speaking of awesome options like air pressured tranny they also have a full set of circuit breaker switches on the dash so you can isolate anything electrical in the car from the drivers position.

Tyres for Mogs run up to 2K for a michelin XZL or you can pay 1k fitted for a Conti MPT 80 or 81. The Australian Army Unimogs are not due for release until 2013 and word is at Defence in Canberra that they will be sent to tender in neighboring "friendly" countries. The container pins fit a standard DIN sized container manufactured specifically for Unimogs, MAN, etc trucks. Bed size is approx 4mx2.5m. Whilst they are 99% the same as the Australian Unimogs there are a few slight differences. The NZ mogs have civilian cabs, no gun turrets. They only have 4 speeds in reverse. They have got the deep fording kit fitted allowing 4 feet of water depth, with pressurised drivetrain and headlights!!! They smoke because they are low compression from factory 16:1 for the turbo OM352A and 17:1 for the naturally aspirated OM352. Most of the differences are cosmetic. Full factory manuals are available in English and are very comprehensive. The track width is 2350mm height overcab unloaded is 2650mm. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

current tyre price for a mog is $1800 for the 1700 series mog (army) and $2k for the 1750 (Raaf)

then engine can be tweaked up to push the mog to 115KPH BUT then the engine is operating beyond its designed RPM and is pretty much into its max overrun RPM.

they are slow up hills empty (bout 80KPH if your lucky) and driven nice run about 3k/L

they go roughly 1kph faster in reverse than they do in forwards and you can use all 8 gears in reverse, Ive been to hpk57 once on a runway just as a cause we can thing. All gears are syncronized including the forwards/reverse selector making the first reverse rock a lot easier to do.


I suspect you might be more after an OKA or similar small truck.

what he said...

drove these things for 5 years in a previous life and glad I was using an Army Shellcard rather than my own... Frustrating on the highway and not great in sand with standard tyres, but surprised that you can't get more performance from 6.5TD (if memory serves me correct from 20 years ago...) - maybe with some LPG injection?

amazing bit of kit offroad - start off in 4th for most uses and you've obviously got three gears below that when the going gets tough. Handle pretty damned well too - no probs doing a bit of Scandinavian flick action on dirt roads ... after dropping the troops off of course...

How much is a crewcab unimog ?? any ideas ??

The earthcruiser machine is $220k fully loaded

I think I prefer this though

Originally Posted by BigJon

If I was getting a Mog with my Tatts winnings it would be one like this from the smaller U300/U400/U500 series. Only very few sold in Oz (not officially by M-B but an apointed sales distributer) they are smaller than the ADF Mogs and more designed as an implement carrier rather than a heavy load carrier. The cab is made from a fibre composite (no rust problems), the steering wheel & dashboard can slide from the left to right (or vice versa!) but still only top speed of 90 km/h.

More info Mercedes-Benz UK - Models - U 300 - U 500

When I went to NZ in 1990 with the Australian Army, the NZ Army had two sizes of Unimog, the big one similar to the ones we had, as gun tractors, and a smaller one with smaller wheels and a four cylinder NA engine, (U1300?) that they used for command post vehicles.

I always found the Unimog unreliable and overly complicated and am glad I was never paying for maintainance or repairs. I never thought about tyre prices but $2000 is a bit of a shock. The NZ ones had Michelin X tyres that performed way better than the tyres on the Aust ones. They also had no exhaust brake and would travel a little quicker on the open road even when towing a gun (1800kg).

Jeff

here is the latest larger one from unimog australia if you's havent already googled.
Unimog Australia: U4000 - U5000

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