Recent content by unirover

Unimogs are definitely first and foremost off-road vehicles with on-road capabilities, whereas vehicles like Land Rovers and Jeeps are primarily on-road vehicles with off-road capbility. That definitely means the priority with Unimog is off-road cability but there are lots of types of Unimogs...

Everybody has different priorities, and different vehicles suit different people for all sorts of reasons but If off-roading type overlanding is a priority, than I don't know why a SBU Unimog doesn't meet the needs. In fact it would probably cost less than most conversions discussed and the...

I also agree. For 99% of overlanders, 99% percent of the time, Unimogs are overkill. I drive my Unimog for the 1% of time which is is priceless and I actually find myself doing that more than 10% of the time because I actually can. I often take my Mog places that are not even an option for a...

You would be fine with a 12k or 15k hydraulic winch. Ideally one in the front and one in the rear. With snatch blocks and some prep, that will cover you for just about anything. The biggest problem is finding a suitable anchor point but that would be a problem with any size winch. IMHO one of...

I think what you are "complaining" about applies to all vehicles. I agree that it is better to have the van you are using than a dream truck that never makes it out of the garage. (been there, done that) . The vehicle is the easy part, actually leaving is the part that gets hard. Kudos for doing...

Most of this is theoretical for most people, especially people who haven't driven a Unimog. I'm not buying into an image, I use Unimogs (as well as other vehicles) for what they were designed to do - go where other vehicles in that size can't or do it with a margin of error that I don't have to...

That's the point of the Unimog. It's not that you have to use the max capability, but it is that relatively speaking, you can do much more than most vehicles without the risk of damage. I rarely take my Unimogs anywhere a JKU Rubicon could not go but for them it is risky and there is the risk of...

Vehicles that go ro/ro are always almost always under deck. If you are going on a major Ro/Ro route, i.e. North America to from Europe or Asia and Europe to from Middle East / Asia, then the ships are dedicated Ro/Ro ships and everything is under deck. Imagine a huge floating covered parking...

roverchef, how do you reckon its legal in California? As for import to the USA, it is possible but not straight-forward. If it is entered into the USA by a non-resident, then it has to leave in 12 months from North America (can't just drive it to Canada or Mexico). It will be noted on the...

I've stuffed a lot of Unimogs into containers and shipped them to and from Europe, North America and South Africa. I stuff them in containers all the time. Some ports will allow you to drive them in the container on site but most ports require they are loaded off site. One thing to consider is...

It's always a tragedy when there are fatalities involved in an accident but often no one person/agency/manufacturer is to blame. The cab met NHTSA regulations and Daimler Chrysler conformed to those regs. Sweden has higher truck rate fatalities than Germany or the USA so roll bars and fortified...

As I said, in the USA, you do not need a CDL for an SBU Unimog unless you are using it commercially or you have a combined gross weight of 26,001 lbs or more. The brakes are hydraulic. Also Arnie's Unimog is not really for sale, it's just an advertising gimmick, hence the price;)

In the USA, you do not need a CDL for an SBU Unimog unless you are using it commercially or you have a combined gross weight of 26,001 lbs or more. Any requirements for air braked vehicles do not apply to a Unimog. It has hydraulic brakes. Air over hydraulic definitely requires the air but...

If you have your heart set on a Unimog and you plan to drive it relatively fast, then a short wheelbase is probably not the best option. The shorter wheelbase Unimogs are a more busy at speed, they bounce around a bit more, and are more sensitive to road irregularities. They also can get a bit...

I've driven bog standard U1300L's (53 mph tops) halfway across the US, and thousands of KM's on the autobahn (traffic is often much faster than anywhere in the USA) and I've never found it to be a safety issue. I just drove a U1300L turbo with fast axles but standard tires (63 mph) 4000 miles...