UNIMOG sighting

[Hilldweller]

David,
We saw you just a little while ago as you were heading toward Dahlonega on GA-9; I was the guy in the Jeep with the wide-eyed stare and drool coming out of my mouth.
I had just been telling wcbuyer on the way up that I intend to hit the lottery tonight, buy a GXV, build the Jeep more, and drag it behind as we tour the country.

NICE TRUCK. :drool:

 

[DLippke]

David,
We saw you just a little while ago as you were heading toward Dahlonega on GA-9; I was the guy in the Jeep with the wide-eyed stare and drool coming out of my mouth.
I had just been telling wcbuyer on the way up that I intend to hit the lottery tonight, buy a GXV, build the Jeep more, and drag it behind as we tour the country.

NICE TRUCK. :drool:

Yup, guilty as charged. We were headed into town for some resupply since my wife is doing the AT approach trail tomorrow as a bit of a shakedown. Looks like we're going to just hang here now until the early AM.

Yesterday we had a good time running USFS 42 from one end to the other. At one point we met up with some US Army Rangers completing an exercise. They asked us to head down a different road for a bit to help extract a vehicle that had slid off the glazed snow pack and was headed the wrong way down a hillside. The rangers said they weren't allowed to pull civilians out (but they did do the biggest part of the digging -- I guess the prohibition is just on the pulling?!?).

Anyway, the stuck vehicle came out fine and the exercise pointed out some flaws in most recent re-organization of the Jeep's (full to the brim) cargo area. I'm thinking that maybe I need to move most all the recovery gear out and up onto the rack so that it doesn't tangle with the frequently changed cargo area.

/David

p.s. I only notice the more extreme staring -- the ones where they drive into my lane almost clipping my front bumper! My wife who usually drives behind me in the jeep when we're on the highway gets to see much more of the staring action and often reports to me on the radio so that I can be ready for anything "erratic" .. ;-)

 

[Hilldweller]

Yup, guilty as charged. We were headed into town for some resupply since my wife is doing the AT approach trail tomorrow as a bit of a shakedown. Looks like we're going to just hang here now until the early AM.

Yesterday we had a good time running USFS 42 from one end to the other. At one point we met up with some US Army Rangers completing an exercise. They asked us to head down a different road for a bit to help extract a vehicle that had slid off the glazed snow pack and was headed the wrong way down a hillside. The rangers said they weren't allowed to pull civilians out (but they did do the biggest part of the digging -- I guess the prohibition is just on the pulling?!?).

We have a friend that's hiking that area too; if you run into a gal named Gretta that's hiking with a very very happy black pit bull, tell her Mirtes & Bill say hello.

There were a few trucks off fs-42, 58, & 77 recently; the snow melted deceptively and turned to ice patches. We recovered a Jeep XJ up there 2 weeks ago and met a tow truck that was on the way to pull a Blazer off the side of a hill.

Here's a vid that one of the guys shot yesterday in the GA hills:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pQSVEL3SgI&feature=player_embedded

Have fun on your trip; wish I could have chased you down and looked inside the rig...


EDIT: Tina was hiking over the weekend, not Gretta.... (oops)

Have a safe trip.

 

[Devil1964]

A German couple are driving their Unimog around the world - first stop, my driveway, Nova Scotia!

You can follow their travels online at http://www.arminius-on-tour.com/

 

[olympiccop2002]

A German couple are driving their Unimog around the world - first stop, my driveway, Nova Scotia!

Wow! That is a great looking rig right there! I would love to have something like that. :smiley_drive:

 

[Iain_U1250]

I'm building my own rig for a round the world trip - I would love to see some more photos of that rig - there are some great ones on their website, but they are fairly small.

Any chance of asking them if you can take a few more photos - in particular the final installation of the heating system.

Thanks

Iain

A German couple are driving their Unimog around the world - first stop, my driveway, Nova Scotia!



You can follow their travels online at http://www.arminius-on-tour.com/