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That is cause from Carson City, every direction is down hill
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An Amusing Unimog quote...
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Considering Carson city is in a valley
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Keep an eye on the right sales and you can pick up a 406 for half of that. May need a little...but your foot is in the door at least.Nope haven't owned either, but test drove 404 several years ago... After having worked for a guy with a Case U900 and using that around his farm for several years... I felt the 404 left a lot to be desired... M35a2 is a lot more bang for the buck...
But I do have Unimog envy.. If I had a spare 16-25 K laying around I would have a 406. I wouldn't own a 404 unless it was close to free, and it would instantly get a 300D engine transplant.
BUT, if you would really find yourself with some an abundance of $$$ kicking around, we can talk.
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What happened to picking on British stuff? That was fun. This other bickering is just a side show.
Just to get that going again, here is a tool that any British car owner should have. The magic smoke replacement machine:
http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html
Just to get that going again, here is a tool that any British car owner should have. The magic smoke replacement machine:
http://www.mez.co.uk/lucas.html
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I get it now greenjeepster. You just like to argue. I can pick on British vehicles because I have a few. No Land rovers though, so no picking.
Here is my next topic of arguement:
BLUE!
Here is my next topic of arguement:
BLUE!
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He does like to argue and he must be a failure at life.
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Oh come on guys... no need to get your panties all in a wad.
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You're the one acting like a child and talking out of your ass
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My intention when entering this thread was to just point out that whoever wrote the quote referenced in the op's post didn't know squat about Rovers... They will never Rot into the soil... they are all stainless and aluminum.
Google series II rovers and look at the 40-50 year old trucks... not a speck of rust on them...because they can't rust.
So I like old Rovers, I like military trucks, I like Unimog 406s and case U900s, just about anything with a diesel engine and 4x4 or 6x6. Don't care so much for the 404 gasser... Who cares? You like it...good for you.
My advice is if you can't take a little razzing, don't dish it out yourself.
Google series II rovers and look at the 40-50 year old trucks... not a speck of rust on them...because they can't rust.
So I like old Rovers, I like military trucks, I like Unimog 406s and case U900s, just about anything with a diesel engine and 4x4 or 6x6. Don't care so much for the 404 gasser... Who cares? You like it...good for you.
My advice is if you can't take a little razzing, don't dish it out yourself.
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The body may not rust but the chassis of a series will rot away. Why dont you research them for sale in England. **** even here. They did not come from the factory with a galvanized chassis. That's kind of hypocritical isn't it? You don't like gassers but yet you have zero experience with a 404 and the number one engine sold in a series is a gas engine. Hhmmmm
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They also sold 404s with a diesel option although rare. So would that 404 be ok then? Why was the 404 one of the longest produced Unimog models?
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November 14th, 2011.
Gentlemen:
Before we wax too lyrical in the praise of good old British know how, look up the Historical Unimog films that Spicergear has posted elsewhere here in the Unimog forum. I doubt if you will catch any LR product moving either a 200 to 375 ton hot steel bottle railroad car, or 300 to 600 tons of any other railroad equipment, and one Unimog, a 406 or 408 is shown moving a dozer the size of a D-14 on a two axle trailer. There were only about 67,000 S404's built from the 1950's to 1981, and I'd make a safe bet that except for extreme abuse or accidents, most of them are still running, usually in the third world doing just whatever it was they were designed for. I suspect that the reason the Unimog is not more common, even in the modern variants, is that it IS truely an extreme off road truck/tractor designed for very special applications. I will also tell you that the NYCTA has a rail mounted Unimog to pull subway trains out of flooded tunnels or in other areas where they have to cut the power off for any reason. That should tell you just what they can and will do.... And, I do note that the LR 101 seems to copy an awful lot of the Unimog architecture, and the blighter does have weight in the bed. I'd really like to see him try the same climb in reverse without the weight, so the conditions would be approximately the same as the S404 that set some of us off a few pages back....
Gentlemen:
Before we wax too lyrical in the praise of good old British know how, look up the Historical Unimog films that Spicergear has posted elsewhere here in the Unimog forum. I doubt if you will catch any LR product moving either a 200 to 375 ton hot steel bottle railroad car, or 300 to 600 tons of any other railroad equipment, and one Unimog, a 406 or 408 is shown moving a dozer the size of a D-14 on a two axle trailer. There were only about 67,000 S404's built from the 1950's to 1981, and I'd make a safe bet that except for extreme abuse or accidents, most of them are still running, usually in the third world doing just whatever it was they were designed for. I suspect that the reason the Unimog is not more common, even in the modern variants, is that it IS truely an extreme off road truck/tractor designed for very special applications. I will also tell you that the NYCTA has a rail mounted Unimog to pull subway trains out of flooded tunnels or in other areas where they have to cut the power off for any reason. That should tell you just what they can and will do....
And, I do note that the LR 101 seems to copy an awful lot of the Unimog architecture, and the blighter does have weight in the bed. I'd really like to see him try the same climb in reverse without the weight, so the conditions would be approximately the same as the S404 that set some of us off a few pages back....
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That video is retarded. Backing up a 404 in r1 up a hill then later on barreling up it at a higher speed in a deuce is stupidNovember 14th, 2011.
Gentlemen:
Before we wax too lyrical in the praise of good old British know how, look up the Historical Unimog films that Spicergear has posted elsewhere here in the Unimog forum. I doubt if you will catch any LR product moving either a 200 to 375 ton hot steel bottle railroad car, or 300 to 600 tons of any other railroad equipment, and one Unimog, a 406 or 408 is shown moving a dozer the size of a D-14 on a two axle trailer. There were only about 67,000 S404's built from the 1950's to 1981, and I'd make a safe bet that except for extreme abuse or accidents, most of them are still running, usually in the third world doing just whatever it was they were designed for. I suspect that the reason the Unimog is not more common, even in the modern variants, is that it IS truely an extreme off road truck/tractor designed for very special applications. I will also tell you that the NYCTA has a rail mounted Unimog to pull subway trains out of flooded tunnels or in other areas where they have to cut the power off for any reason. That should tell you just what they can and will do....
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November 25th, 2011.
NOW that we are all blowing turkey fumes after yesterday, I have hit on an odd idea in regards to Unimogs. Did you ever notice the decal of the little "Calvin" dude from Calvin and Hobbes whizzing on an auto maker's insignia, usually Chevy, Ford or more rarely Dodge? It set me to wondering why you NEVER see him taking aim at a MB or Unimog... I guess Calvin just can't aim high enough to hit one, and I've never had to put a "Fear This" sticker on either of my trucks, so I guess I'm doing good there also. Mine have to actually earn their keep, but I usually only do the upgrades that they would have received in their last general depot overhauls.
NOW if you really want to set our lesser mortals going on here, let's just haul out a Tatra or Kraz and put they through their paces, if they run, they probably actually do fear nothing...... Just food for thought.
Have a safe Holiday Season...
NOW that we are all blowing turkey fumes after yesterday, I have hit on an odd idea in regards to Unimogs. Did you ever notice the decal of the little "Calvin" dude from Calvin and Hobbes whizzing on an auto maker's insignia, usually Chevy, Ford or more rarely Dodge? It set me to wondering why you NEVER see him taking aim at a MB or Unimog... I guess Calvin just can't aim high enough to hit one, and I've never had to put a "Fear This" sticker on either of my trucks, so I guess I'm doing good there also. Mine have to actually earn their keep, but I usually only do the upgrades that they would have received in their last general depot overhauls.
NOW if you really want to set our lesser mortals going on here, let's just haul out a Tatra or Kraz and put they through their paces, if they run, they probably actually do fear nothing...... Just food for thought.
Have a safe Holiday Season...