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Bob H
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Mercedes Unimog MAN 4x4 camper
Wow, this is quite the rig. Would be fun in Baja, but would attract a lot of attendion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgmF8as2mFY
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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vandy
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I've seen a couple down here...FOR SALE.
A little bit of overkill for Baja roads, and as far as cross-country travel, there are too many feces. I mean fences.
I remember a gentleman machining an ironwood race for his wheel bearing because he couldn't get parts.
Yup, he got out OK, but has since switched to a diesel Land Rover.
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J.P.
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We have met a couple of those things on the road down here also. My thoughts were if you got one of those things really stuck how would you ever get
it out.
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Udo
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I saw one when we were down south in December, and also saw one at an RV show.
Quite impressive!
Udo
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BajaRat
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandy
I've seen a couple down here...FOR SALE.
A little bit of overkill for Baja roads, and as far as cross-country travel, there are too many feces. I mean fences.
I remember a gentleman machining an ironwood race for his wheel bearing because he couldn't get parts.
Yup, he got out OK, but has since switched to a diesel Land Rover. |
I've had both and out of fear of break down I always brought hundreds of pounds in spare parts. Figures I never had a catastrophic failure requiring
replacement of those items. The Mogs four x like nothing I've ever drivin with large payloads.
Our new strategic plan is to drive vehicles that are
somewhat disposable in an emergency with readily available parts.
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bajalou
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I've seen them in San Felipe and I saw 2 of them last week here in New Mexico.
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Woooosh
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cool machines.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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BajaDanD
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looks like a garbage truck to me
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generubin
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When I was doing my travels in the Sahara I used to run into Germans with Mann trucks and Unimogs. They were very problematic, complicated, and
impossible to find parts for.
I had a friend from Switzerland who drove his Unimog down to Djanet, Algeria, following me in my Mitsubishi L300 4x4 van. He had a Unimog with a
camper on it. Trans went out (I am a professional mechanic but it was hopeless), he had to send it back to Switzerland on a flat bed truck, cost him
$28,000 to get it home and that was in 1988!
Nope, couldn't pay me to own one of these.
[Edited on 3-12-2012 by generubin]
From Baja to the Sahara to the Arctic and all places in between.
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ddawson
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I spotted this guy in Tecolote during Christmas of 2010:
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Baja12valve
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If you noticed, the video showed the trucks on open dunes, river crossings, and other open terrain. I wonder how they would go in the very narrow Baja
roads that are hardly wide enough for my truck or on some of the roads in Death Valley where I spent the last 5 days?
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja12valve
If you noticed, the video showed the trucks on open dunes, river crossings, and other open terrain. I wonder how they would go in the very narrow Baja
roads that are hardly wide enough for my truck or on some of the roads in Death Valley where I spent the last 5 days? |
That is a very good point!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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bigboy
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I saw a similar rig in Dana Point today!
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RnR
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There's one parked on the hot springs/palapa beach at the north end of La Ventana tonight.
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Mexitron
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Baja12valve
If you noticed, the video showed the trucks on open dunes, river crossings, and other open terrain. I wonder how they would go in the very narrow Baja
roads that are hardly wide enough for my truck or on some of the roads in Death Valley where I spent the last 5 days? |
Wonder how it would do on the road to Mission Santa Maria....
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captkw
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Hola,had a neibor down here with one for many winter's and he changed to a range rover and wished he had done many years before,,not really a al
laround baja rigg,,can you say "over kill" K&T
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generubin
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They weren't appropriate in the Sahara either. These rigs really are not appropriate anywhere. Germans simply love to buy big gear and other Germans
love to sell it to them. I have come across many of these in Africa. They are generally bought by non seasoned, first time, travelers who feel a
monster truck will keep them safe. The result being that these rigs are such a blatant display of wealth the travelers are never able to relate to
the locals on the same level. They would have been better to stay home and watch the National Geographic channel.
From Baja to the Sahara to the Arctic and all places in between.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by generubin
They weren't appropriate in the Sahara either. These rigs really are not appropriate anywhere. Germans simply love to buy big gear and other Germans
love to sell it to them. I have come across many of these in Africa. They are generally bought by non seasoned, first time, travelers who feel a
monster truck will keep them safe. The result being that these rigs are such a blatant display of wealth the travelers are never able to relate to
the locals on the same level. They would have been better to stay home and watch the National Geographic channel. |
Well said!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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4x4abc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by generubin
They weren't appropriate in the Sahara either. These rigs really are not appropriate anywhere. Germans simply love to buy big gear and other Germans
love to sell it to them. I have come across many of these in Africa. They are generally bought by non seasoned, first time, travelers who feel a
monster truck will keep them safe. The result being that these rigs are such a blatant display of wealth the travelers are never able to relate to
the locals on the same level. They would have been better to stay home and watch the National Geographic channel. |
you are absolutely right!
Harald Pietschmann
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mtgoat666
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gringo opinions about germans
| Quote: | Originally posted by generubin
Germans simply love to buy big gear and other Germans love to sell it to them. |
is that any different than gringos?????????????
seems gringos love even more buying even bigger gear!!!!!!! and gringos sure can't be beat in their love of selling crap!!!!!!!
| Quote: | Originally posted by generubin
The result being that these rigs are such a blatant display of wealth the travelers are never able to relate to the locals on the same level. They
would have been better to stay home and watch the National Geographic channel. |
i suppose to truly relate to the locals you should give up all your possessions and wander naked thru mexico like india's holy men, eh???????
seems to me that most people on vacation are just interested in booze and sex and fishing and surfing, and don't visit for "relations."
just saying,...
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