When you don't have an air compressor and you need to move it forward 100 feet???
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You get the Unimog, of course!
This little thing also towed "Urge" into his new parking space (with 2 rear brakes locked up). Not bad for a little 2.2 diesel!
just don't try to drive it 1200 miles that way, or even 60 ! ;)
;D BK ;D
here I was prepared to tell you where to tapp into air..no need! good job Bob
I'm telling you, those little beasts can do amazing things, you put them in low-low...
We had a guy, a Sergeant no less, who was showing off his driving prowess in a little old fashioned army jeep. he put it in low-low, popped the clutch hard, but the steer wheels were turned all the way over, he about put that thing on it's side! You can imagine the conversation "well Sir, it's like this. I rolled the jeep while engaged in a training exercise." "How fast were you going, Sergeant?" "About 1 mph, Sir" "What where you training those young soldiers to do" "well, Sir, either erect an improvised wall to hide behind to evade enemy fire, or how to do a field-expedient inspection of the under-carriage of a jeep, Sir, which ever gets me out of trouble..."
Lord, we were stupid when we were 19 years old...
BTW, bus looks excellent sitting on pavement rather than in the field! When is the engine install scheduled for?
Nice one!! The Little Engine That Could!! ;) 8)
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD (1963) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn-LanIAV44#)
I was actually considering converting a Unimog into an ultimate off-road camper a while back (before I became a grampa ;)), considering:
--It can be configured with up to 24 forward gears and 11 reverse gears.
--It has enough torque that it can be used to plow a field!
--It can climb a 40-degree hill.
--It can be had in double cab.
--It can be powered by diesel or gas Mercedes Benz engines.
-It can be configured with PTO (power take-off) to run other equipment.
For more Unimog campers, see Google, but especially http://www.xor.org.uk/unimog/campermog.htm (http://www.xor.org.uk/unimog/campermog.htm)
There is a large caravan of Unimog campers coming down Mexico's Pacific coast once a year from California.
The question reminds me of something I remember in my Dad's basement, from the days before cheap portable air compressors. A 30-foot air hose with a spark plug on one end and an air chuck on the other. The idea was you pulled a plug on your engine and used that cylinder as an air compressor. Apparently, it worked quite well if you needed air to fix tires in the field.
Quote from: Nusa on September 09, 2010, 07:31:30 PM
The question reminds me of something I remember in my Dad's basement, from the days before cheap portable air compressors. A 30-foot air hose with a spark plug on one end and an air chuck on the other. The idea was you pulled a plug on your engine and used that cylinder as an air compressor. Apparently, it worked quite well if you needed air to fix tires in the field.
Yeah, my Dad had one of those, too. I remember going with him one winter to winterize a mobile home. He had a 30 gallon oil drum with some antifreeze in it. He hooked up the hose to the engine cylinder and told me to watch the drum while he went to the back of the house to take care of hooking up the hose to the water system. Problem was, he didn't tell me what I was watching the drum for, so I watched it as the ends rounded out from over pressure! Oops! :o I guess he thought it would be self evident, but at probably 10 years old, nothing was evident to me.
Quote from: robertglines1 on September 09, 2010, 12:13:30 PM
here I was prepared to tell you where to tapp into air..no need! good job Bob
;)
Quote from: bevans6 on September 09, 2010, 12:16:17 PM
I'm telling you, those little beasts can do amazing things, you put them in low-low...
We had a guy, a Sergeant no less, who was showing off his driving prowess in a little old fashioned army jeep. he put it in low-low, popped the clutch hard, but the steer wheels were turned all the way over, he about put that thing on it's side! You can imagine the conversation "well Sir, it's like this. I rolled the jeep while engaged in a training exercise." "How fast were you going, Sergeant?" "About 1 mph, Sir" "What where you training those young soldiers to do" "well, Sir, either erect an improvised wall to hide behind to evade enemy fire, or how to do a field-expedient inspection of the under-carriage of a jeep, Sir, which ever gets me out of trouble..."
Lord, we were stupid when we were 19 years old...
BTW, bus looks excellent sitting on pavement rather than in the field! When is the engine install scheduled for?
HAHAHAHA Yes indeed!
The Unimog has wayyyyy too many gears! Up here in RI, we got some pretty storms these past few winters, and while everyone else was stuck indoors, we went out for pizza, and played in local vacant parking lots!
Unimog to the Rescue! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEpPHKFGrMg#)
The Unimog comes to the rescue when we get our cars too stuck in the snow!
And the answer to your question... is coming soon to a BCM near you!! Hahaha :)
Quote from: XE1UFO on September 09, 2010, 12:23:43 PM
I was actually considering converting a Unimog into an ultimate off-road camper a while back (before I became a grampa ;)), considering:
--It can be configured with up to 24 forward gears and 11 reverse gears.
--It has enough torque that it can be used to plow a field!
--It can climb a 40-degree hill.
--It can be had in double cab.
--It can be powered by diesel or gas Mercedes Benz engines.
-It can be configured with PTO (power take-off) to run other equipment.
For more Unimog campers, see Google, but especially http://www.xor.org.uk/unimog/campermog.htm (http://www.xor.org.uk/unimog/campermog.htm)
There is a large caravan of Unimog campers coming down Mexico's Pacific coast once a year from California.
Yep. His is the smallest diesel. Still... ridiculous amounts of torque, though only goes about 40mph (45 downhill!).
We took it to a tractor pull without knowing what we were doing, and managed to pull 14,000lbs 46 feet until the Mog dug some holes with all 4 wheels. A little thoughtful planning, letting some air out of the tires and adding some weight to the bed may have helped us.
The Mog is a former NH Parks and Recreation plow rig.
Unimogs are amazing pieces of machinery. It's just funny how tiny it looks next to a Prevost! By themselves, their monsters on the road.
I believe for specialized PTO operations, you can get a crawler package (imagine that, a crawler package on one of the world's best crawlers already) and get a ridiculous craw ratios of 1300:1 or 3000:1. IIRC, lowest gear, redline, you get 0.05 km/h, or 50 meters (yards) per hour!