unimogs at work

[Martyn Amos]

 

:001_rolleyes:

[treequip]

Is the unimog parked behind those Merc trucks?

[Martyn Amos]

Is the unimog parked behind those Merc trucks?

 

are they not mogs then?? if not why

the pic was taken off a unimog pic site and the pic heading is overloaded unimogs?????:001_rolleyes:

[treequip]

Well if an expert knows better I will defer but I lived in Germany for quite a few years and worked with mogs daily and never saw a mog on three axles. Mercedes do build commercial vehicles in 2,4 and 6 wheel drive.

[niftysteve]

i think they are approx 1968 mercedes trucks

heres a model one Redirect Notice

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?q=vintage+mercedes+truck+pics&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&biw=1280&bih=788&tbm=isch&tbnid=kdym3VrDebIVcM:&imgrefurl=http://www.germancarforum.com/older-mbs-vintage/22914-mercedes-benz-classic-story-passion-part-1-a.html&docid=QRSzuW9Ybhvy7M&imgurl=http://www.germancarforum.com/attachments/older-mbs-vintage/2390d1211988933-mercedes-benz-classic-story-passion-part-1-dsc_0007a.jpg&w=2100&h=1406&ei=9mTzTrK-MM6zhAeeu83MAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=501&vpy=132&dur=985&hovh=184&hovw=274&tx=127&ty=101&sig=105624098761498213580&page=2&tbnh=127&tbnw=156&start=20&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:20,s:20

[treequip]

Looks like old school “LA” series trucks

 

Bottom of this page is your baby, just shows you can’t always believe what you read on the net

 

CommercialMotor.com - 'Trucks you can trust' is the new Mercedes motto and Seshan Moodley reckons these golden oldies in South Africa are living proof!

[scraggs]

whatever they are you have to take your hat off to whoever loaded them

[treequip]

whatever they are you have to take your hat off to whoever loaded them

 

Wouldnt want to put it into a bend at any kind of speed

[Martyn Amos]

this more like it

[old hand]

These are bonneted Merc trucks and are very rugged. When I worked in Saudia Arabia in the early 1980's they were very common. The six wheeled 3824 is a six wheeler with a chassis rated at 38 tonnes gross with 240hp .We got fertiliser deliveries in the desert with these and the normal load was 30tonnes. Considering that they probably weighed over 10 tonnes empty this was considerable overloading. They were nearly unstoppable . Normal practice in the hot weather was to prop the bonnet slightly open with a coke tin for extra cooling!!