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Auction unimog
« on: December 06, 2017, 05:13:03 PM »
Just wondering how many people have bought an Unimog at the auctions.
Notice that there a couple available.
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2017, 05:49:57 PM »
 A bit of inspiration for you check out their blogs / vids https://www.youtube.com/user/GreatAussieAdventure/videos
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2017, 07:02:17 PM »
I had considered one several times, but it's a lot of money for a toy. Unless you wanted to make a purpose built full off-road camper.


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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2017, 08:01:36 PM »
Ex Army?

They are a pig to drive.

It's the last truck you want to drive around Australia. Fk that....

You'd be better off with a Cantor or Hino.
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2017, 08:40:35 PM »
Fark That......x 2

They are old, slow, wide, tall, rough.

See if you can find somebody that is willing to take you for a spin in one or even let you drive one.

I believe there is a workshop in either NSW or Canberra that is specializing in ex-army mogs.

There is also a pretty good Facebook group for mogs in general.

One cool thing is you can go just as fast in reverse as forward....you gotta have big balls, 6th gear in reverse was a i was brave enough to do


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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2017, 03:58:49 AM »
I believe the top speed on those is about 90 km/h. But you can do it pulling a 6 ton trailer.

I think the big draw is that they run forever. I read somewhere that Mercedes started making the unimog in 1949, and over half of all of them are still in service today. Hard not to be impressed by that.

I reckon they'd be great in the wide open spaces of Australia, but I don't know about trying to get one to the top end or anywhere with bush tracks.
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2017, 05:53:18 AM »
We followed a Mog up the Cape last year , very impressed . The owner drove it & widened every creek crossing  & trimmed trees for all those that followed .  Met him again at the top only to discover his damage  to his rig  . Bent panels , broken   side & tail lights as he was too big for almost all the tight crossings . Romped through all the water crossings   but still had trouble on some of the exits .   We would all like to have the Biggest rig in the carpark but at what cost  .                      :cheers:   
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2017, 06:25:23 AM »
Hi Pwe, I have bought a couple of army trailers at the Auctions but not a unimog, But I use work on my bosses a MB Trac 1500 basically a Unimog with four big tractor tires on it the same size all round, Great motor turbo strait six 150 hp pull Christ of the cross good diffs air diff locks air brakes air does everything thats there trouble always fixing air leaks fire trucking drove me mad, parts still available but cost you your first born very dear, cheaper to by two use one as parts  Craig
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2017, 08:55:25 AM »
Adam at Ironman has one and is doing up as a long distance tourer... The day he picked it up there were issues, and the mechanics at the place he picked it up from gave it a full going over before he left.. goes quite well apparently. awesome offroad...
He likes teh looks on peoples faces as he cruises through the high country in it as they stare at the sump ;D

Not sure i'd like the comfort levels but I havent seen inside the cabin of it yet, I wouldnt expect comfort and noise blocking to be a priority for the army

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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #9 on: December 07, 2017, 03:15:03 PM »
If we are talking about an Ex Army Unimog, unless you have driven one, you can't really comment.

Yea, they may go everywhere. If your anything over 5"8, then get use to your knees sitting against the dash board. Being a cab over, you feel every bump in the road. With the cab sitting on top of the engine, with no insulation, it's gets real fkn in the cab. No air conditioning doesn't help either.

Noisy as buggery, hot as fk, no insulation, gutless, and unless you want to use it as a farm truck only, pretty much pointless for anything else.

Unless you strip it back to the chassis and rebuild it with some mod cons.

But for that price, you'd be better off buying a Hino or Cantor if you want to throw a house on the back and travel Australia.

Last time I drove one, driving from Brisbane to Townsville, by the time we hit "The Ville", I couldn't walk due to spasms in my lower back.
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #10 on: December 07, 2017, 03:23:47 PM »
Just as Seadoo says, they're Not a G wagon.
And your finance Dept. would need to be very tolerant of your spending, even if they didn't understand.
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #11 on: December 07, 2017, 06:15:54 PM »
Quote from: Hookie on December 07, 2017, 03:58:49 AM
I believe the top speed on those is about 90 km/h. But you can do it pulling a 6 ton trailer.


90ish

Towing 6 ton, you eventually get to cruising speed but the slightest knocks the wind out of them.........

Glad I didn’t have to spend much driving them.......I used deny I had a licence for them, got away with it most times.


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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #12 on: December 07, 2017, 06:53:51 PM »
These would be more interesting when they eventually come up:
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #13 on: December 07, 2017, 06:58:47 PM »
lf a Mog can tow  a 6000kg loaded trailer  at 9kg a  slabs of VB cans  is it good for how many days of  :cheers: :laugh:
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #14 on: December 07, 2017, 08:02:59 PM »
Quote from: AdrianLR on December 07, 2017, 06:53:51 PM
These would be more interesting when they eventually come up:

I know what you mean, but I can't ever see it happening.
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2017, 09:43:57 PM »
Looks  like the Bastardised great grandson of an Austin Champ  ;D
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Re: Auction unimog
« Reply #16 on: December 08, 2017, 12:27:53 PM »
https://www.unidan.com.au/ has done a bit of work to them to make them a bit more civilized. Can still only do 90 with a brick on the accelerator though.

As for a used Hawkie, I doubt it. Armored vehicles are generally destroyed at the end of their life.
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