FROM: dingus@shaw.ca (Dingus) SUBJECT: Re: Unimog vs Oshkosh DATE: 8 Feb 2002 12:23:26 -0800 ORGANIZATION: http://groups.google.com/ NEWSGROUPS: rec.autos.4x4 N9NWO wrote in message news:<5qb56u0mskrb15bbidg33r7sr3vnhv42lj@4ax.com>... > :> Hi Nathan, I still think a Unimog or a G-Wagon would be better offroad > :> than the Jeep Rubicon > : > :i gotta disagree there. the g-wagon has a 2.16:1 low range which is > :laughable in comparison to the 4:1 rubicon ratio. > : > :the strength of the unimog does not lie in its capability.......the unimog > :is a lot like the hmmwv in that if they cant make it over or around > :something, they can knock it out of their way. even still, thats hard to do > :in a $100k vehicle. > : > :forget what youve seen on tv where they carefully stack rocks and have > :competitors crawl on them. in the real world the unimog is just too damn > :big to fit on the best trails anyway and no amount of power will do you a > :bit of good if youre just too big to fit on the trail. ive seen trails > :where jeeps with oversize tires fit only by compressing the tire sidewalls > :between two rock walls. no way in hell a unimog would make it. > : > :besides, for the amount of $ for a unimog, i could make a jeep that drives, > :floats, and flys. :-) > > The Unimog is a 2.5 ton to 5 ton vehicle much like the US Army's 5T. > Look at the Oshkosh 5 ton truck that the Army uses. My son says that > every so often the chute fails to deploy when they are dropping a > truck out the back of plane. Even dropping 1000 ft, the truck is > still drivable!!! > > And Mercedes is now selling the Unimog here in the states. 1000 ft drop? Now THAT sounds like fun! Better buckle up for that one! :-) I.R.Dingus! 1994 Lada Niva (Vlad-a the Lada)