From: Patrick Jankowiak (eccm@swbell.net)
Date: Tue Oct 01 2002 - 19:47:31 PDT
I almost bought a Unimog, but my buddies warned me about costly repairs as it is a mercedes, and one fellow said the engine's hard to reach to work on.
Unfortunately I never got to take a look at one up close before I found the M35, I imagine they're pretty rugged. How are they to maintain? Are the special geared axles rugged?
Steve Grammont wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> >There are five Seabee UniMogs at the former NAS Moffet Field in California
> >that have scraper blades in front and backhoes in back they are very short
> >wheelbase but look great wonder if they are new Freightliner UniMogs.
>
> Small numbers of special purpose Mogs have been used by several branches
> of the US military for years now. For example, the USAF (or Air National
> Guard, I don't know for sure) uses the Mog with snowblower to clear
> runways. I recently saw one at a base a couple of hours drive from me in
> fact. I have also seen Army engineers using the backhoe Mog on a job
> they did in my home town (great work too!). These are all older Mogs
> and, if I have the numbers right, are based on the 404 model.
>
> Steve
>
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