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Mercedes-Benz
1/1999
Motorway cleaner and caretaker
U 2450 L a three-way winner
UNIMOG
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Rugged road-railers on show
Front page photos
Editorial
A new era for a global group
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Simply indispensable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Proud parade: Our photographer recorded this remarkable
line-up of rugged road-railers at the Road-Railer Symposium at
the DaimlerChrysler plant in Rastatt (see pages 8+9)
Three enthusiasts and five Unimogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Road-railers: versatility means economy
Ready for all weather conditions
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“My entire working life”
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Uniscope
DaimlerChrysler supports Kosovo aid effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Cargo tractor for Stockholm
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U 90 Turbo for Innsbruck airport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Motorway maintenance: At the
South Bavarian
Motorways Depot,
the Unimog is a
master of all
trades
(pages 4+5)
Publisher:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Unimog Division
Responsible for contents
Dieter Sellnau, Unimog Division
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Coordination:
Martin Adam, Unimog Division
Editorial Board:
Martin Adam, Erwin Kirschner, Dieter Mutard, Karin Weidenbacher
Woodworking wonder: Martin
Kühling’s carpentry business in
Visbek is making more money
with a Unimog (pages 12 + 13)
Contributors to this issue:
Copy: Michael Brettnacher, Stefan Loeffler, Dieter Mutard, Ute Risché
Photos: Michael Brettnacher, DWM Pressebüro und Verlag,
Unimog Division, Ute Risché
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Editorial
A new era for a global group –
and for the Unimog
It was called Day One in the history of
the DaimlerChrysler Group – Nov. 17, 1998,
a date that stands for breaking the mould
and forging a new company, a global player
in the truest sense of the word. From a
position of strength on their home markets
in North America and Europe, in the future every member of the DaimlerChrysler
Group will be reaching out to expand first
and foremost to the growth markets of
Asia, South America and Eastern Europe.
The Commercial Vehicle Division – already
the most global operation in the Group –
is no exception, and here too specific regional growth targets are being set. That’s
good news for all our readers because it
means that customer expectations will be
met faster than ever before.
Needless to say, as an integral part of
Mercedes-Benz Trucks Europe, the
Unimog Division as well is set to reap
long-term benefits from this strategy. With
its international corporate culture, the
new global Group will be forging additional leeway for creativity and innovation.
That sets the stage for the Unimog team in
Gaggenau, and of course for all our distributors at home and abroad, in order to
make use of synergy effects in terms of
technology, business processes and structures. And as the new strategy also
creates a high degree of security, it has
triggered a genuine spirit of renewal within the company.
For many years the Commercial Vehicle Division’s products and brands have
been leading the field in the international
commercial vehicle sector, none more so
than Mercedes-Benz. As the world’s
biggest manufacturer of trucks
(over 6 t gvw) and buses (over 9 t), our
company has a record of steady growth
across the product spectrum. What’s
more, in the Unimog we have a multi-func-
tional implement carrier with a virtually
infinite range of equipment and accessories, a vehicle you, our customers, still
appreciate and love to drive more than 50
years after it was first launched.
In the course of 1998, the Group’s 50
production plants around the world built a
total of some 490,000 commercial vehicles, posting sales of DM 49 billion. With
its significant contribution to consolidated
earnings, the Commercial Vehicle Division
has become a key pillar of DaimlerChrysler’s operations, underpinning its market
leadership through the introduction of innovative models and penetrating new
markets with highly competitive products.
Up to now we have resumed to the
main points in order to turn the focus
from the new DaimlerChrysler over to the
Unimog business. How do you, the customer, stand to benefit when we set the
targets for new products and market
growth as part of our corporate planning
process? It is important to realise here,
that behind all our considerations, there
are fixed parameters that shape the way
we work for and with you. These crucial
criteria are:
● Professionalism – offered in all our
products and services
● Innovative prowess – reflected not only
in the way we engineer our products
but also in the way we care for Unimog
and the people who use them
● Customer orientation – expressed in
the superior products we supply, in the
way we exceed your expectations in
terms of quality and service, and
regularly keep in touch
● Quality standards – that wins us and
the Mercedes-Benz Unimog your trust
and respect
● Speed – in responding to customer
wishes faster than the competition and
transforming innovative ideas into
marketable products and services
● Responsibility – that we shoulder
wherever we work; for improving the
quality of life and for protecting the
environment.
Hans-Jürgen Wischhof: “The new global
Group will forge leeway for creativity and
innovation.”
As you can see, within the expanding
framework of our new corporate group we
have already set ourselves a list of objectives. In this edition of the Unimog Journal
you can read about how some of these
objectives have already been met: DaimlerChrysler placed trucks with provisions
at disposal for the desperately needy refugees in Kosovo, a move organised in conjunction with the Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe
organisation; the young master carpenter
who has boosted efficiency by restructuring procedures at his workshop around
his new Unimog; or the ability of the Unimog to run on both roads and rails. But
whatever the job and wherever it happens,
they all just go to show how unique the
Unimog System really is.
Our aim, and our firm intention,
is to keep you fully informed about this
remarkable product.
Sincerely
Hans-Jürgen Wischhof
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The “Octopus” washer
Road surfaces are relatively easy to keep tidy with sweepers but how
do you clean the sides and roofs of tunnels? The problem is cropping
up more and more these days due to the common practice of “boxing
in” new motorways and highways in order to reduce environmental
noise. Schmidt-MULAG of Bad Peters-tal
in Southern Germany
have come up with
the answer. Mounted
on the front of a
Heavy-duty Unimog
is an articulated
boom with a revolving, water-soaked
brush at the end. On
account of the weight
and the outreach of
the “Octopus” boom,
it is not only attached
to the quick-change
mounting plate but
also has an extra fixing adjacent to the Unimog’s front axle. A water tank is carried on
the back of the vehicle together with a water pump driven from the
rear power takeoff, supplying the pressure to scour the dirt off tunnel
walls and roofs. Weighing in at 1200 kg and located towards the rear
of the Unimog chassis, these items of equipment make an effective
counterweight for good balance.
This application illustrates several advantages of the Unimog System:
• The front mounting facility with power takeoff – drives the
hydraulic motor of the brush
• The Unimog’s hydraulic system – supplies the hydraulicallypowered boom
• Space and capacity for water and cleaning materials on the back
of the vehicle
• The rear power takeoff – drives the water pump
• The high load-carrying capacity of the Unimog for this
type of service.
Out in the field these advantages mean that a Unimog equipped with
a tunnel washer can clean several hundred metres of motorway tunnel in two days without any serious disruption to traffic. In the past
crews have had to close one lane while working.
The boom’s long outreach enables it to deal with all types of tunnel
profile. From the road surface it can reach to a height of 8.30 m, the
distance to the nearside tunnel wall will normally be 1.94 m and the
full working range is 4.60 m. With the boom of the “Octopus” folded
back along the length of the vehicle, the overall height of the unit is
3.90 m.
Simply indispe
The South Bavarian motorway maintenance
authority has 1900 kilometres of autobahn
to look after – and that means handling a
variety of tasks all year round. Apart from
140 trucks to help them with their job, they
also have eight U 2400 TGs and 45 other
Unimogs, mostly U 1600s.
The fleet of vehicles is based at 21 depots and the Unimog
Journal was invited look round the Holzkirchen Depot on the A8
between Munich and Salzburg.
Four Unimogs take care of the stretch between Munich-Ramersdorf and Bad Aibling which is very busy the whole year round. It
also includes the famous, or perhaps infamous, Irschenberg, a
particularly hilly section that has to be cleared of snow as quickly
as possible in winter, otherwise it soon becomes impassable. With
their excellent manoeuvrability, the Unimog with their snowploughs and gritting attachments are in their element, working
their way past vehicles already stuck in the snow. Motorway services and parking areas also need clearing – more important
winter work for the Unimog.
In sum, the Unimog-plus-tunnel-washer configuration is
highly manoeuvrable, versatile
and compact. Yet another example of the exceptional
economy and logistical advantages of the Unimog System!
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unique domain. As Heinz Bay puts it: “We’d be lost without our Unimog.” The
authority keeps its Unimog for at least 10
years before selling them off. The vehicles
are serviced at its own workshops, while
all other work is entrusted to local Unimog
distributors.
For all its preference for Unimog from
the standard range, there is one extra that
the authority usually specifies for its new
vehicles: air-conditioning – which must be
a blessing for the drivers when there
are miles of grass verges to mow in midsummer!
pensable
Fleet Manager Heinz Bay particularly
appreciates the versatility of Unimog out
in the field where the motorway crews use
a wide variety of attachments including
verge mowers, signpost washers, shredders
and high-pressure rising equipment. Implements can be powered either mechanically from the front or rear power takeoffs,
hydraulically from connectors provided on
all the attachment mounts, or pneumatically from the vehicle’s compressed-air
system – one of the great advantages of
the Unimog System. In addition, one of the
U 1600s is equipped with transferable
steering so that it can be driven from
either the left- or right-hand seat. All the
Unimog on the maintenance fleet have hydrostatic transmission and for Heinz Bay
they have become “simply indispensable”.
Of course, he also uses trucks for some
jobs; at the moment, for example, he has a
Mercedes-Benz Actros 2031 AK on trial at
the depot. But with all the Unimog’s
implement and attachments, no conventional truck is ever going to edge it out of its
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For cleaning service areas, for example, the
motorway maintenance crews use a highpressure cleaning attachment that can also
be used for drain flushing. The water pump
is hydraulically powered and the hose drum
and pump are attached to the vehicle’s
quick-change mounting plate. In this case
the water is stored in a trailer-mounted
tank pulled by the Unimog
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The shredder attachment driven from the
front power takeoff is used for shredding
any tree cuttings on-site and blowing them
back onto the embankment
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One of the U 1600’s used by the motorways
authority is equipped with transferable
steering and can be quickly converted from
left- to right-hand drive, making the driver’s
job easier when working with different
attachments
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The Deimanns of
Arnsberg-Hüsten in
Germany run a skip
service. It’s a tough
business as there is
no shortage of local
competition. All the
more reason to
find the most
economical way of
doing the job.
Three enthusiasts and five Unimog
The idea of using Unimog for transporting skips sprang from the need to be
quicker on the job than the next man.
This year, 1999, it will be exactly 25 years
since Fritz Deimann first started his skip
service. Before he had run a farm and was
also involved in hauling long timber.
Coming from a generation that believes in
holding on to what you’ve got, it was only
natural for Fritz Deimann to use his old
tractor when he began offering skip services. Only when his “old faithful” reached
the limits of its capacity did he decide the
time had come for a Unimog.
He bought his first Unimog, an U 406,
back in 1975, and it is still in use despite
having nearly 300,000 kilometres on the
odometer. “We still need it, in the winter
mostly, so that we can help our best custo-
mers clear their yards and sites. The
U 406 still does a fine job in that type of
work,” explains Fritz Deimann’s younger
son Friedel. Like their father, the two
Deimann “boys“ can be found hard at work
at the firm from early in the morning until
late at night.
The area where they live and work is
close to the industrial heartlands of the
Ruhr and there are countless mediumsized firms in the vicinity whose main
business is subcontracting for the major
industrial concerns in Dortmund, Bochum,
Duisburg and Hamm. Deimann attends to
all the skip needs of these local companies
and also provides a disposal service for recyclable waste. Skips are left with customers and collected again when full. On
Deimann’s own premises, the contents are
transferred to larger containers which are
then picked up by heavy trucks and taken
away for recycling. Refuse is loaded into
Right: Unimog tractor unit with 6 m3 skip and hydraulic tipper
chassis for easy dumping
Left: Unimog tractor unit with high-tip chassis and 8 m3 skip
compacting containers and transported by
Deimann to the regional landfill. So
Deimann Container Services is both collector and disposer in one.
Although the business is not exactly
hi-tech, from an environmental point of
view its activities provide an essential
service whose growing importance Fritz
Deimann was quick to recognise 25 years
ago. Since then he has made a living out
of looking after our environment. The only
problem is the highly competitive nature
of the market, since there are all too many
people who think there is a quick buck to
be made in this line of business. In fact
it’s a very tough job which never stops, no
matter what the weather condition is like.
In this segment of the
service sector where
most trips are short,
loads are heavy
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and time is of the essence, everything has to be done as quickly
as possible. It means that the vehicles used need to be strong,
capable of all-terrain work and able to carry heavy loads. “That is
why we opted for the Unimog tractor-units,” explained Georg
Deimann, the third member of the Deimann clan, “because they
are so much more manoeuvrable in town traffic than a truck and
trailer. We do use Unimog hauling trailers, but mostly out in the
country and for trips to the dump. And, because of the way we
work, it’s very important for all our vehicles to be compatible with
one another – which they are, thanks to their special Fasieco
chassis.” In actual practice, that means skips can be picked up,
put down and tipped with no manual effort whatsoever and without the driver even having to get out of his cab.
Apart from its excellent relationship with Fasieco, Deimann
Container Services also enjoys close cooperation with another
local business partner – Unimog distributors Josef Kessler of
Arnsberg-Hüsten – who will quickly deal with any servicing or
repair work that the Deimanns cannot handle themselves.
Three generations of Deimanns and four
Unimog fans (left to right): Company
founder Fritz Deimann, his younger son
Friedel, grandson Frederik and elder son
Georg (above)
The Unimog tractor unit combined with the
special skip chassis (right) makes the ideal
rig for Deimann Container Services whose
main customers are the industrial plants
and building companies around Arnsberg
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Mighty Mouse
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At an international symposium attended by customers from all over Europe, the Unimog Division
of DaimlerChrysler AG put
on an impressive demonstration of the capabilities
of the Unimog in its roadrailer guise. In this sector,
too, the Unimog Division
enjoys proven partnerships
with several equipment
manufacturers.
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Road-railers: versatility
As the name suggests, Unimog roadrailers can run on either roads or railway
lines and these remarkable vehicles have
been part of the company’s range since
the early 1970s. The international symposium held in March of this year provided
the ideal forum for the Unimog Division
and eleven equipment manufacturers in
the road-railer field to promote their
wares. Over 500 people visited the 4-day
event which was staged at the DaimlerChrysler car plant in Rastatt.
This ultra-modern production plant and
its extensive facilities provided the ideal
setting against which to communicate a
great deal of technical facts and figures –
the main focus of the event. Haidan von
Frankenberg, Head of Export Sales for the
Unimog, neatly summed up the idea
behind the symposium in his opening address: “We’re out to demonstrate road-railer
technology and to ensure that our customers get all the technical data they need by
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backing up the demonstrations with an
interesting series of expert presentations.”
The liberalisation of the transport market in Europe, the increase in the volume
of goods traffic, the “new era” that is
dawning in railway freight logistics and
the creation of new service structures
have all combined to offer new potential
applications for Unimog road-railers. And
just as the Unimog Division is already
responding to these new developments, its
customers and potential new users need to
be kept in touch with the latest advances
in a technology that has been developing
steadily for 30 years and has profited
enormously from close co-operation
ity means economy
between the Unimog Division itself and
the equipment industry.
The road-railer range begins with the
medium-heavy U 1400s to U 1650s. These
models have axles that can adapt to the
standard gauges of most railway systems.
Engine ratings extend from 100 kW/136
bhp to 155 kW/211 bhp. Wheelbases of
2650 and 3250 mm are available and the
maximum gvw ranges from 7.5 to 10.5 t.
When more powerful machines are needed
there is the Heavy-duty Range which includes models from the U 2100 to the
U 2450. In this case the available wheelbases are 2810 mm and 3250 mm, the
gvw’s 10.6 to 14 t and the engine ratings
155 kW/211 bhp to 177 kW/240 bhp.
Seventy percent of road-railer Unimog
are used for shunting work in chemical
plants, the auto industry (Audi, BMW and
VW) and at the ports of Kopen (Slovakia),
Lübeck (Germany), Stettin (Poland) and
Tallinn (Estonia). Twenty percent are used
for marshalling work and other jobs such
as groove and channel cleaning on ordinary railway track, light rail networks,
metros and tramlines. The Unimog is also
attracting an increasing amount of interest from track maintenance companies as
a basic workhorse for track cleaning,
mowing and clear cutting. As an implement carrier for track-laying work, the
road-railers can also be equipped with
attachments such as excavators, drills and
sleeper tamping equipment.
One valuable point for potential users
was made by long-time Unimog road-railer
user, Holger Schmiers, the man in charge
of road-railer vehicles in the logistics department at BASF in Ludwigshafen. In his
presentation, Schmiers emphasised that:
“Unimog road-railers are not meant to be
a substitute for conventional locomotives
but to provide versatile extra support for
the transport process at specific points,
as and when it is needed.”
And that versatility was on display
during the demonstration part of the event at Rastatt, illustrating to perfection
that the road-railer Unimog
is an ideal tool for industrial
and railway services companies.
They cost only half as much to
buy as a comparable locomotive
and the difference in the cost
of upkeep is even greater. By
making full use of the many
implements and attachments
available, users can derive
considerable extra benefits
from a machine whose enormous versatility stems from its
remarkable ability to run on
either road or rail.
Visitors to the symposium at the DaimlerChrysler
car plant in Rastatt were treated to an impressive
practical demonstration by several different types
of vehicle, showing off the full range of capabilities
of the Unimog in road-railer form (left)
Has anyone seen the Unimog? This U 1400
may look tiny against the eleven goods wagons but in terms of strength it’s gigantic
(opposite page top)
For industrial sites with their own railway
sidings, for the transport business and for
cargo-handling at ports, the Unimog has
long been proving the ideal solution (below). There are now some 2,500 Unimogs
around the world capably handling jobs
ranging from shunting, marshalling and
track-laying to hauling whole trains to
nearby yards
A delight for the eye, wherever you look: gaze up at the snow-capped
mountain peaks or down at the blossoming meadows of the Berchtesgadener Land. Sunshine and snow, summer and winter are never far
apart in this corner of the world.
Ready for all weather conditions
Mid-April in the German Alps: “Have we
seen the last of the snow, now?” asks a
tourist, hopefully. The local farmer shakes
his head and gazes up at Mount Watzmann:
“See that peak up there? Well, only when
it’s completely covered in snow can we be
sure it won’t snow again down here,”
comes the astonishing reply, founded on
generations of local knowledge.
The highway maintenance depots around
Lake Königssee are familiar with all the
quirks of the local weather and well prepared for sudden changes, thanks to their
Unimog. In Markt Berchtesgaden, for
example, a fleet of 16 ‘Mogs were out and
about virtually around the clock last
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winter. Record snowfalls and record drift
depths meant record working hours. In
the town itself, as well as on the access
roads to the ski slopes and trails, not to
mention the roads to the Alpine farms, the
Unimog were often the only means of
clearing a way for locals and tourists alike.
On gradients of up to 30 degrees and at
heights of 1000 metres, the winter service
crew under Depot Manager Klaus Rosenberger, gave an impressive demonstration
of what man and machine can do.
Their snow blowers, cutters, ploughs and
gritters were often hard at work from
dawn to dusk.
Driver Michael Graitl is one of the tireless
troop at the depot, actually turning out
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Signs of spring in
Berchtesgadener
Land. Snow-capped
peaks still tower
over the towns and
villages around
Lake Königssee as
they prepare for
the coming summer
season
No peace for the
Unimog in Markt
Berchtesgaden:
Clear those roads;
chop that wood
(left and above)
well before dawn to load up “his” Unimog
with grit and salt before clearing the
roads for the morning traffic. Michael is a
Unimog fan and loves getting the most out
of the ‘Mog’s extensive range of abilities.
“The Unimog is reliable and versatile; it’s
as simple as that,” he states, qualities that
don’t go amiss in the Bavarian Alps. Most
days it is a race from one job to the next.
“It’s a good thing you can just leave some
implements attached to the Unimog while
you handle other jobs – that really saves
time,” reports Michael Graitl. “And when
you do have to change them it only takes a
couple of minutes.” Which is just as well,
because the Unimog has a reputation for
efficiency to defend.
of the street scene in Markt Berchtesgaden
and nearby Schönau and Bischofswiesen.
The municipal ‘Mogs are not alone either:
there are Unimog belonging to subcontractors and private operators as well.
“If you want to be a big shot around here,”
smiles Michael Graitl, “you’d better make
sure you drive an Unimog!”
“Winter service”
it’s speed that
counts: In next to
no time the snow
chains are fitted
and the Unimog’s
back on the road
with a fresh load
of salt
To keep their vehicles in tip-top condition,
the Bavarian crews carry out their own
maintenance at their workshops. “And
we’re rewarded by long service lives,”
confirms Klaus Rosenberger.
Finally, the winter draws to a close and
the workshop is busy overhauling the
Unimog, setting them up for their springtime and summer duties, armed with
mowing, cutting, sweeping, cleaning and
rinsing attachments. So whatever the
weather, the Unimog are very much part
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There must be more to it than just a love for Unimog when
a hard-headed North German carpenter spends over
DM 400,000 to buy one. In Manfred Kühling’s case, it was
the 3-way benefit he gets from his U 2450 L; in his
everyday work that swung the balance.
“For my entire working life”
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The total professionalism with which
Manfred Kühling, master carpenter of
Visbek in Northern Germany, conducts his
business is not something you can take
for granted from a man of his age. The carpentry company that he operates from his
parents’ farm has been in business for
eight years now and things are going very
well indeed. Not that everything has fallen
into his lap! In the early years,
12 to 14-hour days
were almost the
norm, but that hard
work has proven
worthwhile. Today,
with a staff of 16,
a CAD system for
designing his roof
structures and producing the drawings,
and plenty of
modern machinery
to make up the roof
timbers and other
wood needed for
fitting out interiors,
he has established a
very profitable company. This is immediately apparent from the solid outward
appearance of the whole set-up. Needless
to say, his U 2450 L also has its own
covered parking space. “You see,” Manfred explained, “I expect to be using this
vehicle and the crane for my entire working life.” What better proof could there be
of the practical way this young
businessman’s mind works? Only someone with no idea of how to run a company
could still suspect that in buying a Unimog he was indulging an expensive hobby. Assuming that Manfred Kühling works
for another 30 years and (with the more
efficient methods that his Unimog makes
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possible) can erect three or four roofs a
week, his investment plan cannot fail.
Although the Unimog U 2450 L and the
crane cost him around DM 450,000 he is
already saving time and money. Every-
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board, so the chassis has been extended at the rear. In the background: proud owner Manfred
Kühling
❷ Balancing on a narrow beam high up in the air is all part of the job for an experienced
carpenter
❸ The struts at the front were also specially designed for the U 2450 L
❹ Huge coil springs allow the Unimog to ride smoothly over even the roughest of building sites
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thing has changed
since the Unimog
arrived. As Manfred
explains: “The tractor unit carries the crane and the trailer
can handle up to 21 tonnes – and there’s
still plenty of power to get us to the site
reasonably quickly. And once on site,
where space is usually very tight the
Unimog’s manoeuvrability is a really valuable asset.”
1540 kg – which can be tripled by using
extra tackle – it has become one of Manfred Kühling’s most valuable tools. Every
year the crane is in action for between
800 and 850 hours.
The crane and its winch were built by
engineering company MKG. With an outreach of 19.5 m and a safe working load of
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❺ The 14.5 tonne Unimog has no trouble at all hauling the 21-tonne trailer with a full load of sawn timber, prefabricated roof trusses and a
dormer window to the site ❻ Everyday carpentry for Kühling. The crane hoists 10-metre rafters of fir or pine up onto the growing building,
where they are quickly made fast
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DaimlerChrysler
supports
Kosovo
aid effort
The Board of DaimlerChrysler has approved a “rapid response” measure designed to help the refugees fleeing from
Kosovo. The company has placed three
Actros tractor/trailer rigs at the disposal
of the Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe charity organisation (JUH) to enable them to transport goods donated from various sources primarily food, powdered milk and sanitary/hygiene materials – to the town of
Skopje and to refugee camps in neighbouring countries. The Red Cross too has received help from the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer: in response
to the “We Want to Help” programme,
broadcast on German television, a Unimog
has been made available to this most
famous of international charities.
U·N·I·S
Thanks to its previous involvement in
Kosovo, the JUH already has an organisational set-up and infrastructure in place.
The three Actros tractor units are hauling
soft-top trailers and are being provided by
Mercedes-Benz Charterway. They are
marked with the words “Kosovo Aid” – an
initiative by Johanniter Unfall-Hilfe and
DaimlerChrysler” (photo). One load has already arrived in the crisis region and two
more are due to arrive before the end of
May. The drivers of the vehicles are being
provided by the JUH. The first load to
Skopje also included more than 600 cuddly
toys donated by the staff of DaimlerChrysler
and radio listeners in Southwest Germany.
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Cargo tractor for Stockholm
U 90 turbo for Innsbruck Airport
The operating company of Stockholm’s Arlanda International
Airport has found an interesting role for the Unimog. Supplied by
Swedish General Distributors SWEDMOG AB in Huskvarna, the
airport’s U 1400 features a torque converter and a remote control
system for reversing, and was purchased to handle the movement
of heavy cargo trailers. The Unimog has to be able to perform its
daily duties – loading and unloading cargo aircrafts – without a
hiccup whatever the weather and through the rigours Scandinavian winters. With up to ten cargo trailers in line (photo) the Unimog may find itself towing as much as 40 tonnes. According to
the customer, the key factors that led them to buy a Unimog were
the vehicle’s combination of performance and reliability, coupled
with the vital economy factor and a long service life.
A Unimog U 90
with snow plough
and gritter attachment was recently
handed over to Innsbruck Airport operators Tiroler Flughafenbetriebsgesellschaft.
Destined for yearround service, the Unimog will also handle other maintenance
tasks around the airport. As our photo shows, the handover was
staged to perfection, all the way to the sunshine on the Tyrolean
peaks. The keys were presented to Managing Director Reinhold
Falch by Anton Bucek from Unimog distributors Pappas.
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