Unimog
« PreviousScaffolding trade relies on the Unimog
Donnerstag, 2.Februar 2012Using the Unimog in various trades has a long history as its adaptability is a great advantage in this extremely diversified sector.
Among those companies who really appreciate the Unimog is the scaffolding company Schneider Ltd. and its working relationship with this competent all-rounder goes back for about 30 years. Scaffolding erected by this Sonthofen [...]
Riding high with the Unimog 5000
Sonntag, 29.Januar 2012The Unimog 5000 meets even the most challenging objectives: it is used between May and October each year to carry the streams of tourists from the Etna cable car station at 2500 metres up to the Torre del Filosofo.
Here, at 2935 metres above sea level, is where the hiking trail begins for those tourists [...]
Unimog U 500 with 4-wheel steering defies heavy snowfall in the Austrian Vorarlberg area
Samstag, 21.Januar 2012The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is in all-year-round use in the Austrian Vorarlberg region: snow clearing, road and crash barrier cleaning as well as grass verge mowing duties have been undertaken for many years now with the help of the “Universal-Motor-Gerät”, or “Universal Motor Device”, commonly known as the Unimog.
In early 2012, the tropical cyclone “Andrea” [...]
Daimler Sends Two Unimogs to Help Flood Victims in Thailand
Montag, 26.Dezember 2011Mercedes-Benz Thailand is helping the Thai government combat the effects of the flood by providing two all-terrain Unimog all-wheel-drive vehicles. Now that the floodwaters are receding, crews have begun to clean up Bangkok — a task that might take weeks or even months to complete. This is a task for which Mercedes-Benz-Unimogs are ideally suited. [...]
Five new Unimogs for winter service operations in Berlin
Montag, 7.November 2011With winter approaching, five new Unimogs are helping keep the streets, squares and open spaces of Berlin and the State of Brandenburg free of ice and snow.
Fitted with both gritting and snow-clearing equipment, these vehicles have now been delivered to Klaus-Dieter Tschäpe, owner and general manager of Ruwe GmbH in Berlin. The combined gritting [...]
Even safer: The Unimog
Samstag, 6.August 2011For over 60 years the Unimog has been setting standards with its economic efficiency and unique vehicle concept. Especially when doing municipal work, the safety concept of the Mercedes-Benz implement carrier sets a good example of how to avoid accidents and minimise any follow-up effects in advance.
Both during its hard everyday work as well as [...]
“60 Years Mercedes-Benz Unimog”: A spectacular design concept for the jubilee
Dienstag, 7.Juni 2011The unit Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks (MBS), which includes the product ranges Unimog, Econic and Zetros, presented a spectacular design concept on the occasion of the ceremony “60 Years Mercedes-Benz Unimog” on 3 June 2011 at the Daimler plant in Wörth.
It has an impressive, dynamic and extremely expressive “face” corresponding to the future form language [...]
Born to achieve: The Mercedes-Benz Unimog in the timber industry
Samstag, 4.Juni 2011With his Mercedes-Benz U 400 Unimog, Jens Seiner is adept at finding clever and simple solutions. Just like Columbus when discovering America, the owner of Autotechnik Seiner manages to devise simple solutions to problems for which there is no apparent solution.
In order to be able to collect timber efficiently from the forest and deliver [...]
Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 20: Compact fire unit with tank for fighting forest fires in Luxembourg
Donnerstag, 2.Juni 2011The Civilian Protection Authority in Luxembourg has started using a Unimog U 20. The firefighting tank vehicle is fitted with a body from Gimaex-Schmitz Fire and Rescue GmbH in Wilnsdorf and will be used to support the firefighting operations of the Unimog U 5000 which went into service in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in [...]
Mercedes-Benz Unimog: ideal for repairing frost damage
Donnerstag, 28.April 2011The Mercedes Benz Unimog (taken from the original German “Universal-Motorgerät” and roughly translated as “universal motorised implement machine”), is a versatile all-round workhorse particularly prized by local authorities, especially in its U 300/U 400 and U 500 guise. Its spectrum of municipal service ranges from wintertime snow-clearing/salt-spreading to earth-moving, cable-laying and transport tasks to summertime [...]
60 years of Mercedes-Benz Unimog Special day for a legend
Samstag, 23.April 2011It’s 60 years since the first Unimog rolled off the production line at the plant in Gaggenau. Mercedes-Benz is holding a big anniversary celebration to mark the occasion. Fans, club members, owners of classic vehicles, drivers and owners of current models can look forward to an unforgettable day on Saturday, 4 June.
Everything that has gone [...]
Mercedes-Benz Zetros 2733 A 6×6 in operation as a luxurious hunting and expedition vehicle
Donnerstag, 24.März 2011The all-wheel drive Mercedes-Benz Zetros is in its element wherever all-terrain capabilities and a high payload are required. This cab-behind-engine model for difficult off-road conditions is not only suitable as a commercial vehicle, but also as a basis for recreational and expedition vehicles. This is demonstrated by two Mercedes-Benz Zetros 6×6 with special bodies and [...]
Mercedes-Benz Unimog: Essential for winter services – also in the mountainous region of Thuringia
Freitag, 11.Februar 2011At a height of 500 m above sea level, the old Goethe and university city in Thuringia’s Ilm district is a place where snow is definitely to be expected. “We can expect to have a proper winter here from the end of October right up to mid-April,” says Jens Seiner, owner of Autotechnik Seiner. During [...]
The 650th Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5000 delivered to the German armed forces
Montag, 20.Dezember 2010The armed forces vehicle fleet service (BwFPS) took delivery of its 650th Unimog U 5000 right on time as the year comes to a close.
The head of procurement at BwFuhrparkService GmbH, Uwe Günther, accepted the symbolic Unimog U 5000 keys from Michael Diez, head of government sales in the Mercedes-Benz sales organisation for Germany. [...]
Mercedes-Benz Zetros: the all-wheel-drive cab-behind-engine vehicle for difficult terrain
Dienstag, 19.Oktober 2010All-wheel drive, two-axle vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of 16.5 or 18.0 tonnes, as well as three-axle vehicles with a maximum of 25.0 or 27.0 tonnes: this is what is on offer from the Mercedes-Benz Zetros range of all-terrain cab-behind-engine trucks – a range based to the greatest extent on established large-scale production technology, [...]
IAA 2010 – Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks at the IAA: an exciting selection of specialists for on and off-road applications
Freitag, 24.September 2010Where others have to admit defeat, these trucks really come into their own: Special Trucks from Mercedes-Benz can simply do more. The compact Unimog U 20, for example, makes the perfect pump water tender and the Unimog U 500 implement carrier is now making its mark in the field of agricultural logistics. The off-road specialist [...]
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