I know that the unimog can climb a 24" vertical obstruction from a standing start butted up against said object. The Hummer can't. You can also get 2-3 Uni's (new) for the price of a hummer. With front and rear PTO's, they are an interesting option.
Steve Spence Subscribe to the Renewable Energy Newsletter: http://www.webconx.com/subscribe.htm Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/ Human powered devices, equipment, and transport - http://24.190.106.81:8383/2000/humanpower.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan S. Petrillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "biofuel" <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 3:31 PM Subject: [biofuel] Re: Unimog > Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If the Unimog's overkill for you try the Mercedes G-Wagen. The US > > military's using them now because the Hummers get stuck and the > > G-Wagens don't. > > Do you have any links to support that? > > In my 3 years experience with military Hummers we only got one of them > stuck twice. Once while driving through a little German town because it > was too wide to negotiate one of the turns, and another time when one of > our medics high-centered one and lifted two of the wheels off of the > ground. > > From my experience you really have to try to get a Hummer stuck. And > even then they come equipped with a pioneer kit and a 10 ton winch to > help them get unstuck. > > > Alan Petrillo > -- > Aviation is more than a hobby. It is more than a job. It is more than > a career. Aviation is a way of life. > A second language for the world: www.esperanto.com > Processor cycles are a terrible thing to waste: www.distributed.net > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Promise to Quit Nicotrol will help http://us.click.yahoo.com/5vN8tD/AqSDAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
