Unimogs

[TiGeo]

Is the portal axle the yellow thing shown in the first picture...To the left, in front of the LF tire and in front of the blue tub?

No, you can't see it, on the backside of the wheel basically.

 

[kschachn]

 

[vavavroom]

Out here in AK and client had two 'mogs on site with a variety of implements. Amazing vehicles. These are 1979 models. Interesting to me are the gear boxes on each wheel to allow more ground clearance similar to how Humvees work.

Portal axles. The first vehicles to have portal axles were the VV Kübelwagen and the VW Schwimmwagen which was based on the Kübelwagen. Besides the Unimog and the HMMWV, vehicles with portal axles include the G-Wagen, the military versions of the Porsche 597 field car, the VW 181, the VW T2, the Land Rover Defender, and various Steyr and Tatra trucks.

The fellow that is maintaining them needed some 90 grade gear oil for the hub gear boxes and had none and since this is a remote camp will have to have it flown in. Since this is an oil site...Napa 10W40 ftw!

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I see Unimogs with US tags maybe twice a year in California. I also see expedition conversions with foreign tags on our roads. Unimogs are all over South America and Europe. They are also common in Canada.

 

[vwmaniaman]

The old VW split window vans had gearbox on each rear wheel for added ground clearance. My 1959 still had the 36hp motor and it took 26 turns on the engine crank to one turn of the wheel in first gear. Only thing that stopped it was loss of traction.

 

[21_6.7f450]

I kind of....I mean really want one.id get rid of my Polaris SxS.

 

[vavavroom]

The old VW split window vans had gearbox on each rear wheel for added ground clearance. My 1959 still had the 36hp motor and it took 26 turns on the engine crank to one turn of the wheel in first gear. Only thing that stopped it was loss of traction.

T1s are now rare.

 

[Sumboodie]

I hope you didn't really put 10w40 in place of 80w90 gear oil.
Those portals are quite expensive to rebuild.

 

[Sumboodie]

Most of the worlds militaries use the Unimog, except US. Probably the most common truck in the world, that most of theUSA does not know about.

US had them in the 80s

 

[Sumboodie]

I recall several decades ago in the US, some attempt was made to sell Unimogs equipped with farm implement hitches/hydraulics (ergo utility farm tractor) at a few farm equipment dealers/brokers to try and get a market established in the agricultural arena in the states. I don't think much ever became of the venture.

Case MB4/94.

 

[TiGeo]

I hope you didn't really put 10w40 in place of 80w90 gear oil.
Those portals are quite expensive to rebuild.

Opps my OP isn't v. clear...no...90w just had to have it flown in...I cover that above somewhere.

 

[burbguy82]

US had them in the 80s

where? New one on me.

 

[Sumboodie]

where? New one on me.

Case MB4-94 AND SEE units in .mil

 

[burbguy82]

Case MB4-94 AND SEE units in .mil

Wow, had no idea they were sold by Case to civilians in the US. I stand corrected.

Wish they still were.

 

[TiGeo]

Wow, had no idea they were sold by Case to civilians in the US. I stand corrected.

Wish they still were.

One of the ones in AK on the site I work on is a Case-branded with all the attachments.

 

[Sumboodie]

One of the ones in AK on the site I work on is a Case-branded with all the attachments.

What mine is as well. Had a snowblower and plow for it. Sold the blower and plow is going on a skid steer.