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Re: look what i got to touch the other day!
« on: October 08, 2013, 09:29:19 pm »
It's true that you don't see many mogs at work in British agriculture. Even less so new ones. But how hard would it be to have an optional linkage? It's not like they haven't researched and developed the idea in the past and if someone else can make a living from offering after market versions that can only prove that there is at least some demand.

Realistically what would it take to offer one? The correct mounting points, hydraulic feed and PTO... Not exactly rocket science by Mercedes standards.

I am of course assuming that the heavy series needs this stuff. Maybe it would make more sense if the spec of the implement carrier range was just a little better? What I can be pretty sure of is that the whole success of the Unimog is down to it being a versatile machine. Why take that away? The U3000-5000 are just posh lorries now, nothing more. And the U300-500 have less off road ability than their predecessors. Where's the sense in that?