Unimog Club UK

Thanks for the quick replies and warm welcome guys.

Both of you have own my favorite types of Unimogs.  Especially you Villager, you've got one for just about everyday of the week.

The winch on Villager's dad's truck is incredible both in the features it has and in its pulling power.  I thought my front winch was nice.  It is a Sepson PTO winch with power-in (of course) power-out, and free-wheel.  I don't know what the pulling power is but it seems to get the job done for my 406.

My truck is one of the trucks that Case bought and modified to work with their line of implements.  It has ROPS, FOPS, and the deck they made to fit the Unimog frame.  It has PTO's front, rear, and bottom.  The bottom PTO runs a high volume hydraulic pump.  I also have the standard hydraulics.  It has the 20 speed transmission.  I also have the Case version of a 3 point hitch for the rear.   Prior to me purchasing the truck it was used as a snow plow at a ski area on the east coast of the USA.  Despite the truck only has 1300 hours and 7000 miles I hired a factory trained mechanic to put a new double clutch in and to rebuild the transmission.  The previous owner didn't use the truck much which dried out the transmission seals causing the tranny to run low on oil which destroyed the synchros.  Prior to this truck I had a 416 Doka, also with a 20 speed transmission, hydraulics, but only a front PTO.  It was a real nice truck that was refurbished in the USA by a ex-german dealer.

In the winter I remove the PTO front winch and run a 7' two stage snowblower on the front.  It is a standard rear mount Farm King blower that I made to fit my front Schmidt hitch.  I bought a PTO reverser from Atkinson VOS a couple years ago to reverse the PTO direction.  It works real well.

In the summer I use the truck to do weekend logging on my family's property (and on occasion for friends).  I have a Farmi JL501 that does an amazing job of yarding in logs.  I would like to add a log lifter like Villager's dad has but they are few and far between in the USA.  I have resolved myself to the fact that if I want one of these I may have to make one (not that I have that skill set at the moment).  I only know of one of those attachments in the entire USA, although there could be a couple I am not aware of.  I have found a couple for sale in Europe but they won't ship to the USA.

I have been scouring the Internet not only looking for ones for sale but also looking at pictures of the ones I find.  I have an idea of how they work but I have yet to find up close pictures of how they attach to the front of the truck.  I plan on spending time looking for photos on this site of Villager's dad's setup.

Thanks again for the warm welcome.  I already feel at home.

BWSwede