Unimog Club UK

Hello!
Well, I can see 'em 
How long you had it?  Where's it from?  Is it ex-mil?

Very nice looking mog, with a very nice winch

after the modification

winter travel under -45C frost

I leave in Ulaanbaatar. Capital

It would take me three/four weeks to drive there ! A journey I would love if I had the time, I wonder what's the best route ?
The best all round tyre for your Unimog is Dunlop sp9 in size 405/70r20
I don't know why but I can not upload fotos for some reason it's something to do with my iPad
I'll keep trying today
Moose

Hi Moose,
I'm not sure about the best root. But I've seen a lot of motorhomes from Europe. They usually come in a single truck or by the group of two trucks. Think they travel on their own and surely had a lots of difficulties here. No language communication, dunno the best places to go and of course have no idea about the roads. Thinking about them it occurred me why can't I organise a trip and invite those motorhome travelers from abroad. We all like to travel in our trucks. Most of them equipped their back bodies with their own hands as well as I did. I was always eager to test those things that I had made in different situations and conditions. I think most of campers think the same way as I do.  It will surely be very comfortable and safe for them. Hence I'm working on the website that will show the beautiful places and difficult roads around Mongolia along with several routes. What do u think about it. If u decide to visit my country u will be most welcome.

There is one thing I would like to ask u about the tires. I will attach couple of pics if I'll be able to upload them. These pics are for front tires only. They wear out in a very strange way that I don't understand. I've been in Germany last year and saw couple of military mogs and they all had a same tire wear out. Think u will easily understand what I mean by seeing this pics.

Mongol

Hi Mongol,

As you say, this wear pattern on Unimog's is quite common, I'm not sure why this is the case but it does vary with the tyre, the worst I know of is the Michelin XML.
I can hazard a guess, but Dad may know better.

One of the thing's it could be is the unimog has a natural positive camber, this is to allow for a certain amount of load on the front axle (due to it's portal axle and disk brakes there is a lot of leverage there) hence, when there is no weight on the front, the top of the tyre sticks out further that the bottom of the tyre. perhaps causing uneven wear.
The second thing is the offset of the unimog wheels, because the hub face is quite a distance from the kingpin on a Unimog axle (due to the portal hub) the wheel forms a natural arc when turned. this could perhaps cause tyre scrubbing.
The third theory, and one which I think may be correct, or at least part of the reason, is the tyre itself. I know I have seen mancats with XML tyres which show the uneven wear in the past, so perhaps it is just a characteristic of the tyre.

Cheers, Brian