Unimog Club UK

thats true, although i wonder if they had it straight behind so that it didnt pull the wire on with a bundle at one end, thats one of the advantages of the f56 werner (just an example, there are others), it often comes with auto feed so the wire or rope is put on evenly over the drum.

like you say, when moving from any vehicle to another you need to learn its limits, shame he sold it though  , looked like a tidy truck