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Unimog 

The magazine for multi-functional applications. 

Safe workplace 

Safety first The Unimog is well known as a multi-functional workhorse. 

But it also proves an exemplary model in terms of safety. 

At the mine: Energy sector | On rails: Dual mode | On the land: Agrologistics 

2 | 2010

2 EDITORIAL • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Dear friends of Unimog, 

appearances – and statistics – can be deceptive. We regularly hear news of 

falling accident rates, yet the figures mostly relate to cars and trucks. The 

situation with regard to farm tractors is sadly quite different. According to 

Germany’s Office of Statistics, the number of fatalities in accidents involving 

such vehicles rose by a dramatic 64 percent year-on-year in 2009. 

Consequently, it is incumbent upon operators to address road safety as a top 

priority: for their own good, for the sake of their employees, and to protect 

other road users. The safety of our vehicles and their occupants has always 

been a top priority for Mercedes-Benz. That is why we work to the now much 

more stringent standards applicable to commercial vehicles, deploying all the 

expertise and know-how of Mercedes-Benz in doing so. It is in keeping with 

those considerations, too, that the Mercedes-Benz Unimog is fitted as 

standard with extensive and innovative safety features. Safety and robustness 

are assured by the special running gear, permanent all-wheel drive, ABS brake 

system, compressed air brakes and portal axles, just for a start. And the safety 

features continue into the cab. It is not without reason that the Unimog has 

passed a variety of different safety and crash tests with ease. And another 

safety benefit which should not be forgotten is the extraordinarily good 

all-round view from the panoramic cab. 

A number of upcoming events including the IFAT, IAA Commercial Vehicles 

and InnoTrans shows promise great things for this Autumn. Mercedes-Benz 

will once again be presenting its specialist vehicle solutions whenever and 

wherever the movers and shakers in the industry get together. The present 

mood is bright, and there is a great sense of anticipation. As one instance, the 

organiser of the 63rd IAA Commercial Vehicles show, German Automotive 

Industry Association VDA, is talking about the country’s economy enjoying a 

“strong impetus” which it believes will benefit its upcoming international show. 

The event of the year will doubtless be well attended once again, following on 

from the approximately 300,000 visitors from 110 countries who came two 

years ago to view close-up the new products and innovations on show from 

the over 2,000 exhibitors. 

The Autumn season of trade fairs marks one more step towards a very 

special year for the Unimog in 2011: its 60th birthday. So there will no doubt 

be much more to report about the exciting world of the Unimog in the near 

future! 

I very much hope you will enjoy reading this latest issue of Unimog Magazine. 

Yaris Pürsün 

Mercedes-Benz Wörth Plant Manager and 

Director of Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks Division 

Open-cast mining 

14 Extreme workhorses

News 

04 All the latest from the Special Trucks division 

Cover story 

06 Safety first Choosing a Unimog means keeping on the safe side. 

09 A misleading gut feeling Interview with Jürgen Freigang. 

Agrologistics 

10 A striking success in agrologistics The Wolf family’s Unimog U 500 is not 

just an attention-grabber – it is also a hard worker, which is rarely stood still. 

Fire-fighting 

13 A highly manoeuvrable fire-fighter The volunteer fire service in Wuppertal 

recently took delivery of a Unimog U 20 tank tender. And it’s a red hot hit. 

Open-cast mining 

14 Extreme workhorses The Hambach open-cast mine near Cologne is 

a place of superlatives. And Unimogs have been working there from the 

very beginning. 

16 “The Unimog is vital” Interview with Jörg Rübsteck. 

Transport 

18 Sunday driving ban? Not for the Unimog Eugen Betz uses his U 500 to 

transport construction machinery, among other purposes. And he profits 

from it in lots of ways. 

Dual-mode operation 

20 “Green Logistics” on road and rail For DB Schenker Rail the Unimog is 

proving an environmentally friendly alternative to marshalling locomotives. 

Engineering 

24 Flexible, manoeuvrable, agile – thanks to all-wheel steering Three 

practical examples demonstrating the great benefits of all-wheel steering. 

Service 

28 Being a king Mercedes-Benz customers can trust in the company’s reliable 

quality. All the time, everywhere. 

Uniscope 

30 Unimog exotic models collection/Unimog 2010 the star guest 

31 Shopping at the click of a mouse/World Tour, part I/Diary 

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Authors: Martin Heying (13, 30 bottom), Richard Kienberger (4 bottom, 5 l.), Susanne Löw (4 top, 5 r., 9, 10 ff., 

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22 l., 23, 30 bottom), Richard Kienberger (4 bottom, 5 l.), Susanne Löw (31 top right), Ralf Maile (18 f.), 

Mercedes-Benz Schweiz AG (3 no. 4, 27 top left/top right), Morlock Photography (2 r., 4 top, 14-17), 

Carl-Heinz Vogler (30 top) 

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4 NEWS • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Meals on two axles 

At Stockholm Airport, caterer Gate Gourmet delivers its meals to the aircraft using the Econic. For good reasons. 

Luggage loading and unloading, refuelling, cleaning, catering 

– with so much going on, it’s important to keep a clear view. 

The panorama window of the Econic is a big help. 

Undemanding yet tough 

International caterer Gate Gourmet supplies leading airlines such 

as SAS and Delta with between 8,000 and 12,000 meals a day at 

Arlanda Airport in Stockholm. To ensure just-in-time delivery of the 

portioned, packed and trolley-stacked meals, plus drinks, duty-free 

goods and accessories to the aircraft on the nearby apron, Gate 

Gourmet relies on the Econic. The 10 low-floor units which have 

been serving the airport in this way since 2008 easily fit beneath all 

low passage-ways around the terminals. As a further benefit, the 

inward-opening front passenger door and the panorama window 

provide the necessary all-round visibility for the drivers when 

manoeuvring directly beneath the aircraft. 

The Mallaghan lift trucks mounted on the base units are capable 

of lifting a load capacity of 4,000 kilograms up to 5.70 metres. The 

refrigerated containers are manoeuvred directly to the aircraft doors 

for loading and unloading at the press of a button. Another comfort 

feature for drivers is the low entry and exit facility, thanks to the 

low-level cab floor. All in all, the Econic is a key factor in helping to 

ensure that air travellers flying from Arlanda will not be hungry 

when they arrive at their destination. r 

In exploring for new oil fields in Jordan, all-wheel vehicles from Mercedes-Benz are handling the tough jobs. 

They are undemanding, robust and can be deployed (almost) 

anywhere – just like the camels which are traditionally kept as 

beasts of burden around the region. All-wheel vehicles from 

Mercedes-Benz were the first 

choice when oil company Josco, a 

Jordanian-registered subsidiary 

of Shell, set about putting 

together a vehicle fleet to assist 

in exploring and exploiting new 

fields. What is special about this 

arrangement is that it represents 

the first time ever that Shell has 

run such a fleet under its own 

management, having previously 

relied on subcontractors. 

To handle the extreme conditions 

encountered in the Jordanian 

desert a range of different 

models are deployed, in a wide variety of configurations – primarily 

from the Zetros and Actros series. While the Zetros trucks are 

deployed to supply the various camps with equipment and material, 

the mobile drilling rigs are 

mounted on four-axled Actros 

trucks. The Unimog, which is 

scheduled to join the beigeliveried 

Josco desert fleet shortly, 

will provide specialist equipment 

to assist in handling of the pipes 

being sunk into the bore holes. r 

Actros, Zetros (see photo) and 

Unimog units are working under 

extreme conditions exploiting 

new oil fields in the Jordanian desert.

Unimog on show at the ski stadium 

Against an impressive backdrop, local dealer Autohaus Hornung together with 

Unimog distributor Henne-Unimog GmbH hosted a demonstration of public works 

and fire-fighting vehicles. 

A ski stadium is more normally associated 

with the Winter time and the cold, yet on this 

Summer’s day it is not just tourists who have 

come flocking to the Olympic Ski Stadium in 

Garmisch-Partenkirchen. In conjunction with 

the world’s largest Unimog distributor, Henne- 

Unimog GmbH, local Mercedes-Benz dealer 

Autohaus Hornung GmbH is hosting a major 

show, with large numbers of public works 

vehicles demonstrating their capabilities at 

the traditional wintersports venue. As the first 

spectators begin to arrive at the historic stadium, 

which was completely rebuilt in 2007, 

ski-jumpers are conducting their Summer 

training in the background. 

The Mercedes-Benz dealer regularly offers 

its customers an overview of the product 

portfolio and first sight of the latest releases 

by hosting special presentations. This time 

the focus was on public works and fire-fighting 

vehicles. Gerhard Lutz, Managing Director of 

Autohaus Hornung GmbH, sets out his corporate 

strategy: “In our catchment area there are 

very few freight forwarders. In fact, only one of 

our major customers operates a long-distance 

transport fleet. Consequently, we need to 

concentrate our commercial vehicle sales 

efforts on other market segments”. In pursuing 

its strategy, the dealership has put on a show 

about everything that Mercedes-Benz has to 

offer in the public works vehicles segment. A 

major feature of the show is a range of Unimog 

models from Henne-Unimog GmbH, based in 

Kirchheim-Heimstetten. The various equipment 

manufacturers have made their matching builton 

units available. 

The show features a U 500 tipper tractor unit 

as is widely used in farming, as well as maintenance 

vehicles, Winter gritters and snow-clearers 

and a cherry-picker. Two lovingly restored 

vintage models – one from the 1950s and a 

snow plough with a 54 hp engine and separate 

180 hp plough drive on its load space – arouse 

a strong sense of nostalgia among the older visitors 

especially. A new model among the fire 

service vehicles featured is based on the U 20, 

and is a product for which the Mercedes-Benz 

dealership in Garmisch sees bright prospects. 

One of the reasons for that optimism is that the 

Unimog fire-fighting vehicle carries equipment 

which normally requires a much larger base 

unit. “The manoeuvrability and off-road capability 

of the U 20 are key attractions in view of the 

applications for which our fire services need to 

use it,” Lutz asserts. In terms of visitors, the 

dealership manager has focused on a closely targeted 

group: “You can’t expect to have thousands 

of people attending such an event. For us it is 

much more important to have professionals and 

decision-makers here, and to provide them with 

the expert information and assistance they 

expect.” r 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • NEWS 5 

Browse the Mercedes-Benz calendar 

The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is turning 60. 

That achievement calls for a very special gift 

for customers – something which is just as 

multi-functional as the “universal motor 

machine” itself: a ring-bound calendar that can 

be read like a book or used as a traditional wall 

calendar. Titled “Lebensräume” (living spaces), 

it portrays the many fields of application of 

the Unimog, including 

photos of historic models 

and the latest examples. 

The calendar will 

soon be available from 

www.shop.mercedesbenz.com/unimog 

(size: 31 x 43 cm, price: 

24.90 Euro). 

Get in gear fast 

Special offer weeks at your Unimog service 

partner. Come along and have a look, and 

save yourself money. From September 15th to 

December 31, 2010 you can get clutches for 

various Unimog models at a special offer 

price. And all in accustomed Mercedes-Benz 

original parts quality. Talk to your Unimog 

service partner. They will be glad to help you. 

A real globetrotter! 

With the new Bocklet body, the U 4000 is 

capable of completing any expedition. Special 

features such as the heavy-duty running gear, 

the Tirecontrol tyre pressure control system 

and the vehicle’s high diesel capacity (290 

litres + two 20-litre reserve canisters) make it 

possible. In the cut-away shape live-in cab 

(standing height: 1.95, length: 4.35, interior 

width: 2.20 metres) sanitary facilities and a 

corner galley provide the necessary comforts.

6 COVER STORY • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Safety first 

The Unimog is the right choice when it comes to ensuring safety. Its unique design protects vehicle occupants 

and other road users thanks to optimum all-round visibility, efficient braking and lots of other safety features. 

CLIMB ABOARD, DRIVE OFF – and arrive safely. Whether the U 20, 

U 300 to U 500 or U 4000 to U 5000, with a Unimog you can be sure 

of always being on the safe side – and also enhancing general levels 

of safety on the road. That is certainly not something to be taken for 

granted. Every year there are numerous serious collisions between 

utility vehicles and other road users. Often they are caused by human 

error, and as such will never be completely eliminated. The dangers are 

not restricted merely to other road users however: According to 

Germany’s Office of Statistics, the risk of farm tractor drivers being 

fatally injured in an accident is on the increase. There was a 64 percent 

year-on-year rise in such fatalities in 2009. The Unimog offers a wide 

range of driver safety features which no tractor can match. 

All-round protection for driver and passengers 

The cab of the Unimog is a safe, ergonomic workplace for the driver and 

other occupants. Occupant protection is enhanced by the seat construction 

in conformance to EU Directives 74/408/EEC and 76/115/EEC 

(relating to seat and seat belt anchorage testing). The integrated head 

restraints and three-point automatic seat belts provide effective 

protection in the event of a rear-end impact especially. And the Unimog 

also sets standards in terms of low vibration, falling within the 

vibration limits stipulated in section 5 of the German Occupational 

Health and Safety regulations in mowing and Winter works. In tests 

carried out by the Institute for Occupational Health and Safety of the 

Association of German Statutory Accident Insurers, the Unimog demonstrated 

that the vibration impact on the driver during mowing and in offroad 

driving was below the trigger threshold laid down in noise and 

vibration protection regulations. Thanks to its fully sprung running 

gear, cab suspension and air-sprung comfort seating, the Unimog promises 

stress-free working conditions which alleviate the risk of tiring. 

A clear view in all directions 

The Unimog also scores highly thanks to the good all-round visibility it 

provides. The panoramic cab ensures a clear view of the road and of the 

Direct field of view in compliance with section 35b of the German 

§ 

road vehicle licensing regulations (StVZO) 

1) The systems used to control the vehicles must be easy and safe 

to operate. 

2) The vehicle driver must be guaranteed an adequate field of view 

under all operating and weather conditions. 

vehicle’s built-on units at all times. The low-slung windscreen provides 

a 12 metre visibility radius even with the mowing, gritting and snow clearing 

units dismounted. Including the heated and electrically adjustable 

large-area rear-view mirror, the vehicle features a total of five mirrors on 

On the safety training course near Salzburg the sales staff 

themselves had the chance to get behind the wheel.

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • COVER STORY 7 

“Thanks to ABS the driver is able to maintain control 

of the Unimog under full braking.” 

Robert Ramsauer, product manager special-purpose vehicles, Mercedes-Benz Austria 

the driver and passenger sides to assure good rear visibility. This greatly 

reduces the risk posed by blind-spots and resultant hazard situations 

such as on pedestrian crossings. The seating position also helps: 

“Because the driver is seated closely behind the front axle and so in the 

front end of the vehicle, he can judge traffic situations, such as at crossings, 

earlier than would be the case if the position were set farther 

back,” explains Robert Ramsauer, product manager special-purpose 

vehicles with Mercedes-Benz Austria. 

§ 

According to section 23(1) of the German road traffic regulations 

(StVO), the vehicle driver is responsible for ensuring that his or 

her view and hearing are not impaired by the other occupants, 

animals, load, equipment or machinery, or the condition of the 

vehicle. 

Unimog vehicles with built-on units also retain outstanding visibility. 

All units approved for mounting on a Unimog are within the legal limits 

in terms of forward visibility. They are matched to the Unimog so as to 

ensure all legal requirements regarding visibility are met. In concrete 

terms, for example, this means that when operating front-mounted 

equipment the legally permissible 3.5 metre distance from the middle 

of the steering wheel to the front of the equipment is not exceeded. 

As a result, no special permit is required. The driver and the vehicle 

owner can relax, because with the Unimog they are complying with all 

legal requirements regarding operation with mounted equipment and 

have critical situations more effectively under control. 

Safe braking to avoid danger 

If a Unimog encounters a potentially hazardous situation, the driver is 

able to rely on the vehicle’s high levels of braking safety, guaranteed 

by its dual-circuit service brake system with four disk brakes directly 

on the wheels. The four-channel ABS additionally keeps the Unimog 

controllable in the event of danger. “Even under full braking, thanks 

to ABS the driver is able to maintain control of the Unimog and avoid 

hitting any obstacles. Without ABS, the driver would have to decide 

whether to brake or steer,” Ramsauer points out. Braking is further 

aided by the two-stage engine brake, delivering over 100 kW of 

braking power. The automatic load-sensitive brake (ALB) controls 

the distribution of braking force between the front and rear axles, 

while the ABS socket assures safe trailer operation. ü 

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8 COVER STORY • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

The Unimog remains on track even on wet and icy roads thanks to ABS. 

Changes of season pose a particular hazard to road users. Fog hinders 

visibility and vision, and Autumn leaves make roads slippery. So it is 

good that the rear lighting on the Unimog makes it so clearly visible to 

the traffic behind: with four tail lights, two indicators, two rear headlights, 

two reflectors, a fog tail light and two brake lights. In addition, 

two side-marker lamps as well as outline and periphery marker lamps 

ensure that the Unimog is clearly seen in every situation. The front headlights 

feature a range control system. Wild animals on German roads 

caused 2,412 accidents entailing personal injury last year (Destatis, 

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Road maintenance equipment for Unimog U300 - U500 and U20 

July 1, 2010). In such cases, and others in which abrupt braking is 

required, ABS prevents the vehicle from breaking away in various road 

conditions. Optional anti-skid or snow chains can be fitted in Winter to 

enhance traction and track control. 

Safety training: The Unimog shows what it can do 

Full braking on a wet road, cornering on a slippery surface and evading 

obstacles – 20 members of staff from the Unimog Austria sales organisation 

had the opportunity to experience for themselves the outstanding 

safety features and top-class handling of the Unimog over the course of 

a two-day event. “It’s the best way to get to know all the benefits and 

key features of the product you are selling. There is nothing more persuasive 

than getting behind the wheel yourself and managing to keep 

your vehicle on track under full braking on a mirror-like icy surface,” 

Ramsauer asserts. 

The driving technical centre of the Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle 

and Touring Club (ÖAMTC) in Marchtrenk in Upper Austria provided 

the perfect setting for the safety training course, with its computercontrolled 

water obstacles, inclines and slide surfaces. After all, the 

whole point of the event was for the Unimog to show what it can do. 

And it did just that. The result was clear: the Unimog is well ahead of 

the rest when it comes to safety. r 

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A misleading gut feeling 

Jürgen Freigang, an expert on transportation of hazardous goods and 

load securing, knows what is important when safety is at stake. 

In a comparison between a tractor and a Unimog, the “universal motor machine” comes out impressively on top. 

Unimog Magazine: You recently gave a presentation 

to a customer event at Minufa, the 

Unimog distributor in Herborn in the state of 

Hesse. What was the purpose of the event? 

Jürgen Freigang: It was intended to compare 

two different systems: a tractor and a Unimog. 

Minufa clearly demonstrated that the Unimog 

is safer to handle in some situations – even 

for the unpractised driver. When braking 

with ABS, for example, the Unimog remains 

well on track, even on a road surface with 

varying grip on the left and right sides of 

the vehicle and when driving at 50 km/h, 

whereas the tractor breaks away at just 

30 km/h on such a surface, because it has no 

ABS. The test also compared load securing. 

It demonstrated that a tonne weight on a 

vehicle moves around under full braking at 

20 km/h just the same as a light load. Many 

of the people attending the event expected 

that the crate holding the tonne weight 

would barely move on the load space. Yet 

when they saw that both crates were catapulted 

forward against the front bulkhead 

even at such a low speed at the same rate 

– the heavy object merely with much greater 

impact energy than the empty one – there was 

widespread astonishment. Their gut feeling 

had told them the outcome would be very 

different! 

Unimog Magazine: The issue of safety is also 

always linked to the question of responsibility 

– who is liable in the event of an accident? 

Jürgen Freigang: Many people are not sufficiently 

aware of their responsibility in this 

respect. According to StVZO regulations 

sections 30 and 31, a vehicle’s owner is 

fundamentally responsible for its operation. 

He/she must ensure that a vehicle is only 

ever used when it is safe. That includes, in 

particular, ensuring compliance with traffic 

safety regulations as well as rules governing 

safety when operating equipment and 

carrying passengers, etc. And the units builton 

to a carrier vehicle – such as a Unimog – 

must also be joined together so as to technically 

ensure safe operation on the road. 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • COVER STORY 9 

Jürgen Freigang: 

“A vehicle’s owner 

is fundamentally 

responsible for 

its operation.” 

Unimog Magazine: What role do vehicle, 

body and built-on unit manufacturers play in 

that? 

Jürgen Freigang: Vehicle manufacturers 

such as Mercedes-Benz, and the associated 

body manufacturers, maintain close mutual 

links and coordinate their products to an 

optimum degree. The issues of product safety 

and – where appropriate – product liability 

are key considerations for both parties, just 

as they are for the company which fits 

the built-on units and then supplies the 

complete system. 

With regard to load securing for example: 

StVO section 22, paragraph 1 stipulates that, 

on taking evasive action under full braking, 

the load must not slide, roll, tip, make noise 

or fall down – meaning that lashing points 

or other load securing aids and systems are 

essential. That is to say, body manufacturers 

should work out in advance and advise the 

vehicle manufacturer of the locations at 

which lashing points or other facilities need 

to be fitted, and how they need to be dimensioned. 

In concrete terms, this means: How 

many deca-Newtons (= daN; see also, for 

example, the blue lashing point identifiers 

on flat-bed truck) need to be held in what 

direction? The standard stipulations for 

trucks over 3.5 tonnes gross vehicle weight 

rating are as follows: 80 percent of the force 

due to weight must be secured against 

sliding forward, and 50 percent respectively 

against sliding to the rear and side. Put 

simply: Of a tonne load weight, as much as 

800 kilograms is forced towards the cab 

under full braking; of 10 tonnes, 8 is forced 

forward, etc. Once the load has started 

sliding, enormous impacts can occur representing 

many times the force due to weight 

of the load! In the case of a gritter vehicle or 

the like, this can result in a few tonnes’ 

impact in a very short space of time … r

10 AGROLOGISTICS• UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

A striking success in agrologistics 

The Wolf family has been running a farm near Ulm for the last 18 years. Since 2006 the farm has 

been employing a Unimog U 500 in pretty much continuous operation – primarily to transport 

animals, whey and grain. The vehicle has notched up an impressive 220,000 kilometres to date!

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • AGROLOGISTICS 11 

THE RAIN WAS BADLY NEEDED. Not a drop fell for weeks. The abnormally 

high July temperatures placed a strain on the people, the crops 

and the animals alike. “17 millilitres per square metre”, is how relieved 

farmer Gerhard Wolf quantifies the rain when it eventually came. But, as 

he comments: “It was nowhere near enough.” Whatever the weather, the 

day had begun early on the Wolf family farm, which is home to Gerhard 

and his wife Sigrid, their three sons as well as Sigrid’s parents. It was 

3.30 a.m. when son Martin started up the engine of the green Unimog 

U 500, with its 7,500 litre mounted tanker and 18,500 litre trailer, to 

drive the 60 kilometres to Oberschönegg in order to fetch whey as feed 

for the farm’s 1,500 fattening pigs. 

Apart from keeping the pigs and 60 dairy cows, the Wolfs farm a total 

of some 100 hectares in Börslingen and on a second farm 50 kilometres 

away which they leased in 2004. But even normally, the U 500 is rarely 

stood still. “Well, we didn’t buy it for fun, or because it’s nice to look at,” 

Gerhard Wolf comments. Quite the contrary: Three times a week the 

U 500 fetches whey; twice a week it runs overnight taking pigs to the 

slaughterhouse; and once a month the Wolfs use it to collect piglets and 

feed respectively. To handle the different kinds of transport, Wolf is able 

to quickly exchange the Unimog’s tanker body for a flat-bed tipper. 

Accordingly, after a total of 5,100 hours in operation since first being 

registered the vehicle’s clock already shows an impressive 220,000 kilometres. 

That kind of duty makes it essential to have reliable service backup 

for the entire fleet, which also includes a MB-trac 900, a MB-trac 1600 

and a Unimog 2400. The Baden-Württemberg born farmer is full of praise 

for the service provided by Mayer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH: “The U 500 has to 

be ready to run round the clock, seven days a week. In view of that, it is 

important for us to be able to rely on the well trained staff of our service 

partner, and to be sure of getting help quickly when we need it. Even if 

we occasionally need to replace a worn part on a weekend, they help us 

out.” The versatile functionality of the U 500 was a key factor in the decision 

to purchase it: “Quite simply, we need a vehicle with which we can 

do everything,” Gerhard Wolf states. “At the time it was a choice between 

a truck and a Unimog, to replace a Unimog U 1700.” We chose the U 500, 

Gerhard, Sigrid and Martin Wolf (from left) are happy with their U 500, which they use 

mainly for transportation purposes. 

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12 AGROLOGISTICS• UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Tanker body, flat-bed tipper, tractor rig: The versatility of the U 500 was a key factor 

in the Wolfs’ decision to buy it. 

among other reasons, because it is not subject to road tolls and 

because of its 15 tonne load capacity. Son Martin cites “economy 

and reliability” as the main reasons for the acquisition. Particularly 

under the cost pressures faced by farmers at present, Martin Wolf’s 

appraisal highlights an aspect which must not be underestimated: “Its 

fuel consumption is much better than that of earlier models – 32 litres 

per 100 kilometres on average, which is around five litres less.” 

Economical and reliable in continuous use 

He likes sitting behind the wheel of the Unimog: “It’s a terrific 

vehicle, particularly with regard to all-round visibility, and also ride 

comfort.” As the Wolfs were undertaking more and more transports 

– including on the motorway – the safety aspect was another key 

factor. Sigrid and Martin Wolf recall: “In earlier times it was dangerous 

on the motorway, towing the big cattle trailer and carrying the 

pigs. You were constantly afraid that the big trucks would run into 

the back of you. With the U 500 it’s easy to keep up with the truck 

traffic.” 

The U 500 frequently gets the Wolfs noticed. “It is a striking 

design. Something a bit different”, says Gerhard Wolf with a grin. 

Martin Wolf loading up – a short break for the Unimog. But in Börslingen it is rarely 

stood still. 

Many people simply cannot imagine Unimog and agricultural transports 

being mentioned in the same breath. Martin can only smile. 

He knows better. That afternoon he will be off again, fetching whey. 

Around one the following morning father Gerhard will be off driving 

pigs to the slaughterhouse in Schwäbisch Hall. Another plus point 

for the Unimog is its robustness: “The roads are sometimes quite 

bad, especially in Winter. And I am on a tight schedule: I have to be 

at the slaughterhouse between half past two and half past three, 

whatever the weather. In fact, there have been times in the past 

when I got through with the Unimog but none of the other trucks 

did.” In such situations, Wolf is much helped by the all-wheel drive 

and the short wheelbase of the Unimog. Those benefits enable him 

to drive safely in difficult road conditions, and to manoeuvre easily 

around roads narrowed by snowfall. 

Unimog driving as relaxation 

The night trips are usually handled by Gerhard Wolf himself. “It’s a 

kind of relaxation for him,” says Sigrid Wolf with a laugh. “Well, it 

certainly doesn’t bother me,” the farmer himself comments. Martin 

Wolf sums it up: “He has the three-pointed star in his heart.” r 

The Wolfs also use 

their U 500 to collect grain 

from the fields.

A highly manoeuvrable fire-fighter 

The volunteer fire service in Wuppertal this Spring began using a Unimog U 20 tank tender. 

LAST YEAR, the local volunteer fire service 

in the Lagerfeld district of Wuppertal was 

faced with having to replace an ageing allwheel 

drive fire-fighting tank tender. The old 

one had always been a faithful servant, but 

it had some weaknesses too. In tight spaces 

and on steeply inclined terrain, especially, 

it quickly came up against its limits. This 

was problematic particularly in view of the 

fact that the Wuppertal municipal area is 

over 29 percent forest and fields, much of it 

extending over quite hilly terrain. That was 

reason enough for the fire service to focus on 

the ability to handle tough terrain when 

choosing their new vehicle. 

They soon found the ideal candidate: a 

Unimog U 20 configured as a TLF 10/20 firefighting 

tank tender with a Schlingmann 

body. Its short 2700 millimetre wheelbase 

provided the Wuppertal fire-fighters with the 

manoeuvrability they were looking for. And, 

of course, the superior off-road capability 

of the Unimog was a further benefit. The 

mounted body incorporates everything necessary 

for first-phase fire-fighting operations: 

a 2,400 litre tank, a pump with a throughput 

rate of 2,000 litres a minute, a front splash 

guard as a self-protection feature and for 

damping-down wide-area fires, and a water 

Christian Reeker (left), head of the Engineering and 

Logistics department, and fire chief Karl Grünewald 

are already convinced of the U 20’s merits. 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • FIRE-FIGHTING 13 

cannon mountable on the roof – all operable 

with the vehicle in motion. 

Rapid response in an emergency 

For fire chief Karl Grünewald the “little” 

Unimog has already proved its worth: “Last 

Monday we had a 500 square metre forest 

fire on a difficult-to-access slope. With our 

old tender we would not have got to it.” 

Thanks to the U 20 TLF 10/20, the firefighters 

did not have to lay their hoses laboriously 

across the surrounding scrub 

and then slowly follow the fire’s path. The 

Unimog U 20 reached the fire quickly, and 

the ground jets and roof-mounted cannon 

soon had it all under control. 

Christian Reeker, head of the Engineering 

and Logistics department and responsible 

for procurement, is just as certain that the 

Unimog U 20 will prove a hit: “At the moment 

our TLF forest tender is the only one of its 

kind in Germany. But the idea is so good that 

more are bound to follow.” r

14 Service OPEN-CAST • UNIMOG MINING 2 • 2010 UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Extreme workhorses 

Extreme conditions at the Hambach open-cast mine demand 

maximum performance from personnel and machinery alike. 

The off-road capability and broad-ranging flexibility of the 

Unimog make it a highly respected partner. 

ROUND THE CLOCK, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the staff and 

vehicle fleet at the Hambach open-cast mine are on continuous duty. Its 

immense size alone, but especially the extreme ground conditions and 

the varying applications in which they need to be deployed at the mine, 

demand maximum performance from personnel and machinery alike. 

That is why operator RWE Power has for years relied on the Unimog – 

in a range of variants according to the application: from the U 400 up 

to the U 5000, all models are represented. Most of them, however, are 

the ultra-rugged off-road specialists of the Unimog U 4000 and U 5000 

series. The Unimog can cope with the most demanding of routes along 

muddy tracks and over rugged terrain, climbing huge inclines, and 

working their way down some extremely steep slopes, too. 

The broad range of applications of the Unimog on the site reflect the 

enormous dimensions of the open-cast mine located right on the outskirts 

of Cologne: As far as the eye can see, there are miles of terraced 

cuttings extending hundreds of metres down into the ground. But the 

main feature of the Hambach mine is the millions of tonnes of sand, 

clay and gravel. These so-called covering layers conceal the valuable 

lignite, or brown coal. The site looks like some fantastical moonscape, 

with gigantic excavators seemingly grazing across the unending barren 

plains of this artificial landscape like some species of colossal 

monster. 

In all weather and on any ground 

And among them, some 50 yellowish-gold coloured Unimog wend their 

way around the approximately 85 square kilometre site – in all weathers 

– with what seems almost stoic calmness. Thanks to their all-wheel 

drive, differential lock and heavy-duty thick-treaded tyres, they are able 

to handle even extremely slippery terrain in rain, snow and icy con - 

ditions. “If you want to drive around extreme terrain such as this, a 

Unimog is essential. Its off-road capability is simply unbeatable,” comments 

Jörg Rübsteck, a member of the RWE Power Vehicle Service staff. 

Another key factor for the company, which is provided with service 

backup by RKF-Bleses, is that vehicles can be tailored to specific operations. 

“The Unimog offers us lots of different body mounting options. 

That means we can use one vehicle model for a wide variety of purposes,” 

Rübsteck goes on. As a universal master of all tasks, the Unimog 

handles virtually every transport job at the mine: Fitted with a double 

cab, it is used to transport work crews; as a flat-bed truck, it carries 

materials and tools; and configured as a tanker it distributes water and 

Imposing dimensions: 

Alongside the gigantic excavators 

at the Hambach mine the Unimog 

looks quite tiny.

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • OPEN-CAST MINING 15 

fuel. “The Unimog with diesel tanks mounted on them have to be 

particularly reliable, running round the clock, supplying diesel to 

construction machinery such as bulldozers. If the Unimog broke 

down, a lot of machines and vehicles would be forced to stop work.” 

There are also Unimog on-site mounted with Palfinger cranes and 

flat-bed load spaces, used primarily for repair and maintenance work, 

and there are also units fitted with box bodies, used for servicing of 

large-scale machinery. “They are our ‘workhorses’. Without them 

practically nothing would get done here,” asserts Rübsteck with a grin. 

The all-rounders from Mercedes-Benz also serve as fire-fighting and 

emergency vehicles, as well as providing Winter ice and snow clearing 

services. Because those vehicles, more than any other, have to get to 

their destination rapidly, however tough the conditions may be. 

In view of the difficult terrain on which the vehicles operate, RWE 

Power places great value in their safety features. Pendulum strike and 

roof load tests to the ECE R29 standard passed by the Unimog’s all-steel 

cab were powerful arguments in favour of the vehicles, alongside their 

reliable brake systems and seat-integrated safety belts. “We have to be 

able to rely on our vehicles. It is a reassuring feeling for us to send out 

our drivers in a Unimog,” says Herbert Töller, RWE Power’s head of 

Vehicle and Transport Service. “The Unimog is simply an exemplary 

model when it comes to safety.” The Unimog not only sets standards in 

terms of safety, but also with regard to low vibration. That was a key 

All-wheel drive and differential locks help the Unimog achieve outstanding off-road 

capability – an absolutely vital aspect of fire-fighting operations! 

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16 OPEN-CAST MINING • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

The wide-ranging body and equipment mounting options exactly meet the needs 

of RWE Power: Here a Unimog configured as a tanker is supplying essential fuel. 

“The Unimog is vital” 

Jörg Rübsteck, from the RWE Power Vehicle Service staff, talking about vehicle outfitting options 

developed specially for open-cast mining and how the Unimog handles extreme situations. 

Jörg Rübsteck is thoroughly impressed by the Unimog. 

Unimog Magazine: Mr. Rübsteck, your 

company has been relying on the Unimog 

for a long time … 

Jörg Rübsteck: Yes, indeed. The Unimog has 

been working at the Hambach mine since its 

very beginnings. We even still have a really 

early Unimog still in operation: a U 900, built 

in 1978. It is the oldest in our field. We are 

still using it to transport material. 

Unimog Magazine: What makes the Unimog 

so attractive for open-cast mining specifi - 

cally? 

Jörg Rübsteck: We were convinced above all 

by its versatility. The Unimog is tops 

wher ever you need to get a vehicle across the 

toughest of terrain – whether with a diesel 

tanker or a crane mounted on it. A particular 

challenge is that the ground conditions 

on-site are continually changing. Yet the 

Unimog never lets us down. 

Unimog Magazine: How do the vehicles cope 

with the extreme conditions? 

Jörg Rübsteck: Very well. Our Unimog are 

fitted with special features which additionally 

protect them against dust and mud. We devel- 

selection criterion for RWE. Because only vehicles capable of minimising 

vibration will protect and preserve the health of their drivers. 

As part of its strong commitment to occupational health and safety, 

RWE Power conducts vibration measurements on all vehicles. These 

are applied to determine how long a driver can operate a vehicle without 

interruption before it poses a health risk. “The operating time of the 

Unimog is six hours per shift. That is a very good length of time given 

the conditions under which we operate,” Rübsteck states. Thanks to its 

helical-spring deformable chassis, rigid cab mounting and air-sprung 

comfort cab seat, the Unimog provides a workplace which not only falls 

well within stipulated vibration limits but also retains a very high 

degree of comfort and quiet even in extreme conditions. 

Just how extraordinary the Unimog’s operations at the Hambach 

mine are is also illustrated by the fact that Mercedes-Benz conducts 

vehicle testing at the site. “It provides us with an ideal test setting, 

because the brown coal, water and mud create really extreme conditions,” 

explains Unimog product manager Jan Debler. Those extreme 

conditions can be used to simulate scenarios which would otherwise 

take years to recreate. They enable Mercedes-Benz to test the Unimog 

in a kind of time-lapse environment. “We place great value in being 

oped the brake encapsulation installed in all 

our vehicles together with Mercedes-Benz 

for example. It isolates the brakes behind a 

steel covering, so protecting them against 

dirtying. The brakes are much more durable 

as a result. The heavy-duty tractor tread on 

the tyres prevents dirt from getting trapped 

in them and additionally provides optimum 

traction on rugged terrain. 

Unimog Magazine: How long do the Unimog 

run for? 

Jörg Rübsteck: It depends on what job they 

are doing. On average, we run Unimog for 

between 7 and 13 years. During that time, they 

cover between 180,000 and 300,000 kilo - 

metres. That is a lot – especially given the 

extreme conditions on-site. 200,000 kilo - 

metres at an open-cast mine is almost comparable 

to twice or even three times the 

mileage on the road. r

able to conduct practical trials in real-life operation at a customer location 

and incorporate the results into the ongoing technical development 

of our vehicles,” says Debler. That works also thanks to partners 

such as RWE Power AG. r 

r Hambach mine 

Operations at the Hambach open-cast mine close to the village of the 

same name began in September 1978. It was six years before the first 

brown coal was extracted from a depth of 160 metres. The 700 million 

cubic metres of sand, clay and gravel above it – the so-called spoil – had 

to be moved first. Today the Hambach mine, with its workforce of some 

1,500 people, mines some 40 million tonnes of brown coal a year from 

depths of down to 370 metres, excavating some 250 million cubic metres 

of spoil in the process. The brown coal from the mine is used to generate 

electricity at the nearby power stations operated by RWE, which make up 

around 25 percent of Germany’s total energy mix. 

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18 TRANSPORT• UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Sunday driving ban? Not for the Unimog 

Eugen Betz from St. Johann near Reutlingen has been a self-employed transport operator serving the construction 

trade since 1975, and he is a convinced Unimog fan. He also uses his U 500 for Winter gritting and snow clearing. 

“MY U 500 IS simply the ideal vehicle for me 

– and not just as a tractor rig,” Eugen Betz comments 

enthusiastically. “I need it all year round. 

I supply machinery and building materials on 

the low-loader to construction sites around the 

district. During flat periods when that work is 

not available I can do transport jobs using different 

trailers without having to modify the 

vehicle itself. And in Winter, when there is no 

construction work going on, I can earn good 

money gritting and snow clearing.” 

That is why his U 500 additionally has a ballhead 

trailer hitch and on-spot tyre chains. The 

U 500 is his fourth Unimog in 30 years. In the 

early days he also drove trucks that were somewhat 

more powerful: “But after comparing the 

advantages and disadvantages, I stuck with the 

Unimog,” he recalls. He uses the 10 metre long 

low-loader to transport construction machinery 

to sites around the Schwäbische Alb hill areas. 

The manoeuvrability and compact design of 

the U 500, with its short wheelbase of just 

3350 millimetres, make the vehicle easy to 

handle: “I can easily get to sites in town centres, 

negotiating tight bends, narrow, winding 

streets and tricky one-way systems where a 

truck would often not be able to get,” Betz 

reports with a grin. Another important aspect 

for him is that the Unimog is registered as an 

agricultural tractor rig, which means he does 

not have to pay road tolls when travelling 

unladen. And he is not subject to the Sunday 

driving ban on motorways. The state-of-the-art 

With his 10 metre long low-loader Eugen Betz 

transports construction machinery quickly and reliably 

to sites around the Schwäbische Alb area.

The U 500 is a boon to Eugen Betz because of its registration as a tractor rig. 

As a result, he has no road tolls to pay, and is not subject to overtaking bans and 

driving restrictions which affect trucks. 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • TRANSPORT 19 

“I can easily get to sites in town centres, 

negotiating tight bends and narrow, winding streets.” 

Eugen Betz, self-employed transport operator serving the construction trade 

BlueTec ® engine OM 906 LA, developing 

210 kW of power output and conforming to the 

Euro 5 emissions standard, is another key 

factor for Betz: “It gives me plenty of power 

and speed; the automatic transmission means 

I can concentrate fully on driving; and by 

meeting the high emissions standard I am 

allowed into any designated pollution control 

zone where other trucks are not. As a result, 

my consignments are guaranteed to be 

delivered punctually every time.” 

The all-round visibility offered by the Unimog’s 

cab provides Betz with a clear overview 

at all times – and that is especially important 

for his Winter work on the roads. “Only the 

U 500 allows me to control the snow plough so 

tightly and accurately.” He is assigned to keep 

clear some 180 kilometres of roads around 

Würtingen and St. Johann in the Winter, which 

means he is out and about from four in the 

morning, with a snow plough mounted on the 

front and a grit silo on the flat-bed load space. 

“My gritting and snow clearing contract with 

the local authority also means I pay no road tax 

between November and March,” he goes on. 

“A lot of other operating costs are much lower 

than for a truck too.” The insurance classification 

for the U 500 is also useful. “As a light 

industrial tractor rig, it runs with a black 

licence plate at the same rate of premium as 

an agricultural tractor.” And there are more 

benefits, as he outlines: “Incidentally, the 

U 500 also needs just four tyres of all the 

same size. To handle the identical transport 

capacity with a truck, I would need a doubletyred 

three-axle rig, which would mean buying 

10 in total.” 

All-round talent: working all year round 

The flat-bed load space is particularly valuable 

to Betz. “It is not only excellent for mounting 

the gritter, but is also useful in Summer for 

carrying ballast, occasionally also a fuel tank 

to refuel construction machinery on-site, but 

most of all for transporting gravel and excavated 

spoil.” This fills a gap which is often 

left between different types of construction 

machinery and trucks. The low-loader is then 

parked up, and a three-axle trailer is hitched 

in its place. The trailer has air suspension of 

course, because a trailer with leaf springs would 

be continuously bouncing, as Betz asserts. And 

he adds: “Thanks to the Unimog’s tight chassis 

setup, the trailer keeps nicely in line with the 

towing vehicle, and does not wobble around.” 

For his tandem-axle trailer he needs the additional 

hitch to DIN 74051 with the 40 mm bolt. 

“With that I can easily tow a 30 tonne load and 

still keep to the 40 tonne gross vehicle weight 

limit without having to get a special permit, 

which I would need for a truck towing such 

a load.” 

He has extra space on the flat-bed load space 

too, providing even greater flexibility. “Only 

the all-round capabilities of the Unimog allow 

me to keep busy all year round with a single 

vehicle. Thanks to it, I have virtually no flat 

periods in between.” He is also full of praise for 

the Unimog distributor Schmalz + Sohn in 

Oberndorf: “I will certainly be staying faithful 

to both: to the Unimog and to my local service 

centre.” r 

Eugen Betz and Unimog – a good partnership. 

Betz will definitely be sticking with his all-purpose 

workhorse in future.

20 DUAL-MODE OPERATION • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

“Green Logistics” 

on road and rail 

Rail freight operator DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG, a subsidiary of German national rail 

company Deutsche Bahn, has for approaching two years now been running a pilot project at 

three of its locations deploying the Mercedes-Benz Unimog as a railway marshalling vehicle. 

The results it has delivered have been outstanding in terms of economy and eco-friendliness. 

BOTH ON THE road and on the railways, 

DB Schenker is a leading international logistics 

company. As part of the landmark “Green 

Logistics Networks” project, the Deutsche 

Bahn subsidiary is interlinking its various 

modes of transport not only with a view to 

maximising commercial benefit but also, 

especially, according to ecological considerations, 

in order to provide its customers with 

a carbon-optimised transport chain. Within 

that remit, DB Schenker Rail, Europe’s largest 

rail freight operator, is also currently running 

a pilot project at three locations in Germany 

involving the use of a Unimog U 400 as an 

environmentally friendly railway marshalling 

vehicle. The company has been operating the 

Unimog for almost two years now in what is 

one of the largest and most efficient marshalling 

yards in Germany, at its Cargo Centre 

in the major rail hub city of Nuremberg. The 

two other dual-mode Unimog are being run 

under the control of DB Schenker Rail’s 

Hanover Cargo Centre. In contrast to the 

Nuremberg operation, in Hanover the company 

is running the vehicles as a service provider 

directly on behalf of its customers, on their 

own sidings – at Sappi GmbH in Alfeld and at 

Panopa GmbH in Wolfsburg-Vorsfelde. 

Environmentally friendly thanks to BlueTec ® 

technology 

“We were looking to adopt a new approach to 

marshalling, and we initially commissioned 

a degree thesis to investigate in detail alternative 

concepts for marshalling vehicles,” 

explains Werner Matz, manager of the 

Nuremberg Cargo Centre of DB Schenker Rail 

Deutschland AG. “The outcome of the study 

revealed the dual-mode Unimog to be the 

most suitable system for our needs. Following 

on from those findings, in 2008 we procured 

a Unimog U 400 with rail operation systems 

from Zwiehoff/Zagro as a replacement for

an ageing marshalling locomotive,” Werner 

Matz continues. The core task of the dualmode 

Unimog in Nuremberg is to transport 

freight cars into the maintenance shed. The 

serviced and repaired cars are then pulled 

out of the shed again by the Unimog into the 

marshalling yard where they are ready to be 

put back into operation. Claus Barth, group 

leader at DB Schenker Rail in Nuremberg, 

comments: “We are particularly impressed 

by the low consumption levels of the Unimog. 

Between 5 and 6 litres of diesel per hour in 

operation is a major savings potential compared 

to a locomotive.” And not just that: The 

locomotive’s engine is not usually switched 

off for brief periods of inactivity, whereas 

the Unimog can be. Werner Matz comments: 

“That is exactly the right kind of solution 

for a company such as ours, which takes the 

issue of Green Logistics very seriously and 

is looking to drive forward developments in 

the field. In fact, it is also something which 

transport companies using our services 

increasingly expect of us.” And the Unimog 

offers another major advantage over a 

locomotive: “Since we have been using the 

Unimog instead of a marshalling locomotive, 

we have had much better working conditions 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • DUAL-MODE OPERATION 21 

r TECHNICAL FEATURES AT A GLANCE 

� State-of-the-art, environmentally 

friendly Euro 5 diesel technology 

� Permanent all-wheel drive and 

differential locks for maximum 

pulling power 

� Torque converter clutch for smooth 

drive-off when pulling heavy loads 

� Full traction thanks to high friction 

coefficient between rubber tyre and rail 

� High-swinging rail guidance system 

for safe tracking 

� Rail car brake system for 

800 tonnes/52 axles 

� User-friendly remote control to 

safety class AK6 

� EBA approval, licensed to operate 

on DB network infrastructure 

r DB SCHENKER RAIL 

“The dual-mode Unimog has worked 

very well for us to date,” comments 

Werner Matz. 

With sales of some 3.7 billion Euros, 

25,000 employees and 3,300 rail heads 

served in Germany alone, DB Schenker Rail 

is Europe’s leading rail freight operator. 

Its range of services, working together with 

a number of European subsidiaries to provide 

cross-border transport services all from one 

source, incorporates complete trains, single-car 

transports and combination consignments. 

The focus of its rail freight operations is 

on bulk transports for the iron and steel, 

chemicals, oil, building materials and waste 

management industries. 

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22 DUAL-MODE OPERATION • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

“The Unimog’s fuel consumption is astonishingly low, 

at 5.5 litres of diesel per operating hour on average.” 

Werner Matz, manager of the Nuremberg Cargo Centre of DB Schenker Rail Deutschland AG 

in the maintenance shed. The Unimog, 

with its state-of-the-art BlueTec ® technology, 

goes virtually unnoticed – both in terms of 

emissions and in terms of noise.” 

Economical: low fuel consumption 

The Unimog’s low emissions, based on its 

environmentally friendly engine technology, 

were also a key factor in the decision to deploy 

the vehicle at the Wolfsburg-Vorsfelde site. 

Ralf Peters, responsible for marshalling planning 

at the Hanover Cargo Centre, explains: 

“The marshalling vehicle frequently has to go 

into the shed. Our customer Panopa was no 

longer willing to accept the diesel locomotive 

we had previously been using for the job 

inside the shed because the soot emissions, 

in particular, were harmful to staff. By using 

the Unimog we have now regained our customer’s 

full acceptance – an absolutely vital 

factor for us as a service provider of course.” 

Panopa operates an interim storage facility 

for steel coils in Vorsfelde near Wolfsburg. 

Ralf Peters reports: “DB Schenker Rail supplies 

steel on behalf of Panopa to the VW 

press plant in Fallersleben on a just-in-time 

basis for the plant’s three-shift operations. 

The Unimog handles all the marshalling 

work on the Panopa site – unlinking the 

incoming trains and transferring cars to the 

appropriate loading and unloading points. 

It also assembles trains and makes available 

car groups for outgoing goods shipments.” 

Ralf Peters is likewise very happy with the 

performance of his Unimog: “Marshalling at 

this location is a particular challenge, as we 

pull around 500 tonnes on average, and at 

peak times occasionally even 800 tonnes. 

Moreover, the rail yard at Panopa features a 

considerable curve radius as well as a small 

incline, which poses more difficulties for the 

marshalling vehicle. But the Unimog is able 

to deal perfectly with those challenges too!” 

Wienhold Averbeck, deputy head of financial 

controlling at the Hanover Cargo Centre 

and responsible for the dual-mode Unimog 

project, is more impressed by the economy of 

the vehicle: “We have to date run the dualmode 

Unimog for almost 4,000 hours, and 

it has consumed just 5.5 litres of diesel per 

Finally cleaner air: Compared to locomotives, the emissions of a Unimog in the maintenance shed 

are barely noticeable. That represents a considerable improvement in working conditions for staff. 

hour on average. That represents an enormous 

saving compared to the diesel locomotive 

we had previously been using, and is 

in itself sufficient to make our use of the 

Unimog worthwhile.” 

Operator comfort highly appreciated 

DB Schenker Rail is also deploying a dualmode 

Unimog in its role as a service provider 

to Sappi GmbH in Alfeld, and has already 

succeeded in convincing the customer of its 

merits. Detlef Spyra, Sappi procurement 

manager and head of rail operations, 

explains: “To ensure our production operations 

run smoothly and efficiently, it is 

important for us that DB Schenker Rail is 

able to transport all the required rail cars 

punctuality and reliably to where they are 

needed. The transports primarily involve raw 

materials for the manu facture of high-grade 

special papers”. Detlef Spyra goes on: “Previously 

DB Schenker Rail did the job using a 

four-axle locomotive. The dual-mode Unimog 

has been operating at our plant for about 

18 months now, and we are very happy with 

The Unimog is dismounted quickly and easily from the rails and can be driven 

on the road around the plant to its next work location.

the new setup.” Egbert Henkel, marshalling 

vehicle driver at the Alfeld facility, greatly 

appreciates the comfort the Unimog offers. 

“After having undergone a short period of 

induction in use of the dual-mode Unimog, 

I am now a big fan of it. The ability to dismount 

the vehicle from the rails, drive it to 

another location around the plant and then 

mount it back on the rails there means I am 

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much more flexible than when using a railbound 

vehicle.” 

Maximum availability is assured 

The service backup offered for the Unimog 

system is also a hit: “The nearby Mercedes- 

Benz customer service centre is able to 

carry out most maintenance work on-site, 

so maximum availability of the vehicle is 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • DUAL-MODE OPERATION 23 

The U 400 offers very high performance 

capability: it is able to move as much as 

800 tonnes along the rails with ease. 

assured,” affirms Lothar Pallant, who was 

one of the first operators to drive the Unimog 

in Alfeld.Based on its positive experience 

with the dual-mode Unimog, the Hanover 

Cargo Centre is already planning ahead. 

Wienhold Averbeck reveals the thinking: 

“We are already looking into a number of 

other potential applications for the Unimog 

as a marshalling vehicle.” r

24 ENGINEERING • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Flexible, 

manoeuvrable, 

agile – thanks to 

all-wheel steering 

Handling any bend with all-wheel steering: auxiliary rear 

axle steering makes the Unimog even more adaptable and 

manoeuvrable. Three practical examples. 

59 METRES ABOVE NORMAL ZERO. 10 o’clock in the morning in a 

forest clearing 40 kilometres south of Potsdam. A heavy machine is 

parked on the cycle path. A prototype: the U 400 with all-wheel steering 

and a 3600 millimetre wheelbase. Mounted on its right-hand side 

is a special unit designed for root barrier cutting – the WSF 800. The 

machine is on operations for gardening and landscaping company Feind 

based in Lübben. The aim of the work is to protect the asphalt, which 

has already been pushed up by roots at many points, against further 

destruction. The WSF 800 was developed by Feind in conjunction with 

construction machinery company AS Baugeräte. 

Accessing the location through rough terrain and working on the narrow 

cycle paths with no side surfacing demands the right tools. And in 

that respect company proprietor Reinhardt Feind swears by the Unimog 

– and has been doing so for the last 20 years. “We have been relying on 

Unimog since the company was founded back in 1990. We have the full 

range in our fleet, from the U 2100 to the U 500,” he goes on. It is a relationship 

of trust which remains on a firm foundation to this day. Or on 

24 wheels, to be precise. Because the R. Feind gardening and landscaping 

business operates six Unimog as part of its basic portfolio. The sixcylinder, 

231 hp engine of the U 400 with all-wheel steering emits a 

reassuring brumming noise as its rotating cutter neatly chops away the 

roots. In the same pass it lays down a root-barrier membrane and then 

back-fills and seals the trench it has made. The company boss is particularly 

proud of this U 400. Its steerable rear axle is what made it possible 

to do today’s job in the first place. “This is the first instance of a 

U 400 with this special equipment configuration on cutting operations,” 

he reports. 

Round the bend with the cutter 

“The particularly tricky part about using this vehicle was cutting round 

bends,” the head of the root barrier department at Feind, Norman Fruth, 

recalls. The cutter disk mounted on the right-hand side of the vehicle 

parallel to the direction of travel at a height of 50 centimetres above the 

ground must be guided smoothly round bends. That is the only way to ü

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • ENGINEERING 25 

On narrow, winding cycle paths the all-wheel steering of the 

U 400 operated by gardening and landscaping company 

R. Feind is very practical for root-barrier cutting.

26 ENGINEERING • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Maximum manoeuvrability – all-wheel steering makes it possible. This optimum 

starting position is a key criterion in favour of the U 400 for Reinhardt Feind. 

Low-slung side windows and large rear windows ensure a clear all-round overview 

even when faced by heavy snow drifts. Heated air driers additionally help keep the 

driver warm. 

The root cutter cuts a five centimetre wide trench next to the cycle path in which 

the RootBarrier ® 

membrane is laid. It is the ideal method of stopping roots. 

ensure a high-quality job. The solution found was a steerable rear axle. 

When the driver turns the front wheels to the left on a left-hand bend, 

the rear wheels move even further to the right. On tight left-hand bends, 

all four wheels are steered to the left, causing the Unimog to drive in a 

circle – a very tight circle. Because, despite the long wheelbase, the allwheel 

steering reduces the vehicle’s turning circle to just 13.2 metres. 

Steering with a flexible rear axle is possible up to a maximum speed 

of 30 km/h; the system then switches automatically to straight-ahead 

running with only the front axle controlling the steering. Consequently, 

neither the vehicle’s maximum speed nor its safety is affected. “The 

hydrostatic drive system was also very important for us,” company boss 

Feind adds. “It alone enables high levels of power transmission while 

maintaining consistent and precise vehicle movement, because the rate 

of working can be infinitely varied at a constant engine speed. It’s also 

ideal for cutting verges.” As if in agreement, the low-emission Euro 5 

standard engine of the U 400 growls away, working on metre by metre 

through the roots in the ground. 

Snow clearing on the St. Gotthard pass 

Change of scene: 2,091 metres above sea level. In a 2.5 metre snow drift 

on a road up on the St. Gotthard pass. Routine clearing of one of the key 

linking routes across the Alps is a full-time job for specialist machinery 

in the Spring months. So it is the ideal place to demonstrate highefficiency 

snow clearing. And that was the reason why Aebi Schmidt, 

a manufacturer of specialist machinery and vehicles for snow clearing, 

de-icing and cleaning of road surfaces chose to invite its customers to 

a very special event. The object of the demonstration was to enable customers 

to see for themselves the methods, equipment and machinery 

used, in live operation. Up on the pass itself, the big snow-clearers were 

then deployed. One of them was the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 400, 

fitted with the Schmidt FS 105 snow cutter. The nine-tonne vehicle cuts 

its way through metre-high snow walls with ease. This vehicle combination 

is capable of handling up to 900 tonnes per hour. In parallel, 

the Schmidt gritter unit mounted on the U 400 spreads grit from its 

2.5 cubic metre silo. Low-slung side windows and the large rear window 

on all Unimog models ensure drivers have an optimum view of the 

snow masses. Even at temperatures down to 30 degrees below zero, the

In the Summer, the U 400 is deployed to clean the narrow lanes around the harbour 

promenade in Lausanne. In the Winter it shifts the snow. 

climate inside the Unimog remains pleasant, thanks to a heated air drier, 

an engine block preheater and a power-boosted alternator – all factoryfitted. 

The all-wheel steering is particularly appreciated in this terrain too – 

in contrast to the root-barrier cutting operations, here in crab steering 

mode. In this mode, all four wheels are turned by the same angle in the 

same direction. As a result, the Unimog moves neither forwards nor in a 

curve, but in effect diagonally straight-ahead. This is beneficial on lateral 

slopes in compensating for the downward gravity force. It also greatly 

enhances manoeuvrability on the narrow St. Gotthard pass roads, and 

most especially in the tight snow channels with their steep side walls. 

All-wheel steering for narrow lanes 

All good things come in threes: 495 metres above normal zero. Driver 

Antoine Philipe steers his U 400 on street cleaning duties along the 

promenade of Lake Geneva. It is an impressive demonstration, extending 

into the narrow streets and lanes of the old city of Lausanne. This, 

too, is only possible thanks to the all-wheel steering. It enables Philipe 

to work in the tightest of urban spaces without resorting to timeconsuming 

reversing and manoeuvring. The 238 hp six-cylinder diesel 

engine, conforming to the latest Euro 5 standard, delivers all the power 

needed for the job. Mounted on the U 400 is a Trilety SK 370 sweeper. 

The assembly comprises a 1,000 litre water tank, a 4.7 cubic metre equipment 

container, a washer bar, the sweeper unit itself and the sweeper 

roller. The washer bar is mounted on the front mounting panel and is fed 

by a high-pressure unit. 

Despite this mounting, the panoramic cab design provides Philipe 

with a clear view of the frontal units at all times. On being asked about 

his U 400, Philipe shows real enthusiasm: “It is so flexible. I can even turn 

it into a Winter gritting and snow clearing vehicle, with all the necessary 

equipment, by making just a few changes.” And the U 400 offers a safe 

workplace in Winter too. Fitted with a Zaugg snow cutter and an automatic 

gritter, the U 400, with its all-wheel steering, gets its driver reliably 

to wherever he needs to be, including along the switchbacks to high 

up on the pass at Chalet-à-Gobet, an altitude of 873 metres. The hydrostatic 

drive system is a boon to this workhorse too – whether in the snow 

or not. Antoine Philipe is able to accelerate sensitively and smoothly up 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • ENGINEERING 27 

Water tank, equipment container, washer bar, sweeper unit – all in one assembly 

mounted on a U 400, keeping Lausanne clean. 

to speeds of around 25 km/h. The engine and power take-off shaft speeds 

are constant. For the last year the two have been running in combined 

operation. The Swiss operative clearly remembers the early times: “In 

order to make optimum use of the city of Lausanne’s available resources, 

a vehicle for Winter gritting and snow clearing operations and for street 

cleaning as well as a three-sided tipper with a rear-mounted crane had 

to be procured. So we had a choice: a Unimog or two other vehicles.” The 

decision in favour of the flexible Unimog with all-wheel steering was an 

easy one to make. r 

r ALL-WHEEL STEERING IN DETAIL 

Technical details: 

� The maximum steering angle is 14 degrees 

� The total weight is increased by about 180 kilograms 

� Rear axle steering is possible up to a maximum of 30 km/h ; above 30 km/h 

the system switches automatically to straight-ahead axle running 

Benefits in summary: 

� Reduced turning circle for the U 400 (short wheelbase: 11 to 12 metres; 

long wheelbase: 13 to 14 metres) 

� Improved manoeuvrability in dealing with obstacles 

� Highly manoeuvrable on narrow roads 

� Stability on lateral slopes thanks to crab steering

28 SERVICE • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Being a king 

The customer is king – it’s an old yet nonetheless true saying. 

But few businesses really apply the principle. Unimog Service 

proves that service is also always a question of attitude and 

commitment to one’s own products. 

TO BE A KING. To be cared for in every respect. To express wishes, and 

have them fulfilled. That level of customer expectation in terms of what 

service providers should deliver is certainly not an outdated maxim – as 

is clearly shown by what Unimog Service is able to offer: top standards 

of quality and environmental awareness, demonstrated to customers on 

a daily basis. When drivers bring their Unimog to the service centre, 

they are looking for one thing above all else: rapid assistance, with 

sound advice. Trust is a key element in this business, and it is founded 

on a combination of reliable service backup and expert technical knowhow. 

And trust has to be earned. A service provider is put to the test 

time and again, every day, and has to deliver performance, flexibility 

and a strong sense of personal care and attention. 

Tailored service packages 

Selective service packages are part of the standard offer when buying 

a new Unimog. Customers can choose from the following levels of service 

agreement, each bundling a range of services in a tailored package: 

� Service Extend. This provides an extended warranty for the drive 

train. Agreement terms can be up to 36 months, or 4,500 operating 

hours, from date of first registration. The only exclusions are maintenance 

and wearing parts. The drive train cover is available for the U 20 

and for the 100 and 1000 series. 

� Service Extend Plus. This service agreement protects the vehicle 

comprehensively, from the drive train and chassis to the frame, as well 

as the fuel, exhaust and steering systems. It also includes the electronics. 

The warranty period is 36 months / 4,500 operating hours or 

24 months / 3,000 operating hours from date of first registration. Again 

maintenance and wearing parts are excluded. Service Extend Plus can 

also be taken out with Service Mobility Protection. 

� Service Complete. The top option for comprehensive additional 

protection of the Unimog is the Service Complete agreement. It covers 

all workshop work, from coordination of appointments through to 

invoice checking. It also incorporates vehicle management, as well as 

Help, as soon as it is needed, and in full: With the Service Complete package, any Unimog 

can be provided with the optimum backup at all times – at a calculable fixed price.

the personalised Unimog Service Card. The benefit is that the vehicle 

is always ready according to schedule, and costs are calculable based 

on fixed instalments. 

� Service Leasing Complete. With this package, Mercedes-Benz 

offers a full-service package covering maintenance, repair, warranty 

and also vehicle leasing, all from one source. 

Routine care and maintenance: a must 

The Unimog is usually operated on continuous duty. In Summer. 

In Winter. Off road. On road. A breakdown can very quickly turn into a 

cost. This makes routine care and maintenance all the more important, 

both in ensuring optimum protection of the vehicle and in saving its 

operators money. 

If you have any questions please contact your local authorised 

Unimog dealer. r 

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30 UNISCOPE • UNIMOG 2 • 2010 

Unimog exotic model collection 

Unimog – Extreme – Exotic. It is under those three classifications that Carl-Heinz Vogler has for many years been collecting pictures of 

highly unusual and special Unimog vehicles. He is now presenting a selection from his collection in an exhibition at the Unimog Museum. 

THE UNIMOG is a special kind of vehicle in 

any case, but there are some variants of it 

which are even more unusual and special. That 

fact is richly evidenced by the “Unimog 

Exoten” (Unimog Exotic Models) exhibition at 

the Unimog Museum Gaggenau. Through until 

October 31st, Carl-Heinz Vogler, editor of the 

“Unimog Heft’l” specialist magazine, will be 

showing 105 large-format photos from his 

extensive personal collection of images. The 

pictures are accompanied by short texts on 

each of the extraordinary vehicles portrayed. 

Carl-Heinz Vogler’s impressive collection 

today comprises some 8,000 photographs of 

Unimog of all types, including 300 images of 

exotic model variants. “For the last 17 years 

I have been receiving around 30 to 70 photos 

of Unimog a month for the magazine – and the 

Unimog 2010 the star guest 

trend is rising. For the 

personal favourite among 

extreme modifications and 

the exotic specimens is a 

vehicles which could not 

Unimog-S (U 404) from 

be otherwise classified I 

Upper Bavaria with a 

invented the “Exotic mod- 

wood-burning carburetor, 

els” category. I regard it as 

which burns a sack of 

comprising an ascending 

dried wood per 100 kilo- 

scale of unusual or exotic 

metres (see photo). 

characteristics – Unimog A very special model: this U 404 runs on Anyone wanting still 

– Extreme – Exotic – ‘Dis- a wood-burning carburetor. 

more Unimog exotica after 

aster’ – which variously 

visiting the exhibition 

define the very special nature of the modified should stop by the Unimog Museum’s shop, 

vehicles.” His collection has grown steadily which is offering a 2011 desk calendar featur- 

over the years thanks to contributions from ing photos from the exhibition. And Carl-Heinz 

club members, friends, former Mercedes-Benz Vogler has not yet had nearly enough either. 

employees, authors of books on the Unimog, He is currently planning a book about exotic 

holidaymakers, archives, and of course also his Unimog models, incorporating some 200 illus- 

own pictures taken at Unimog meets. Vogler’s trations. r 

At the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Unimog Veterans Club, the focus of attention was on the first Unimog built under the 

auspices of Mercedes-Benz. 

WHEN THE Unimog Veterans Club (UVC) holds 

its Summer meet, fans of the characterful allrounder 

converge from all over Germany. This 

year the 900 members of the club gathered in 

Sassenberg-Füchtorf. The anniversary proved a 

big hit, as every year, with over 350 Unimog of 

all ages and sizes coming together. The 2010 

was the star feature, but attention was also 

focused on an original Boehringer from 1949. 

Equally impressive elements of the show were 

the rare mountings brought along by the oldie 

fans – some lovingly restored along with their 

carrier vehicles, some mounted in their original 

condition on a battered old ‘Mog. Hans- 

Peter Hartke, Chairman of the UVC, explains: 

“There are now two separate trends among 

Unimog collectors: some lovingly restore their 

vehicles part by part, while others render them 

driveable as they are, so as to preserve a piece 

of living history.” And so it was that, at the 

2010 UVC Summer meet on the Hof Hörstkamp 

estate, shiny new-looking restorations stood 

alongside battered old wrecks. The extensive 

parts market is also very popular. “We try to 

keep the hobby affordable by promoting the 

Vintage models on parade. 

The focus of attention: the 2010. 

buying and selling of parts,” Hartke comments. 

“Many of the parts get passed around within 

the club before they get put on the free market. 

It is also useful that Unimog’s Classic line produces 

and makes available technical components 

such as brakes for the old models.” r

Shopping at the 

click of a mouse 

THE UNIMOG SHOP provides Unimog 

fans with a comfortable and convenient way 

of following their hobby online. Visit 

www.mercedes-benz.de/unimog and 

World Tour, part I 

RITON GRAB has a big plan. As part of it, 

the Swiss adventurer has had a Unimog 

U 4000 (with a 3850 mm wheelbase) converted 

into a mobile home. The expedition 

Unimog, featuring all genuine leather trim 

in the cab and a Rotzler forward-pulling 

hydraulic winch on the vehicle’s rear (with 

5 tonnes pulling force and a Kevlar cable), 

offers lots of comforts for even the most 

extreme of tours. The interior features a 

seating group with a folding table on a 

pedestal in the front end area, a double bed 

with a slatted frame and comfort mattress 

(160 x 300 cm) as well as a shower and toilet 

cubicle with doors separating it from the 

interior. It also features a washing machine, 

an infrared surveillance camera (with 

searchlight), a tyre pressure control system, 

a roof flap and a fording unit. Grab’s first 

trip in his Unimog will take him to Argentina. 

It remains open to question whether he will 

No heavy carrying, no queuing at 

checkouts – Unimog fans can shop 

here comfortably and conveniently ... 

select “Unimog Welt” to access 

the Unimog Shop. The shop offers 

everything to make the Unimog 

fan’s heart beat faster: scale 

models, accessories and textile 

products. Whether it be a wooly 

hat, a 1:43 scale model Unimog 

U 500 Black Edition or a flashlight – just a 

few clicks will place the chosen article from 

the world of the Unimog in your basket. 

It really is the fun way to shop! r 

Riton Grab, shortly before his first trip in his 

Unimog 4000. His destination: Argentina. 

have time on such an exciting trip to enjoy 

all the delights of the on-board entertainment 

facilities. They include a satellite TV 

receiver, DVD and video player, and an 

audio system with Bose speakers. We wish 

him a great trip – and we will be reporting 

again on his progress! r 

UNIMOG 2 • 2010 • UNISCOPE 31 

Regional Group Central Baden-Ortenau- 

Alsace: “Historic films about the U 421” 

16 September 2010 

Unimog Museum, Gaggenau (D) 

Regional Group Northern Black Forest: 

Off-road driving day 

29 September 2010 

Waldachtal-Tumlingen (D) 

Unimog and MBtrac parts market 

2 October 2010 

Kuppenheim near Baden-Baden (D) 

FOREST 

5 to 8 October 2010 

Nitra (SK) 

AgroTech Russia 

8 to 11 October 2010 

Moscow (RUS) 

Stuttgart regional Unimog meet 


Hotel Gärtner, Holzgerlingen (D) 

Historic Unimog models U 2010 meet 

(rides, model differentiation tutorials ...) 


Unimog Museum, Gaggenau (D) 

“Unimog Exoten” (Unimog Exotic Models) 

exhibition 

To 31 October 2010 

Unimog Museum Gaggenau (D) 

BAU 2011 

17 to 22 January 2011 

Munich (D) 

enertec 

25 to 27 January 2011 

Leipzig (D) 

REISEN HAMBURG 

9 to 13 February 2011 

Hamburg (D) 

ITB Berlin 

9 to 13 March 2011 

Berlin (D) 

NUFAM commercial vehicles show 

14 to 17 April 2011 

Karlsruhe

A Daimler Brand 

The Unimog. One for all. 

Greater economic efficiency through all-year-round use. 

The Mercedes-Benz Unimog is a versatile assistant 365 days a year, whether mowing, 

snow clearing, gritting, snow cutting, cleaning or transporting, in summer or Winter. 

With up to four attachment and mounting points and quick-change system, implements 

can be exchanged quickly and simply. And at the same time, the Unimog is exceedingly 

cost-effective to run. Find out more about the Unimog from your retailer or website 

www.mercedes-benz.com/unimog

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