Which Unimog??

[stevenmd]

Although I am a few years away from this I thought I would get some direction now. I'm not worried about designing the sleeping/living quarters just yet. I need to find something that will accommodate 6 people comfortably in the cab during travel. I see there are several models of the famous Unimog... which one will meet my requirements?

[Robthebrit]

6 in the cab?

You can only get 2 in the front of any mog in comfort. The tranny and its many sticks sits between the front seats so there is no chance of a bench seat. Some sqaure cab mogs have double passenger seat but is not really big enough for 2 adults you may be able to squeeze an adult and a child but not if the child needs a car seat.

4 in the back is also really tight, 3 is more doable if you use the double front seat. This puts you in a square cab doka which at the moment are going to be $50k+ easily. Another options would be an 1300L37 fire truck, these have a much bigger can with two back seats in a club seating configuration. Even though these have a long wheelbase the bed is no bigger because of the monster sized cab. If you can find one of these trucks they are going to be a small fortune.

For 6 you best bet is to make a camper back with a pass through and sit them all on a couch in the back.

Rob

[stevenmd]

4 in the back is also really tight, 3 is more doable if you use the double front seat. This puts you in a square cab doka which at the moment are going to be $50k+ easily.

Is this the cab with two forward facing front seats and two rear facing seats directly behind them, then a forward facing bench seat after that?

[stevenmd]

Something like one of these?

[Blair G]

Something like one of these?

No, both those examples have forward facing seats. What Rob was talking about are the SBU with an additional stretch between the front and rear doors. With this though you get a really short bed. Nothings free!

Blair

[norseman]

If you want a Unimog based 6 person cab why not go the whole hog and get a Maximog plus trailer.

http://www.maximog.com/

Only about $1M for the Mog and likely the same again for the trailer

Other options might be MAN, Tatra or Kamaz with custom built cab.

Whichever route you go down you will end up spending a very big pot of money to get something for global travel on/off road that will take 6 people.

best of luck from David Gudmunsen

[Lynn]

I know that there are several members here who are also members of www.expeditioncampers.com, but you might get more feedback by posting your question over there.

As RobtheBrit suggested, your only choice might be a pass-through with cabin seating. However, full-sized pass-throughs on Unimogs are rare, because of the extreme frame flex, and resulting mis-alignment of the cab and cabin. On vehicles with a lot of frame flex, the accordion seal between the cab and cabin is a pain (hard to design, noisy, ugly, etc.)

I've been weighing a similar issue. I only need seating for four, but I want a full-sized pass-through.

You might be able to find a van-bodied vehicle, rather than a cab / chassis type, that doesn't have the mis-alignment issues.

If you aren't sold on a 'Mog, maybe consider something like this Volvo?

[tamangel]

how about something like this



full link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...157438493&rd=1

Mike

[Lynn]

how about something like this



full link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...157438493&rd=1

Mike

Oooooh, now THAT's what I'M tallkin' about!

[haven]

There are great photos of a 1971 Unimog fire truck here

http://classicunimogs.com/unimog_404_rosenbauer.htm

The crew cabin has seats for four or maybe six in fire fighting gear, with one seat facing forward and one facing to the rear. This layout precludes a pass through to the driver's compartment.

Given the need to seat six, you should consider a full-size American van, converted to 4x4. These vehicles are very capable of travel on just about anything that looks remotely like a road. For an example, see the 4x4 section of the Sportsmobile web site
http://www.sportsmobile.com/index.html

For other examples see the Vans and RVs section of this forum. Here's one recently described by group member "ujointclothing."



Tell us more about your need for driver plus five passengers. It might make more sense to have two vehicles like the new Jeep JK four door. That way one vehicle can recover the second when you get stuck, go for help when the second breaks down, and so forth.

Chip Haven