$385,000 Mercedes UNIMOG vs Hell's Revenge: Move Over Bronco & Wrangler There’s a New Boss in Moab! 

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Me when I retire…Honey I am buying a mercedes… Wife: OMG I have always wanted one 😊

I love Unimogs, they epitomize the ultimate off road truck. If you guys get a chance, do a story on his shop and the other rigs that he builds.

Unimog's are used by many train companies, where they have a set of hydraulic operated train wheels they can lower down to the tracks. So being able to goes both ways at 70 m/h are used for that.

That unmistakable sound of a MB inline 6 diesel!! Brought back memories!!

Living in Austria I see the Unimogs very often in very different situations (as the "Uni" in Unimog stands for "universal" ;-) ), but I'm always impressed by its offroad capabilities! This video was so much more fun to watch and so much more respectful for the Unimog than DeMuro's giggling-video, that I have seen a couple of weeks ago. Thanks for that!

Here in Germany we say: If an Unimog can't go there, no one can go there. Nice Video! Greetings from Germany.

I had a Swiss 404 UNIMOG back in the late 90s. Military surplus in excellent shape! Loved it...

Andre standing next to that ledge really helped put things into perspective. WOW!

I bet this guy's favorite thing ever is when someone starts bragging about their Jeep to him.

I was just about to cross shop a 30k Bronco and a 30k Wrangler when this video popped up on my feed. Thanks, TFLoffroad, I've decided to buy a 300k 25 year old truck.

This was one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen on the channel guys. That rig is just next level. Great find!

The first unimogs were designed to work as a tractor on the farm and be able to drive to town also after WWII.

Americans don’t realize that Mercedes is one of the biggest truck makers in the world, just because you don’t see them in the U.S. The Unimog is the Mac-daddy of off-road vehicles.

My father was the first to import Unimogs into the UK primarily as snow clearing equipment in the very early 60s after he saw them operate in Switzerland in the winter of 59! One was a dedicated unit with a fixed snowblower on the front, driven by a large diesel engine mounted in the bed with a shaft that ran under the truck! the other ones were more a standard unit with the smaller snowblowers driven off the front PTO!

I want to see one of your Samurai on TFL . I was so sad when they sold the small lovely Suzuki.

Couch is very accommodating, I needed parts for my G wagen and they downloaded and sent me the data card and parts!

That thing takes "granny gear " to a whole other level

15:40 , Yep, a Samurai with diff-locks is crazy capable and cool!

1problem with Unimog as an expedition truck thru Africa/South Amercia/other parts of the world: it scream money from 10 miles away. That in itself can be a problem, and not just because of security.

This was a nice treat to wake up to on Sunday. What a machine! Thanks TFL.

Considering a used surplus military U1300L in good conditions is around 13.000€, the price here seems a bit excessive...

One thing I love about Unimogs is the portal axles. Gives so much ground clearance that diff housing isn't an issue anymore.

I learned driving an unimog 401 when I was 15 years old. The most challenging part was kicking the clutch. This thing went everywhere you want it :-)

Brings me back to when I was a kid in Oz, my Dad and I entered a raffle to win a fully equipped Unimog with a camper on the back. It was beautiful. Since then it’s been a dream to travel the 🌏 in one of these things....Maybe one day. Love it. Keep it up TFL.

The cockpit is - even if the Mog is from the 90's - from the 80's. I remember it from my childhood. Have been in so many Mercedes trucks and semi -trucks. And also in Wörth where the plant for Mercedes trucks is.

The engineer knows his stuff, thank you TFL.

UNIMOGs have always been the ultimate off roader - just not cheap to buy or maintain - unless you can get them surplus - but still not cheap to maintain!

Portal axles for the win! Awesome build, and Mr. Couch is really cool, thanks for posting. Luckily here in Austria we have had Unimogs around as long as I remember (I am 53).

This is where individual electric hub motors would really shine. Gobs of instant torque going up, regen braking going down, no driveshafts, couplers, or linkages to worry about, with precision digital control. It would be the ultimate rock crawler. For those “non battery” die hards, you could even keep the diesel in place to constantly supply a/c power to the motors.

That thing is nuts! Great video, Andre and crew!

The sheer size of tires and ground clearance makes unimog in a different league than regular offroaders and suv's.

less than 50k$ in Germany, when in excellent condition. btw brand new ones 150k or so, for these small ones

I used to drive one on the army, amazing machine goes everywere, reliable, the reversible gears is crazy.....really miss it.

This was an awesome video!! Love Unimogs! More in the future if possible please!

Thanks Andre. I enjoy your kid like enthusiasm for the stuff I love too

No wonder that guy has 20 Unimogs of his own... For 385.000 I buy at least 3 brand new ones here in Europe. The last ones I bought were a bit less than 120k (EUR) and were nearly full option since we needed them to build agricultural equipment on them. They are awesome machines though, we once let one crawl onto a excavator bucket and it did it with ease 😎

This brings me back! Thanks guys!

Great Video! Thanks a lot. I am from Germany and I always saw the Unimog just as a agricultural or municipal service vehicle and never in the class of large Offroad vehicles. But to be honest as Offroad expedition vehicle this is awsome! Also, in documentaries in Germany about the unimog, most of the time they talk about the history of the development and the different tools you can attach to the front or the back (which I think is total cool) but I never heaard someone explain the point why the unimog is so capable in offroading or why things like the transmission or the frame is not solved differently. Big up!

"No electronics to fail". Aaaahhh - music to my ears!

Really impressed by the way the guy explained everything. 👍🏼

Have driven U1300s during my time in the German army - the most offroad worthy wheeled vehicle there, literally unstoppable in the rough, but a nightmare on long road trips

What a cool guy, and what a cool truck. TFL has so many interesting people on the channel.

Wow, that is a beast! maybe someday.

I wish I could afford one of these monsters! Truly amazing to see it destroy the Moab trails!

Great video TFL. As usual Andre...very good job!

Finally someone agrees with me on manual transmission and the lurching stop-go progress of autos off road, but l don't understand the eyewatering price here over a standard and totally capable U2150 or U1300L or the justification for a "prototype" overdrive when the proven Claas splitter overdrive is a standard fit.

This guy knows his stuff on these things. Awesome

I've wanted one of these since I first saw a German military version in 1986. Great rigs

These always make me feel like a kid again....That primal big truck sensation.

Review all his other builds! This guy is awesome.

More MOG content, please.

absolutely insane, awesome video

Thanks for sharing this😎

Saw a number of these in Iceland. Great for river crossings!

700k I can travel around the world in first class and staying at 5 star hotels, lol

So funny to watch this. I used to do this all the time when I was in the British Army, the difference was that I had an L118 light gun attached to the back of my truck!

That was really fun!

My dad has one, I guess it's a 406 or 416, certainly an oldtimer, but its whole life it's used for heavy work in the woods and it's still used for that purpose but it runs great. His boss knew he was driving an Unimog and he had some connections so he asked him if he want to drive a support vehicle (obviously an Unimog, but not his own) through the Sahara for a motocross and quad (?) travel group which he did. Must've been really cool.

Amazing machine, great video

That is one seriously bad ass rig.

Drove one of these in the Catskill Mountains in Upstate NY was very impressed. Well over 30 Years ago and obviously not priced like this in the least. Very practical along the USA Eastern and Western Regions I thought but for obvious reasons not so much in all of Central North America.

well one of those has the record for altitude climbing the ojos del salado volcano

Unimogs are the best trucks ever made

Beautiful machine *thanks for sharing*

Great content, just subscribed!

My sailing club in Berlin uses an old Unimog to transport the boats to and from the crane to let them to water. They use a special trailer with hydrulic controled axels because to get to the crane the have to traverse a 40° ramp. The boats weigh up to 10 metric tonnes, and the Mog has no problem shifting these weights.

Great job, Andre.

Impressive Unimog..but at the same time I can pick up an M1078 for 10k or any other surplus vehicle for way less and modify..TFL you guys should do reviews on those vehicles..they are reasonably priced...

Andre always does a great job.

Aside from having much smaller tires this is very similar to my tractor drivetrain wise. I like it a lot. I once thought these axles would be great under a jeep until I tried it. They weren't as strong as the 2 1/2 Rockwell's in my experience. Those reduction hubs are great for ground clearance but not the strongest for rock bouncing with 44 inch cut boggers attached to them.

I can't believe you compare a unimog to a jeep or bronco not even comparable!

There’s a short wheel base MOG all decked out for sale by my work,wish I had the extra scratch to get it!! There cool as hell

Man, I loved this.

I have a Unimog 1300 Turbo '82 that has freewheels on the front axle. ( custom made ) 8 speed forward 4 backwards. Overdrive is not such a good idea on a Unimog because of the portal axles with some " gearbox " on each side. Those things have an airvent and by high speeds, the oil leaves by that airvent in the axle and never returns. So, it's posible that the wheelbearings run dry and that leads to a high cost on parts. A Unimog was never build for the highway. 90 km/h for houres can give problemes. Oil get warm, less oil make's it even hot . On mine there is a looking glas for the oil level and an expansion system that let the air go but not the oil. And the problem is only on the front axle because the back axle is one part in total so the oil go's back and so with the differential. A Unimog with fast axles is in my opinion a bigger risk. Oil control is realy needed and for that a bold need to be unscrewed every time on a standard Unimog with the risk of dirt getting where you do'nt want it. The engine on mine has an extra oil cooler and a bigger engine cooler with an 24V fan and thermostat. The freewheels and that fan system safes HP and feul . The Mog , single cab, has some 73.000 km now and has a new empty box on the back, ready to build in, and is for sale. In Spain. ( Unimog ex-German army, I'm out of the needed driving licence, I'm a " ' 49" er :-)

Them things go everywhere. Good example of that is them being used in the Dakar rally . Very much like you see it in this clip

I'm watching you from Namibia big fan...

i think you forgot to highlight the portal axis, perfect for the ground clearance

A scaled down Unimog would be my dream car

Bro, i've been all over South America and a as cool as a unimog is, its complete over kill. I did epic mountain passes, salt lakes, patagonia, Amazon (not the rain season) all with a 2 cylinder 550cc Mitsubishi micro van (not even 4wd). If you wanted to travel the trans amazonian highway you'd need something 4x4 and lifted, but otherwise.....

Great and interesting video!

Unimogs are beasts! The first time we sat in one takkling 4×4 tracks we knew we want one. Now we have one and convert it into an expedition vehicle🥰

Oh yeah the Unimog is a hell of a Offroad Monster.

That's amazing. As was the "like riding a drunk elephant" comment!

That was very impressive I am not going to lie good job. 👍

What day were you guys out there? Jeep had wagoneer prototypes out there on tuesday

Wow awesome rig👍

Bigger vehicles are most of the time more capable but smaller vehicles have easier lines that they can take.

the mogs are just outstanding I used to use mine for recovering and removing burnt out cars from the forrest the forrest servive in ther uk wetre all ways amazed of where I would put the mog

What’s the tip over ankle on this , it seems top-heavy and some of those obstacles it looks like it wants to flip over?

OK - tonight I'll ply the missus with a decent red and we'll cancel our forthcoming renovations and order one of these babies. That would require a lot of red wine unfortunately! I wonder if they'll do a RH drive version? Awesome vid and cheers from Sydney, Aust - Dave

My dad loves these rigs I've been around them my whole life

Jay Couch, one of the nicest guys around. Knew him when I lived in Denver.

Awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Liked & Subcribed!!

Dang I was hoping to see them do the whole trail

Thanks for the shout out to Namibia :-)

Thats a nice Universalmotorgerät!

Good show

I always wanted that exact setup in a Unimog, but nearly $400k is insane. Not a chance.

Last year I came across one in a gas station that had a for sale sign on it, I stopped went in and looked at it for a few minutes then inquired about it. It was way more than I could afford so I took photos of it to push me to one day get one.