953 nut 55,174 #1 Posted February 14 I had planned to post this information along with several other European tractors but since @peter lena requested this I will do it today. Unimog This is one of the more interesting European tractors because most people think of the Unimog as a truck. The name is an acronym for Universal-Motor-Ger t, which translates into English roughly as the universal motor tool. Following World War Two manufacturing in Germany was strictly supervised to ensure that weapons of war were not produced. The Unimog was designed by Albert Friedrich and Heinrich R Ier as an agricultural vehicle with power take off for the operation of farm equipment. It was very capable of performing agricultural tasks as well as being driven at reasonable speed on the highway. Boehringer Brothers Machine and Tool built the Unimog from 1948 to 1951. Daimler/Mercedes began production of the Unimog in 1951 at their Gaggenau Plant. Since 2002, the Unimog has been built in the Mercedes-Benz truck plant in Wörth am Rhein in Germany. The Mercedes-Benz Türk A.Ş. plant assembles the Unimog in Aksaray, Turkey. Unimog vehicles are not sold in the United States anymore due to US EPA Emission standards but they can be made compliant and imported through a licensed importer. . 4 7 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,873 #2 Posted February 14 (edited) I am fascinated by the rotating plow. 040 in the video. Not sure is one left hand one right hand and if so, why? Edited February 14 by JoeM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,525 #3 Posted February 14 Those things are cool... 3 for sale in Michigan @Pullstart... plow day coming up - maybe you should expand your fleet... get the bus out of the mud... 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,834 #4 Posted February 14 (edited) 2 hours ago, JoeM said: I am fascinated by the rotating plow. 040 in the video. Not sure is one left hand one right hand and if so, why? The bottom plows as we know are uni-directional. Turnover plows allow the tractor to plow from right to left, then left to right. Less drive time going from row to row. @Tractorhead built one for his Iseki I think.. @wallfish ish sketch to illustrate the difference. To a WH guy, more seat time is a win. To a farmer, less time in a tractor means bigger profits. Edited February 14 by Pullstart 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,834 #5 Posted February 14 48 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said: get the bus out of the mud... It was 23 degrees this morning. I just spent an hour and a half moving the bus 2’ back and about 6” up. The devil in me told me to keep trying. The angle on the other shoulder said quit while you’re ahead. Lots of thing to do, driving Colleen around ain’t one of them! 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,174 #6 Posted February 14 2 hours ago, JoeM said: Not sure is one left hand one right hand and if so, why? As @Pullstart pointed out there is less wasted time in the field. Also, without the roll-over plow you would end up wit a double dead- furrow at the center of the field or one at each edge. That makes fitting with a disc harrow more difficult. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wallfish 16,994 #7 Posted February 14 6 hours ago, Pullstart said: @wallfish ish sketch to illustrate the difference 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeM 7,873 #8 Posted February 14 (edited) Look out Picasso! It an Etch a sketch thing. Edited February 14 by JoeM 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
