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My idea of a PROPER and MAN s Pickup Truck
We have a fairly short wheelbase F800 single axle with only a 10' dump box & 2' tool bin behind cab. Even at that you have to make about a 19 point turn unless there's room to make a circle.
The Hino on the other hand is a VERY different animal, if you are on a 4 lane road (two driven, two parking lanes) you can make a U-turn inside the curbs in a single shot. The fact that you actually sit ahead of the front wheels is a little disconcerting at first, especially for a passenger when you make a tight left turn.
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I have always had a soft spot for the offroad trucks that they run in the Paris-Dakaar rally. I have never seen one in the US set up for offroad, but I think that the really good ones are made by Iveco or something like that.
These are big trucks in the 2.5 ton class and really move through the sand.
A high priority for me is to always have a garage/shop for large equipment. I haven't built a new one since I moved this year. Nothing says ARGHHHH like a 14 foot motorized shop door and an overhead hoist.
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AC,
Are you talking about the Mercedes Benz Unimog?
There are two Unimogs with huge ass snowblowers mounted on them sitting at a Freightliner dealer on my way to work. Everytime I drive by, I have to wipe the drool off my chin.
I thought they stopped importing them back in the 70s but these two are brand new.
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I wasn't talking about the Unimog, but I think that there is a version of those that they run in that offroad race also. I didn't know what they were called, but they have the characteristic Mercedes emblem. I have some videos of the event that my friends took. I will have a look at them when I get the chance.
Most of the trucks that I remember from that rally are cab-over designs with some sort of low profile box on the back. Maybe the box was to carry fuel. 
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AC, you were correct, they are Iveco. They are custom built for that race, but based on a prioduction truck intended for "sub-standard roads and conditions" in third world countries, etc.
BNR, you were right too, M-B stopped importing trucks to NA in the early 70's but Frieghtliner and M-B now have a strategic alliance which will see Frieghtliner dealers carrying M-B trucks, including the famous Unimog.
These are really neat units, they are also available with a standard Cat. 2 3pth & pto, front, back, both or either one alone.
Wait a minute, "proper man's truck WITH a 3pth & pto....
Now where getting somewhere .......
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oh aw UNIMOG The worlds most univeral truck. Nothing comes close that is stock. Most customs can't match it etheir. I have seen a lone unimog drag out a jeep and hummer at the same time. thanks god for those 20 gears. They can dig out a city from snow and then go fight a fire, then mow the grass, then place telephone poles, and more. I swear to god i will have an unimog. The news one start at $75000. Used U models get $20000 and up even if 20 years old.
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