From: International Movie Services (ims@telus.net)
Date: Mon Oct 20 2003 - 19:29:55 PDT
Probably the Engineer Mercedes Unimog-lots of em here at Fort Lewis.
Cheers!
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Siegmund" <esiegmu@cox.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:01 AM
Subject: [MV] Question about combination backhoe/front-end loader
> Hello. I spotted an unusual military construction vehicle today and
wondered
> if someone could provide some details about it, and perhaps a link to a
> relevant website.
>
> The vehicle was on a 4WD truck chassis, with rubber tires (traveling at
> highway speed). It had a front-end loader bucket on the front, which
didn't
> look unusual, but the rear of the vehicle was unlike anything I'd ever
seen.
>
> Where the truck bed would normally be, there was a maze of articulating
> joints neatly folded into a compact mass. It was obvious that the joints
> were unfolded hydraulically, with stabilizing legs coming out first
> (probably lifting the rear tires off the ground) and followed by a
> good-sized backhoe attachment.
>
> The truck drove past me while I was out for a bike ride, so I didn't get a
> chance to inspect it. Anyone have any details on this rather unusual (for
> this part of the country, anyway) vehicle?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
> Midland, TX
>
>
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