Re: [MV] UNIMOG STEERING

James Shanks (n1vbn@bit-net.com)
Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:35:38 -0500

In the school (?) of driving a dump truck on construction sites it is SOP to
tell all drivers new to the construction world to keep their thumbs out of
the steering wheel or they will not have then where they want then. This
includes trucks with power steering. I learned on a 1963 Mack B-81 dump
truck IE: manual steering quadbox tranny (5x4) with the original 180 HP
Thermadyne engine with very high rear end ratios. This truck was one of 200
built for the contractor that built the 1964 Worlds Fair in New York City as
such it had the highest rear end ratio Mack offered. Top speed was 47 M.P.H.
in 5th gear High split!!!! And YES!!! The blasted steering wheel will take
out your thumbs faster than you could spit. GOOD ADVICE!!!

James Shanks
n1vbn@bit-net.com
(N1VBN is my Ham Radio callsign)
n1vbn@wb1dsw.nh.usa.noam

-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Mehlhorn <a.mehlhorn@t-online.de>
To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] UNIMOG STEERING

>Gary R. Downing schrieb:
>> Fellow Moggers SAFETY WARNING! This has been said before on the UNI net
>> but my painful experience should serve as a wake up call. I was drilling
>> through old concrete with a large hammer drill. My grip on the drill
>> motor was almost identical to my usual grip on my '63 Mog 404 steering
>> wheel. The carbide bit dug into an invisible piece of re-bar. The drill
>> motor came back, taking my thumb with it. IT BROKE MY WRIST IN THREE
>> PLACES! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict that when off
>> road, any large immoveable object in front of your Mog's front wheel can
>> and will spin your steering wheel just like the drill motor did to me.
>> The doctor said I might have arthritis problems for <underline>the rest
>> of my life!
>>
>> </underline>I usually drive on roads so I have the bad habit of wrapping
>> my thumb around the wheel. We are likely to carry those bad habits into
>> the boonies. I recommend practicing driving with your thumbs ON TOP OF
>> THE STEERING WHEEL EVEN ON GOOD ROAD! DEVELOP GOOD HABITS !!!!!8-)
>
>In the driving schools of the German Bundeswehr they teach the soldiers
>to keep the thumb on top of the steering wheel, when driving off road.
>
>Best regards
>Andreas
>
>
>
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