Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Create Account now to join.
  • Login:

Welcome to the NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums.

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed.

Alpine Ammo Direct


User Tag List

+ Reply to Thread
Page 2 of 3 FirstFirst 123 LastLast
Results 16 to 30 of 39
Like Tree26Likes

Thread: Ex-NZ Army Unimogs

  1. #16
    P38
    P38 is offline
    Member P38's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Hastings
    Posts
    5,692
    Quote Originally Posted by Barefoot View Post
    I remember when they sold off the small ones years ago. I thought about it real hard, till I priced out the cost of spare parts
    Hahahaha

    If I remember correctly, the cost of spare parts would pale in comparison to the cost of keeping it supplied with fuel to actually drive it.
    @Keltic_Kiwi What do you want a monster like this for?

    Cheers
    Pete

  2. #17
    Member chris-b's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Posts
    106
    You guys have to check out this stuff then. Been eyeing up a Perentie Cargo, fingers crossed I get the funds before they're all gone.

    Unimogs and 6x6 B there too

    https://www.australianfrontlinemachi...s#.Vfz6M3sghx0

    Anyone want to share a 40ft container let me know, can load it up with spares

    Name:  11406523_389847001223102_5392866927069104040_o-850x567.jpg
Views: 3482
Size:  110.6 KB
    Ping-Ping and Pew-Pew.
    Mathews Monster 28" @ 60#. X-Bolt .308

  3. #18
    Member Savage1's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Whangarei
    Posts
    3,488
    Those land rovers have to be some of the most over-rated pieces of s%$t I've come across. Maybe if you're 5'0" then they might be a little more comfortable.

  4. #19
    Member 300CALMAN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2014
    Location
    NZISTAN
    Posts
    5,232
    I seem to remember the Rovers using nearly as much petrol as Unimogs use diesel! Not bad off-roaders but slow and under powered as F***

  5. #20
    Village Idjit Barefoot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2011
    Location
    Bunji's Bach
    Posts
    3,981
    If you really want a 4wd truck something like this would be what you want to look at:
    Mitsubishi Canter 4x4 CAB/CHASSIS, WIDEBODY 1994 | Trade Me

  6. #21
    Member specweapon's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2013
    Location
    Tasman
    Posts
    1,042
    I used to drive a unimog for a contracting company that my mum worked for, had a water tanker on it and I used to spray down the worksite while they were rolling base layers on roads and dam walls, did it for free just to drive the mog, had it in some crazy places

  7. #22
    Member JoshC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Southland/Otago
    Posts
    3,728
    They're awesome machines.




    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
    gadgetman likes this.
    I'm drawn to the mountains and the bush, it's where life is clear, where the world makes the most sense.

  8. #23
    Member stretch's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    Location
    Clarks Beach, (South of) Auckland
    Posts
    1,738
    Especially when you're in uniform and don't have to pay the fuel bill.
    southernredneck and Roddy like this.

  9. #24
    Member zimmer's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2012
    Location
    Waikato
    Posts
    4,986
    Quote Originally Posted by 300CALMAN View Post
    I seem to remember the Rovers using nearly as much petrol as Unimogs use diesel! Not bad off-roaders but slow and under powered as F***
    In the early days of the mine I worked in they had a fleet of Land Rovers. They couldn't hack the tough conditions/use. Expensive to repair and amazingly some lack on commonality in spare parts between models. The 6 cylinder ones everyone avoided using like the plague. All replaced by the first of the Landcruisers (FJ50?). Only problem with them was the first models were short on gears. But we couldn't destroy them as a vehicle.

  10. #25
    Member chris-b's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Posts
    106
    Been looking at the Perentie's a bit, have a fuly galved chasis and have swapped out motors to Isuzu Diesel, bit of a brick as it comes but has massive low down torq. Turbo and powersteering kits are available which are supposed to be a peice of piss to install if you can hold a spanner. I wouldn't go near a Petrol one tho.

    Love to afford a Toybota but.... like the simplicty of the Perentie for half the price
    Ping-Ping and Pew-Pew.
    Mathews Monster 28" @ 60#. X-Bolt .308

  11. #26
    Member chrome's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2012
    Location
    wellington
    Posts
    479
    What about these.
    Name:  ImageUploadedByTapatalk1442704089.804588.jpg
Views: 2388
Size:  55.3 KB


    Sent from the swamp
    sometimes likes this.

  12. #27
    Member chris-b's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Posts
    106
    Pinzgauers are now really $$$$ and parts are expensive too. Have Portal axels which mean theyre pretty much ultimte in ground clerance.... looked into these pretty heavily, even had one lined up to be shipped but exchange rate killed that plan.

    Wishlist went from Pinz to the Volvo C303 (TGB 11), simlar age but a bit more robust and easier to find parts. One model has a foot step on the B pillar... steer clear as they're steel body and will be rotten. The others (minus the foot step hole) are all zinc plated.

    Pretty good for a 1975 stock out of the box 4x4 (classed as 'classic' for importing). Still have the Swedish contact for these puppies.. 10k ish to land in NZ, less if more than one brought in.

    Ping-Ping and Pew-Pew.
    Mathews Monster 28" @ 60#. X-Bolt .308

  13. #28
    Member chris-b's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Posts
    106
    chrome likes this.
    Ping-Ping and Pew-Pew.
    Mathews Monster 28" @ 60#. X-Bolt .308

  14. #29
    Member Keltic_Kiwi's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2014
    Location
    Napier
    Posts
    108
    Quote Originally Posted by P38 View Post
    Hahahaha

    If I remember correctly, the cost of spare parts would pale in comparison to the cost of keeping it supplied with fuel to actually drive it.
    @Keltic_Kiwi What do you want a monster like this for?

    Cheers
    Pete
    Looking at putting a camper van body on the back
    7. Avoid alcohol or drugs when handling firearms

    Good judgement is the key to safe use of firearms.

    "There's a reason you go to a zoo and you don't get eaten by Lions, they're in the cages. That's how that works."

  15. #30
    Member stretch's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2014
    Location
    Clarks Beach, (South of) Auckland
    Posts
    1,738
    Quote Originally Posted by chris-b View Post
    Still have the Swedish contact for these puppies.. 10k ish to land in NZ, less if more than one brought in.
    Wait for the exchange rate to get back above 70, then do a group-buy!

 

 

Similar Threads

  1. NZ Army one man Hoochie
    By Bulltahr in forum Gear and Equipment
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 23-08-2012, 11:38 AM
  2. British Army Gor-Tex Bivi Bag
    By Splash in forum Gear and Equipment
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 12-02-2012, 03:25 PM

Tags for this Thread

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Welcome to NZ Hunting and Shooting Forums! We see you're new here, or arn't logged in. Create an account, and Login for full access including our FREE BUY and SELL section Register NOW!!