Six minters just begging for go-anywhere camper conversions..
https://www.turners.co.nz/buses-caravans/auctions/1006-60587/
Printable View
Six minters just begging for go-anywhere camper conversions..
https://www.turners.co.nz/buses-caravans/auctions/1006-60587/
Hate to think what they cost to buy and convert.
Mint project for someone though!
Hard times for Go Orange? They still seem to be in business though with lots of water activities advertised.
All quite low k's.
They bought them to drive into SKippers during mid/late 2019, poor timing and the reception of the idea was poor to say the least, very little clearance for them on the road (talking centermeters) they then moved them into other rafting areas but road handling is most likely very poor and the Von valley gig didnt work out due to covid.Quote:
Originally Posted by zimmer
Definitely make an amazing camper
I think the bare vehicle was 250 thou, (was at Fieldays 2018) then the passenger conversion was fitted, so another hundy?? Box stowage ruined their departure angle. Unfortunately being a modern Euro vehicle its got over a dozen computers running it, and a 3.5 ish litre engine pumped to the max. Hardly a Zombie apocalypse vehicle, unlike the ageing NZ Army fleet that will go forever.
3.5 liter?
You sure about that?
According to carjam it's 5.1L on the paperwork.
Hmm, must be a sign of getting old. But yes, Joe 90 appears to be correct, smaller than the good ol original OM 352A.
What's the point of a high ground clearance vehicle like this and then putting the low steps and boxes under it?
Wasn't @40mm looking for one a while back ?
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
Yeah, that was a nice dream.Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
But without a shed to build it in, we decided it was a hopeless dream and brought a caravan.
cheers though.
Yes, not well thought out at all. Another operator took photos of the Mog's tyre pattern mere centimetres from the precipice at the choke point on the Skippers road and pointed out that this was a multiple fatality just waiting to happen. Far far too much money sunk into a specialist off road vehicle the business plan never intended to go rugged off roading.Quote:
Originally Posted by Konev
And then along came Covid. Lid on coffin.
These are vastly expensive vehicles, and I can't think of a commercial use for them in NZ for the foreseeable future, esp with this Govt and limits on exploration, access to the DoC estate etc etc. I imagine an awful lot of money has gone down the drain on these vehicles. Be interesting to see if they let them go for half decent money??
They would make fantastic skifield shuttles for the carparks or initial access to base building transport. Currently using little Isuzu trucks with bus bodies but they are a lot smaller than the mogs.
Mitsubishi stopped producing the 4wd Rosa which is why you are seeing vehicles like these starting to be more common.
Many, many moons ago I used a moggy as an ambulance. It was the "daily driver" for a team of medics working on a artillery testing range in the Kalahari.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
That thing could handle absolutely mental side angles on sand dunes, but getting a patient up into the box on the back was a nightmare :D
They had a reputation of being a bit top heavy and falling over in rugged going, and cornering a bit quick on the road.
The ambos I take it you bare referring to?? Yes, the climate controlled ambo body took the GVW pretty close to maximum.
A rag top Mog with tyres aired down and chains all around is an unstoppable thing of beauty.
We use to "borrow" the canopy clips to upgrade our webbing pouches.....:thumbsup:
I was working two days this week with the bloke who "bailed out" of my first mog from the passenger seat because he felt I was going too steep.
That ment I couldnt go any further because he left the door open.Trying to shout at him to come back and shut the door when the Truck wouldnt hold in the slope with the parking brake on took some doing.
I dont miss having a square cab mog,they are easier to work on but not as nimble in tight going.Plus I feel the old round cab models look cooler.
The Ambulance bodies come in three sizes,F1-3.I have the smallest on mine,it actually rides better with a bit of weight on the springs.
Having net you I understand.Quote:
Originally Posted by ebf
It indicates they did not choose the right base vehicle on the functional side.Quote:
Originally Posted by CheekiBreeki
I think you confuse me with my cousin from another auntie that I never knew I had - that short shit dairy farmer from Dannevirke :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gadgetman
They had it doing that at Treble Cone last winter, but expect 23 seats would be a bit low on capacityQuote:
Originally Posted by Konev
A new Unimog U5023 costs something like a quarter mil, just the basic cab and chassis. Then you start spending proper money on the custom coachbuilding. So these vehicles will have been somewhere approaching half a mil, each, maybe even north of. The real problem when trying to recoup a reasonable percentage of the original outlay is that this tour bus conversion has quite a lot of bespoke design that does not suit any other applications. At first glance it might make a good basis for an expedition vehicle, but those stairs are a big problem.
If you look at custom application Unimog overseas, the depreciation after just a few years is eye watering. In today’s tourism climate, these aren’t so much unicorns as white elephants.