UNIMOG FLU419 SEE - Excavating Mudslide- 071416
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2016
- Showing an excerpt of me excavating a mudslide that wiped out one of the roads on our Oregon property, using a UNIMOG FLU419.. The backhoe works very well. The front loader - not so great but scoops up loose material well. I've spent about 30 hours now with the FLU419 both digging and grading roads and I really like it. To me, it is like a backhoe that goes more places and gets there faster.
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I dont know why but i always seemed to take a liking to unimogs i always thought the were the most coolest 4x4s ever
Awesome vehicle, always loved to see the various implements these things can run at work. Well handled too, smooth and deliberate saves on broken parts! A good operator is part juggler, part slight of hand magician.
I am jealous of some of the owners out there that have put hydraulic winches and snow blowers on theirs. I don't have any snow but I thing it is interesting with what people do with these. I wish I could rig a 3 point hitch on the rear - it would be perfect in that case. Anyway, it does great with the hoe and I've used that a bit now. I am not very good but I get by.
Jealous? 😅, I own an SUV. I'm jealous
Can you do a video on the front loader and maybe give us some insight after a year of ownership? Thanks for the video!
Very cool, thanks for sharing!!
Sure thing - happy to :)
Nice piece man!
Thanks! It is a beast.
Do you think you could use the front bucket to push over a cedar tree? For instance, a 20' tall young cedar with about a 6" to 10" trunk at the base. I would think you could put the front bucket down and drive the truck forward and pop it out. Would you be able to do that?
Yes. I have done this - no problem with a tree this size (in 4WD w/diff lock). For bigger trees, you can use the backhoe to dig around the base and then push it over.
Ok, cool. Thanks. I have 13 acres of 10 year old cedar trees that need to be gone. I bought a tree shear for my skid steer.... works great but I want the roots out as well because I want to use it as crops instead of the original thought of pasture. Thanks for the feedback. I am looking at GovPlanet for one....
A couple more comments: I should mention that I am pushing trees over in ground that has high moisture content and is not rocky. If you live in a dry, rocky area, the MOG may not do so well on the bigger diameter trees without digging the roots up some first. Still think a 10" would be okay. My ground is soft so I have no problem. OTOH, I have to wait until summer to do it until the ground dries out some, otherwise I will sink the MOG up to the axles if I'm not careful. I have used the backhoe to push trees over where I would have otherwise dug a hole with the tires trying to push a tree over with the front loader. The other comment I have is, you may want to consider looking to see if someone is selling one of these that they have purchased at auction and then fixed up. I know folks can get a great deal on these at auction but I also know that people can spend a lot of money fixing them up. I bought mine from someone that had already fixed everything major and I knew going into it that everything that mattered worked. But I needed it to work right away so that is the way I went. Good luck!
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Hey Brian! I keep coming back to this video, as it seems like you’ve got this little truck working in what looks like “its element”. I can’t help but think a SEE could be incredibly handy, and more flexible than a backhoe. Do you still own this truck, & would you recommend them to a friend?
Thanks🇺🇸
I do still have this and it continues to work very well. I’ve picked up a set of forks for the bucket and I use it like a fork lift as well. I like that it moves along at up to 45mph or faster (I haven”t gone faster although it can). Would I recommend one? Only if one were to find a known good working unit or if one is a heavy equipment mechanic. Many of these have been sitting for a long time. Don’t believe that they have been rebuilt - I can see that about the only thing mine had done to it was get a coat of paint and a rebuilt plate. It probably got more but looking inside of one of the hydraulic cylinders shows that that part didn’t. Parts are expensive, being a Mercedes. They can be had for cheap and you can spend a fortune fixing it. Or you can spend what a backhoe costs and get a good reliable SEE that goes places a backhoe never can. I am happy with the SEE and happy I bought it. I am also happy that I bought it from a heavy equipment dealer as when it was delivered and the air breaks didn’t work, they fixed it at a cost of a couple thousand.
Some day I’ll actually make a decent video of this thing. Every time I climb on it, it is a rushed affair.
@@briandinse8632 Wow! Thank you for the very detailed response. I think your points make a whole lot of sense. I am also in Oregon (near Hood River), so if you ever drive that little beast through here, please let me know. I'd love to see it in person.
Did you get it from an auction? Been looking at them on govplanet
I didn’t buy this one at auction. I needed it to go to work immediately and couldn’t take a chance on an auction. I got this one from a heavy equipment dealer that bought a couple of them at auction and fixed them up to sell. In the end I don’t think they made much of anything off of the one I bought because it had new/unexpected issues with the air brake system prior to delivery that they had to fix which cost thousands of dollars (over what they already had put into it). You can get a very good deal at auction and you can get something that will take a lot of time and money to fix as well. Parts for these things are not cheap. As good as the reports are on govplanet, you really don’t know what you are going to get until you start working it. At the very least, it is going to need the fluids changed and fuel system cleaned out. Then expect that some of the seals on the hydraulic cylinders are going to need replacement. The air brake system is usually in poor shape. Electrical problems are common too and not easy/fast to resolve. And I have learned that just because it has a rebuild plate on it and very low miles after means little. It is clear that mine had very little “rebuilding” done to it during its rebuild. If one wants a project and has money, I’d recommend buying one at auction. If one needs a working machine, I’d recommend buying one that someone has already fixed up. I wouldn’t mind having another and this time I’d buy the second one at auction and work on it slowly or use it for parts. Good luck!
Very Cool Cuz, could you drive that to PA to help me clean out our back yard?
That would be one crazy drive at a top speed of 50 MPH & bouncing all over the place for 3000 miles! If I didn't have kids, work, and a to-do list a mile long, you can bet I'd be up for it though :). As an alternative, you can go to www.govplanet.com/jsp/s/search.ips?sm=0&m=Freightliner&k=flu419&mf=1 and buy one at auction for yourself. Then when someone asks what vehicles you drive, you can include having an 8-ton Mercedes-Benz.
It was a slightly terrifying experience to operate at first (all the work has been on a slope - some very steep grades) but now I have the hang of it and it has become fun.
The chart shows 21 attachments !
Thank you for your comment. Chart?? I'd sure appreciate it if you'd link to the location of said chart! :) I haven't been on-line in the FLU419 forums in years but I didn't come across an attachment chart when I was looking at the docs. Would be very interesting to see. I can guess at the font loader, backhoe, and hydraulic attachments like the impact hammer, drill, chainsaw, impact wrench, but then I am not aware of others. I have heard that there is a 3-point hitch. I've seen a snow blower but wasn't sure if it was custom or an actual option. Thx!!
my god that looks awful how hard us that to operate.
It is a Case 580C backhoe on the the rear so no harder than any other. A bit scary to drive on steep slopes but I've gotten over that mostly :).
You just learning how to ride a bike ?