This Massive Unimog U500 Is the Ultimate Insane Mercedes Pickup Truck
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The Unimog is the craziest pickup truck ever -- and specifically this Unimog, which is the ultimate truck. Today I'm reviewing this Unimog, and I'll show you all the quirks and features of the Unimog. I'm also going to drive the Unimog and review the driving experience of one of the most unbelievable trucks in history.
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Unimogs aren't slow pickups, they're fast tractors.
😂😎👍🏻
without top and to drive anyplace not a tractor and far from being a pick up truck
*Wrong* - they are *trucks!* No more and no less.
This is very true.
@@28076130513B yes, they are, trucks but really high and off road ones maybe the best ,refering to the 60´s model ,you could climb a hill or wall of stone with 45 degrees inclination with it, it´s far from being confortable but it´s a pleasure to drive, and it goes anywhere having a 230 gasoline engine from mercedes as in the cars where you could see the 230 badge, normally people don´t call them trucks just for the fact that there isn´t other with similar specifications, people just call them unimogs not mercedes truck and there are mercedes trucks , if you see one you´ll understand what i´m trying to explain ,regards
I watched a documentary about the Unimog a while ago and this conversation stuck in my mind:
presenter: "So what is the average life expectancy of a Unimog?"
Unimog official: "We don't know that yet. It has only been in production for a little over 70 years."
Hahaha i wanted to write the same comment XD
Greetings from germany
@@XXxx-cd1qs Grüsse von ein Amerikanischen Münchner. :)
@@XXxx-cd1qs I’m sorry but I’m kinda slow lol.. is the joke that it has a really long life? Considering 70 years is a long time for a vehicle to be in commission lol
@@jayinthekut8389 yeah kinda :)
In the documentary, they looked at a vintage unimog and the reporter asked how durable such a vehicle was. Then tue expert said dismayed that the lifespan of an unimog is not know yet, as it has only been built for 70 years:)
Yes!
“The tire on the pole” are the heated side mirrors, the other one you pressed and did nothing is the emergency light on top.
was just about to say :)
Was about to comment about this but saw you already had!
I gathered this too.
Me too 😂
I would have thought it was for the hoist to lower the stare tire in the origional configuration.
As a Unimog owner... they are not "pretty capable offroad". They are amazingly unstoppable.
We had one when I was a kid for plowing the driveway and going out in the dunes etc, general utility and fun. I loved that thing *SO MUCH* and I wish my dad never sold it. I really hope to have one again someday.
They’re not that good because they’re too large to fit through most trails. Smaller, and specifically shorter is the ideal for off-road. A well modified Jeep CJ would destroy this.
Maybe in the desert it would be great.
@@f.kieranfinney457 I drove them in the army, where other vehicles get stuck (including smaller ones) the Unimog pushes through, no problems, nearly everywhere..
An army can build roads to suit its vehicles. Nothing like the off-roading done in large parts of the US. A basic PU truck can handle military roads. I visit a Marine base frequently (my favorite beach is there) and their practice roads are dirt highways. It reminds me of the smaller work vehicles in the mines and forests where I grew up in BC. What it can push or tow is more important than off-road prowess.
Imagine this thing in a Colorado canyon or Moab, or tree-lined trails in the NE. It would get wedged or roll with that high CofG.
@@f.kieranfinney457 Sure you're right, in that case it's posible to roll over, but hard to achieve nevertheless.
The coloured circles on the back and front... they're not electrical connectors, they're hydraulic connectors, that's also what the joystick is for, controlling the hydraulics, the two switches you didn't know, the first one is for a beacon, the one is for the heated mirrors, no rear window because that rear section isn't stock, from stock they would have a rear window. Hope all this helps!
hope this comment gets to top, because it was quite painfull to watch
Was about to come and say the exact same thing regarding the hydraulic coupler system on the back.
donkey/rabbit switch is likely idle control
Doug is an idiot.
He's just got lucky with people letting him drive their vehicles.
With out those people Doug would be a used car salesman.
I believe he would be excruciatingly painful to be around.
yes he also forgot one of the main feature of unimog two transfer cases not one but two. Near me unimog is used as a train it has train wheels hydraulic operated beside normal ones it is used as maintenance vehicle for the railway sometimes moves the wagon or two
First of all: Those "Power Outlets" are actually hydraulic ports, not electric ones. You can use them for quite a variety of hydraulic tools, like for example Snowploughs, Mowers, etc... Some of these Tools are specifically made for the Unimog and approved by Mercedes-Benz. You operate them with the Joystick (which starts to quite make sense when you think of driving with a Snowplough), after you preselected the hydraulic ports you want to use.
The "Tire hanging on a Pole"-Switch is simply for heated mirrors, the Rabbit/Donkey-Switch reduces all gears of the normal gearbox about half for better torque when in Off-Road use.
Cruise Control isn't really a luxury feature on an Unimog, in fact you won’t get one without it. Its main use (beside the function as a Cruise Control while driving) is to be able to keep the engine running at a certain speed in standstill. This is very useful when you use those hydraulic tools mentioned earlier (for example a crane), or when you order your Unimog with an front and/or rear output-shaft for direct engine driven tools. (Which this Unimog doesn’t have.) It’ll also probably dump a little bit faster if you rev the engine or set it to certain revs with this lever.
All in all it’s quite funny to see Doug being that excited about a vehicle that is very common and seemingly known by heart from every tec-interested child in Europe. :D
Ah and before I forget: you can order your Unimog with an air horn (“Überlandhorn/Overland-horn”) in addition to the “city-horn” this one has. ;-)
Yup I missed seeing if it had front/rear pto though so it could run a mower or tiller or woodchipper or snow blower or, or...
I throwed a comment just like yours before i read yours wich is more comprehensive. I think im still dreaming about owning one of this from 5 years old.
@@spulberstefan3895 I'd like to see Doug in a video about a fully equipped old Unimog with its ~8 gear-levers :D
one of the better military trucks around too (or as a base vehicle) like the DINGO 2. The unimogs are one of the best engineered and most fun vehicles i've had a chance of working with. Its insane how capable they are offroad too, which is sad that he didn't test it in the slightest.
The joystick + the “cruise control” secured the pto (power take-off) which is one of the most common accessory for commercial vehícles.
If by "Pickup Truck" you mean "it can pickup a truck" then yes, this is the ultimate Pickup Truck.
A truck, a plough (rear or front), a brush, disc harrow , trailer... 🤷🏿♂️
Is this what they mean by pushing the envelope? The way things are going, we'll soon run out of road. They'll have to create new vehicle categories for these monstrosities. There you have it: vehicle category? Monstrosity. Cheers Doug...
@@dineojennifer8233 It's just a tool carrier. It's not meant to serve as family car. Some do crosscountry challanges with it, because it's good at that.
@@noraretrouciech HyRail too.
this model from mercedes it was heavy used in the city where i live but the one i had was the 60´s model with the 230 gasoline engine , it might sound not real but it could climb a 45 degrees stone wall ,it was the best vehicule to drive in the jungle or savanna in Africa , in early 90´s they (Army) put all for sale that were used in the war in afrioca that ended in 1974 and i went and bought 3 of them and with a lot of luck and mechanics that were the ones who worked with the unimogs in Africa built me one from 3 that i bought in auction , i say a lot of luck because at the time a friend of mine bought 10 very cheap and it took him 20 years to have one in perfect working order , parts are not existing for this model wich in my opinion is the best , mine is cabriolet with a hard cloth top and improved the shockabsorvents ,the originals were too hard or just not existent ,being a Army car, this is a newer model but not as nice as the 60´s model ,who also are transformed in many ways after a mechanical project aproved . Regards and stay safe
As a german i can help you with the buttons: 1. ABS Button = it's the antiblocking system (while offroading you didn't want the system to intervent). 2. the warning light (as you said, in germany they are mostly working vehicles, most of them have warning lights). 3. heated side mirrors
btw: In germany i have never seen an unimog with automatic transmission, normaly they have at least 2 manual transmissions with at least 12 gears.
Many Unimogs made after roughly 2003 have automatic, or rather automated, transmissions. My 2013 U4000 (last one before they switched from Euro V to Euro VI) certainly does. And it's an 8-speed. Extra, lower gearings are possible it you want to pay for them.
Nice, I can add one too: The button with the axle layout and a 1 above it, next to the warning light switch, is most likely the auxiliary drive to turn for example a power take-off shaft for farming equipment, or other accessory equipment.
The outdoor “power outlets” are not electrical outlets. They are hydraulic outlets. For commercial or agricultural equipment like snowplows, snowblowers or sweepers. In Germany these vehicles are for example also used to cut grass next to roads. Or to maintain railways.
Absolutely. They are not even sold as trucks, they are sold as “equipment carriers”, for those kinds of things.
Or too plug snow....or to move sand.....and many many many things. Unimog is just beast
Doug never looks at the manuals he just wings it
@@JJRDRR Or uses common sense, it was very clear they were hydraulic ports, however the front did also have an electrical connection on the passenger side he just didn't show it. Probably one on the rear too. He tends to skip things I find interesting. Obviously not the most serious car reviewer there is.
@@Meekerextreme
Yeah I've noticed that too. He'll be discussing one thing, the camera just happens to catch something in a corner, and he glosses right over it. It was only ½" away from what you were pointing to. Would it really have been that much of an imposition to mention the obviously cooler feature?
Like...
What it that big cane looking thing just to the right of of the console? My guess is it's something for a front passenger to grab onto to help haul themselves up into this thing. And I think there was another red knob on the console. But what the hell does it do? And why not lift the cab? I could be wrong, because I've never even touched one before, but I don't think it's a dead lift to raise one of those cabs. As far as I know, there's a bit of an assist to them. But hey, at least we know why the wipers park the way they do.
The “power outlets” front and rear aren’t electrical hookups, they’re hydraulic connectors to power various implements that are designed to work with the Unimog.
That's right!
Doug is the kind of guy who doesn't have hydraulic tools.
You’d think he would notice it wasn’t a standard US plug. I guess the owner of this thing didn’t bother to tell him anything about it.
Those aren't air hose fittings? That thing has to have an onboard compressor especially for the tires...
@@Kid0ry I'm pretty sure it has 4x hydraulic connectors front and back. The green are hydraulic (the numbers corresponding to the switches on the joystick), and the black being return. (Thanks to people for correcting me)
“Outlets in the back” is actually hydraulic connectors for hydraulics on farm equipment
Also on the front.
I was about to say this. Seems Doug never saw a common hydraulic connector in his life.
@@valije Haha we need to get him to do some real work
@@Strongelite 😅😅😅
Yep I was fixing to say the same thing. Also on another note you do still have to have a commercial license to drive that because it has air brakes
Doug, when reviewing specialty vehicles, do consult someone who actually uses them. Cruise control is quite important if you're driving 20 km/h with a salt spreader attached to the PTO... leaving aside the other oversights in the review of this car-shaped tractor. Also, air brakes. They don't work the same as ordinary hydraulic brakes. The pressure gauges are there to tell you whether you CAN move, as no pressure = brakes applied, and you need to wait for the compressor to do its thing.
It's good that someone knows more than the presenter. He should stick to reviewing Gen X Y Z vehicles that have computer screens with everything spelt out. Kind of like how batteries now have stickers that say not to drink.
Absolutely right. It's like a train, the brakes work indirectly. If there is no air in the system or too little, then it only acts mechanically to prevent it from rolling away.
37 minutes of Doug being astonished by the fact that utility trucks and commercial vehicles exist.
I'm sure he's just playing it up for entertainment purposes, and if people have genuinely not seen the inside of many commercial trucks.
37 minutes of Doug enjoying the best WEED cookies he tried ...
I was thinking the same thing. I've spent a good amount of time driving older International commercial dump-trucks and driving Army "Duece-and-a-half"s.
All the stuff he was amazed by is standard stuff that you just get used to. Even our 1990's dump-trucks i drove and the 1990's army truck had those things. (Except the tire inflation controls, I'll admit that's kind of cool).
Doug is a clown
@@Tech21101 dude, it’s not entertaining. You could have shown Doug a wall of paint drying and he would laugh hysterically. I’ve never skipped a video so fast.
Is there any Brabus version?
Yes, actually there is!
@@pezzonovante888 link?
@@Anonymoose345 you’re already on UA-cam, use the search bar.
@@hunternelson3018 lmao
@@Anonymoose345 finger princess
The “electrical” outlets on the front and back are actually hydraulic connections. Most industrial tools are hydraulically powered.
I was thinking the same thing. I feel bad for him because he will never be able to live that down... 😆
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i was wondering why they looked so different to normal sockets
This has nothing to do with industrial tools and eeverything to do with agricultural equipment and snowploughs. The Unimog was designed as a hybrid between a truck and a tractor for the postwar farms.
Are they hydraulic or pneumatic, compressed air?
My dad bought a Unimog ages ago and when I asked him why he said, son, the bigger your wheels, the smaller your problems.
The “tire on a pole” switch is probably for heated mirrors
that's what I was thinking also.
It actually is! I've driven the same sort of mercedes trucks, it's exactly the same as the Unimog. Even the gearbox.... that thing is a huge pain in the a$$
doug should have realised this much on his own
Beat me to it
indeed, was actually very obvious to me too, not to Doug it seems haha
The button you described as looking like a "Tyre on a pole" is heated mirrors.
Came here looking for this comment.
I've never seen that symbol before, but that was my instant assumption. I am familiar with the beacon button, but disappointed Doug didn't understand it as it's pretty self-explanatory.
In Germany there is a saying "where a Unimog can't go, man shall not go"
Mercedes makes these for decades
naja ein Unimog kann durch keine tür :D
@@iKn-ft2bc er kann!
@@iKn-ft2bc
Alles eine frage des Anlaufs... 😁
@@iKn-ft2bc Jawohl habe einst mit ein uni mit schneepflug und strassensaltz behalter die tur offen gemacht.
Leider konte die tur danach nicht mehr zu 😁
@@iKn-ft2bc Wo ein Unimog ist da ist auch ein Weg!
Another funny thing about this specific UNIMOG-variant (there's two general variants, one for heavy off-road duties and one for communal use). With this communal variant you can usually take off parts of the dashboard and bring the steering column and pedals to the other side - the dashboard fits back in on the previous driving side - in case you are having a mowing arm attached at the front or so and you need to see what it's doing.
Calling this a "pickup truck" is the most American thing ever
I Agree :D
AMERICAAA
I wish I could like this comment more than once
Ford Superduty Owners: My truck is the biggest!
Humvee owners: No, MY truck is the biggest
Unimog owners: you fools...
A pickup truck has just as much in common with a UNIMOG as a pickup truck has with a Lamborhini Huracan: All have 4 wheels and AWD, everything else is different.
Who is this guy with long sleeve shirt and pants? What have you done to Doug?
When I saw the notification thumbnail I thought Doug had someone else reviewing the truck.
@@SpecialSunShine yup lol
It's because he went up north in Massachusetts. He lives in Southern California so he always wears shorts
Lol I promise you I read that as “loose t-shirt and shorts”
It’s just what I’ve come to know with Doug.
He is in Massachusetts bruhh. Its -1 here
The up and down arrows are quick reverse, for getting it out when it's stuck. The hare and donkey are so you can drive slowly while still getting higher revs, like when you need to power other equipment and also for crawler gears to get even higher revs while going slowly. Start/stop seems to be associated with the lower "power versalift" which appear to be added aftermarket. Versalift is a company that makes bucket trucks, so it could be something like that. ABS is for a different ABS program when off-roading. The beacon light an optional upfitter switch since a lot of these trucks have a beacon light fitted to the top. The one that shows the axles, drive shaft, and a shaft across the middle that has a knob attached to it is for the PTO. The n in a circle is for the governor, used for keeping the engine running at a specific speed in congjunction with the cruise control. Tire hanging on a telephone pole is heated mirrors. Power versalift, see above with start/stop. The tires with arrows is for the inflating/deflating the tires and the button next to it with the two axles is for choosing which axles you want to adjust the pressure on.
Doing the lords work
@@RobertMichael I'm on a mission from god.
Do you really think a tiny beacon light on the top of this gigantic thing would warn any traffic at all though? 😂
@@Carterthielftw_ It would warn other large trucks.
Very true, and if Doug had the manual, he would also realise that all the "power plugs" are hydraulic outputs, and if he wanted to, he can latch up the clutch pedal and restart the vehicle in full Automatic transmission mode.... but for a proper vehicle the biggest tool on board this one was Doug himself 🤣 also that roll bar serves no purpose but to hang lights and the spare wheel. Attached to the multi-tilt bed it would more likely just come off and impale you in case of a rollover. But it does give some stile points.
I've been watching a few videos of people modifying Unimogs into RVs, turning them into all-terrain mobile homes. There's something so damn appealing about that idea. Imagine being able to bring your home anywhere on planet earth.
They are also very cheap if you buy them in Germany. A good one will cost you about 20k Euros.
But they have a million working hours.
“Electrical power” is actually hydraulic line receivers so you can put implements and machinery on it. These are essentially road goin tractors
Dough probably somehow got the terms power take-off and hydraulics confused.. or somebody told him that the hydraulics could be used for some kind of pto and he misremembered lol.
@@nintendo1614 yeah those things are used for a million and one things so they need to power plows and snow blowers and all sorts of farming implements amongst millions of other things. I wish doug would have been aware of that being that its pretty neat. Also some unimogs could also slide the cluster, wheel, and pedals to either side of the cab or to the middle like a mclaren f1
these are more useful than a tractor
@@ShaiyanHossain well thats not saying much, a tractor is a knife, a unimog is a swiss army knife
Doug, I’m pretty sure those “electrical outlets” are actually hydraulic power units. It transfers the power from the bed to the front or back, most likely for a plow, crane, or excavator type arm that needs hydraulics to control the movement. I grew up on a farm and all equipment is powered either from a PTO, or giant driveshaft, or a Hydraulics from the vehicle
Yep, hydraulic hookups all the way. Though now I'm sure someone will try and plug a car charger in it, lol.
Sure it s not elecrical. Rather hydraulic AND pneumatic (4 of them, 2 colours) ....
Yeah I was thinking they looked like air connections, but hydraulic makes sense
Exactly.
I’m pretty sure he’s never used anything that requires hydraulics.
The “Tire hanging from a pole” switch looks like heated wing mirrors to me.
they dont look like that, they are for that. I cannot believe that dog demuro didnt catch that.
it looks like that to everyone ... he failed the intelligence test and still calls himself carguy...omg
They are for that. But living in California he doesnt know what cold is and what the heated wing mirrors are for :p
@@Nitihene i don't know what it has to do with where anyone lives ... logic is an interesting science ...just saying
@@hohah27 He's definitely not a carguy, he knows nothing about them apart from features that are listed on paper. Then again, I come here sometimes because he somehow gets his hands on the the most interesting vehicles.
Imagine Doug reviews, drives and gives a Doug score to a cruise ship *1 hour and 45 minutes into the video* “here in the engine room are some more quirks and features of this Carnival Victory”
The Unimog is a totally unique vehicle. The fact that it can be reviewed as a legal road vehicle is insane. It was designed to be a hybrid of a truck and a tractor. One of the most valuable features of the Unimog was not even covered in this episode and that's because Doug isn't a farmer. Unimogs were designed with the ability to run agricultural equipment off the front of them. Driving them on the street was a secondary function, but it was given a good bit of attention.
I wish we had more stuff like that in the USA. Cant even get a "bare bones" offroader anymore... Everything is turning into what I call a "barbie jeep"
He did mention farming
22:07
Design Chief: how many screws do you want to attach the wheel?
Mercedes: YES
@@satunnainenkatselija4478 yeah I think thats tying into what one comment said: Its truck not a pick up.
He does mention something to that effect though at 01:50
Doug: This is so strange!!
Every European Mercedes truck driver: Seems pretty normal to me
As a german this Thing is pretty normal but i like how he is so exided about it :)
Jep, he seems really surprised.
Meh they same the same thing when they see an F-350 over there. 🙃
You know what more strange is?
Seeing doug wearing a sweater and a long jeans.
I guess it comes down to countries preferring their own local Auto manufacturer for heavier duty equipment. I believe USA has heavy tariffs on heavy duty trucks
If Doug doesn’t bid on this truck he will regret it for the rest of his life.
True 🤣
I agree
Unless Hoovie gets it. Then, when he realizes that it doesn't fit in his garage and has had enough of it...Doug will come straight for the kill.
Are you wearing a tshirt under the tshirt thats under the sweatshirt?
Its not a softtop...
Well this Unimog is really has rather common features compared to duty vehicels here in Germany and basically seems like a fusion between the big trucks we use for delivering loads of material and the back tilts to dump stuff like Sand. Dependig on how accessible the place to unload the truck is, you decide on wich way to tilt it.
The rabbit donky button is also a thing that is common in Power shovels and Wheel loaders, tho sometimes its a rabbit and a turtle, wich let you decide on how fine you can maneuver.
The sunshade and other feautures we got in our Mercedes flat lorrys, the "Pritschen wagen", but they probably originated in the unimog.
Love from cologne Germany, everybody have a good Start in 2023. Peace
There’s a unimog for sale in my town in Canada bc and it’s listed as “unspecified object”
lmao
UDO! Unidentified Driving Object haha
It's an SCP
@@shamrock7599
unspecified object is funnier
comparing unimog to a pickup truck is like comparing Dwayne Johnson to Kevin hart.
Who’s Dwayne Johnson? 😉
@Richard Hill More like German to American beer
Yup, Kevin would whoop his ass!
No it’s not
I saw someone calling him Dwayne 'the roid' Johnson some time ago. Gave me a good chuckle.
David Attenborough: “ a rare sight in nature, this is a wild Doug demuro in a not natural situation, that is why he is wearing a pullover and long trousers, an absolute incredible sight to behold”
Tons of cheap European hatchbacks used to have power windows in front but not in the back up until pretty recently. Interesting to see that that's so uncommon in the US. Also, as mentioned in the beginning, the rear cabin was added later and by the looks of it pretty custom, so yeah blame whoever added it for having no rear window, not the Unimog itself.
Soccer Moms be like: I just needed a vehicle I can sit up higher in
Sucker moms 😂
Karens*
I understand wanting a vehicle that sits higher off the ground. Living in a region that has heavy snowfall and long winters, it's necessary for a household to have a 4wd vehicle with a high wheelbase.
@@chasm9557 nah man get a Subaru or Audi with AWD and you're good. not everybody wants that terrible truck gas mileage
Them mows down all the school children
Man this thing has Doug laughing like a little school girl. He really likes it.
What man wouldn’t?
Not necessary.
As if you have something against him or your jealousy is manifesting.
Nobody thinks Doug is funnier that Doug thinks. It becomes unwatchable.
@@jocelyndeguise There was a bit too much chuckle-speak in this one.
The “tire hanging on a pole” is the mirror, so that switch is probably the mirror defrosters.
yep, i work on semi’s. mirror heater’s
stupid doug. make fun out of something he cant understand, but still makes milions of dollars from videos
Correct and the light is work lights
guess you have to be an engeneer there, here in Germany every child know what is is
@@tiotom8157 Actually I didn't, but the icon clued me in.
Doug needs to obtain a commercial learner's permit and drive an actual semi-truck. It's only a computerized knowledge test (no driving) and he'd need a licensed driver in the passenger seat but none of that is difficult. The amount of quirks and features in a new Kenworth or Volvo would blow him right out of his two shirts.
I'd love to see Doug review a VNL860 LOL. He'd have an aneurysm.
Two shirts is an East coat beta male thing. No muscles equals skinny fat. Hence they double up t shirts. It’s a thing out their for men with less testosterone, it’s sad.
Can you highlight some of the cool things? Have always loved tech and love driving, actually wanted to be a trucker as a kid. :)
😁✋
@@undefined7141 Lol this reads like a copy pasta. If you weren't joking, then you are a joke
he actually forgot to mention that it has the same amount of reverse gears as forward gears and that the steering wheel can switch from side to side
and also that it s basically one of the best road legal offroad vehicule even stock...
Changing the steering wheel to the other side was an optional feature , called VarioPilot. Seems like this one doesn't have it.
"it won't go over 20mph!"
"Oh that's because your have it in donkey, you gotta switch it over to Rabbit to go faster."
I'm sure it's a hare.
It doesn't supposed to be a donkey but a turtle. You want to go faster, you have to select the rabbit
Thats because Doug is kind of donkey since ever
@@Jorge-Tamacas it's not a donkey, it's a packmule.
Hah when he showed those 2 buttons and laughed and giggled like he was the only one who got what these buttons do is priceless.
Seeing Doug be this excited for this car has made my day
I don’t think anybody in Germany ever referred to the Unimog as a “pick-up truck”...😂
Although with a crane attachment (which I'm assuming is an option), you could *literally* pick up a truck.
Imagine using this as an ambulance 😂
You are right noooone would say this :) we just call it Unimog and everybody knows, it can be everything. We really use it to tow trains!!! Then you have 4 switchable train wheels in addition to the usual 4 - of cause you can tow an entire train, its an Unimog !
@@Da_RatRacer4251 they are used as ambulances in mountainous areas with no streets. Actually quite common
@@AURELIUSxx Take that, F-350! 😎
*DOUG DEMURO WEARING JEANS 2020 COLORIZED*
@Jesse Earll £20
@Jesse Earll $69
@Jesse Earll 500€
Colourizing is not a practice that merits use when colour photography exists. And don't bother commenting "r/wooosh" and make yourself look even more stupid.
@@praktexemplar8082 ok, and literally no one asked
Has Doug ever laughed this much during a review? Looks like he had a blast with this.
Ok
Ok
Psh hell yeah I would have a blast too cuz you get to play with a dump bed and massive wheels so yeah id have a great time
He has laughed before with that mercedez 6x6 check it out 😆 🤣
@@rickypena7158 I mean you are like playing with a massive toy like a Tonka truck so why wouldn't you have a great time and be happy getting to play around with it
"Tyre on a pole" switch is probably the side mirror defroster.
The “power” outlets, are hydraulic ports. Not really providing “electricity”
Just about to post this. Apparently Doug has never done any agricultural work
It hurt me every time he said power outlet
@@rileywalterscheid9426 well to be perfectly honest, those hydraulic ports do provide “power” to the equipment plugged into them.
Just one of *dozents* of f*cking mistakes in this *incompetent* video - which nearly *hurt* while watching this massive *bullshit...!*
Thats what I was thinking
German engineers: rabbit and donkey
Easy to please Dougie: *dies laughing
And they say Germans have no sense of humour
I had that same donkey rabbit button on my Murray lawn mower from Walmart.
@@tommystewart3951 The symbols are universally understood aren't they? Is there something I don't get that makes it a joke?
@@tommystewart3951 I've seen turttle and rabbit never donkey
Fun fact: Doug created cars and bids to see wierd car postings and review it
I always thought that! He just wanted a safe place to find odd and unusual material for his videos.
Only in california tho
And get paid for reviewing
Wierd
*Weird
These trucks shine off road. Power Companys and people like that use them to get where other work trucks cant make it to. These things are awesome.
The “Tire hanging on the Pole” is Heated Mirrors switch. It’s the old Mercedes’s pictographic for it, cause that’s exactly how they are on Europe semi trucks
Hmmm, I thought that was for the winch to lower the spare tire from the bed.
I'm surprised he didn't get that one. I thought it was really obvious.
I think it is actually the crane winch for spare tyre ,removed for the roll bars ,I recon .
@@stevehando True it could be that or it could be something to do with the optional ICBM launching system.
Yeah, you'd think even Doug would've figured that out.
Mercedes X-Class after decades of misusing steroids
The X Class is nothing more than a rebadged 'developing country' market Nissan Navara with some added bling in the interior. I would call this a G Class pick up on steroids.
@@TheHuskyGT nobody asked what a X-Class was
25:23
Ronnie Colman: did someone mentioned me?
@@wilbur6089 nobody asked your input.
Here in the Netherlands, some Unimogs are being used to tow trains (yes, you read that right, trains) that are stranded between stations.
The Amsterdam public transport authority has 2 of these babies to indeed haul metros and trams they also have one to repair catenaries although they mostly use bigger trucks
In Germany these vehicles are quiet common in numerous variations. We even have a word for it, if it has a train axle and a axle for road use as well, we called "Zweiwegefahrzeug".
@@dietdoubledew8986 German has a word for everything...
"we have a unimog for when the train breaks down" - Just Unimog things explaining their durability.
Dude I worked at a factory once where they pulled a train car over the stopping blocks on their rails with one of these without really noticing it. These things can pull anything.
This is a work truck. Nobody in Europe would ever think of using it as a car.
Seeing Doug in a sweater and jeans is like seeing an endangered animal species.
Is this even the real Doug Demuro?
Was he abducted by aliens, brainwashed to use jeans and returned to Earth?
My god, it's scary to think about...
"This is a family Unimog"
How?
"You can put your kids in the cabin and you can't even see them."
Sold.
Your comment has Rodney Dangerfield energy and I'm all for it 😆👍
And no seat belts
@@kayEnt3rtainm3nt man, no respect, I get no respect at all!
No but thank you, that's the greatest compliment I think I'll ever get
@@Benzinilinguine Aww shucks, you're welcome ✌️^_^
Talk about quirks and features: you can get this with a backhoe, with rail track wheels, snow plows, the list is endless!
Back in the late 1980s Scania offered a pre-selectable10 speed transmission similar to what this Unimog has. In the Scania center console is a joystick that is used to pre-select the next gear. Moving the joystick to the right pre-selects upshifts, moving the joystick left would be to pre-select downshifts. You can also skip a gear by hitting the joystick twice, either up or down. Once the gear is preselected, the transmission doesn't shift until you push in the clutch.
This truck: Massive, Capable, Gas guzzling, and EXTREMELY heavy duty.
The horn: _Meep Meeeeep_
You can add airhorn if you want. I think, there is rubber button for that on the floor.
its actually not a gas guzzler
@@siimu111
A friend of mine had installed a truck air horn on his little 2 door fiat. It was hillarious watching truck drivers reaction when they saw where that roaring air horn sound was coming from :-)))
@@carholic-sz3qv Probably not. I just assumed by looking at the size of this damn thing. lmao
@@virtue050 the gas mileage is just about the one of a Ford with the 6.7l powerstrocke
Doug Demuros next review: “THIS is an M1 Abrams tank!”
You know what, Knowing "Doug" he would probably do it too!!! ha!
@@jamescrawley7993 he did the ferret tank so.......
i hope so lmao
But he already did a "tank"🤣
I need that to happened 😂
this is a commercial truck in europe, *generally* people don’t buy these for private use.
Of course they do, many overlander use a unimog
@@Silversurfer604 that’s why i’ve used the word “generally”. most (again, “most”, not “all”) of the outlanders are 30-40 years old trucks, it’s a niche market.
(most likely, because new off-road capable ones *start* at around $170k)
Also you can't drive a unimog on a regular driver's license. In Europe that is. Don't know about the us.
I always find it weird when people buy something like this for personal use.
Like why would you want a utilitarian vehicle for person use??
For me it’s hella normal, I can’t say for other places though.
@@hensema airbrake endorsement on standard license suffices
He forgot to mention one pretty ridiculus thing in the cockpit. You can move steering wheel with pedals to the right. You change it from LHD to RHD in a matter of seconds. So, if you plan to travel to Britain, this is the right vehicle for you.
I don't think you can do that on this particular model. On other ones you can.
Any farmer knows that the “power” sockets Doug points out at the back are actually hydraulic linkages.
Farmers, why not pass the time by pretending to be an insomniac.
Paint ascending numbers onto the sides of your sheep, then simply sit back and count them until you fall asleep.
Best played in the afternoon so as to avoid missing lunch.
Also, remember to underscore the 6 and 9 in case either sheep happens to be upside down at the time of counting.
@@eggyfog8399 Are you high?
Lol yeah when he was calling them electrical sockets I had to pause the vid to do a double take cause I was like no way those are electrical sockets. 😅 Anyone who knows something about heavy equipment must be laughing their asses off at Doug. I suppose its an on honest mistake if you've never seen one though I guess.
@@Matt_Dagostino save time when counting to ten by simply starting at the number 4. If you’re in a real hurry, try starting at 5.
Eggy Fog in a farmer too and that’s exactly what I say. I usually start counting at 5 and sleep by 9. I’m actually surprised people don’t know about this and the amount of time saved
Doug, those are not power outlets, they are hydraulic connections for implements.
Whew . When he said power outlets, I thought....wait thought those were hydraulic connections ports . Glad to know I assent the only one
I'm sitting here like; "those aren't power connectors, they look just like the PTO lines on the tanker I drive".
Lmao doug out here deleting comments roasting him about it
@@JMccovery This has hydraulic PTO and mechanical PTO
yes he also forgot one of the main feature of unimog two transfer cases not one but two. Near me unimog is used as a train it has train wheels hydraulic operated beside normal ones it is used as maintenance vehicle for the railway sometimes moves the wagon or two
Just wanted to add, that the “power” receptacles are hydraulic.
Glad to see I wasn't the only one thinking that.
Exactly, plug ur phone charger into that and see what happens
It's what you call PTO (Power Turn Out). Doug seemed to lack research on that particular aspect.
Looked like a connection for trailer air brakes.
@@NateLeePhillips It's like the step for the left feet he mised at 19:33
What you forgot to mention: The name Unimog is an acronym for the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", "Gerät" being the German word for a piece of equipment (also in the sense of device, machine, instrument, gear, apparatus). This shows that the Unimog is first and foremost a working machine. The name alone shows that the Unimog is first and foremost a working machine - which you have also shown in your examples of possible applications.
16:02 "So you can make sure your air brakes are working before you set off"
A quick note about air brakes, they're actually engaged by springs, and the air pressure is what keeps the disengaged. This means that if the air pressure is too low, you're simply not going anywhere.
He's kinda right though, they are an important feature to have in order to set off on a big truck like this or a semi
Yes, Air Brakes use the Fail-Safe criteria that if something goes wrong you stop; unlike passenger vehicles where failure allows the car to continue driving unaware.
This would seem an important difference to note in a video like this.
@@johnguilfoyle3073 because this is a video explaining how air brakes work 🙈
That is only half right. Only the parking brake in an air brake system uses spring pressure. The service brakes use air to push the pistons on either a disc brake caliper or more commonly a drum brake S-cam. The air also holds the parking brake springs back acting as a failsafe if you lose air pressure in the system.
I am curious if there is classic "wig wag" like trucks have.
11:29 “Tire hanging on a pole”
Bro
Look at the mirrors
look at the switch
Look at the mirrors
Look at the switch
Came to the comments looking for this
Yeah, same here. To be completely honest, some of the things Doug is perplexed by (for an automotive journalist no less) are frequently pretty no-brainer things or at least logical when you think about them and the application for the vehicle.
@@katarnjrm so did I 😂🤣🤣
23:46 I look at the mirrors , and there is no hanging pole, nor tire tracks in a mirror. The button clearly depicts a tire hanged on a pole period.
Except those aren't power mirrors.
The tire on a pole is basically that. Before this truck was converted to a crew cab, it likely carried the spare tire behind the cab. Due to the height and the immense weight of a tire that size, it would be raised and lowered with a crane lift using that switch.
All unimog have cruise control capacity, some all the way down to 0.25km/h. If you get one with agrar gearing it can do meters per minute.
they are designed to be able to pull a train. Slowly.
krawl kontrolle
This is the first time I have come across the speed measuring unit metres per minute
@@lonerider3441 Standart for machining operations (mills, lathes etc.)
I've watched a lot of your reviews and the Unimog seemed to be the most fun you've had doing one! I was laughing as well!
hahahahaha
Doug: call u500 a pick up truck.
hummer: "can i be a sport car now?"
The new electric one has an impressive 0 to 60mph time, so we'll let it slide and call it that 👍
2000s: Sedans vs. Coupes
2020s: SUVs vs. Pickups
2040s: *School buses vs. "Sport" Long-Haul Trailers*
"sports lorry"
2020: *Aka “Mom Mobiles” vs. “Real Men Mobiles”*
There is a museum just for unimogs in Germany, there is for example a unimog where you can switch the wheel with all steering stuff to the passenger side, or turn the whole cabin while driving, so you can easily drive backwards.
Hot girl: "So, I heard you owned a Mercedes."
Unimog Owner: "Um, it's complicated."
Chicks in Alabama will kill to have a man with this kinda truck
Bro if she doesn't dig the 'Mog, she ain't the girl you're looking for
@@Nick-tx2fl She don't dig the MOG she don't get the HAWG!
@@saleemjavaid8870 yeah but I ain't looking do date my cousin
@@Nick-tx2fl I ain't datin my cousin...I ain't gettin my sister all jealous!
Roads? What we're driving, we don't need roads.
Russia
In a Unimog, that's actually true. 🤣
25:23
If a UNIMOG don't come through you definitely need a helicopter.
That’s heavy doc
Doug, it’s a German truck it doesn’t have cup holders those are beer holders
You mean bier holders?
Hold my beer
Doug is type of guy that laughs at something because he don't understand something.
German beers won’t fit in those cup holders,, come on guys get real
@@MPascolin Less than 2% of Europeans are using cup-holders or even drinking while driving.
The Mercedes Unimog having 2 features are sliding steering wheel by removing the dashboard also by pulling the switch under the column, changing auto to manual transmission by pulling the switch under dashboard too. I through your 2nd channels talking more features on cars on your channel More Doug DeMuro. I think bottoms on the console are power by add on. The Mercedes Unimog it's a beast for the off roader. Also, the Mercedes Unimog it's Swiss Army knife for the military.
UNIMOG = Universal-Motor-Gerät
meaning: Universal-Motor-Device / Tool
EDIT: UNIDUDE = UNIversal DoUg DEmuro 😄😄😄
Oh, and if you rearrange the letters of "DOUGLAS DEMURO", you get "LOUD ORGASM DUE" 😄🤷♂️
Like the one at @19:17 😳
Matrix Mirage kool
Sure....
UNIMOD
@@matrixmirage2148 Lolll... :)
Some guy in the comments anytime in the future: “this car isn’t for sale on cars and bids, WTF?”
lol
In germany this is a normal boring Work, snow Plow, Farm vehicle and americans are totally fascinated🤣🤷🏽♂️💯
Because American trucks look the same and are boring as hell
I want it
You have no idea how many Texans would buy this if it had a Ford or Chevy badge.
Reminds me when he reviewed a Peugeot 3008, he was so fascinated by this car and has a french it was pretty funny to see 😄
@@c.zasazd4480 for real in europe its a normal boring standart car 😂
I first saw one of these around 30yrs ago. Some guy had one in my town as a daily driver and he came hurtling around the corner near my house. The thing is he didn’t take any notice of curbs and just took the racing line almost on 2 wheels. He literally drove it like he stole it. I was in awe immediately.
The “hanging tire” looks like it would be heated mirrors
My thoughts too.
Yes it is
It is. I can't believe how often he gets confused by small things like that.
It looks like my balls
@@matrixmirage2148 I see...
Americans: "We build the largest pickup trucks!" Mercedes: "Haltet unser Bier."
I have a Duramax and I'm drooling over this Unimog. Well done Germans. Beating Americans at our own game
Englische Memes kommen halt nie gut an, wenn sie auf Deutsch übersetzt werden
It's fucking hideous though.
@@Nick-tx2fl one thing that is better on your duramax is you probably can drive it with a normal driving license
Even still... this isn't really a traditional pickup truck, it's a commercial vehicle. Freightliner, International etc. make comparable trucks.
11:23 In germany we have orange lights on the top of work trucks (like ambulance - but orange)
11:26 Mirror heater
We have them in America too. You can see them on top of the Unamog in the video. I love Doug be he can be a little oblivious sometimes.
Side mirror heater was SO obvious Doug...
@@ScottSuaso UnImog not UnAmog. It stands for Universal-Motor-Gerät and translates to "what is a F150 LOL"
Yeh the mirror heater bit kind of seemed obvious.
@@Slim08151 An F-150 is a full size pickup truck. Ford does make trucks similar in size to the Unamog, which I have spelled incorrectly on purpose, but I guess that doesn't make for as good of a pointless joke.
Oh oh I know, you could say "...and translates to "Man that F-750 sure is an effective commercial vehicle, just like the Unamog, but in a different way."
I drove unimogs in the 70s and 80s in standard and MPV (buffalo) configuration. Those mogs could do 130 km/hr forward and reverse and for me are still the ultimate 4x4. Deep soft sand or thick mud, insane climbs and steep Decents they just kept trucking. Before the MPV we took the top of the cab and removed the seats then layered the floors with braided conveyor belt and sandbags for a modicum of mine protection.
You can fit a F150 tire where the manual window lever goes 😂
he's clueless
Your outta your mind😮
hahaha
Doug is always at his best when he reviews quirky, insane cars like these.
Yup, he pretty much lives for vehicles like this. This is also the kind of content why I'm subscribed
Why we're here...
i live in germany, it isnt quirky, its a normal work vehicle. I dont get it, why is he so surprised that mercedes build this, its a normal Work-vehicle car-brand. You people in the us are strange
@@Boy-pr2uz Everything is quirky when nothing about it is normal to your day to day life. On my experience on the internet, I encounter Germans saying "why do Americans _____?" all the time over things that, to us, is normal. Trucks like this just don't exist in the US, and that's what makes it stand out.
@@Boy-pr2uz in the U.S. Mercedes Benz is a luxury car maker, we don't have any Mercedes workhorses, except for that one van and a few larger box trucks, both of which are mostly commercial use.
Thisss is Doug without shorts.
Man, the things that I saw in 2020.. Unbelievable
Massachusetts in December is definitely not shorts territory
Fun fact: the name "UNIMOG" is abbreviated German for "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", which translates to - you guessed it - "universal engine(-powered) device"
Deutschland is abbreviated for something-witty-in-German-related-to-working-hard.
Sounds kinda Portalish, doesn't it?
@@rawr51919 Portalish?
@@AlbertoDsign Kinda like GLaDOS from Portal in the abbreviation
damn
should have read YOUR comment first
😉👏🏼👍🏻
Doug is the type of guy who goes to Boston to see a Kansas concert and Kansas to see a Boston concert.
His favorite song is "More than a feeling is just dust in the wind".
U know the car is *interesting* when Doug wheezes during the intro
THIIIIS..IS..ARGH WHEEEEEEZE ARGGG....A UNIMOG
He wheezed the entire video
It is funny to see how he missed the biggest quirk on that cabin. You can change the steering wheel (and pedals) from right to left using a lever.
Can you also place it in the center?
@@woalk nope don t think so.
the goal here is for a better control and precision when using work equipement on the right side of the truck
for example triming the grass along a road
Not in this model. you can clearly see the steering shaft going thru the floor before he plays with the seat suapension. I gess that's a different model
It's called VarioPilot and it's an option. Maybe this one isn't fitted with it
I’m pretty sure those exterior “electric outlets” are hydraulic hookups
That they are. I'd love to see Doug try to plug something electrical into it
Actually I think they are European air lines. I’m not 100% but I don’t think they use glad hands there.
@@dylanthescatterbrain but you can see hydraulic fluid in one of them when he lifts the cap. They look identical to the hydraulics used on pretty much every tractor I've ever worked with
Yep looks like remote hydraulic`s to me.
@@alexbeattie5621 I missed the fluid you caught. I was looking at them as they are definitely not power, but they look to clean to by hydraulics. But then again, I doubt many street unimog drivers would ever have a reason to use them.
Hoovie needs to get Unimog for his farm. Doug, make it happen.
Basically it's more like a tractor or other landscaping vehicles. Thus the brakes and gearing feel somewhat strange at the beginning. If you move it in heavier terrain, you'll be delighted about the sensitivity and delicacy of the air-powered brakes which let you control all 4,5 tons of weight moving inch-by-inch down a slope... Also the gearing is quite unique with lots of overlap, so you always run the right gear , especially in heavy terrain. The "power sockets" in front and back are actually hydraulic connectors for attachments. Those are controlled from the center console joystick and its surroundings. Unimog means "Universal-Motor-Gerät" (universal motor device) which characterizes its heritage. It was primarily aimed for the farmer that wanted to haul his produce to the market and also run the machines on the fields. Over the decades, Unimog has become mainstream in communal and military use here in Europe, especially in Germany. Most communal snow plows are Unimog with a plow attached. The Bundeswehr (German army) runs Unimogs as payload carriers, mounting shelters or heavy equipment. It's also quite popular in foresting. I love the older Unimogs from the 70s and earlky 80s (406 and such). If you got questions, just shoot.
Nope, no questions for you
Would you be willing to give an explanation of all the buttons/switches around the 11:29 mark if you have the knowledge? (I figure I'll be off googling them regardless)
@@sykotikOG Sure thing. From Left to right, top to bottom:
- Two arrows: EQR ("Wendemodus") automates reversing direction to get free when you are stuck in heavy terrain
- "donkey/rabbit": switch utility and driving (slow and fast) gears
- rotary select in the middle: Differential lock
- "start/stop" and "versalift power" are custom switches, aftermarket; my guess: versalift is a hydraulic-operated articulated lift with work platform
- "ABS off road": anti-lock brake mode for off-road use, lets the brakes lock below a certain speed
- "flashing light": well, a flashing/rotary light on the roof, if you got one (yellow for utility, blue for police)
- "1 above drive train": auxiliary drive, normally a drive shaft protruding in front or back of the vehicle
- "n in circle": motor rpm control; this has corresponding controls somewhere around the steering wheel, IIRC; like cruise control, but for operating the auxiliary drive
- "tire hanging on a pole" ;) operates the mirror heating
- "window up/down": exactly this
- red switch is hazard lights
- "/--/ |--|" is a three way switch that lets you select the front/back/both axles for tire pressure adjustment, right of it is the tire pressure adjustment (which operares while driving, btw)
I think I got them all. Is this understanndable/helpful, as I am not a native speaker?
@@byteborg versalift is, according to themselves, the world's largest manufacturer of truck mounted aerial work platforms. Made in USA. So it would make sense that it used electric power and hydraulics driven by the pto. That is by the way a wonderful word, zapfwelle!
The 1 above drive train could be a pto at the front or rear, but in this case more likely a hydraulic pump driven from an output directly on the gearbox.
Hallo von schweden 😀
@@simonsryd1 Hej hej Johan! You're perfectly right. Probably they supply their own hydraulics pump that is operated at vehicle standstill: www4.mercedes-benz.com/manual-trucks/ba/trucks/unimog_u300500/de/manual_base.shtml?id=in-depth/d1728e38809.shtml&part=in-depth
Bästa hälsningar från Tyskland ;)
"Beacon light" is an auxiliary button for when you attach lights and strobes to the vehicle
The "hanging tire" is for mirror heaters.
The more you know
Thank you! I was very curious about the buttons
Doug: Revievs a comercial vehicle.
Designed for comercial use.
Is surpised when it is actually, you know, comercial.
My exact thought on this. Same as Doug's review on the Mercedes Metris (sprinter).
@@stephans1990 no, his complaints regarding metris were legit. What exactly justifies its price tag?
@@limyohwan It's a commercial grade vehicle that is build to last long even with heavy usage. It's not meant to be compared to a suburban mom's MPV. It's meant to last 300k-600k miles without serious issues. However, I do think the price might be on the steep side due to import taxes.
He does appear to be slightly out of his depth with the concept. Someome ought to lend him one fully loaded with toys.
Doug should have read the operation manual before just assuming he knows how to operate such a vehicle seeing as he was astounded by a run of the mill air suspension seat.
Doug the kind of guy to think a bigger truck should have a bigger key....
"Oh good. Another fake-chuckle filled episode"
After watching this, I feel like doug had never seen a cargo truck before.
no he just overstates everything about the truck,because its on his site for sale
@i camouf all on ya there is no letter E in the word cars.... Smart Smart....
Bruh what do you expect from him?
I'm convinced he hasn't, since he's comparing it to a pick-up
The unimog is a commercial offroad vehicle used for many purposes not a pick up truck