Unimog sighting in Cape Town

[Christian P.]

I did not have the chance to meet the owners, but it seems like they have been on the road for quite some time - all the way down from Switerzland.

The roof portion of the camper slides down and covers all the windows - I thought this could be an interesting example for some of you who are working on a similar design

http://www.pbase.com/2aroundtheworld/image/91560241/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/2aroundtheworld/image/91560534/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/2aroundtheworld/image/91567113/large.jpg

[kcowyo]

Is that a RTT over the cab? Must be their guest room...?

Very cool sighting.

[Blair G]

Cool truck.The extended cab is a great compromise for a complete DOKA.

Blair

[Christian P.]

I think it was a family and I suspect the roof top tent was used by the kids.

[boblynch]

How does the roof drop down with the slanted front section?

[Robthebrit]

That is a really nice truck, I wonder if the cab was a werid one off from the factory or whether they did it. I always though an extra cab would be great for a mog. The entire roof, the sloped section as well drops down, look at the middle picture in the first post, the one at 45 degrees from the front and you can see how the roof overlaps the body.

Compare this camper to mine and you'll the difference between removing the spider frame (flex mount) or keeping it. Look how high the camper body is, the camper is built with a normal floor and then placed on the exisitng mounts. Mine is about a foot lower because the spider was removed and pivots built diretly into the camper floor. The extra height allowed a fixed roof, significantly reduced weight and lowered the cg. On the plus side that truck has a completely flat floor, it has 14.5 tires and still has no wheel arches, mine has 12.5's and still needs huge wheel arches which protude into the camper.

Everthing is a compromise.

Rob

[LandCruiserPhil]

I like the "Beer can press" on the front bumper.

The rig is from canton of Zug, Switzerland

[mog]

Thanks a lot for the great photos.
+1 on the extended cab, nice, and an awesome camper, with guest-house.
Do you think the snowboard gets much use in South Africa?

[Spikepretorius]

Sandboard not snowboard, for the dunes

[adventureduo]

Sandboard not snowboard, for the dunes

Funny i barely even noticed it was there until you guys said something.. then i scrolled back up and looked lol

Cool rig for sure.

[DavidG]

I like the "Beer can press" on the front bumper.

The rig is from canton of Zug, Switzerland

I saw that too, nice touch...and it looks well built :)