Mercedes-Benz Unimog is famous for its roughness, toughness, competence. Unbeatable in extreme conditions, the truck proves yet again what it can do. Snow seems to be its natural habitat in a mountain town in Germany and its surroundings.
The Mercedes-Benz Unimog got a snowplough and a gritter and got down to work. It clears snow from roads and access routes and looks quite in its element. The truck fights the extreme winter conditions in Rottach-Egern on the Tegernsee in Germany. It is an area where winters bring a lot of snowfall.
The municipal works depot of Rottach-Egern operates not only on flat roads and paths around the lake. The Unimog also has to deal with access routes to the ski lifts of the nearby Wallberg mountain. Equipped with snow chains, the vehicle seems unstoppable. Nothing can beat the forward thrust of the Unimog and it clears snow at an altitude of up to 1,000 meters.
The Mercedes-Benz Unimog does not stop once the winter is over
Tobias Maurer is a deputy manager of the works in the German mountain town. He knows that his U 427 can do this, regardless of the conditions. “The roadways here have gradients of up to 85 percent. But those are the conditions where the Unimog really feels at home.”
The mission of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog, initially designed as a tractor, back in the 1940s, is not completed when once winter is over. The truck carries on, transporting gravel to the forest tracks. It sometimes tows a trailer that carries a building machine to a construction site. Road construction is also part of its portofolio. All these activities prove that workers are dealing with a jack-of-all-trades. One that apparently seems to be a master of them all. And so the Unimog tells stories that no other vehicle can tell.
Mercedes-Benz Unimog Does Not Stop Once The Winter Is Over
25/01/2021
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Elusive shipwreck found in Lake Michigan over 100 years after sinking
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A “ghost ship” that sank in Lake Michigan nearly 140 years ago and eluded several search efforts over the past five decades has been found, according to researchers with the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association.
The wooden schooner got caught in a storm in the dead of night and went down in September 1886. In the weeks after, a lighthouse keeper reported the ship’s masts breaking the lake surface, and fishermen caught pieces of the vessel in their nets. Still, wreck hunters were unable to track down the ship’s location — until now.
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Earlier this year, a team of researchers with the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association and Wisconsin Historical Society located the shipwreck off the coastal town of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, the association announced on Sunday.
Named the F.J. King, the ship had become a legend within the Wisconsin wreck hunter community for its elusive nature, said maritime historian Brendon Baillod, principal investigator and project lead of the discovery.
“We really wanted to solve this mystery, and we didn’t expect to,” Baillod told CNN. “(The ship) seemed to have just vanished into thin air. … I actually couldn’t believe we found it.”
The wreck is just one of many that have been found in the Great Lakes in recent years, and there are still hundreds left to be recovered in Lake Michigan alone, according to Baillod.
The ‘ghost ship’
Built in 1867, the F.J. King plied the waters of the Great Lakes for the purpose of trans-lake commerce. The ship transported grains during a time when Wisconsin served as the breadbasket of the United States. The 144-foot-long (44-meter) vessel also carried cargo including iron ore, lumber and more.
The ship had a lucrative 19-year career until that September night when a gale-force wind caused its seams to break apart, according to the announcement. The captain, William Griffin, ordered the crew to evacuate on the ship’s yawl boat, from where they watched the F.J. King sink, bow first.