Re: [MV] FMTV was Re: [MV] M35A3 closed at $45,949.00

Hi Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] FMTV was Re: [MV] M35A3 closed at $45,949.00

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>
> Haflingers are neat, but too big for the smallest jobs (like a Kraka or
> MULE can do), too small for pretty much anything else considering a Pinz
> or Unimog could do it better.[/color]

You cannot make a comparison of a Haffy with a Pinz or Unimog..... it is
most compareable to a Mule. I brought my Haffy home in the back of my Dodge
Ram ( only 8" outside the tailgate, and tires between the wheel wells). The
basic Haflinger 700 has a 53" x 112" rail to rail footprint with a useable
cargo bed of 50" x 60" without infringing into the driver's area, its only
3" wider than a Mule, and 6" shorter ( with leg basket).

The 710 Pinz is more compareable to a LR 109 ( both 15" wider than a Haf),
and a Mog is as wide as a full size US pickup.
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> No slight on the Haflinger... it's just
> not hard to see why the design concept didn't catch on.[/color]

Considering that the Haflingers were made from 1958 to 1974 and over 16,600
made, they had caught on, and lived a productive life. And at the time that
production ended, SDP had plans for a new "H2", but as development got
involved with Mercedes, it ended up as what we know as the G Wagon.

Dave Dunn


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