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A different breed of cat.
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Posted by Chris Vangel on March 08, 2005 at 11:47:36 from (69.213.229.92):
Howdy,
I got to work on something a little different last weekend. I work at a Freightliner dealer and these two Canadian guys come rolling in with a UNIMOG!! The thing was like a wheeled tank. Front and Rear pto's, a bed that tilts three directions, a mid mounted cable wench, and a set of grips that come down to the ground in low traction or wenching type situations. They drove down from Canada to buy this thing, dump the rental, and drive the Unimog back, didn't get two blocks and blew a hydraulic brake line. So they come to the truck shop. Well my guys work on air brakes, that things got juice brakes, no parts. When I got off work I went out of my way to help them. Took the line off, shortened it an inch, used a double flaring tool, and when I finished you couldn't tell from stock. The line failed INSIDE the line nut, as if it had been overtightened. The line itself was stronger than death, so I didn't feel bad about re-flaring it. There were no lines available at the parts department anyway, and these were metric to boot! Afterwards they taught me how to drive the beast. A little bit of a work to drive this unit, and pretty close to zero on comfort. A lever for reverse/forward, another for gear selection, and third for pto engagement, and some sort of handle for air operated four wheel drive and differential lock in. They were to drive from St. Louis, Mo. to Canada, I wouldn't have looked forward to that trip. They wanted to pay me, but I refused and told them they were gonna need fuel. During our conversations (two and half hours of them) I said my wife was at home and we were going to watch a movie, they said take money, she might be mad if you don't. My reply was I'll tell her I was helping 'international relations' for our countries, got a good laugh. They refused to take no for an answer, even though I declined their money four or five times. I finally gave in and pocketed their offering. We our goodluck and goodbyes. Later, I came to find out that the $20 I though they gave me was actually 5 twenty dollar bills! (US $$) I was shocked. I didn't do it for money at all, and they didn't mind giving it up. I was just being helpful and they truly appreciated it, not just in the money, but in their gratitude, which to me was more important. Just wanted to share a story, sorry it got a little long.
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