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The Unimog has actually

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accompanied me my whole life.

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There never was anything else for me,

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I wanted to work with the Unimog

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or on the Unimog.

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Actually, even as a child.

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I have always been fascinated.

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My name is Bernd Schmeiser.

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I work with Unimog for a living

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and privately I am also infected

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by the Unimog-Virus.

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We in the final assembly ensure

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that the quality is right for the end customer.

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My daily routine at the factory starts in the morning

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with office work, quickly checking the e-mails.

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Then, especially with us in final assembly,

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scheduling work and retrofitting.

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And then wishing my colleagues a good morning and

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exchanging a few words.

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If the working atmosphere is good, you have fun at work

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and the quality does not suffer from it for sure.

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And if something gets stuck,

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I'll go and get my tool box and

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screw on the vehicle.

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No problem.

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At some point the topic of

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owning a Unimog came up.

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We have three Unimog in the family.

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This motorhome here,

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and a 1961 Unimog U 411.

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And the vehicle of my son is a

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U 1400 with 136 HP and

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a light agricultural equipment.

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Every Unimog fan expresses

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his passion a little differently.

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Some have the part only as

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a commercial vehicle on the field and

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another perhaps rather to travel or

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as with me, to tinker.

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Then I thought that a motorhome

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would be something nice.

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Unimog-based, of course.

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So I got an ambulance

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from Rhein-Braun AG.

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I've worked on it for about 20 years,

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I'm a car mechanic, after all.

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I still had a few supporters,

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then my brother and now

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my son still supports me.

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The working hours I put in there

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were definitely worth it.

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I stopped counting the hours at some point

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because you never finish.

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The cab itself is original, without a bracket,

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which I made for the spare wheel.

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The tank facility was enlarged, it had only

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a 90 litre tank and now it has over 200 litres.

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I have two children, so it was clear that we

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need four seats and sleeping places.

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Two are at the back in the construction

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and two at the seating corner,

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which can be converted to a bed.

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The first tour went towards Franken, Altmühltal.

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We didn't want to drive so far, in case something

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was on the vehicle. But it was nice.

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Sure, it's a little loud,

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but it wasn't an issue for me,

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I always thought it was cool.

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You sit higher up on the road and

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have a little "trucker feeling".

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It's fun, though.

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You can use Unimog for anything.

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That is why Unimog means universal motor unit.