Unimog

Well, the biggest news of the last few weeks is that we have acquired a Unimog. It's a Mercedes vehicle, used more commonly in Europe, which has features of both a truck and a tractor. It has a front and rear PTO, 3-pt hitch, dump box, front loader, 4 wheel drive, and high clearance. We're intending it to do field work, get logs out of the woods (with a Farmi winch on the back), and be a general hauler. We've realized that the skid steer is not versatile enough for our needs, so it's now for sale and the Unimog is soon to be trucked from southern Indiana to us. Ben and Abrahm took a road trip to scout out this vehicle before we decided about buying it. They did a marathon drive (40+ hours of driving over 3 days), and confirmed that it was purchase-worthy. Abrahm brought a small library and some machinery to keep him occupied, and Ben had hours of non-stop commentary to keep him awake.

More news and photos soon. The blogger site doesn't seem to be functioning right....