[PLUG-TALK] MaxiMOG (was car charger)

[MJang]

On Tue, 2013-04-02 at 11:51 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 02, 2013 at 11:33:17AM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:
> >   Here's the manufacturer/vendor: <http://www.premierpowerwelder.com/>. I
> > don't know how to weld or I'd probably install one in my diesel pickup
> > truck. I bought the Pull-Pal winch cable anchor from the company and it's as
> > good as they say it is. The main Web page for their site is
> > <http://www.pullpal.com/>.
> 
> But why stop there?  See http://maximog.com for the world's most
> outrageously equipped land vehicle.  It costs as much as a medium
> sized jet aircraft, but it can travel a ruler-straight line from
> Cairo to Capetown in air-conditioned comfort, fording rivers or
> winching its way up and down cliffs.  You can leave out the remotely
> piloted UAV and submersible attachments and save a million or so,
> but those might help avoid armored skirmishes along the way.  

I know a colleague who converted a Unimog, ref
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog for the same purpose, who bought it
in Europe, and got it here for considerably less than the price of a
Hummer....

Thanks,
Mike