UCG Newsletter December 2024

Dear members, dear regional representatives, dear Unimog friends,
The year is drawing to a close. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
INFORMATION FROM THE BOARD
Digital Club Card
As of this year, the membership card is only available in digital form. You can find instructions on how to create your card in the link below.
https://unimog-club-gaggenau.de/2023/05/05/die-digitale-clubkarte-des-ucg-ist-da/
It is important to note that this must be downloaded again each year, even in digital form, so that it remains up to date. The validity always ends on 31 December and can be extended independently by you in just a few seconds. Reminder: It is best to repeat the process in January if you have already created the Club Card this year.
Unimog Information System
Do you already know our UIS? Here you will find all service information and historical data on all Unimog model series from their origins to the present day. You can find this type history on our homepage and in the members’ area. You will need your Club Card ID (on the back of your Club Card) and a password. If you have never logged in before, you can request a new password from the office. Simply send an e-mail to info@unimog-club-gaggenau.de.
Rapid assistance in the event of natural disasters: Unimog Club Gaggenau and Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks are looking for volunteer drivers for a joint task force
A few years ago in the Ahr valley, just recently in Valencia, Spain: floods repeatedly cause devastating destruction and great suffering. Scientists predict that such extreme weather events will occur more frequently in the future due to climate change. We need to be prepared for this – and do something about it!
On the initiative of Rainer Hildebrandt, the Unimog Club Gaggenau and Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks have therefore set up a task force. The aim: to be able to provide assistance in emergency situations with specially equipped vehicles, within a few days, throughout Europe.
Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks is providing suitable vehicles for the project, which are configured in such a way that they can be used to support rescue operations. As a club, we provide the specially trained drivers for these Unimogs and/or Zetros. In concrete terms, this means that we need around 30 volunteers who want to get involved.
These are the requirements:
– Driving licence C/CE and professional driver qualification (95 modules)
– available at short notice within one to two days
– Willingness to provide assistance within Europe for one to two weeks
– previous involvement with aid organisations such as the fire brigade, THW, Red Cross etc. or medical knowledge is an advantage, but not a must
Many details still need to be clarified before we can start. At the beginning of the year, however, there will be a briefing and training session on and with the vehicles at the training centre in Ötigheim. Only drivers who successfully complete this training will be accepted. This is also for their own safety.
We are counting on your support and the solidarity of the community! If you are interested, please contact us quickly by e-mail: Rainer.Hildebrandt@Unimog-Club-Gaggenau.de.
TIS (Parts Information System) Current status
Good things come to those who wait. Daimler Truck has recently transferred the role of administrator to us. In concrete terms, this means that we can authorise our members to access the system again. It is important to remember that you have to log in at least every 150 days, otherwise your access will be blocked. In this case, we will no longer be able to authorise anything. If you are seriously interested, please send an e-mail to info@unimog-club-gaggenau.de stating your name, e-mail address, telephone number and membership number.
New head of department “MB-trac”
Our department heads are getting new blood. With Michel Kaiser, our departments are being expanded to include the topic of “MB-trac”, giving our MB-trac fans competent support from an expert. Michel Kaiser introduces himself:
I spend a lot of the year taking photos, post-processing, archiving, writing texts, making phone calls, writing emails and creating content. It’s not just a job, my hobby, it’s my passion for the MB-trac and the Unimog. Capturing special vehicles and situations in pictures and keeping them for eternity, digitising negatives, selecting pictures from the archive for my books, calendars and projects – that’s what I do with all my heart. I now have a very extensive archive of the MB-trac and Unimog.
I need fresh air to be creative and recharge my batteries. I very often drive one of my MB-tracs or the Unimog and work with it. I also enjoy going on holiday with my family to discover new things. I like barbecuing, I’m often with our horse and I make our firewood.
I grew up with the MB-trac and the Unimog. Over the years, my passion has become more and more pronounced, but more for the MB-trac.
I really enjoy writing new books, technical articles or articles about the MB-trac or Unimog. Advising on old MB-trac models is also a challenging task. My knowledge of the MB-trac and especially Werner’s forestry bodies is often in demand here.
At www.unimog-community.de, I am also a forum moderator for the MB-trac area and a member of the Unimog social media team. I’m looking forward to my new role in the UCG as head of the MB-trac section.
INFORMATION FROM THE OFFICE
Holidays
The office will be closed from 23.12.2024 to 06.01.2025.
NEWS FROM THE UNIMOG MUSEUM
Reading tipi at the Unimog Museum – reading aloud and reading to yourself for young and old
A very special highlight awaits visitors to the Unimog Museum Gaggenau in the coming weeks: a huge, lovingly designed reading tipi that will provide great reading pleasure until the end of January 2025. The tipi, a true project of the heart, was sewn by Melitta Strack from Jeans Box Gaggenau, embroidered by Juri Fleischmann and built by carpenter Salvatore Di Salvo in over 50 hours of voluntary work and invites children and adults alike to immerse themselves in the world of books. The reading tipi offers both reading aloud activities and the opportunity to read for yourself.
Reading aloud for children from the age of three with the Leselust association in Baden.
The people of Baden-Baden bring exciting and funny stories for young and old and the Kamishibai storytelling theatre to the reading hour in the Unimog Museum’s reading tipi.
When: Sunday, 26 January 2025, 11.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m
CLUB-SHOP

Unimog knowledge “Transmission 1/11”
The gearbox plays a very important role in the driveline of a Unimog, as it allows the direction of travel, speed and torque to be adapted to requirements. The UG 1/11 was used in the Boehringer, U 2010, U 401/402, U 404 and U 411 Unimog series from 1949 to the end of 1980. This volume 1 on the UG 1/11 deals with the first version as a roller bearing gearbox, unsynchronised, as it was used until autumn 1955. All assemblies are explained in detail and illustrated with informative pictures.
In addition to the description of the function of the subassemblies and their individual parts, there are valuable instructions on the removal, repair and installation of the individual elements and the tools required for this, which supplement the workshop manual. However, the book is not only aimed at people who want to overhaul a gearbox themselves, but at all readers who want to understand the function of this central component. The book comprises 72 pages Author: Thomas Kleefeld
The booklet costs 25 euros (incl. VAT) plus postage and can be found in our club shop:
Unimog Knowledge “The UG 1/11” – Unimog-Club Gaggenau e. V.
Newsletter December
31.01-02-02 2025 Bremen Classic Motorshow Bremen
27.02-02 March 2025 Retro Classics Stuttgart trade fair
09.-13/04/2025 Trade fair Techno Classica Essen
03.-04/05/2025 Technorama Ulm
09.-11 May 2025 ADAC Hockenheim Historic Hockenheim Ring
16.-18.05.2025 Klassikwelt Bodensee Friedrichshafen
13.06.2025 Regional representative conference Rastatt
14.06.2025 Parts market Kuppenheim
14.06.2025 General meeting Gaggenau
19.-22.06.2025 Annual meeting 72587 Römerstein