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Driver’s cab sand yellow, interior and searchlight olive grey. Chassis with cardan shaft, wheel rims and fifth wheel plate sand yellow. Inserted warning lights, transparent orange. Radiator grille olive grey, Magirus logo imprinted silver. Magirus-Deutz lettering and door handles on the sides painted silver. Front bumper surface and bonnet buckles imprinted olive grey. Headlamps painted silver, tail lights imprinted red. Trailer platform, chassis, fenders and wheel rims sand yellow. Stanchions olive grey. Tail lights imprinted red.
The Magirus-Deutz Uranus as a stanchion trailer truck embodies the brute force of the commercial vehicles in post-war Germany and was an indispensable...
The Magirus-Deutz Uranus as a stanchion trailer truck embodies the brute force of the commercial vehicles in post-war Germany and was an indispensable player in the country’s reconstruction efforts – decked out in sand yellow paint, its real-life brother embarked on transport missions in the desert. In this era, when infrastructure and industry demanded massive transport capacities, the hour of this giant had struck. Its primary purpose was to transport long lumber, heavy structural steel, and unwieldy building materials that pushed conventional trucks to their limits. Roaring at the heart of the Uranus was the legendary, air-cooled V12 engine from Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz, which was known not only for its enormous tractive power, but also for its indestructibility under extreme climatic conditions. Thanks to its all-wheel drive and powerful build, the stanchion trailer truck mastered rough terrain, deep mud paths in forests, and dusty large construction sites with stoic composure. The stanchions – stable vertical supports on the trailer – secured the load, which weighed several tons, against slipping sideways, which made the safe transport of the load possible in the first place. The Uranus was not designed for travel on fine asphalt, but as a workhorse for the toughest jobs, ploughing on where others get stuck.
Product EAN 4006190518437
