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In summer, piggybacking a 5 m³ water tank plus an electric front watering arm from the company Fiedler; in winter, a Bucher V-plough with Sole FS100 technology mounted on the municipal front linkage: the Unimog U 527 of the Stadtreinigung Dresden GmbH (SRD) has hardly a free minute all year round. "We use the Unimog daily as required — in winter service up to seven days in two-shift operation," explains Sven Junghanns, group leader for cleaning and winter service at Dresden's "Team Orange".
Stadtreinigung Dresden GmbH puts its third Unimog into service.
Manoeuvrable and flexible for hundreds of road kilometres.
Stadtreinigung Dresden GmbH is "completely satisfied" with its latest addition to the Unimog fleet. The first Unimog they acquired were two identical Unimog U 427s from 2019. "Stadtreinigung Dresden is the leading service provider for the state capital, Dresden, when it comes to cleaning and winter service. And when we received the order from the roads and civil engineering department to additionally cover the Schönfelder Highlands for road winter maintenance, the vehicles we had been using for inner-city work were no longer sufficient. All-wheel drive, VarioPilot® transferable steering, absolute maneuverability and full flexibility were required for the total of 220 kilometres of roads to be maintained. There was only one solution for us: the Unimog," recalls Sven Junghanns.
"We use the Unimog every day as needed – in winter service for up to seven days a week in two shifts."
The people of Dresden need the wedge plow to keep the 112,000 m² of bicycle paths at road level completely free of snow. "The snow must be reliably cleared to the side, and the wedge plow does that best," emphasizes Ralf Hoffmann, fleet manager at SRD. In the summer months the Unimog U 527 is also used for watering trees and plants or converted to a flatbed with raised sides for loading and transporting the grass cuttings from the sunbathing lawns of the 14 municipal outdoor pools. The two Unimog U 427s are also used in the summer months to clean street drains with a suction and flushing unit from Leistikow. "We can flush and vacuum," says Ralf Hoffmann.
As a special highlight, the new addition received a HIAB loader crane on top, mounted directly behind the cab. Driftwood, waste timber or, for example, excavator buckets can be lifted with it. And who knows — maybe there will even be more for the Unimog U 527 to do in the future. After all, SRD might at some point also take over mowing roadside verges. And the Unimog implement carrier is also perfectly suited for that.
Project implemented in collaboration with Unimog general distributor: Henne Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
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