MB Trac

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The MB Trac was a tractor manufactured by Mercedes-Benz between 1973 and 1991. It was related to the Unimog.

The Unimog was quite successful, except as originally intended as an agricultural platform. Daimler Benz produced a new vehicle in 1972, the MB Trac to be more oriented to larger scale mechanical farming. The new tractor crossed the Unimog technology of all-wheel drive and a power transmission to four large equal-sized wheels, with the appearance of a tractor: slim hood, behind it an angular, highly rising driver cab. In contrast to conventional tractors, the cab is situated between the axles, similar to large North American four wheel drive tractors. However there is no articulation betweent the front and rear sections as with the American tractors.

From the initial MB-trac 65 and MB-trac 70 (later 700), a broad platform developed to the heavy duty MT-trac 1800 within a few years. Nevertheless, The MB-trac was not a huge success. Daimler Benz later merged the MB-trac with the agricultural machinery activities of Deutz AG. The manufacturing of the MB-trac series ended in 1991.