Unimog Axled M715 Build

Looking good! Just don't spend 5 years on the 4-link! :lol: (believe me, I know how easy that is to do!)

You should re-arch the fenders to match the tire radius.

Yea, I better at least have the rear axle spung under this thing by the winter time. The front has the temporary leaf springs which will make it a roller and closer to a test drive.

The rear fenders actually almost match the diameter of the 49 inch tires exactly. The only problem is when its flexed all the way some small degree of "rear steer" begins to happen.

Like I was saying a few months ago, this bed is in really nice shape and I'd hate to hack it up. I think a trail bed might be the best option for this thing but that would be further in the future. Right now I'm aiming at best putting the wheelbase to fit under the wheel wells.

Next time I'm up near the jeep I'll get some pictures of the rear axle which is currently welded to the frame to show how the tires fit the wheel wells.

Few updates, I haven’t done much of anything on my Jeep.

Weather is finally great here in AZ and you can stand to be outside. I decided a few months back that for me to routinely work on this truck more it needs to be closer than 45 minutes away from my house. After 5 years or working in the dirt next to my house I bucked up an poured a huge concrete pad to store my junk on and to work on. I’ve had a cabover camper on my F350 all summer and I finally have a level surface to store it on. The final straw was a large grapefruit tree finally dying to convince me to cut it down and pave over the area.

Here’s the area which is usually littered with tools, a jeep, a trailer, and all sorts of other parts and junk. These guys were the lowest bid and they offered to help me move all my junk over out of the way so they could start the next day. There was an small existing 8x10 piece they had to bust out first. I’ve done an engine swap, spring over, tube bending, all sorts of stuff with that little piece of concrete over the years.

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Just cause my neighbors love me so much we had the concrete truck show up at 3:45am, pouring was complete before 6 am. (It was the only time they could reserve a truck that day) Neighbors didn’t care at all cause they knew this meant less stuff would be in my driveway.

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Later that day… the tubes sticking up are for my gate pins to lock into. My gate hung a little higher to help keep things out of sight from the road. I’ll eventually get more lattice up around the perimeter to separate my pool from my junk storage area. Overall length little over 50 feet by 12 feet wide plus an 8 x 15 area that I’ll use for tool/equipment storage.

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I’m hoping to be able bring the Blue Jeep down to my house sometime this month. It’s going to take quite an effort as it did to move it when I bought it but it’s a roller now and I can mount my Warn 8274 to my trailer so it should be easier.

Nice pad!


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That looks great. Where I am living is OK to work on stuff. I have 3+ acres. But I am moving to a community that would now allow this. So, my M715 is in the garage and the Mustang sits in the driveway in the sun :(

I am very glad that you have good neighbors. Somehow, I would bet that you help them out as well. Looks great!

About a month ago I moved the Jeep down to my house, had to remove it from the garage its been in for 6 years to where I poured the pad. Did this alone so it took a while to pull off.

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This weekend I did a some grinding, cutting, and painting and got the T-case triple shifters all buttoned up. Just wanted to get these installed since they had be in my trunk for a while although I'm a long ways away from driving this thing.

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Following this build. I have some 416 mog axles and every time I look at them and my 715 I get ideas.

Designing the suspension is the biggest challenge. You can't just mount them to leaf springs without traction bars. I'm 95% done designing on my rear suspension 4 link in CAD. Going to get all of my brackets water jetted hopefully in January.