Das MB-trac Forum

Hallo Leute.

There`s a rumor in England and Norway saying Mercedes-Benz has got a new MBtrac on the drawing bord. Question is: Have anyone of you in Germany heard something about this?

The rumor started in England with Director of the company South Cave Tractors Ltd. A.R Lewitt, saying that there migth be a new MBtrac on the way.

http://www.southcavetractors.com/s-trac/index.html#

I have found two articles about this on the net, the first one here in Norway, and the other one is from Denmark.

http://gardsdrift.no/id/52860

http://www.maskinbladet.dk/artikel/merce...drom-lever

Grüße aus Norwegen,
Haavard.

There always was a lot of rumors and some running gags about a new Mb-trac during all the time since Mercedes has stopped building it.
Even if a small part of mine wishes that it´ll come true, I really don´t believe in such rumors.
The S-trac is just a Unimog based vehicle just like the new Damman-tracs.

Could you try to translate the Norwegian article into proper English ?
Than it would be much easier for us German fellows to understand how serious the source of the article is.

I read some of this kind on various websites arround the 1st of april during the last few years ...

Although, thank you, Havaard for sharing that with us !


regards,
Robert

Hallo Robert.

I have translated the most important parts of the article.
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MB-trac vender tilbake?

Unimog lever i beste velgåande. I England blir det bygd sprøyter med stjerne i grillen. Og kanskje finst ein ekte Mercedes-traktor på teiknebrettet i Tyskland.

MBtrac on the way back?

Unimog is alive and well. In England (S.C Tractors) are building Self Propelled Sprayers with the three-pointed star in the grill. And maybe there is a genuine Mercedes-tractor on the drawing board in Germany.

Alt håp er ikkje ute for deg som vil titte på ei stjerne mens du køyrer traktor. På øya uti havet, der folk bur tett i tett og snakkar engelsk, blir det bygd ei sjølvgåande sprøyte som heiter Mercedes Benz S-trac. Understellet er frå Unimog. Toppfarten er 64 km/h. Motoren, som tilfredsstiller lastebilkrav, er godkjent etter Euro 5-norma. Transmisjonen har 16 trinn med automatisk skift.
– Dette er sprøyter som vi skreddarsyr til kunden, fortel A.R. Levitt til Maskinbladet. Levitt er sjef for den engelske avdelinga av Mercedes Benz i Newport.

All hope is not out for those who want to look at a star while driving a tractor. On the island out in the sea, where people live close together and speak English, they are building a Self Propelled Sprayer that is called Mercedes-Benz S-trac. The chassis is from a Unimog. The top speed is 64 km/h. The engine, which meets truck requirements, is approved for the Euro 5 emission standard. The transmission has 16 gears with automatic shifting. These are sprayers that is specially made for the customers, says A.R Levitt to Maskinbladet.dk. Levitt is the chief of the English department of Mercedes Benz in Newport.

Ny Merce-tractor i vente?

Vel så interessant er eit lite hint frå Levitt.
– At vi byggjer sjølvgÃ¥ande sprøyter er ikkje noko nytt. Det har vi gjort i 25 Ã¥r. Men Mercedes Benz har byrja Ã¥ interessere seg meir og meir pÃ¥ omrÃ¥det, og rykte seier at der kanskje er ein traktor pÃ¥ veg, seier han til Maskinbladet.
Her i landet har vi jo nyleg sett at Mercedes-importør Bertel O. Steen har engasjert seg sterkt i landbruket gjennom oppkjøpet av A-K maskiner. Om Mercedes sjølve ser det same som Bertel O. Steen, at landbruket er ein fin bransje å rette seg mot, vil i fall det skjer vere temmeleg interessant.

New Mercedes-tractor?

Just as interesting is a little hint from Levitt. -That we are building Self Propelled Sprayers is nothing new. We have been doing that for 25 years. However Mercedes-Benz has started to show more interest in agriculture, and the rumor says that there might be a new Mercedes-tractor on the way, he says to maskinbladet.dk.
Here in Norway we have recently seen the Mercedes-Benz importer Bertel O. Steen has been involved heavily in the agricultural sector through the acquisition of AK-maskiner. (Norwegian agricultural tractor and machinery dealer).

Source of this article: Bedre Gardsdrift, Maskinbladet.dk.

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I do find it a bit strange that the news about this came from England. I haven't found any information on German websites yet.
This might just be another rumor, I hope not, but time will tell...

Grüße aus Norwegen,
Haavard.

Hallo,

der letzte Satz von maskinbladet ist interessant:

- At vi bygger selvkørende sprøjter er ikke helt nyt, da vi har gjort det i snart 25 år. Men Mercedes Benz er begyndt at interessere sig mere og mere for området, og rygter siger, at der måske er en traktor på vej fra det tyske firma.

- Das wir selbstfahrende Spritzen bauen ist ja nichts neues, das machen wir ja schon fast 25 Jahren. Aber Mercedes Benz hat angefangen, sich mehr und mehr für diesen Bereich zu interessieren, und gerüchte sagen, das vieleicht ein Trecker auf dem Weg ist, von der deutschen Firma.

1:1 übersetzt deswegen passt der Satzbau nicht ganz

Hallo

o yes a new Tracgeneration.....please DB make this

auf Deutsch na das wäre viel zuschön um wahr zu sein....

Guten Abend, ich habe vor ca einer Woche in einem Forum durch Zufall gelesen, dass Mercedes dabei ist Selbstfahrspritzen zu entwickeln, es waren auch Bilder davon zu sehen und ein weiteres Fahrzeug wäre in Planung. Ich kann diese Anzeige leider nichtmehr wiederfinden. Hat Jemand davon schon etwas gehört?

Dankesehr!

LG Sebastian