Unimog U900. How many of you use them?

[Stephen Blair]

i just re read the posts, my mistake mate.:biggrin:i had a couple of toys a few of years back:biggrin:

[Tree Man Tom]

Ha, super cool pic!!!

[njc110381]

That's some serious kit, I'm quite jealous!

 

I noticed a snatch block on the winch cable on the Mog? Don't tell me that was to double the line pull?!

[Stephen Blair]

handy things pulleys, it was just to bounce off trees to get a straighter pull, i only ever used it a few times. better to have than to need mate.

 

that pic was for a local magazine that did an article on me:blushing:

[njc110381]

That makes sense. Perhaps that's something else I should put on my shopping list. It's a cheap piece of kit that could save it's cost in five minutes on some jobs!

 

That really is a smart picture. It looks like you've done well for yourself.

[Stephen Blair]

thanks, once you start using winches and lifting kit, you soon learn the slightest angle can change everything, and a 10ton mog can get thrown about quite easy if you arent straight on to what you are pulling, and those big front springs can break quite easy under side stress

[njc110381]

I don't do anything that heavy just yet but I can see where you're coming from. I've pulled timber off of some steep banks with the Landy before and I found it quite hard work.

 

What's the 4x4 lorry you're running now? That sounds interesting. I'm picturing something not quite as hardcore as a Mog but still pretty capable. I assume there are no PTOs etc and you run a towable chipper?

[Stephen Blair]

it has a pto but i just use it for a lifter, and use a tiny chipper van combo for the rest, it is too easy to use bigger kit and not price it accordingly and give yourself more work for less pay.

[njc110381]

That's a smart looking setup. It would take me most of the day to deal with a tree that size! How economical is the lorry compared to a Mog, or is it more a case of it just being a more suitable tool for your needs?

 

It seems you've had no shortage of toys, sorry tools, in your time!

[Stephen Blair]

it is very economical, it is ag taxed, so its free rd tax. i run it on white, so a tank is about £80 and that lasts me a month usually. that tree was twin stemmed, one stem had broke, so i just lifted them one at a time onto the lorry and took them to the yard, its only about 2 miles away, and i will stick them through my bigger chipper when i feel like it( i still have a tp250 pto) but i did the 2 trees with about 4 cuts, so not much sweeping.

 

i lifted this root out on another blown conny that day, so the truck is very handy and extremely manouverable, and likes getting its wheels dirty too, i think i will put mog tyres on it though, they fit straight on, just look cool though, no other reason lol:laugh1: