Unimogs rock thread

[Ian Flatters]

ian how is the crane going to interact with the new chip box?, will it limit the cranes use at all?

 

carl

 

 

Shouldn't restrict it too much, we made a mock up out of cardboard, reduced the height until it was a happy compromise on both. Chip box will be 1.9m high because the knuckle is high.

[Ian Flatters]

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Hi Ian. Nice colour same as ours.

You'll wonder how you ever managed without it.......

 

 

Hope so. How do you find it drives loaded with the chipper on the rear?

[carlos]

Shouldn't restrict it too much, we made a mock up out of cardboard, reduced the height until it was a happy compromise on both. Chip box will be 1.9m high because the knuckle is high.

 

are you going to hinge the roof for logs or just use a trailer?

[Stephen Blair]

Ian the Mog will sit on its backside a bit, but that's because it's on springs, I broke a good few on the 2150, mainly due to the speed I was going though

Personally I prefer a solid roof, great for standing on for high hedges and you will get so much more chip in and have close to no spillage

[aspenarb]

Personally I prefer a solid roof, great for standing on for high hedges and you will get so much more chip in and have close to no spillage

 

Thats the one, keeps the rain off the chip as well

 

Bob

[Ian Flatters]

are you going to hinge the roof for logs or just use a trailer?

 

 

I'm going to use a removable lorry curtain side type material for the roof. A trailer will come along if required.

[Stephen Blair]

Ian they sag, and chip can't get into the corners or up front! A solid roof will get you so much more stuff in!

If you are thinking for loading with the Hiab, it's a pain getting things in, clambering in and out, then you have to lift them out as tipping risks too much damage to stuff under the Mog and coming back onto the wheels and chassis,mother it gets stuck under because you think you can drive over it in your monster truck, then you get stuck lol!

Mogs are great chipping units and I'd run the transits and Ivor's beside it for dumpy bags full of sweepings, wood and obviously bigger timber!

[Ian Flatters]

Ian they sag, and chip can't get into the corners or up front! A solid roof will get you so much more stuff in!

If you are thinking for loading with the Hiab, it's a pain getting things in, clambering in and out, then you have to lift them out as tipping risks too much damage to stuff under the Mog and coming back onto the wheels and chassis,mother it gets stuck under because you think you can drive over it in your monster truck, then you get stuck lol!

Mogs are great chipping units and I'd run the transits and Ivor's beside it for dumpy bags full of sweepings, wood and obviously bigger timber!

 

 

 

Hmm good for thought. I was thinking of a trailer for the timber but can also take extra chippings too. Something like a 12t grain trailer.

[Stephen Blair]

If you have a member of staff who can drive then shuttle timber and sweepings in that .

Use the Mog as a chipper and lifter.

Or dumpy bag everything and go around on the weekend with big ifor and collect stuff, the time and energy saved not hand balling logs and bucket loads of sawdust means you can use the staff to do the high profit side of the job and then at the weekend you go a jolly, collect stuff, price stuff and be seen.

Start selling timber as lumps in ton bags, no point using dismantling time faffing about tidying when you don't need to.

As long as the jobs neat and contained the customer will be happy

[TIMON]

Hope so. How do you find it drives loaded with the chipper on the rear?

 

 

It sits down a bit on the rear but it's not excessive. Also it's a little bit tail happy if you go round corners too quick, but again it's not problematic.

The unimog chassis is VERY capable and over engineered as are the springs and running gear. We get 3 times the amount of chip that our high sided tranny carries. We wouldn't be without it.

One of the many good things about mogs is that you can improve and develop them as you go rather than see them decay and depreciate like other trucks.