Unimogs rock thread

[simonm]

Where do you want to park it??

 

If you were at annoy your neighbours they could get the authorities to make your life difficult.

 

Down the side of the house...i would rather sleep on all my tackle. vosa would have to approve this as an operators centre then???

[simonm]

Yes it does, when I get my mpg it'll be run on red, not on o licence and kept and registered at a farm

 

Sorry if this sounds dumb but im new to this mog business, is that so it can be registered as agricultural? how can you class tree surgery as agriculture though

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

VOSA is very black and white about unimogs for tree surgery, its on their website. If a unimog is able to carry woodchip and its used on the roads then you need an o licence, no excuses. If your mog can not carry woodchip but has a crane of chopper or winch then it can be classed as plant but both instances must be ran on white diesel. It can only legally be ran on red if it is transported to a site where it will work off the highway then transported back to base on something like a low loader. People do register them as ag but arb is not ag therefore you may get away with it but it's not legal. Hope this helps, look on vosa website it's very clear :-)

[simonm]

VOSA is very black and white about unimogs for tree surgery, its on their website. If a unimog is able to carry woodchip and its used on the roads then you need an o licence, no excuses. If your mog can not carry woodchip but has a crane of chopper or winch then it can be classed as plant but both instances must be ran on white diesel. It can only legally be ran on red if it is transported to a site where it will work off the highway then transported back to base on something like a low loader. People do register them as ag but arb is not ag therefore you may get away with it but it's not legal. Hope this helps, look on vosa website it's very clear :-)

 

Cheers you seem clued up on them. the more i learn about them the more i can see why people like them.

[simonm]

What is the gvw of a mog? payload? train weight? i assume this will depend on the attachments or model?

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

All different from model to model, if your serious then talk to Alex price

[mendiplogs]

All different from model to model, if your serious then talk to Alex price

 

HI CHRIS you not got a MOG YET THEN CHRIS WHATS GOING ON THERE THANKS JON

[Dean O]

If your mog can not carry woodchip but has a crane of chopper or winch then it can be classed as plant

 

Surely you'd want to carry wood chip for a unimog to be worthwhile in arb?

[chrisgilltreesurgery]

Yes Dean, but then you MUST go down the O licence route

[mendiplogs]

Yes Dean, but then you MUST go down the O licence route

 

HI CHRIS how about towing large trailer and have large winch and hiab on rear of mog but your towing trailer how do stand then thanks jon