The evolution of my arb truck

[Gray git]

That sounds promising!

Always seemed a shame production stopped as such a good purposeful vehicle!

[18 stoner]

Yes it will need a o licence,

But dont tell any1

 

So how's this part going, have you been pulled with a multi agency inspection yet?

[Gray git]

All good, had a vosa check and got told to give headlights a wipe as a bit muddy. Bloke was surprised to find white derv in the tank and was expecting red even when I said not.

[18 stoner]

Sounding good, goes to show there are a few of these usually hated officials that can turn a blind eye.

[Gray git]

Iy or very few of us would be able to make a living with overloading transits etc with only our tools badly loaded trailers getting towed by vans that haven't got the capacity, mogs running on red doing domestic tree work, tractors shifting timber from arb jobs, it's a minefield trying to get on.

Would rather run like I am than put outher road uses at risk for carrying 5qu of chip on a transit and if dvla and vosa are happy who is anyone ells to tell me otherwise and if the powers that be do say no then I'll seek legal advise as to recoup costs due to me opperating as I am under their advise.

All it would take is for someone to take a look at the unimog rocks thred at the mogs doing arb or the overloaded thred and a lot of arbtalkers could find a brown envelope on the doormat asking for clarification of use.

[treequip]

What's the towing capacity on that

 

Whithams have it listed as 2500kg (from memory) Seems a bit meagre for a towing vehicle of that mass

[Gray git]

Less than 3 ton as gtw can only be up to 7.5 ton so that's right but a manufacturer speck sheet someone showed me says capable of 5 ton tow but not legal on road nor would I want to try and stop that with drums :eek:

[agrimog]

if my memory serves me right the main military use was to tow the 105 howitzers so around 2 to 2.5 ton would seem right, there was a larger version built that was classed at 7.5 ton, but in 4x4 versions there as rare as hens teeth

[Jonny Burch]

Someone got jealous and decided to get one too!! Picking this up this weekend!!

[treequip]

if my memory serves me right the main military use was to tow the 105 howitzers so around 2 to 2.5 ton would seem right, there was a larger version built that was classed at 7.5 ton, but in 4x4 versions there as rare as hens teeth

 

I know where there is one but you would have to prize it from the owners cold dead fingers