unimog u140l anyone had one??

[elliott EGD]

Engine rebuilt twice in 9 years,sounds great!

 

Bare in mind its a 21 year old machine it runs all day to and from site running mewp and chipper simultaneously and 1 rebuild beein due to a bolt going through oil cooler dumping sump content dose 3 x the work than a van its well worth the repair billls

[shaggy]

do u140L's have a splitter on the gearbox?

[elliott EGD]

do u140L's have a splitter on the gearbox?

 

Not as standard can be fitted 140's have a 4 speed box hi and low eight foward four reverse it is also possible to have working / crawler gears

[Boy English]

Hey our company has run a 140l for nine years no problem getting parts from the right place. ac price knows ours in and out . a real work horse alltho under powerd dose travel realy well on the road once its rolling . The 140l has served us well with a cople engine rebuilds only thing that lets them down is power and the gear box has a big jump bitween 3rd and 4th can be a pain loaded also having to slip the clutch when hevey to get going [ATTACH]134269[/ATTACH]

 

 

Cheers for the info chaps.. That mewp / chipper combination your running is interesting me.. I run a mewp most days.. could you give me a little more info or any pics of the arse end?? im guessing you've got a chip box there somewhere? looks the tits

[elliott EGD]

Cheers for the info chaps.. That mewp / chipper combination your running is interesting me.. I run a mewp most days.. could you give me a little more info or any pics of the arse end?? im guessing you've got a chip box there somewhere? looks the tits

 

Yeah have a couple pictures on the phone its my old mans brain child . We run two soon to be three.

 

Exspensive pieces of kit to build and run

[Boy English]

credit where its due chap, well done to your old man:thumbup1:... I run a transit with chipper and a transit cherry picker atm (4x4 pickup in the background for when needed) but have been struggling to find a better setup incorporating off road ability for both without massive costs..

 

building a similar thing (got me thinking now )

 

do you find it awkward having to be side on to the tree when working to obtain maximum height? im guessing a larger teleboom picker would be advantageous ..

 

also a guess on weight would give the u140 a 1.5t payload for chip when built?

 

brilliant idea, its clear there working for you.. buy him a pint on my behalf

Edited September 14, 2013 by Boy English

[HertsWood]

U140's have a sprinter engine & clutch - we had a u90 AG spec a few years go. Great bit of kit, let down by the sprinter engine....

 

 

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[treedweller]

U90/100's have sprinter engine u140's have a 4.0l engine i think? Maybe wrong but i'm pretty sure.

I went upto Vos last weekend and they have a U100 in the yard thats in need of tlc but a good basis for a project!! That mewp/chipper combo is top bannana Does the chip schute ever block up??

[elliott EGD]

credit where its due chap, well done to your old man:thumbup1:... I run a transit with chipper and a transit cherry picker atm (4x4 pickup in the background for when needed) but have been struggling to find a better setup incorporating off road ability for both without massive costs..

 

building a similar thing (got me thinking now )

 

do you find it awkward having to be side on to the tree when working to obtain maximum height? im guessing a larger teleboom picker would be advantageous ..

 

also a guess on weight would give the u140 a 1.5t payload for chip when built?

 

brilliant idea, its clear there working for you.. buy him a pint on my behalf

 

He did a blody good job and pricey did a real good job building it reach is ok for our line of work about 11-12 meter is all ye will get with it yeah you near on on chip Weight we tend to work over the chipper isnt a cheep setup tho everythink we have has gone in to investing in these mogs

 

As for 140's have do have a 4lt 4 cylinder engine with a 4 gears hi and low

 

As for the cipper shute it blocks only on soaking wet days with conifir if your not on top of it but rarely happens

[Husky]

In same boat here trying to buy a mog looking at a u140 to put a big cherry picker on just wondering what they are like compared to other ones