Unimog cranes.

[Mr Ed]

The narrowness of the `Mogs, compared to an 18 tonner, appeals to me - for backing into driveways.

 

Ahh. Thats what puts me off Mogs (That and the silly prices). I like the full width of a decent sized truck, although I also have a narrow Merc Vario 7.5 tonne chip truck.

 

Dont forget that most truck bodies are built with overhang. If ou build it to the same width as the wheels, you'd be surprised how compact you can get your body. The body on my 7.5 tonner is only 80 inches wide.

[nailer]

Good point.

 

Ed, is your signature taken from a song called `Stay`, by U2 ?

[Mr Ed]

Good point.

 

Ed, is your signature taken from a song called `Stay`, by U2 ?

Yes:151:

[Peter]

Forget the Mog, what you need is one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLVO-861-FLAT-BED-WITH-HYDRAULIC-CRANE-HIAB-DUMPER_W0QQitemZ120217552593QQihZ002QQcategoryZ112394QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Peter]

Or one of these http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/trucks/advert+search/N-0,Ne-7-8-27-64-133-146/advert.action?R=200718282983109&distance=175&postcode=m28+3ae&channel=TRUCKS&make=&model=&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=

[Log-ologist]

Could be....

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Loglift-hiab-type-grab-crane-Timber-Forestry-logging_W0QQitemZ160210942205QQihZ006QQcategoryZ108854QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[RichardT]

Hi all,

 

Came across this site accidentally, very useful and entertaining it is too. Also quality Mog-porn pictures.

 

This seems a good thread to piggyback a request for advice.

 

I'm not in the business, I own and live on a softwood plantation with deciduous fringes and odd stands. We use professionals for volume harvesting but I look after firewood for ourselves (everything woodfired) and local sales. Internal access being tricky, I bought a U900 a couple of years ago to run a splitter and chipper and carry split firewood etc.- its a James Jones forestry conversion with hydraulics and linkages at both ends, 3-way tipper and a big roll cage (a near twin is currently on the Atkinson site). It's also pulled the odd plough, run a 3pl backactor, so useful all round.

 

I'd like to put a small crane on it for extraction, ideally on the roll cage mounting behind the cab but if necessary on the back linkage. Buying new would cost more than the mog did, any advice on cranes suitable for this machine, where to source them, which end to put them? Also on the ability of the standard pump to drive a crane...? I could get a cheap tractor and self-loading Botex type trailer, but basically I want an excuse to keep the Unimog.

 

Cheers

[Arborworks Ltd]

err sorry but that is NOT the case and who ever has told you that EVEN if it was someone from the DVLA or VOSA do not know what they are talking about!

 

i heve been there & done it lots of times in the past with 4x4 & 6x6 trucks (e.g. hgv into AMV)

 

see How to exchange a tax disc

 

"You’ll need to exchange your tax disc if you make any changes to your vehicle’s construction or use that will change the tax class or the amount of vehicle tax you pay"

 

"Exchange your tax disc if you change the:

 

tax class (this does not apply for tax classes where

no vehicle tax is payable)

 

engine size (cylinder capacity)

 

type of fuel used

 

weight of a goods vehicle

 

number of seats on a bus

 

the use of a vehicle you have just bought"

 

remember change of tax class is normaly done at your nearest Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) local office

Is it possible to change our 150" 6x6 to an agricultural tax claas & if so can you point us in the right direction

[Rich Rule]

We have used this Unimog with mounted crane for a number of removal jobs recently. In the correct situation it is a nice piece of kit but v. expensive.

[Steve Bullman]

what does it lift?