Right vehicle for job ?

[tockmal]

No the 3.0.

 

Great vehicle, the 2.8 however is for the weekend canoeist brigade.

[_tc]

Well mine finally arrived late last night from Harlow in Essex. I am chuffed to bits with it. she maybe ten years old and have 172,000 miles on the clocke but full history, one owner etc she is great. Now i need to start adding a few little bits like side steps to get in and out easier(not me, the girlfriend). Decide where to mount the spare wheel and look out for chunkier tyres.

Here are some pics.

 

 

 

 

[Mr Ed]

Nice machine TC

[madmatt]

Nice truck TC, essex? Not foleys by any chance?! Think carefully about side steps if you do take it off road they can become a hinderance.

[Mike Hill]

Try putting the spare tyre on the bonnet.Its out of the way and handy for putting slings and large shackles in when off roading.Just remember to drill through one of the bolts and put a wee padlock on it,or someone might have it away.

[Dean Lofthouse]

Only problem I have with my defender 130 is pulling away at junctions which are slight uphill, when fully loaded and the chipper. I have to knock it into low box to get moving then snatch back into high box.

 

I have just put a new 300tdi engine in with a brand new injector pump and it is still no different.

 

Is this a common thing with 300tdi,s ?

[Peter]

I used to drive one occasionally that was chipped. You had to rev the nuts off it to pull away, but once it was rolling it flew! Did almost 15 mpg too!

[benhudson treeworks]

Get a Unimog and you'll wonder how you ever managed without it ! Mine has got me enough work to pay for itself witin 6 months, it pulls like #@*k and .........its a joy to drive, cheap to run (ish) and helps justify higher prices !....well,thats my excuse !

[Dean Lofthouse]

don't you find a mog difficult to get close to the job on most domestic jobs, have considered one and spent a few weeks recalling jobs I had done to find most of them I probably wouldn't have got a mog in.

 

You know what it's like, 10ft nearer the job can save a lot of time.

 

Turning circle on the 130 mind you is similar to a double decker buses

[benhudson treeworks]

Well, I got a little U900, so it'll go most places ! I dont do much domestic stuff really. I Got a little Mitsubishi Canter tipper for that, its a good un too ! Your main benefits with Mog are PTO's, pulling ability and lack of restrictions !