Buying a unimog

[Davewoodchopper]

hi there, has anyone got some good advice on buying a used unimog, as i am considering purchasing one, for general tree surgery and to run a log splitter and chipper

[tommer9]

A C Price.

Best advice you will get i am told by reliable sources.

[Stephen Blair]

alex price all the way, if a mog is very shiny, just been resprayed and smells like halfords then stay away from it. i have run mogs for 7 years now, go for it..

[Davewoodchopper]

what about atkinson vos ltd in lancaster

[Marc]

if a mog is very shiny, just been resprayed and smells like halfords then stay away from it. i have run mogs for 7 years now, go for it..

 

I wonder who your talking about:sneaky2:

 

Recently had the tank on one of unimogs i drive cleaned out was about 1lb of sand in it we assume! from the sandblasting of the chassis:thumbdown:

[Davewoodchopper]

cheers, where abouts are they

[Mark Bolam]

What sort of price would you be looking at for a semi decent Mog?

 

They seem to have sooooooooo many advantages, but some of you owners also seem to be pretty skilled mechanical engineers!

 

Are they all left hand drive?

[Davewoodchopper]

most of them are leftys, i think you pay more a right hand one , if i can get one for 7 grand i be happy most likly on the never-never (finance)

[Stephen Blair]

google acprice, he will come up first, some mogs are left hand drive mark. i couldnt put a nut in a monkeys mouth but i have a mog, if they break down then just get someone to fix it, thats what i do..if you plan on buying a mog, then plan to do a lot more work with it, but with bigger turnover comes bigger repair bills. i am looking at another mog just now in the region of 50k, but you can spend as little as 5 k for a little play about. it depends what it has on it, you can pick up a flat bed x army mog for under 10k, but one with all the agg stuff on it and chip body, depending on which model, under 20k is going to be a bit rough i reckon.

[Topcat]

I've had mogs for 12 yrs, The 1000 in the pic was bought through Frank Atkinson. 3 had just come in from Germany (ex council) and were at Hull docks.I went across to Hull, tried all 3 and choose this one.£10500, full ag spec 24 speed with a creeper box. Replaced one wheel bearing in all that time and it's now needing the brakes sorting and a general spruce up. Been looking at the cost of swapping and it's looking like I will need to put up about £15k and my mog to get anything decent.