Equipment Pic Thread

[Mesterh]

Either way the idea of carrying extra gear in the back seats is alarming. Even in a mild head on crash those extra bits of kit become deadly projectiles

Yeah I know what you mean there but any heavy stuff(axe,wedges,felling bar and tools etc) go in a tool box under the seat or on the floor behind the front seats.The only thing put onto the rear seats is wet weather gear(need lots of this these days ) and sometimes the odd harness,rope etc. Saws allways go on the back of the van, which I suppose I shoulda explained a bit better.

i think that payload is more important than 3 extra seats for one extra man to be comfortable

Spoken like a true employer and not an employee I Reckon that you probably loose less than about 100kg by the time youve added the extra seats but deducted the extra weight of the body etc.With some decent lightweight sides you can easily get 5-6 cube in the back.

[skyhuck]

I Reckon that you probably loose less than about 100kg by the time youve added the extra seats but deducted the extra weight of the body etc.With some decent lightweight sides you can easily get 5-6 cube in the back.

 

No its not the weight of the extra seats, larger cab,etc,that is the main problem,its load distribution,with a crew cab you end up with all the pay load over the rear axel,if you put 5-6 cub in you will be well over loaded IMHO.

[Tree cutter Stu]

i had a crew cab lt40 3,5 ton it weighed 5 or 6 ton everyday (when loaded with chip tools and 3 men) it was crazy thats why crew cabs are not any good for tree work.

[Adam]

Oh trust me Adam you can! If I had endless pots of money I'd have niether a mog or a Landy! LOL.

 

Its like everything horses for courses you will never get everyone to agree a mog is the ultimate arb vehicle!

 

i will god damn it lol

[3dogs]

Spoken like a true employer and not an employee I Reckon that you probably loose less than about 100kg by the time youve added the extra seats but deducted the extra weight of the body etc.With some decent lightweight sides you can easily get 5-6 cube in the back.

 

My cabstar has 3 seats so therefore seats 3 men. a little squahed admittedley. my argument was that i was't going to buy a crew cab to have 3 empty seats. the space can be put to better use!

[bob]

My cabstar has 3 seats so therefore seats 3 men. a little squahed admittedley. my argument was that i was't going to buy a crew cab to have 3 empty seats. the space can be put to better use!

 

IF YOU HAD A CREWCAB YOU COULD BE 6 DOGS

[Arborist]

These guys go on my back seat, theres another one just out of shot.

 

[3dogs]

My cabstar has 3 seats so therefore seats 3 men. a little squahed admittedley. my argument was that i was't going to buy a crew cab to have 3 empty seats. the space can be put to better use!

 

IF YOU HAD A CREWCAB YOU COULD BE 6 DOGS

 

i still would,nt have a crew cab.

 

now if they built a muppet cab then that would be different my cabs always full of muppets!!!

had one in it today, called bob!!!:wave:

[Craig Johnson]

judge,

 

PTO chipper on a bedford tell us more please, is the PTO similar to the one I had on my RL to drive the winch?

 

No... the PTO's for mec winches come off (landy/Bedford) the transfer box and means that they run through the gear box, at low speed, so do not take the stick when driving a chipper and easly strip the gears clean:icon4: i've got a direct engine PTO box that fits between the clutch and gear box running drive through a blower box to the chipper

[Log-ologist]

on my old RL the PTO worked through the gearbox and could run the winch in 4 forward and 1 reverse gears.