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Atkinson Vos are ok if you see them for what they are , Simon will tell you anything especially if he doesn’t know & if you play dumb it will become amusingly apparent, they don’t do work they are paid for sometimes or try and skimp & rather than fix the little jobs that any unimog seller would normally do so they wait for the purchaser to find them, some of the guys in the workshop are very good however some of the frank/Simon ethos has rubbed off on them & some don’t even understand English! if you look on there web site they do misrepresent things like hour's/km's or what they are sold with sometimes, however given all that I would still buy one from them if it was what I was looking for & the price was right

Skyhuck, looks a nice outfit, However I am a little worried due to a safety concern & possible braking of C & U law’s witch if it were to result in an accident would result in book throwing at you or if you were just stopped in a routine check would result in a potential big fine. I assume by the looks of the trailer it is a 13t Müller Mitteltal with a Palfinger crane mounted on the drawbar just in front of the body? can you tell me the dead weight of the crane witch should be on the makers plate, I am guessing its in the range of 1250kg to 1500kg? can you tell me the class of VED under witch you run the Unimog? (truck or AMV) can you tell me the approximate weight of the unimog how you normally run it & its GVW (guessing 10000kg GVW if a U1600) Can you tell me the size of the towing eye that is fitted to the trailer (I.e. 40mm/50mm/57mm internal diameter) Can you tell me the load specs of the towing eye ID plate witch should be on it (D, Dc, V, etc) or a clear photo of the plate. (and appropriate full wording next to the weight if not D, Dc, V) Can you tell me the load specs of the towing coupling on the Unimog witch should be on the makers ID plate or just the modal number or a clear photo of it. (and appropriate full wording next to the weight) Can you tell me the distance the crane centre is from the towing eye, also the body length & the distance from the transverse body centre line to the towing eye as well as axels centreline to towing eye. The resion I as the above is because I believe if the trailer is fitted with the towing eye I think & in all probability your Unimog is also fitted with a small selection of possible couplings of witch >70% of them will be unsuitable due to the various imparted forces witch gives your combination a very high risk of separating due to fatigue failure with the inevitable consequences, this is because 99% of people don’t understand how to interpret the mass & force limits given on towing eye & towing coupling once you get above 3.5t trailers.

yes it can be re-plated to 7.5t

ware is you number plate & tax disk, a Mowing Machine used on the road must have them along with 3rd party insurance!

There is one problem with testing for Cannabis and that is it stays in the body a long time at almost the same level as when it was taken, thus even with random testing the presence of it in the body is NOT indicative of if it was use at work on the day, or at night the day before or 5 days before at the weekend or 21 days before that or even 31 day before, so all a positive result means is at sometime in the past ~35days has smoked or taken Cannabis or just been present in a room with people smoking (passive smoking) Also all this talk of “illegal drugs” not at work is bullshit of the highest order, there are plenty of legal and prescription/non prescription drugs that impair people in far more dangerous ways than Cannabis use at work in moderation, also blanket statements like so generalise things and don’t mirror facts, even the slightest drop of alcohol impairs someone however this cannot be said of Cocaine & speed or dope, witch is why fighter pilots and other people who do high stress dangerous jobs ware reaction to surroundings and inputs along with decision making are routinely given Cocaine &/or speed. Its also worth remembering that if you look at the studies of road accidents the world over ware THC (Cannabis) is detected in the blood of victims witch the press often report but they negate to say that alcohol is also found in 50% to 100% of the same victims as well and is the major factor in the accident rather than THC (% variance comes from different independent studies of victims in specific countries) Take some simple quotes from research by recognised bodies with regards to driving: The Transport Research Laboratory - UK: U.S. Department of Transportation:

If it wont reach top speed on the flat with no wind then there is something fundamentally wrong with your 300tdi or it is over-geared like a disco (witch will easily do over 90mph on the flat) If you clime under it with a cloth and look on the transfer-box near the handbrake drum & pto aperture there is normally a white sticky label (if you are lucky) witch says the ratio, sometimes it can also be on the top of the transfer-box in witch case remove the centre seat & the inspection plate in the seat-box to see it. Also do you have a GPS so you can see the Speedo error vs. real speed?

its the ratio of your transfer box! it probably has a 1.2:1 or 1.4:1 one in it, it would want a 1.6:1 one fitting. how fast dose it do at top speed?

Mm, I think there is also a safety element in using jacks vs. wedges for toppling BIG heavy butts Things like driving in wedges all day tends to tire you out, some people make more mistakes when tired. When using a big hammer on wedges you tend to be looking at the wedge rather then every ware else including the rest of the butt! (everything else is in the peripheral vision at most witch makes it harder to react to) A big hammers braking can lead to you having NO big hammers left on the job and a butt in a dangerous position. Jacks are more controllable as well as have a means of backing of pressure and have the easy ability to reposition with the aide of packers cut to specific size/shape from timber on site. Etc, etc.

toe jacks: google.co.uk images - toe jacks google.co.uk search - toe jacks

I have used toe jacks in the past, much easer work than wedges or felling bars and far more powerful though a little harder to set up, but good for big stuff

They might be referring to first plate & test or when the EEC kerb weight is not known or established, then the driver is not in the vehicle when weighed but 75kg is added on top of the weight to account for an average EEC person. DIN kerb weight = vehicle with all fluids 100% full and fuel tank >90% full (preferably 100% full) & no driver. EEC kerb weight = DIN kerb weight + 75kg (68kg driver and 7kg luggage) to Directive 92/21/EC version 95/48/EC

err the driver is part of the load and is also part of the EEC kerb weight (75kg) either way the weight of the driver is included that is why you are asked to stay in the vehicle as are ALL passengers. if you are a overweight driver then that is your hard luck, if ALL driver have to stay in there vehicle when weighed then there is NO discriminating as ALL drivers will be treated the same :wave:

Wood chips = 240kg to 520kg per 1m3 as Mr Ed says >350kg per 1m3 is a good place to start

i to use Facom screwdrivers, very good. the rest of my tools are Facom, Britool & Teng and i loath the over-priced crap that is Snap-off

Hi I have built a few log splitters for people and repaired a few made by others! I have always used RSJ as to get box section man enough for the job its harder & more costly to find. The biggest problem people have is estimating the ram force witch really is quite easy, most hydraulics work at 180bar (2610psig) to 200bar (2900psig) with peeks of up to 230bar (3336psig) thus each 1”² of ram is worth 3336lb (1513kg) of force, a ram that has an internal diameter of 3” (~75mm) will have a surface area of 7.0685”² (~44.178cm²) meaning a peek force of 23580.5lb (10698.95kg). Ram internal diameter (1” = ~25mm, 1”² = ~6.25cm²) 1” = 0.7853”² = 1188.15kg 1.5” = 1.7671”² = 2673.62kg 2” = 3.1415”² = 4753.08kg 2.5” = 4.9087”² = 7426.86kg 3” = 7.0685”² = 10694.64kg 3.5” = 9.6211”² = 14556.72kg 4” = 12.5663”² = 19012.81kg 4.5” = 15.9043”² = 24063.20kg Π * R * R = airea² Diameter / 2 = R Π = ~3.14159

Just remember there is an amount of statistic cooking! They may have stopped 250 & 14% had no faults and were road legal, BUT they are only going to stop units & combinations that look dodgy in the first place, also with the exception of Fastrac & Unimog 99% of tractors are legally only supposed to do 20mph as are most trailers, as most tractors sold can do 30mph+ so if Mr VOSA has Mr plod with him with a speed gun then if the tractor is doing over 20mph by ANY amount then Mr tractor driver/owner will automatically be done for C&U offences even if the tractor was 100% road worthy beneath 20mph. If a 100% road worthy typical tractor and trailer was stopped you would be done for (if over 20mph) incorrect steering, incorrect brakes, low braking force, lack of fail-safe 2-line trailer brakes, possibly tyres (speed/load index), if over 25mph then possibly lighting regulations. Putting things in simple form, if your tractor or trailer or trailed appliance dose more than 20mph on the public road it must conform to the same regulations as cars, vans & hgv’s and there trailers with respect to braking, steering, tyres i.e. Construction & Use (C&U), if also above 25mph then lighting regulations as per cars, vans & hgv’s and there trailers (AG trailers >25mph have exceptions to some marker lights & plates, as do projections front/rear/side of AG vehicles)

If you sell the rear hydraulic linkage in favour of a swing away mount for the chipper you will lose your ability to attach other similar implements or hire/borrow other bigger chippers easily?

Given its AV link, I wouldn’t dispute that!

mmm i knew i had seen it someware! "fully compliant road lighting and markers"

I am near Telford – Shropshire. What’s up with your mog then? Is it a "Silver Hornet"

err I work in many industries as I am self employed/owner, started out in quarrying & industrial building rentals witch run them self’s so have plenty of free time, then into arb & forestry witch I gave up doing almost full time in 95 (was only ever a backup tree climber i.e. rescue, but was an 1st class groundy on the ropes etc & operating machine’s) during all that time I was also a mechanic/welder – fabricator/designer so use to equip 4x4 & 6x6 trucks for work in the above for my self etc, I have been running Unimog’s since 91 and currently have a U1600 witch I just keep for bits of agri work and things in the above & I also do repairs on them not that I have ever had to do much to mine just other peoples, I also work in 3D design hence the avatar or silly images like below

FYI: HMRC - Notice 75 is COMPULSORY reading for anyone using Red diesel! As are some of the finance acts witch update/replace the Excepted vehicles in Notice 75 as of 01/04/07 this year and 01/04/08 next year. See section 8, Excepted vehicles. http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk - Notice 75 Finance Act 2006 Finance Act 2007

hi ALL

1: a mog can do >20mph, thus in respect of Construction and Use Regs for Agricultural vehicles they do NOT apply in the same way as with Agricultural vehicles <20mph & as mogs do >25mph then the The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations do NOT apply in the same way as with Agricultural vehicles <25mph as per "Agri Contractors round here Run with bloody great seed hopers on Front linkage for their drills" 2: The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989, part 21:5 "A vehicle which carries a load or equipment which projects beyond the front of the vehicle more than- (a) 2 m in the case of an agricultural vehicle or a vehicle carrying a fire escape; or (b) 1 m in the case of any other vehicle. shall have an additional front lamp capable of showing white light to the front and a white reflecting device, both visible from a reasonable distance, shall be fitted to the vehicle or the load in such a position that the distance between the lamp and the reflecting device, and the foremost projection of the load or equipment, does not exceed 2 m in the case mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) in column 2 of this item or 1 m in any other case. The intallation and performance requirements relating to front position lamps and front retro reflectors do not apply to any such additional lamp and reflecting device." 3: The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989, part 21:6 "A vehicle which carries a load or equipment which obscures any obligatory lamp, reflector or rear marking. shall Either- a) the obligatory lamp, reflector or rear marking shall be transferred to a position on the vehicle, load or equipment where it is not obscured; or (b) an additional lamp, reflector or rear marking shall be fitted to the vehicle, load or equipment. All the installation, performance and maintenance requirements relating to obligatory lamps, reflectors or rear markings shall in either case be complied with. 4: The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003, SCHEDULE 8 - MARKING OF PROJECTIONS part 2 - FORWARD AND REARWARD PROJECTIONS "2. Paragraphs 3 to 6 apply cumulatively. General visibility of forward or rearward projections 3. Where the length of a forward or rearward projection of a load carried on a relevant vehicle exceeds 1 metre - (a) the projection must be made clearly visible, within a reasonable distance, to a person using the road at the end of the vehicle from which the projection extends; and (b) it must be made clearly visible from the side of the vehicle. Markers for the end of a forward or rearward projection 4. - (1) Where the length of a forward or rearward projection of a load carried on a relevant vehicle exceeds 2 metres, an end marker must be fitted to the end of the projection. (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if a rear marking has been fitted to the projection in accordance with regulation 21 of the Lighting Regulations. (3) An end marker under sub-paragraph (1) must be fitted so that - (a) it is as near as is practicable in a transverse plane; (b) it is not more than 0.5 metre from the extreme end of the projection; © the vertical distance between the lowest part of the end marker and the surface of the road is not more than 2.5 metres; (d) the end marker, and any means by which it is fitted to the projection, impedes the view of the driver of the vehicle as little as possible; and (e) the end marker is clearly visible, within a reasonable distance, to a person using the road at the end of the vehicle from which the projection extends. Markers for the side of a forward or rearward projection 5. - (1) Where the length of a forward or rearward projection of a load carried on a relevant vehicle exceeds 3 metres, one side marker must be fitted to the right hand side of the projection and one side marker must be fitted to its left hand side. (2) The side markers under sub-paragraph (1) must be fitted so that - (a) each side marker is, as near as is practicable, in a longitudinal plane; (b) no part of a side marker extends beyond the end of the projection; © the vertical distance between the lowest part of each side marker and the surface of the road is not more than 2.5 metres; (d) the horizontal distance between each side marker and the end-marker (or, as the case may be, the rear marking fitted to the projection in accordance with the Lighting Regulations) does not exceed 1 metre; and (e) each side marker is clearly visible, within a reasonable distance, to a person using the road on that side of the projection. 6. - (1) This paragraph applies where any relevant vehicle is carrying a load and - (a) the length of any forward projection of the load exceeds 4.5 metres; or (b) the length of any rearward projection of the load exceeds 5 metres. (2) Additional side markers must be fitted to the right hand side and the left hand side of a forward or rearward projection so that the horizontal distance between the extreme projecting points of the relevant vehicle and the nearest points of any adjacent side markers does not exceed - (a) 2.5 metres in the case of a forward projection; (b) 3.5 metres in the case of a rearward projection. (3) The additional side markers also must be fitted to the projection so that - (a) each additional side marker is, as near as is practicable, in a longitudinal plane; (b) the vertical distance between the lowest part of each additional side marker and the surface of the road is not more than 2.5 metres; and © each additional side marker is clearly visible, within a reasonable distance, to a person using the road on that side of the projection. (4) In determining the extreme projecting points of a relevant vehicle for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), any part of a crane or other special appliance or apparatus, which is treated as a forward projection or a rearward projection by virtue of article 6(3), is to be disregarded." thus "Its all perfectly legal! If its only on the road during daylight hrs it doesn't even require any lights!" is NOT right if its like the following images

I take it you are going to throw that blade/anvil away now after you have had a blowlamp on it given that it will be heat temped HSS? The easiest way to get cap-head screws out like that it to use a mig welder and a drilled hole in a piece of steel! 1: find/make a bit of steel about 4mm to 6mm thick and 25mm x 25mm up to 50mm x 50mm square. 2: drill a hole in it central to the above dimensions a little bigger than the hole in the end of the cap-head screw but smaller than the cap head, then partially countersink one side. (You may want to make 3 or 4 of the above 1st) 3: use the mig to fill the hole in the cap head witch also locally heats up and expands reducing tightness, build up the cap-head until it is just clear of the surrounding area then quickly grind back so its flush and shiny, then center punch to act as a guide for step 4. 4: get the pre-drilled piece of steel and centre the hole over the cap head with the countersink facing towards you, turn up your mig 1 power setting (with appropriate other settings) then weld the plate to the cap-head screw beneath. 5A: if access is ok get a spanner that will fit the metal plate and undo, (depending on your welding skill you may need to repeat steps 3 to 5A) 5B: if access is pore then weld (appropriately) an old socket to the metal plate then use an extension bar and ratchet in the normal way, (depending on your welding skill you may need to repeat steps 3 to 5B) Doing it this way is a lot easier than trying to weld a bolt to the cap-head, it also puts more heat in to the cap-head and also has more annular area of weld actually fixed to the cap-head so normally works first time (it dose for me)