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I've been thinking recently that as a fairly small scale chip producer, perhaps I could try to turn my arb waste into wood briquettes? All I can see available are machines that work with sawdust... Does that mean that it can't be done with chip? Maybe it's too coarse? Has anyone tried and to what tonnage? If it is too coarse, what would be the cheapest way to process it further? I've looked up hammer mills etc, but they seem quite expensive and also quite large. Can you get such a thing as a mill that will run off of a pto or small engine? I'm looking at doing this as a personal use thing so don't want to spend thousands on it. I was kind of hoping I could make something out of some heavy steel pipe and a large hydraulic ram then run it with my little tractor, but there's no point starting if it won't work!

I think that could be the most sensible move. I'm just having a bit of a shiny new truck moment. It's a fairly regular thing! I was talking to my dad about it earlier and he quite rightly pointed out that the truck I have now isn't worth a lot, so I may as well just drive it until it dies then buy another.

Mine needs a bit of work doing to it. New shocks, full service, tyres... I'll have to spend over a grand on a two grand truck to get it tidy. I don't really want to

The newer kit has a lot more technology in it to give the extra hp and economy. But then that fine tuning is more likely to go wrong. I just don't know! Reading in my old mog manual it talks about putting kerosene and even petrol in the diesel in cold weather.... Can you imagine how a modern engine management system would react to that?!

It's a good setup to copy!

A loan over two years would cost me £400. Not a great deal really. But it's the best part of £100 per week coming out of my income so I think I'll put it off for a bit longer! The truck I have now is as good as worthless so the trade in value doesn't count for a lot. Some of it comes down to me wanting a tipper and I'm not wasting money fitting one to the old shed I drive at the moment. It's just not a good investment!

Had some minor issues. One of the flexible brake lines had perished and wasn't allowing the fluid to return. Brakes locked on and being a mog newbie I just thought it was being slow! So it got very hot and cooked all the seals in the calipers on one wheel. Instead of just replacing the offending pipe I'm having the lot done. If it's flexible or perishable it's being renewed. That way it won't do it again any time soon. The parts aren't expensive and it's one less thing to worry about. Edit... When it's moving again it's going to a friend to have new wings welded in, then hopefully shotblasting to find any more nasties and a respray

It's not so much age and mileage that bother me, but newer kit generally has more to offer. It's more comfortable, economical, faster etc and with better driver safety. I'm quite happy to rough it - I've got a 1979 Unimog! But if I'm travelling further I do like to do it without feeling like I've run a marathon when I get there. I do agree that new stuff can be a bit of a waste of money but I'll never buy a new truck, just a less old one!

Hey guys. I'm getting itchy feet for a new van. My old Ranger has done over 100k now and it's starting to feel a bit tired. I quite fancy a new one. But what I can't decide is whether to buy a bit better than what I have with money in the bank, or finance a newer model?! How do you all judge it? Loans seem to be the modern way of doing things. I've borrowed before and it's been no bother, and work is going really well at the moment. If I borrow a bit it pretty much makes the difference between a tipper or not. I'm looking at crew cab 4x4's with a budget of about £5k from the bank or £10k with a loan. The £10k will get me a much better truck with lower miles so I can keep it longer. It will also get me a more economical engine with more power. But I'll have to borrow and I'm just not sure! I used to be a joke with money but just lately I've been growing up a bit and putting a bit more aside for the future. My head tells me that what I have will start giving me bills soon and I should upgrade well, but that could just be because I want a new truck?! I don't know what to do!

I went on the Saturday. Should have arranged to see you there really - it would have been nice to meet you and get a more detailed run down on what's been done to your mog. Mine's down to one wheel now - I've had the local mog fixy man round for a look and he's started taking it apart!

I think I'll have to buy it and give it a go. They seem very good value. I was just worried that my 200T runs at 1.6kw so this isn't going to offer much more. But then I'd probably run a more aggressive chain on it which should help.

I'm dragging up an old post here but there are a lot of Echo fans here and I'm still thinking of buying one. I'm looking at the CS450, but the same weight(ish) Stihl is running a whole kw more power! MS261 is 2.9kw and the CS450 is only 1.9kw. I'm worried that this difference is going to be very obvious? Or are the figures fudged by the bigger names (minus fuel/bar weight etc)? My previous saws have been a Husky 254xp, Stihl 026 then a 260. I wouldn't expect it to match the 254 but will this Echo come close to the Stihls?

I was disappointed that I didn't see at least one mog in a worse state than mine is in at the show. Oh well! I stood at the AC Price stand for as long as the mrs would allow. Can't help but feel a little jealous after having a good look over a certain other member's mog that was there. It's a very nice truck indeed!

I haven't taken many pictures of it since I got it. Last one was when the brakes failed and I had to get it towed, so I'm not sharing that one!

I'm thinking either a TW150 or TP760/150/160 would be ideal. I doubt I will get a newer TP for what I want to pay but maybe an older one is possible. Something compact would be ideal as I don't have a yard. I have a fair bit of space at home and a decent sized garage, but that does limit the tools I can buy for it. I've come across a few guys using the older round cab mogs for work and they seem ideal for those not taking on huge contracts. It'll never be the fastest or most productive rig but it will beat my little gravity fed Entec chipper and pickup with ease. It's got the three way tip frame on it so should be a lot quicker to unload than shoveling out a pickup or trailer!

I will use it for work a bit once it's sorted. It's a 1979 406 that needs some welding and a few minor jobs doing - the speedo doesn't work for one, and the brakes. All the expensive bits seem sound enough and it's part way to being ag spec. I just need to finish off the rear linkage (got all the parts so no big deal) and put the PTO shaft back on. I'm a landscaper by trade but always wanted a mog. I'm planning to stick a chip body on it and a smallish chipper. Nothing fancy but enough to at least chip in towards the bills it provides me with! When I bought it I paid very little for it considering the options it came with. I took it on as a may work out or may have to get my money back by breaking it project. So far it's looking positive.

Well... Mine for a start. But it's my anniversary too and we're going so that's that. We can do something romantic (and as boring to me as the arb show is to her) on Sunday. I won't even begin to mention some of the words that come out of her mouth when she walks out of the house and looks at my old mog on the drive... The child filter would kick in and the mods would ban me for being abusive! The poor thing is on three wheels at the moment having a brake overhaul, and apparently it looks "scruffy".

Funnily enough though I've only ever had one dangerous gun breakdown (fired first barrel, wouldn't fire second but jammed shut - getting home would have been through the middle of town on a Saturday with an unstable loaded shotgun in the back of the truck) and that was my Beretta. My Baikal on the other hand has never done such a thing to me. This thread is six years old.... Still a bloody good read!

That I'd like to see. It's our first wedding anniversary the weekend of the arb show... Looks like my other half is in for a real treat!

Are you sure he can only have 3.5t combined? That's silly! I thought it allowed you to tow up to 3.5t trailer? Also a point brought up further back in the topic confused me a little - do some of these 3.5t capable pickups have to be empty to tow the full weight? Only asking because my Unimog manual says to load up the rear bed to maximum capacity when towing a heavy trailer. It gives the tow vehicle more traction and stability. Last time I bar towed someone in a broken down van with my mk1 Ranger crew cab it pushed the arse end round if I braked hard. Would have been miles better with a load of ballast on.

Some of the older era tractors were petrol weren't they? Surely you'd be better off with one of those, assuming they can be converted more easily and will provide enough grunt for your needs. Failing that, stationary engine maybe? There are plenty of videos on youtube of Americans running pickups with wood gas. The whole pile of processing kit in the back does look a bit silly but if it works and it's free...

I'm looking for something similar and all I've really figured out so far is to stay away from those cheap Chinese things. You can just by looking at them that they are made from recycled drinks cans and won't last five minutes. In fact I was talking to a lad who used to own one the other day and apparently they don't even have replaceable anvils. The infeed is supposed to be hopeless too. As already said, most things European should be reasonable. Probably easier to find something then ask about it as there are so many choices. TP do some nice small models that still have roller feed, but they're like rocking horse poo on the second hand market!

How do you do it exactly? I have a lathe but am new to them so haven't figured it out yet! With a roller fed machine I don't suppose the hollow vs flat grind is so easy to notice. On my old Entec Trukloder which is gravity fed the difference between hollow and flat ground blades is very obvious. Flat ground just don't pull the material in the same and you end up shoving and fighting with it even when it's sharp. With the hollow grind it pulls in really nicely. A shame, because most of my local places that I've found flat grind them!

I was looking at a very similar PTO powered machine made by Pezzolato the other day. I'd never heard of them but a search on Youtube found that the company actually make some bloody huge machines. It's certainly not a made in China item - should be fairly well made coming from a company with a heavy industrial background. For £2.5k you can't go far wrong. As someone else said above, at least you don't have a huge loan to pay for a posh new one. It should earn it's money back and start paying in a fairly short space of time. Good luck. It may not be the best money can buy but it's not cheap rubbish either and I hope it works out well for you.