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  1. eddiegts
    Yes did one last year was just going to ignore it but then they sent me a letter say there was a fine for not doing it Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Ok, I have 2 levers in the cab both with the red collars. at the front of the mog i have linkage, also at the front i have 2 banks of two (same as the rear) I dont have linkage on the rear but I do have a tipping ram but I have moved the lever over to turn it off. the hoses on the trailer are the same size. how do I set up the trailer so I can run it off the mog? Now when I looked today one of the points on the mog must have been under pressure as you could not push the little metal valve in (if that makes sense) so i presume that is where the oil is flowing from and the other one is the return?? Thanks for you help so far
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    It's a only little and a crap power pack does it Do I need to do some thing to the valve block? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    I've plugged them in every way possible but still no joy I used a bit of rope to keep the leaver on but all I could do was lower the legs and the crane arm! I've always used the trailer with a power pack and it worked fine so do I need to do something with the valve block on the trailer?? The log splitter works fine on the back so I know oil getting there also the tipping ram works there is a lever at the back to change it over from the tipping ram to the pipes and I've turned this. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    I know I am being really dense. But on the back of my mog I've got 4 pugs to attach hydraulic pipes I plugged in my timber trailer to the both sets and on one of the sets all I could do with the trailer is lower the legs and the other nowt! When it's plugged in what do I do with the leaver in the cab? Do I need to have one pipe plugged in one connection on each bank? If that makes sense Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    The old back was naff when you tip it used to block up and it was really really heavy! I am really happy with the new one look forward to putting to work Monday Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    But a mog is not much bigger than a transit but you can carry more Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Yer I am slowly getting set up to how I want it. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    I had one out on demo was really impressed with it think I may get one Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Well kind of I will put heavy duty netting over it as we need to load it from the top with the timber trailer Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Yes it's a Vos one as for tyres I can't remember lol will look later Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Fitting the new back to the mog and a tow ball Old one New one Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    I've used the timber dragon behind a 550 quad and it a tad on heavy side for the quad what about a 35hp tractor or are the bridges that bad? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    It would be less profit if you use the same day rate as you would on a smaller job so up your day rate for the big jobs to cover extra fuel etc.., then you would make the same profit? As for dropping the price to get the job well that's a bit daft as its only you loosing out not the customer Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Like what has been said above it maybe better in the long run to think about a bigger chipper i had the Forst tow behind out on demo Monday and its a good bit of kit really well put together and some really smart design ideas Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    So your lorry can hold the same amount of chip, do a 30mile rd trip with a chipper on the back, the chipper work all day for £10 of fuel. What are you running because that's dam good. TBH if your thinking about buying a mog and your worried about fuel don't get one Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    No but would a lorry towing a 9inch chipper!? Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Not to sure but If we drive about a 30 mile round trip and chip all day and take back a very full load of chip (this is when it drinks the fuel as its only 100hp) I use about £40-£50 of fuel. the chipper is a 9inch. I have a very heavy chip box which is getting changed in the next week or so and then I will get a power upgrade to about 150hp so I hope this will help on the longer trips. I am thinking about buying a 6inch tow behind so I am not burning white while we chip also if we are chipping on site I will not take the mog Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    I have a full c+e licence so I have never thought about it that much also the other guys who drive it have a c licence so for us that's covered. As for the comment about if you don't run it on red use a transit complete rot as a transit gets stuck in a puddle you Only have to have your tools men and stop at McDonald's for breakfast and your over weight lol. I may use a smaller truck to back up the mog but that's it and I doubt it would ever be a transit. Going back to fuel the amount of extra the white costs me is also covered by less trips back to the yard for example if I use a transit for the job I did today I would have done 5 trips to the yard but with the mog it was only 2 so a saving there and it means a grounds person is on site cutting chipping etc... (Being paid for what he does) rather than driving! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    It's not I have a lot on my mind worrying about getting working getting paid making sure the jobs are running smoothly H&S etc.... To be worried about a few quid on fuel / getting pulled and fined its not worth it one less thing to worry about Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  21. eddiegts
    Well I am not 100% sure that I can as we drive it a fair way from base we also do none forestry work and is it worth getting it wrong? When I was pulled by vosa they were unsure! If it stays on site for over a week I will run it on red then drain any fuel left and fill it with white. I don't understand the rules/regs and tbh I know how much fuel it uses in a day so that gets built into the quote so it does not bother me that much paying that bit more. Oh and the vosa yard is about 500m up the rd from my yard so they sit out side every day but I think they have got board pulling me lol. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    I have a u1000 Unimog with front and rear linkage and a chip box. It is Ag reg and Taxed as such. I run it on white! The work I use it for is forestry, site clearance rd side work and some private work. I've been stopped by the old bill and vosa and never had any problems with them when I was pulled I had a chipper on the back and half full of chip. They checked the fuel and had a moan about one of my mud guards (bit rusty) then Sent me on my way. I am no expert on this subject but I have not been told I am braking and laws so will carry on as I am. Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
  23. eddiegts
    Very very nice I would love a box like that unsure what I would use it for! but would still have one Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App
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    Take down of a horse chestnut
  25. eddiegts
    Yer it was good to meet you Rob and thanks again for sorting that large bar out for me will call in the week to order grinder!! Sent using Arbtalk Mobile App

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