Brits talkin about Brit stuff

[jamie]

trailers

we have a large box trailer with a drawbar mounted chipper on it (its a small pto chipper). the trailer is 16cube (i think) and ive never seen it full of chip. oh and it tips, downpoint is its huge, big problem parking it in town streets. it does however solve the 'tipping multiple times a day' problem.

all my rantings however are purely from an employee point of view from the guy who cant even afford to buy basic kit....

on a lighter note, my accountant mate has just earned mega brownie points by sorting out my first tax bill for me. the I.N. owe me.

jamie

 

[a_lopa]

isnt there a smaller version of the mog???i think ive seen one here

 

[Big A]

Having worked with Eastwoods Mog set-up one point that imo needs thinking of is the visibility aspect when operating the crane, on the rear of the mog you lose a lot of sight-line and it is easy to swing the boom across the controls, I saw this happen once and the mog nearly ended up in a lake. Depends if youre thinking of feeding the chipper with it or just using it for lifting timber. Then are you thinkng of front or rear mounted chipper, I know that on our little lanes front mounted seems to stick out way too far! But rear mounted you have to watch out for the sway on the three-point linkage. Imo I prefer the set-up that Elite use over Eastwoods. Idont know if you have seen both, Rolla? As for the Agricultural tractor thing I think they are still in that class, but isn't ther a limit on mileage for that category, plus it must not be used for hire or reward, ie not delivering logs or chip to another client. This also affects whether or not you can run on red or white diesel too. As we used the mog about 70% of the time on the highway, it was fitted with NATO lorry wheels and tyres which were cheaper and more durable than Ag tyres.

 

[teressa green]

think the days of unimogs running on cherry are numbered,who will check the tractor from home milage ? imo mogs are limited in their abilities ,can fill a mog chip box in no time at all ,then all chipping stops while mog tips off ,imo tractor set up would be the way to go ,

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

hummm some interesting reading about mogs, thanks guys

 

[teressa green]

rolla ,did you check out the one i mentioned complete with bullet hole,?up and out early 2 big ones to come down in leeds thank god theres no snow yet,

 

[jamie]

some thinking

another company round here has a front mounted chipper and it adds a lot of weight to the nose, ive been told that mogs a set up with a 40 - 60 front to back suspension (i may have the terms wrong) so that when they are loaded they a level, to me a front mounted chipper would mess that weigt distribution up, and the ability to turn tightly.

sticking a winch up front (even under a chipper if you could, but that may require 2 front PTOs, i think), we have been bogged in a few times in teh woods, a sling round the nearest tree and winch and track away and out you come.

while i was driving the other day the best feature on our new mog is the half gear pre-select as opposed to another lever. a small feature but i like it a lot.

a tractor and trailer. can everyone on the squad reverse a large trailer in tight spaces?

another option but adding to the price would be your u1200 a crane with winch up front and a huge chip trialer with 10"drawbar chipper.

our old mog only had 3 heating options, hot hotter and really hot which was a killer in the summer.

jamie

 

[teressa green]

reverse a tractor and trailer ,,,,,,yeah no probs,

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

looks like us guys on the east coast are in for a bit of snow for the next few day's..i noticed none of you guy's were on here this 'arfo' where you all at the PUB???????...anyway if we do get some ice and snow take it easy on the roads guy's

 

[teressa green]

4 wheel drive rolla a god send ,its the office wallahs who ????e them selves with a light dusting you gotta watch for ,wrap up lads ,winters here ,back to normal by tuesday night,,,,

 

[blue]

but rolla this country is so prepared for snow i can't see ther being a problem in the morning ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnoooooooooooooo

 

[teressa green]

Mums On The School Run In X5 S And Shoguns ,god Help Us

 

[iain]

i`m on the n east coast no snow so far this morning

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

how does the weather centre [met office ] keep in business..again the forecast is wrong ,yesterday they predicted some heavey falls for the East coast ,what did we get a slight sprinkeling ,do you think they get there funding from the tax payer ..hummmm i wonder

 

[Ross Turner]

More than likely.They always get things wrong ie the storms of 87 & 89 which gave alot of folk work.lol

 

[iain]

still no snow here yet just wet & bleed`n cold

 

[blue]

is anyone using the new SIP lightweight allround protection trousers.i'd never even heard of them till today when the boss brought a pair.very nice light,hard wearing bits on the knee's and but,look ok and most important alot cheaper than the stetch air's.£125 he paid only £5 more than the old style SIP's.think i may have to get a pair

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

yo i have a pair ,black ones sip freedom's the name...there so thin i wonder if the protection work's,

 

[teressa green]

ROLLA ,go on do a test ,log in the leg and go for it ,you can afford it ,and it will benefit the lads here ,,,,,,,,go on ,go on ,i dare ya ,,,,,,,,,,

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

err how about go away in short jerky movements ie f**k **f