Hi Guys, thanks for your rapid response, knew it was a good idea joining. My situation is that I run Bobcats as a small business and need to stay under 3500 kg's gross trailer weight behind my 4x4 to stay away from tacho and operator licence. Not that this would be a problem as I have my HGV class 1 licence but don't have the premises suitable to qualify for the operators licence. So I thought for muck shifting jobs if I had a large dump trailer behind a Unimog then I've got something much better and far more fun than a boring truck. Plus my yard/field in the wet needs something like a Mog. The Hiab/crane is just something I thought would be useful for lifting 1 ton bulk bags on and off but I suppose I could live without it.
Its really the towing side which is important, I appreciate what you said about the 404, I only mentioned this because its the only feature on Mogs I have found before joining the forum.
As I am running a business, however small, I need to stay legal mainly due to my insurance being invalid if anything is not quite right (you know what their like) From what I have been told, because I have a class 1 licence I can legally drive a Tractor and trailer under the agricultural rules and regs so my thinking is that a Unimog would also qualify. It would not be used every day but I suppose when it was used I would like to tow somewhere between 10 and 15 tons gross. Am I being too optimistic, I haven't seen any towing specifications for a Unimogs could you help with this??
It would be easier and probably cheaper just to get a large 4x4 tractor, but I would rather get a Unimog .
Thanks again for your help and kind welcome.