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« on: May 25, 2013, 06:34:49 pm »
Hi my  name is Nick. I have a 1987 U 1000 & a 1993 U 1600. I work with them around the Chesire area.
I will attempt to post some photos but ....... This whole forum thing is a bit new to me. 
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2013, 08:12:23 pm »
Hi Nick

Welcome to Unimog club uk,

A good range of mogs you have :) what do you use them for?
No problem with the pictures, I myself only started using forums myself a year ago, and now I own a forum :D just a matter of getting used to it :)
You can add pictures via an attachment (at the bottom of your post when you write it) but then you are restricted to a certain size. Or you can use photo bucket, an image hosting site, which Is what I use, although I am thinking of moving to Flickr.

Anyway, feel free to post any questions you have,

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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2013, 09:25:01 pm »
I mainly use them for moving my plant.
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2013, 09:09:02 am »
hi nick  :)
Nice looking rig, would love some more pic when you can get them uploaded. What type of business are you in? Hope you enjoy looking round and posting on the site.  :)

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« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2013, 09:24:18 am »
Welcome Nick. Sounds like you've got a nice selection of Mogs there. You've found a great little forum here too - I'm here as a relative newbie to these vehicles and haven't even got a Mog yet, but so far I haven't seen a question posted that either Villager or Moose cannot answer! Talk about Mog geeks... I thought I was bad! :D

A question for you if you don't mind? How do you find the U1000 for towing compared to the 1600? Obviously a bit lower in power (I assume it's standard?), but does it still manage a big trailer on hills fairly well or is it too slow to be practical with a lot of weight on?

I ask because I'm a bit torn between a little round cab or a square like yours. The 1000 has a similar output to the 900 and I expect I will be towing the sort of kit you have in your picture now and again. The trouble is, space at home is limited and a lot of the sites I work on are quite wooded with low branches on the rides so the lower the truck is the better.

How long have you been a Mog owner?

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« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2013, 04:49:14 pm »
Hi Neil
I brought the 1000 in 1998 & the 1600 last september.
The 1600 tows better than the 1000 but hills kill them both.
The 1000 managed my muller mitetral trailer towing 8/9 ton loads of soil and **** for years.
As for cab shape I simply like square cabs.
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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2013, 07:27:51 pm »
Thanks for that. I'm surprised that the 1600 struggles on hills, but then I suppose a lorry designed to tow the same weight would have a fair bit more than 160hp and even they're not quick when things get steep.

I think my dream Mog would be a 1600. Trouble is I have neither the funds or the space for anything that size. I can do most of what I do with a 3.5t pickup, but where's the fun in that?!

It's good to hear that after nearly 15 years of running one you went out and invested in another one. That's got to show that it's very capable for your needs and worth the cost of ownership. Half the battle with researching these vehicles is finding people that use them on a daily basis to get this sort of info from. They're pretty rare around here. UCUK is the best place I've found so far in this country and it's constantly growing. People like yourself will be a great asset to the member base.
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« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2013, 08:01:32 pm »
Hi Neil
Don't make do with a 3.5 ton truck. Get a mog. I used to dream about owning one and then I made it happen. It was hard to justify
at the time and even harder to pay for  but as those landrover boys say "you have one life live it". I'm very lucky  I've been driving around in a mog for the last 15 years and now I've got two.
Not that I've driven the 1000 for a while its waiting at AC Price engineering for some new king pins.
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« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2013, 08:18:01 pm »
good to here youre getting the kingpins sorted  :)
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« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2013, 11:11:02 pm »
That's just the kind of reassurance that I'm looking for, thanks. I've wanted one since I was a kid but always found it pretty hard to find info on them. I was never a computer fan until I was in my mid twenties so it actually took me quite a long time just to look up and find the name of the weird looking truck that I'd seen driving around the area! Now I've found it and I'm doing my best to get as much info as I possibly can from as many sources as I can find. Comments like yours are great because as you say, they take some pretty serious effort to pay for them and I've never been sure that it would be a good move.

The only thing I'm set on is that I really don't want to buy one on finance. I've been steadily saving for some time now but just recently my other half's car died and I needed to splash out the mog fund on some new transport for her. I was about half way towards getting a decent spec U900 or low end square cab but now that's gone back to the beginning. It's my own fault - she would have made do with a nice diesel Golf or Audi A4 but muggins here wanted an S4 Avant! I've got nobody to blame but myself, but on a positive note the car was my other dream vehicle and I can't expect everything to come to me right now.

I hope your kingpins get sorted out easily. Is it an expensive job?
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« Reply #10 on: May 29, 2013, 08:27:53 pm »
The king pins shouldn't be to bad, I think Alex said about a grand the big problem will be what else they find while they are fixing it.
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« Reply #11 on: May 29, 2013, 08:40:34 pm »
If youre having the stub pins done it is a BIG job, which is why its very important to grease the kingpins regular.
They do do a thorough job at ACP's  :)

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« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2013, 09:47:16 pm »
Lets hope that's all it needs then! A grand! What are kingpins... made of gold or something?! :D
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« Reply #13 on: May 29, 2013, 09:49:42 pm »
no, theyre just not landrover parts  ;)
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« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2013, 10:00:53 pm »
Yeah, it's the same with most things German isn't it. They cost a fortune to fix but rarely break because of the standard of engineering. Even as a full on Landy fan I could never claim that their kit is reliable or well made! It just works.
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