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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi, to you all
« on: June 12, 2014, 01:01:50 pm »
Hi Craig, thanks for the info. It may have restricted my intentions slightly but I will have to check further as I remember in the mid to late 90's there was a lot of plant men using large 4x4 tractors or fastracks to haul dump trailers and/or low loader trailers to move plant with a real gain as they were running on red diesel, no operators licence etc etc. However I have heard that they were clamped down on and stopped apart from if you had a class 1 licence which covered the articulated combination.
Back to Unimogs, would a 416 be ideal for me and do they all have a crew/double cab. I wouldn't really need that arrangement and would prefer the extra load deck area. How much do you think I would have to pay for one, for example minimum price/condition and maximum price/condition. This is new territory for me so are there any buyers guides available and where best to buy one from. Thanks again for your help. 

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Introduce Yourself / Re: Hi, to you all
« on: June 11, 2014, 09:00:57 am »
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.

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Introduce Yourself / Hi, to you all
« on: June 10, 2014, 09:39:28 am »
I live in a small town called Ossett near Wakefield and have had a real interest for some time now in owning a Unimog. I have read up about the 404 in the mag for my other interest of Classic Plant and Machinery, the feature ran for 4 consecutive months and gave very detailed information about its history including its origins and development etc . My reason for joining the club is to learn much more and hopefully buy a Unimog preferably with a H :)iab type crane fitted behind the cab and to be able to tow a dump trailer and low loader trailer. I look forward to discussing matters of interest with many of you in the future, until then I will be happy to read the current posts with interest. Cheers Bob

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