Unimog Club UK

That's a nice looking setup... Nice colour too! What are the specs of the mog and chipper, and how does it handle with that and a load of chip in the back?

I need to make a chip box myself but can't decide where to start or what to make it from. I only want to do it once!

How do you find the TP150? It looks to be a nice compact machine and also doesn't weigh a lot looking at the specs. I think I will probably end up with one of those, or maybe a TW150. Most likely whatever I can find at the right price! How long do you think it takes to fill the back with chip if you have a nice neat pile next to it to throw through?

Winch wise - well I've nothing to offer on that really. It's a subject that's confusing me massively at the moment. I know what I would like (a mid mount double drum Werner) but that's just not going to happen! I will most likely end up with a 5t single drum hydraulic thing which could be front mounted, although I would prefer to stick it under the tipper bed and run the rope out of the rear. That leaves the front clear for kit, hopefully with a linkage and pto eventually but at the very least somewhere to mount my Hycrack (I can lift that on and off so no need for lift arms).

My mog is a work in progress. I've just managed to get the funds together to buy a rear linkage for it so that will be going on soon. I need to replace the clutch flexi pipes and re seal the slave cylinder as I bought a new one then broke the O ring when I tested it. One of my tilt tabs is missing where some repair work was done by the previous owner, so I think I need to do that before the cab can be tipped to work on the front pipe... The more I think about it the more Brian (the site owner) has to answer for. He swears Land Rovers are trouble but this thing... And he encouraged me to buy it!

That sounds promising. There are a fair few TP's around so it should be easy to find a second hand one. I have looked at the 130 but I think it only has one feed roller?

I reckon if you don't want anything too fancy you should be able to find a hydraulic winch that will easily rival an electric one. The power source is readily available and they don't overheat unlike the electric ones can.

If I see anything in my regular search for what I'm after I'll let you know.

nice looking rig  the TP sits on the back well. I think Villager will have kittens hearing electric+winch+mog  but if thats all you need or can afford the its all good. i was thinking of a standard 3 point linkage pto winch (standard one) with reverse box fo the front.

how light does your mog get on the front end when filled? as you say, they handel like boatswhen full but mine gets fairly light on the front end  (i do have HD suspension that wont help but still...)

Id agree, twin rollers make a hell of a difference when there feeding wide forked branches

I've never understood why the hoppers on chipper don't always hinge? It makes perfect sense. I've got a little Entec Trukloader and it folds up really nicely. It's almost like the designers think that once you've made it to tractor grade kit you must have plenty of storage space? In my world that's not the case at all... In fact I have no idea where I'm going to put half the stuff I would like to buy for my mog. Just the mog on it's own gets in the way enough!

You'd think they all would. Unless the manufacturers consider it a weakness? The last time I hired a TW150 orad towable machine the hopper fell off as I was driving up the road! I'd still buy one though because my usage level is low and if it has down time it's no big deal. I use a chipper about once a month.

Yes the schliesing are belters of chippers either pto or towed I've used both. Does the Werner f56 go straight on the pto at the front of the mog? So it turns anti clockwise? I do like the pto speed and I do agree that you will need a big pull occasional but I find it's few and far between on the jobs I do, hydraulic is probably the better choice as the oil is available but they are quite slow (well the ones I used)  so the electric ticks the boxes for me. Horses for courses though.