puddlethumper Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 I do love a Mog. Old and Newer Mogs from a show in Belgium. I wonder if there is a collective name. Moggle ? Mudder ? Matty, BlankFrank, warch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Old Mogs are glorious, the original version was absolutely teeny and so utilitarian it made the contemporary Series One Land Rover looks a bit overstyled. I like the 'bullnose' ones in the second picture they lasted in production for years, apparently the bog standard soft top version was sold as the cabrio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Mercedes also made a tractor loosely related to the Unimog, unimaginatively called the MC-TRAC. Fairly obviously inspired JCB's Fastrac imho. twosmoke300 and warch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Agreed on the 'bull nose'. Would love one. I think I've got some more photo's, of Mogs, tractors n agri shite if anyones interested. I did put them somewhere on AS last year but I can't remember where. warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castros_bro Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 I preferred driving the even possibly more basic SAMIL 20 or 50 which we definitely not a rip of of Unimog as that would have been unethical and they were only ever used a agricultural vehicles. Even the Belgium MOL's I've driven was more basic and still running aircooled Maggie D diesels. Will have a look fo some photos. warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 7 hours ago, castros_bro said: I mainly like this, Though it was in better condition before the briefcase photo, Soviet drill rig, 6 cylinder flat head with starting handle in the front, whilst on the back a diesel tractor engine with PTO as kelly drive, flat head single with pull start as donkey engine to start diesel engine., winch drum and cable to lift mast. And it all worked. And It was mine but unfortunately still in Kathmandu What manner of holes were you drilling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddlethumper Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Another Mog and a Hungarian tractor. Skizzer, willswitchengage, warch and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 2 hours ago, willswitchengage said: Mercedes also made a tractor loosely related to the Unimog, unimaginatively called the MC-TRAC. Fairly obviously inspired JCB's Fastrac imho. That's beautiful, I especially remember them as I had a Britains toy one for Christmas in the mid-80s. They were quite a big tractor for the day, 125hp was serious power back then. There are definite similarities with the Fastrac too, in terms of design and intended purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
castros_bro Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Cat engine on the back driving three hydraulic pumps to two hydraulic motors/gearboxes, FWD + RWD + front steering and/or rear steering - no clutch but nice hydraulic winch for wrenching bits off Toyotas stuck in the Cuban mud. warch and Mrs6C 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 1/19/2020 at 11:13 AM, warch said: Before I forget, have a Grimme self propelled spud harvester. This spent about a week marooned outside my folks place during this year's unusually wet potato harvesting season, whereupon the contractors basically gave up and went home. That's the earlier version with two huge wheels mounted very close together at the rear and rear wheel steering. Later models have the tracks at the rear (also steerable) and what almost look like bicycle tyres up front with insane steering angle. Living in Kent I often get the odd glimpse of farm plant but that's about it. I had a job in Sittingbourne and would often encounter JD vehicles from the nearby farm - usually a 7rT or bigger frame 6Rs. Best spot was an early(about 630am) convoy of easily 10 6Rs, all pulling high sided carts, with a forage harvester at the head. Second best spot was a Claas Terra Trac harvester of some sort, with a Scorpion Telelift towing the header, causing all sorts of traffic problems in the back roads between Sittingbourne and Gillingham. I think I was the only person happy to see them. I do often see NH tractors on be back of trucks near Dartford. My g/f always sees something at the roundabout near ThanetEarth but I'm rarely down that far East. Finally, I was supposed to have a tractor experience as a birthday present this year. About half an hour each in a modem 6R and a classic Case 1455XL - cancelled, obviously. somewhatfoolish, Mrs6C and warch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Snipes Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 21 hours ago, rickvw72 said: Good thread, I teach at an agricultural college and we have many shite plant vehicles. At leat four old Massey Ferguson’s, Grimme harvester as above, but my favourite is this: 1989 JCB Telehandler. Still in use, this old things do much more reliable than the newer ones (not much change from 60k!) it’s done 9000 hrs so not bad for age, Perkins phaser powered and complete with four wheel steer, four wheel drive, and a couple of ton lift. So useful. Id like to see anything else you have to show, shite or otherwise. somewhatfoolish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 I was very pleased to spot this yesterday, a tracked dumper and drilling rig. I think the dumper is a Marooka (which is not a type of honey nor a viral condition of the feet). Mrs6C, bigstraight6, catsinthewelder and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saabnut Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Here are my two items of "plant", the Kubota BX2200 with front loader and underbelly mower and the recently acquired Komatsu PC16 Skizzer, mat_the_cat, warch and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 36 minutes ago, Saabnut said: Nice, both very useful pieces of kit, Komatsu are the choice of serious plant operators, I rarely see their small machines. That Iveco in the right of shot looks to have had an interesting life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 Broke out the old girl(s) to do a spot of archaeology, five trenches. I had planned to hand dig them but wisely decided not to as it would've taken ages, especially backfilling. I did choose the wettest possible weather conditions to back fill, which left the machine and my trailer in a horrible state (pictured with the worst of the mud cleaned off). It did do a really good job. I don't think a more modern machine would have done any better really. LightBulbFun, Shite Ron, Mrs6C and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 They've not really moved on in performance in 30 years; the engines are lighter, quieter and more efficient, the pumps are more efficient, the controls are playstation joysticks rather than levers physically attached to spool valves, but the cylinders wanging the bucket around need to be a finite size to provide force as physics on a macro scale has been settled since Bramah invented hydraulics. warch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted February 5, 2021 Author Share Posted February 5, 2021 1 hour ago, somewhatfoolish said: They've not really moved on in performance in 30 years; the engines are lighter, quieter and more efficient, the pumps are more efficient, the controls are playstation joysticks rather than levers physically attached to spool valves, but the cylinders wanging the bucket around need to be a finite size to provide force as physics on a macro scale has been settled since Bramah invented hydraulics. Mine lacks a turntable which is not really an issue for digging trenches in open ground and the hydraulics are slooow, which makes some procedures a bit tedious, but it does dig a nice neat trench. It has immense digging power too for such a small machine, comparable to a 1.5 ton machine (usually the smallest size we use on site) and the 0.9m bucket width does a 2m trench in two runs, much like a 1.5 tonner. The engine (400cc Honda petrol) is bloody noisy but managed three days use on three gallons of petrol, the controls are shite but do the job. I could spend 5 or 10 grand on a newer machine and not get a higher workrate out of it. djim and somewhatfoolish 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 Mechanical pavement dismantling in Kaluzhskaya Street, Moscow, USSR, 1934. somewhatfoolish, Dan302 and warch 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warch Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 John Deere logging tractor. Forestry work is fascinating to watch its almost completely mechanised these days and they can clear large areas even on precipitous ground very quickly. Matty and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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