I bought a UNIMOG!
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Barra GU
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I aren't too sure yet but the mogs compressor sits on 18bar of pressure. It wound be much faster that an arb dual compressor
linuxfan66
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yeah thats nuts 261psi output. what psi do the tyres sit at?
Barra GU
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80 to 90psi on road, 30 to 40psi off road
linuxfan66
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maybe this is a stupid question, but can you get tyres on the bead at that size using the explosive gas method?
peterfermtech
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That would be the one used to get the lunch orders.
Barra GU
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So on the Sunday that passed I was out for a late lunch with the family when I got the call you didn't wanna here from brother #5 . Brother #2 managed to get his bobcat bogged pretty badly up at the farm in Barwite and was leaning over pretty badly.
He had recently purchased a 79 series dual cab cruiser and radio's the Mrs to bring it down the bottom.of the paddock to try their best to get it out but in the process managed to get it stuck too (bugger).
Though the cruiser is dead stock it really stood no chance trying to snatch the 3t bobcat out of the swamp.
So nek minute at 2.30 in the arvo I've jumped in the mog and headed off from the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne and headed to the farm just out of Mansfield.
Bro 2 ended up there before me and they managed to free up the cruiser but no matter what they did they couldn't free up the bobcat.
A bit of background- ever since I bought the MOG my entire family has been giving me absolute sh*t about it.
The laugh, they make jokes, what the hell would you even need something like that. It's ridiculous! Any opportunity to laugh about the rig in convo it always comes up.
Well, the look on their faces when this thing rocks up, goes down to the back paddock on 30psi tyre pressures (dropped from 90psi) and lined it up hooked up to the back of the bobcat with the army PTO winch and pull this badly bogged bobcat that had been sucked into the mud for over 6 hours.
Like the mog didn't even budge. Those pto winches are absolutely amazing. They have their cons but when it comes to recoveries they can run all day/,night, don't bog down and just pull like a freight train.
After getting it out they all were laughing and stood in disbelief. Before you know it he drives 10 metres and manages to get it bogged again. Well what do you know, the old mog saves the day again.
It's fair to say and the word around the family now is that they're never laughing at the mog again. It wasn't it's stripes and the families respect over the weekend that's for sure.
Anyway I'll post some pics below but if I can add the video I will.
Enjoy
He had recently purchased a 79 series dual cab cruiser and radio's the Mrs to bring it down the bottom.of the paddock to try their best to get it out but in the process managed to get it stuck too (bugger).
Though the cruiser is dead stock it really stood no chance trying to snatch the 3t bobcat out of the swamp.
So nek minute at 2.30 in the arvo I've jumped in the mog and headed off from the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne and headed to the farm just out of Mansfield.
Bro 2 ended up there before me and they managed to free up the cruiser but no matter what they did they couldn't free up the bobcat.
A bit of background- ever since I bought the MOG my entire family has been giving me absolute sh*t about it.
The laugh, they make jokes, what the hell would you even need something like that. It's ridiculous! Any opportunity to laugh about the rig in convo it always comes up.
Well, the look on their faces when this thing rocks up, goes down to the back paddock on 30psi tyre pressures (dropped from 90psi) and lined it up hooked up to the back of the bobcat with the army PTO winch and pull this badly bogged bobcat that had been sucked into the mud for over 6 hours.
Like the mog didn't even budge. Those pto winches are absolutely amazing. They have their cons but when it comes to recoveries they can run all day/,night, don't bog down and just pull like a freight train.
After getting it out they all were laughing and stood in disbelief. Before you know it he drives 10 metres and manages to get it bogged again. Well what do you know, the old mog saves the day again.
It's fair to say and the word around the family now is that they're never laughing at the mog again. It wasn't it's stripes and the families respect over the weekend that's for sure.
Anyway I'll post some pics below but if I can add the video I will.
Enjoy
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Barra GU
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Toyasaurus
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Classic.
4Runner4Freedom
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Mate, I'm new to the forum and was planning on starting a new build thread. This doesn't bode well. Were the mods able to tell you what happened to your thread? Also, put up some pics of the Unimog!!
Threads get locked when parts of it gets personal. Not sure what the background was that triggered it all. But it was enough for the mods to delete the thread.
Anyway, welcome to the site. Plenty of good info or amusing OT mines better than your's commentary in threads on here.
4Runner4Freedom
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Interesting. Sorry to hear your post was locked and lost, a lot of work goes into a good build thread.
Gary Wragg
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That's what you'd call a TRUCKtor!
AngryWO
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Great truck drove them in ADF basically go anywhere.
Hoyks
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You probably can, but it isn't a good idea. The volume involved in truck tyres means that if you get your flammable spray to ignite the rapid expansion may blow things to bits.
linuxfan66
Active Member
wouldnt truck tyres be able to take the intial energy burst easily to bead?
much weaker car tyres dont go boom from doing so