MOG earning its keep

[Summiitt]

My Mog has been busy over the last 6 weeks working to fill remote area water tanks for fire fighting, running for 12 hours a day/6 days per week in country so steep that it required 1st gear for hours on end. fitted with a 4600l tank the only failure was a blown tyre which unfortunately the driver had no option but to lock the diffs and drive it out to somewhat flatter ground for a safe change.
Todays job was to transport a 10ft shipping container with generator and 2000l diesel tank 13km up a bloody steep/muddy hill, I took the dozer as well as I also had to take up a Cat 966 loader to unload the container once up the top.. The loader needed to be towed most of the way, the Mog only needed a tug towards the top as Im still on the totally crap Dunlop Omnitrac tyres(Cant wait to get rid of them). If we couldn't get this equipment up, the only option was a $30k helicopter lift..needless to say, all equipment is up the top of the hill..15 Hours in a Mog and Im ready for a beer.

[cripesamighty]

By the looks of that tyre, I bet that was a pig to change!

[Summiitt]

Yes it was, I had to chain the Mog to a tree to secure it as we were still on a fair slope, then I jacked it as High as I could and dug a hole to drop the tyre into..

[Barefoot Dave]

Outstanding! Great to see them stil doing what they are fantastic at. Bet the trip with the highcube was a bit hairy. Lotta weight so high on rough ground....

[Summiitt]

Yep, slow and steady, cube was 4.7ton, but the weight was in the bottom 1500mm of the unit, but thats still 2.5-3m off the ground once on the Mog. Operating a Mog in steep loaded off road applications is quite different to typical rigid chassis/spring suspension off road trucks. You need to let the load slowly roll and compress the springs and chassis/tray movements, once its settled on an angle they are actually quite stable. Im going to try and source some Ag rims for it and get some road legal tractor lug style tyres for it. Overall, I think they are so far ahead of any other truck in serious off road work.

[rangieman]

Great stuff Any job vacancy`s going