Which tracked chipper

[ajc]

Hi all,

 

what are the greenmech GM252 like? I've also seen a chipmaster 220 but what's the difrence? and finaly although it's a smaller chipper would I be better gowing for a jenson 530 tracked?

 

All views welcome

[Johny Walker]

go for the jeny

[treefeller]

Jenson anyday, all the others are rubbish. We run a fleet of 3 of them.

[Highland Forestry]

Jensen jensen jensen

 

 

 

jensen!!

[Mr Ed]

Chipmaster 220 is junk. Not sure about the 252, but the GM1928 is most excellent, much much better than the comparable jensen. As an ex jensen owner, I can only say that I found them to be pretty useless on the infeed side (Junk feed systems), but the build and finish is very good.

[Arborist Sites]

I have used jensens and greenmechs in the past but the best is the tw 190dh, crackin infeed and rollers have enough power to drag in larger brash 9x7.5" infeed is most useful as well.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I'd say Jensen but I hear the comments re the infeed. Doesn't do tangles, forks or bananas the best but I've heard others say it's great - maybe they have the folding feed table not the stupid cone mines got...

 

A530T stress control is awesome too.

[Johny Walker]

never had a prob with the in feed, the hopper can be pain somtimes , i just keep the rollers sharp & never seems to struggle:thumbup1:

[Steve Bullman]

you guys having probs with the jensen infeeds must have had the set faulty i reckon. first day we used our new jensen(when i worked for a company) were were putting the bushiest hawthorns in whole and just standing back and watching it take it all in.

[Highland Forestry]

you guys having probs with the jensen infeeds must have had the set faulty i reckon. first day we used our new jensen(when i worked for a company) were were putting the bushiest hawthorns in whole and just standing back and watching it take it all in.

 

My experience of the jensen A530T was the same, used one for about 8 weeks on rail clearance, and generally fed whole tree through it with no problems at all.... infact it was an absolute animal.

We were felling small diameter stuff like sycamore, birch, willow and ash, cutting a leader for the chipper and then letting it take the whole lot..