Bandit 65 chipper good or bad?

[Johnleddo]

Thanks for the replys and infornation. Weights not a huge issue as I've got a smaller chipper so could use that when traveling a long way or in tight spaces. Only one feed roller might be a problem though as I have used tw150 and simular and quite like the way they can crush arkwardly shaped branches. Which I'm not sure a single roller will be able to do? 

[Mick Dempsey]

I would avoid a single roller, I had one (a tracked Timberwolf) and it was pants.

 

manufacturers don’t go to the effort and expense of putting two rollers on for nothing.

Edited January 15, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[Bobbies]

If weight isn't an issue, try the Forst ST6 - if you liked a tw150 you'll love an ST6

[dan494]

On 15/01/2018 at 16:54, Mick Dempsey said:

I would avoid a single roller, I had one (a tracked Timberwolf) and it was pants.

 

manufacturers don’t go to the effort and expense of putting two rollers on for nothing.

I remember an old Vermeer my dad used to have that was single roller, you have to double up on the springs to get them to grip anything

[Mick Dempsey]

Big bits are ok, it’s the smaller stuff that just gets stroked.

 

 

[White Noise]

Our old Bandit was heavy  but dam it was better made than almost  90% of  modern  chippers  .

Single roller  used to struggle with small branches and  the deadwood jamming the roller .

Great machine .

[Gray git]

Yip, had a vermeer with a single and timber it was brilliant but conifer or thorn it just chewed at and annoyed me.
Not fancy a lovely vertually as new st8 at a big discount off new to really deal with some stuff as my one is still for sale [emoji56] can't blame a bloke for trying

[Mick Dempsey]

Surprised that hasn’t gone already TBH.

 

Maybe you should have been a little more circumspect describing its problems

Edited January 17, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[dan494]

ill take the risk and do a straight swap for a 2004 jensen a530 for the st8 

[Gray git]

Surprised that hasn’t gone already TBH.
 
Maybe you should have been a little more circumspect describing its problems [emoji4]

I'll be quite honest and tell anyone the problems we have had and the reason it's now basically a new machine with all the upgraded parts fitted rather than the substandard machine we were 1st sold, if I hadn't needed a bigger higher volume machine I'd still be happily running it. None of the problems were individually a major thing and apart from 1 never stopped us working it was the way it was dealt with by persons I believe are no longer with the company that really got me going.