Greenmech 150 Arborist Mk1

[Ty Korrigan]

2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I’ve been off for more than 12 working days cos of lack of chipper, that’s costly.

 

 

 

 

Those my friend, are rooky numbers...

I take your 12 working days and raise them to 8 months with no end in sight.

Seriously, I feel your pain, no repair in France seems to take less than a month.

As you once told me, the only way is to have 2 machines.

  Stuart

[maybelateron]

18 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Keeping two similar chippers if you are a one gang outfit, just in case, is not sensible IMO.

Agreed. I went down to one chipper 6 years ago when I upgraded to a much better machine (Jensen 540 turntable). Felt a bit lost without a backup machine (Jensen parts if coming from Germany are not exactly overnight!), and could see the benefit of a tracked chipper, so bought a Forst TR6. They compliment each other well. 

[Mick Dempsey]

The lack of rental machines and the cost doesn’t help either.

 

in reply to @Ty Korrigan

Edited November 17, 2021 by Mick Dempsey

[Ty Korrigan]

3 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

The lack of rental machines and the cost doesn’t help either.

 

in reply to @Ty Korrigan

I was lucky, if my cloud of misfortune had a silver lining, in that the very company who once sold me a Quadchip then the GM190 opened a shop in town.

 They have a Bugnot 6" drum chipper for hire for which they let me have at a discounted rate.

Between that and our Chinesium chippette we got through the Summer until the GM Evo arrived.

Now one of my lads has bought an ex-council GM 13-23 which runs well and so I have this to fall back upon.

   Stuart

 

[Mick Dempsey]

[treevolution]

28 minutes ago, Ty Korrigan said:

I was lucky, if my cloud of misfortune had a silver lining, in that the very company who once sold me a Quadchip then the GM190 opened a shop in town.

 They have a Bugnot 6" drum chipper for hire for which they let me have at a discounted rate.

Between that and our Chinesium chippette we got through the Summer until the GM Evo arrived.

Now one of my lads has bought an ex-council GM 13-23 which runs well and so I have this to fall back upon.

   Stuart

 

How are you finding the evo. 

[woody paul]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Keeping two similar chippers if you are a one gang outfit, just in case, 

I run a TW150 and a TW18/100 150 is the main chipper, but did a job earlier in the week were had to chip and leave in garden and could only get 18/100 in. So 2 chippers the same would not work but the option of different works well had forgotten how well little chipper got rid of brash. 

[Ty Korrigan]

36 minutes ago, treevolution said:

How are you finding the evo. 

Early days, 42 hours in, all my entourage like it very much.

Much easier to feed multiple branches than the vertical roller models which have a metal plate that branches tend to catch on.

So far, no serious D-merits have come to light.

Just an observation, if I could, I'd fit a light inside the infeed as with the plastic curtains it is difficult to see just what is happening with the rollers.

Certainly far more solid in build than the 150P.

Mrs Lee misses the 150, she liked it's size and weight but not the vertical rollers or the reliability of the engine.

GM did a great job turning it around but Briggs France, from mechanics to management are a 'veritable bande de couillons'.

The 150P has spent over 12 months in various workshops and is only 38 months old. Anyway, enough of my bellyaching.

It would be wonderfull to be still on Arbtalk and talking up the Evo in ten years time and telling all what a sterling investment it has been.

 

         Stuart

 

 

 

 

[Ty Korrigan]

Spoke to the mechanic yesterday.

Briggs France simply do not pick up the phone so 'Bruno' deals with Briggs Germany.

There continues to be a lack of spares.

In fact Briggs are even being sued by Husqvarna over the non-supply of engines.

I've asked for the part numbers so I can try source them myself from the USA but the mechanic says he won't be paid for any of the work so far done if I supply the parts.

Stalemate.

 

So I called Briggs Germany myself this morning and spoke to the very person (he is tri-lingual) who has previously dealt with the French mechanic.

He admits the Efi dealer network is very  poor and they cannot persuade dealers to get involved with Efi due to cost and complication.

 

 Stuart

 

The article below explains the reorganisation of Briggs in Europe.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.materiel-paysage.com/actualites/amp/article/729740/briggs-and-stratton-reorganise-son-service-technique-en-allemagne

Edited November 19, 2021 by Ty Korrigan

[treevolution]

On 17/11/2021 at 19:51, Ty Korrigan said:

Early days, 42 hours in, all my entourage like it very much.

Much easier to feed multiple branches than the vertical roller models which have a metal plate that branches tend to catch on.

So far, no serious D-merits have come to light.

Just an observation, if I could, I'd fit a light inside the infeed as with the plastic curtains it is difficult to see just what is happening with the rollers.

Certainly far more solid in build than the 150P.

Mrs Lee misses the 150, she liked it's size and weight but not the vertical rollers or the reliability of the engine.

GM did a great job turning it around but Briggs France, from mechanics to management are a 'veritable bande de couillons'.

The 150P has spent over 12 months in various workshops and is only 38 months old. Anyway, enough of my bellyaching.

It would be wonderfull to be still on Arbtalk and talking up the Evo in ten years time and telling all what a sterling investment it has been.

 

         Stuart

 

 

 

 

Did you go for the petrol of diesel evo. 

Thanks