Kellfri, anyone?

[dudders]

Does anyone have experience of Kellfri machinery? Seems to be lower-priced than the competition, so I'm suspicious that there may be a price to pay in reliability/longevity.  It's a Swedish company, but from their claim of 'Scandinavian design and development', I think 'Chinese manufacture'.  I'm just going to ask them about that, but any personal experience would be good to know. Thanks.  

PS:  looking at their chippers.

Edited October 27, 2020 by dudders
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[dumper]

6 hours ago, dudders said:

Does anyone have experience of Kellfri machinery? Seems to be lower-priced than the competition, so I'm suspicious that there may be a price to pay in reliability/longevity.  It's a Swedish company, but from their claim of 'Scandinavian design and development', I think 'Chinese manufacture'.  I'm just going to ask them about that, but any personal experience would be good to know. Thanks.  

PS:  looking at their chippers.

Had one of there timber grabs on site might as well been made of chocolate 

[Stubby]

22 minutes ago, dumper said:

Had one of there timber grabs on site might as well been made of chocolate 

Thats not good ,  apart from possibly eating it I suppose .

[dumper]

37 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Thats not good ,  apart from possibly eating it I suppose .

Only if you like chocolate, quality costs in my book 

[nepia]

Yes, made in China.  My mate bought an ATV trailer a few months back; had to do some minor engineering to get it together and said just from looking at it that he was prepared for repairs and reinforcement.

Edited October 27, 2020 by nepia

[dumper]

If your thinking about a chipper look at the makes you see regularly about on site and behind transits, also look to the fishy folk with caravans I’ve never seen a kellfri chipper!!

must tell you something

[Khriss]

8 hours ago, dudders said:

Does anyone have experience of Kellfri machinery? Seems to be lower-priced than the competition, so I'm suspicious that there may be a price to pay in reliability/longevity.  It's a Swedish company, but from their claim of 'Scandinavian design and development', I think 'Chinese manufacture'.  I'm just going to ask them about that, but any personal experience would be good to know. Thanks.  

PS:  looking at their chippers.

Basically no matter how well something is made - i have worked with a bloke who will fvvk it up-   It will depend on how well maintained you are and how hard it has to work.  Price is a factor as to quality of parts n spares etc. K

[spuddog0507]

I allways think if its cheap, simply dont bother as you will be forever repairing it, i was looking at there timber grabs after some one i know bought one and the first thing he did was take it apart and weld some gusset plates in it as he said from his expieriance it would not last long with out the plates added, another guy who buys a bit of timber of us has a firewood proccessor that he swears by but he wont be in a rush to get his wood done but he only does about 3-4 tonne a year for his own use, as the saying goes buy cheap buy twice i have been there and my look on this now is save/borrow the money to buy the best machine/item to do the job, it will pay in the long run believe me,

[fonzy]

We've got one of their log grabs, it bent on the first use.  We've since straightened it and strengthened and now have a cheap working log grab.

 

Be prepared to fix it.

 

[scbk]

Might be ok for use on your own land, where time isn't as important (and you own a welder)

 

I imagine you can probably buy most of the kellfri range on alibaba without the stickers!