New Timberwolf TW230DHB

[elfie]

Looking at purchasing a new chipper and I was wondering if anyone has any feedback on how the new 230DHB chippers perform.  My concern is that they are only 25HP as opposed to the old 35hp machines ?

Any help greatly appreciated 

Edited December 14, 2020 by elfie

[maybelateron]

Have you considered the Forst petrol engined ones? More power than the 25hp diesel.

[dig-dug-dan]

1 hour ago, elfie said:

Looking at purchasing a new chipper and I was wondering if anyone has any feedback on how the new 230DHB chippers perform.  My concern is that they are only 25HP as opposed to the old 35hp machines ?

Any help greatly appreciated 

It's a detuned engine. Just get it and get it re tuned back up to the 35hp that it should be!

[AJGard]

1 hour ago, dig-dug-dan said:

It's a detuned engine. Just get it and get it re tuned back up to the 35hp that it should be!

Would that not effect the warranty 🤷‍♂️ maybe they would never notice .

[dig-dug-dan]

10 minutes ago, AJGard said:

Would that not effect the warranty 🤷‍♂️ maybe they would never notice .

How? It's the same engine they have been putting in them for years, it's just been de tuned to meet regs. Just tune it back when you have a problem, but why would you on  a kubota engine?

When it comes down to it, warranty isnt worth the paper its printed on 

[JaySmith]

The firm I work for has a 230 road tow and tracked machine. Both of these machines have the older engines in as the boss brought them when he heard about the newer ones not being as powerful to meet the new regs. Our tracked has gone in for repair and a loan machine dropped off. Took the new machine out on Friday and the output by comparison to our own machine seems to be down. It would appear that the anti stress kicks in quicker and takes longer to get back up to speed we were only chipping conifer upto about 5 inch. To be fair to the machine it was wet but a new machine with sub 100
Hours should blitz that. The machine also sounds very different to our older one. I’m no chipper expert by any stretch of the imagination but have used these machines for many many years and the newer engines do seem a lot less powerful by comparison, just my thoughts having used both the old and new engines.

[elfie]

Many thanks for all the input guys.  

Does anyone know anywhere in scotland that would carry out the detuning or is it an easy step to take by an average mechanic?  

[dig-dug-dan]

51 minutes ago, elfie said:

Many thanks for all the input guys.  

Does anyone know anywhere in scotland that would carry out the detuning or is it an easy step to take by an average mechanic?  

Any decent diesel fitter can do it. Or a local kubota engine dealer

[Moose McAlpine]

1 hour ago, dig-dug-dan said:

Any decent diesel fitter can do it. Or a local kubota engine dealer

 

What's required? Is it adjusting a governor on the injector pump or something? 🤔

[Mick Dempsey]

On 14/12/2020 at 20:55, JaySmith said:

The firm I work for has a 230 road tow and tracked machine. Both of these machines have the older engines in as the boss brought them when he heard about the newer ones not being as powerful to meet the new regs. Our tracked has gone in for repair and a loan machine dropped off. Took the new machine out on Friday and the output by comparison to our own machine seems to be down. It would appear that the anti stress kicks in quicker and takes longer to get back up to speed we were only chipping conifer upto about 5 inch. To be fair to the machine it was wet but a new machine with sub 100
Hours should blitz that. The machine also sounds very different to our older one. I’m no chipper expert by any stretch of the imagination but have used these machines for many many years and the newer engines do seem a lot less powerful by comparison, just my thoughts having used both the old and new engines.

Interesting, thanks for chiming in, I had wondered about this.