PTO chipper advice

[topchippyles]

4 minutes ago, hilltownorganics said:

is there any difference if one is going to be chipping mainly green wood with branches/leaves rather than dried wood? in terms of what I should look for? just noticed this blacktools video and others i've seen only show straight and what looks like dried wood? not sure if it's a silly question but better check i thought..

Same as anything really dried wood is going to be a lot harder so will wear the blades quicker.Keep them nice and sharp and should be ok

Edited December 17, 2020 by topchippyles

[hilltownorganics]

2 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

Same as anything really dried wood is going to be a lot harder so will wear the blades quicker.Keep them nice and sharp and should be ok

ok, i only ever used a small petrol chipper but i found it struggled with green wood with leaves a lot more, it was slower and would struggle a bit ; while the dried wood went thru much more smoothly; so maybe dried wears the blades more but is easier for the machine to pull in and chip? we will mainly be chipping green branches with leaves so I need to keep that in mind...anyway thank you for your thoughts, good to know

[hilltownorganics]

7 minutes ago, Scottish Cleaning Service said:

I have a TW 13/75 and it is great but very heavy (188 kgs). Starts first time and chips anything under 80mm which cost me £3k plus vat.

Great, thank you, will have a look at that, thou is petrol rather than pto right? I worry there are more things to go wrong with engines plus a bit more tricky to move for us in our very wet ground, thus firstly looking at pto driven ones, but good to know other options..thanks for replying, it's really helpful to hear from those who know what they are talking about as we know very little about chippers and is a considerable investment for our little market garden...

[PeteB]

If you could care to call me on 07774 282481, I’ll try to help going forward. 

[Dawsons Groundcare]

We have a greenmech eco 150 PTO. Looking to upgrade to a bigger chipper if you're interested in ours. 

 

If you're not too far away, happy for you to come and have a look at it. Based near Coventry 

 

Only issue is we've been told we'll have to wait till April for a new one so depends how much of a rush you're in. 

[PeteB]

8 hours ago, Dawsons Groundcare said:

We have a greenmech eco 150 PTO. Looking to upgrade to a bigger chipper if you're interested in ours. 

 

If you're not too far away, happy for you to come and have a look at it. Based near Coventry 

 

Only issue is we've been told we'll have to wait till April for a new one so depends how much of a rush you're in. 

Good used Eco TMP units are as rare as hen's teeth! Andy told me that you were looking to change....

[hilltownorganics]

On 18/12/2020 at 11:10, Dawsons Groundcare said:

We have a greenmech eco 150 PTO. Looking to upgrade to a bigger chipper if you're interested in ours. 

 

If you're not too far away, happy for you to come and have a look at it. Based near Coventry 

 

Only issue is we've been told we'll have to wait till April for a new one so depends how much of a rush you're in. 

Thanks Dawsons, that would have been a nice option but we are a bit far and ideally wanna do the chipping before the growing season starts...thank for reaching out

[carlos]

id say a second hand one from a known chipper brand such as greenmech would be a much better bet than a new Chinese import  model.

repairs, maintenance and back up is going to be a lot easier too.

[Khriss]

On 17/12/2020 at 16:08, hilltownorganics said:

thanks for that info Jase; we are going to go and visit our local GreenMech dealer just in case but we think they may be outside our price, but good to know they are ok with 540rpm..thus looking at the woodlandmills but didn't realised this needed 100rpm til Khriss said..don't know what other options may be there for us..

 

Yr well armed with info now. Dont think you will be doing industrial output so you will find someting in budget -  blades are the essential ( and Fitting them properly 😮) k

[Will C]

It may not help cash flow short term but remember that a mainstream brand will also hold a resale value, a Chineseium one may not be worth anything in 5 years time.