The Wee Chipper Club

[Ledburyjosh]

Has anyone on here seen or modified a Greenmech CS100 to sit on a tracked barrow?

 

I have a greenmech, it's a good chipper but it sucks moving it around, it's actually quite limiting where it can go with one person..

[Ledburyjosh]

On 12/05/2025 at 19:02, verdant said:

Hi, I wondered if I could get some expert advice on a wee chipper, please? I bought a 15 acre wood that has not been touched in 40 years.  It is overgrown and all the trees are thin(ish), tall and fighting for light.  Mainly hawthorn and oak (up to 6 inch diameter).  I've worked for one week on my own on it and have cleared 80m2.  The felling is fine but the volume of brash and moving it into piles is killing me.  I need a wee chipper!  Access is not great (no roads, no ride through the woods) so I'm thinking of something tracked that can navigate 200m of fields and then into the woods.  I can cut and chip and think it should double my clearing speed.  Did my chainsaw maintenance and felling tickets only a month ago (total amateur and just need it for my woods).  I'm based in Essex if that makes any difference!

 

I'm wondering what specific makes and models I should be considering (especially as I'm working on my own)?  Looking at this thread it seems GL&D Super, Jo Beau, and Foxwood seem to come up a fair bit?  Also, I'm happy to look at second hand.  Any suggestions on reputable companies to talk to?

 

Thanks, and sorry for the basic questions!

The GL&D super look great, £13k +VAT though... it has a niche that it'll be amazing for. Clearing woodland brash isn't that niche.

It's not going to be quick at what your describing either..

 

Probably the most cost effective way and efficient is stack in chipper friendly pikes, and when your out of space hire a 6-8" tracked machine for a short period... unless you want to spend many thousands on owning your own.

 

Or burn it, which is quick and free!? 

Edited Wednesday at 19:54 by Ledburyjosh

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, Ledburyjosh said:

Has anyone on here seen or modified a Greenmech CS100 to sit on a tracked barrow?

 

I have a greenmech, it's a good chipper but it sucks moving it around, it's actually quite limiting where it can go with one person..

The Italian copy one is on tracks I think? You can take the chipper off so it's effectively a track barrow underneath.

 

Other answers are towball on a muck truck, or buy an M500 which pushes itself.

[PeteB]

Towbar on a mucktruck or similar is the answer! 

[jonnygurkha]

9 hours ago, Ledburyjosh said:

Has anyone on here seen or modified a Greenmech CS100 to sit on a tracked barrow?

 

I have a greenmech, it's a good chipper but it sucks moving it around, it's actually quite limiting where it can go with one person..

I have a bigger Greenmech but I bought this little tracked Peruzzo chipper a couple of years ago second hand as a backup/second chipper. It’s ace! It doesn’t replace a bigger roller fed chipper, it can at times be frustrating getting awkward branches into the chute but it sure as hell beats dragging brash. I believe it is an Italian rip

off copy of a cs100. It came with a barrow body to swap with the chipper but I never use that. I have fitted a tow ball so I can tow a brash cart and use it as a mini forwarder. 

[Dan Maynard]

1 hour ago, jonnygurkha said:

I have a bigger Greenmech but I bought this little tracked Peruzzo chipper a couple of years ago second hand as a backup/second chipper. It’s ace! It doesn’t replace a bigger roller fed chipper, it can at times be frustrating getting awkward branches into the chute but it sure as hell beats dragging brash. I believe it is an Italian rip

off copy of a cs100. It came with a barrow body to swap with the chipper but I never use that. I have fitted a tow ball so I can tow a brash cart and use it as a mini forwarder. 

That's the one, Italian ripoff.

 

Muck truck is a brilliant bit of kit itself, mine is extended 300mm up and back over the handles so gets a lot of chip in.

[Ledburyjosh]

On 31/07/2025 at 06:10, jonnygurkha said:

I have a bigger Greenmech but I bought this little tracked Peruzzo chipper a couple of years ago second hand as a backup/second chipper. It’s ace! It doesn’t replace a bigger roller fed chipper, it can at times be frustrating getting awkward branches into the chute but it sure as hell beats dragging brash. I believe it is an Italian rip

off copy of a cs100. It came with a barrow body to swap with the chipper but I never use that. I have fitted a tow ball so I can tow a brash cart and use it as a mini forwarder. 

A rip off, but with a swivelling chute which the greenmech misses..

 

Would you mind sending a couple of pictures of how it attaches?

Also curious of how much of a clone it is to the greenmech, as in would it mount the same