The Wee Chipper Club

[Connagh]

Wasn't expecting that cs100 to make quite as much as that on eBay jheez!!!

[Connagh]

If anyone is wanting to sell there greenmech cs100 for a great price please give me a ring on 07964483970

Thanks guys

[R Mac]

I have the Rock Machinery chipper but was using a JoBeau M300 last week, the JoBeau is lighter and more compact mainly due to having narrower wheels and I think a lower infeed hopper and discharge chute. The one I was using had a Honda engine although according to the JoBeau website they can also have a Briggs & Stratton, my Rock Machinery one has a Briggs & Stratton.

 

To be perfectly honest while the JoBeau is nice as it's lighter I didn't see anything that made me regret buying the Rock chipper. As for the Greenmech I've never seen one let alone used one but I was quoted over £4800 inc vat for a new one and they're actually heavier than the Rock chipper as they have a 2 cylinder engine (Briggs & Stratton) which gives them more HP and probably more torque. As far as reliability/durability goes I've said it before, there are essentially 4 things to go wrong with a mini chipper as they're as basic as it gets.

 

Engine, Briggs & Stratton should be fine (and same make as the Greenmech), AFAIK some of the Honda engines are made in China anyway, could be wrong about that.

Knives/Blades, I'd hope the JoBeau/Greenmech had better quality blades than the Rock given the price difference but I don't know for sure.

Drive Belts, just regular V belts so much of a muchness IMO

Drum Bearings, probably better bearings on the JoBeau/Greenmech but it would cost very little to replace the stock bearings on the Rock chipper with high quality bearings.

 

You could buy a 2nd hand Greenmech or JoBeau but there's no way of knowing how much abuse the engine has had and that's the one part that'll cost most to replace. At least with a brand new Rock you have a warranty and a few grand extra in your pocket, with a Greenmech or JoBeau, new or used you have something that'll still have some value 2 years down the line if you decide to sell or trade in and the reassurance of knowing who the actual manufacturer is should things go wrong.

 

Personally I wasn't prepared to go into debt for a mini chipper as in my case it won't get regular use but you need to make your own mind up on that.

[Connagh]

Thanks for that mate found it very very helpful I will have to just wait and see what comes along first to be honast as rock are now sold out and greenmech and jo beau products between 2500-3500 rarely come up every day so will just have to bide my time and hopefully get one before Christmas time, but yes like you say I will only be using mine once a week if that to be honast but then I need a machine to fit inside a new ford transit custom until I can afford an i for Williams trailer.

[R Mac]

Thanks for that mate found it very very helpful I will have to just wait and see what comes along first to be honast as rock are now sold out and greenmech and jo beau products between 2500-3500 rarely come up every day so will just have to bide my time and hopefully get one before Christmas time, but yes like you say I will only be using mine once a week if that to be honast but then I need a machine to fit inside a new ford transit custom until I can afford an i for Williams trailer.

 

Well I can measure the max height of the Rock chipper if you want.

 

Contact Global Newark on the forum here and see if they have any 2nd hand JoBeau in stock or about to get any in. There's a new JoBeau out, the M250,

 

NEW - Jo Beau M250 Gardenline

 

Not sure how much they cost but think they're a fair bit cheaper than an M300, nice and light too. Same engine as the Rock but at 117kg it's a lot lighter, the Rock is listed at 172kg, that's a big difference if you're trying to load it on your own.

 

edit Check out the post by Global Newark on page 102 of this thread, they mentioned the M250 costing £2200, good price.

Edited November 28, 2016 by R Mac

[Connagh]

If that's not too much hassle that would be a great help please

Really do you know what sort of diameter it takes if it's equivalent to 3inches may be good to look into it. Yes it must be a huge difference to be honast considering I will be loading it on my own that seems a lot lighter, have you had any troubles with your rock chipper yet?

Have you put much in there in diameter to 4 inches?

[R Mac]

Have a read on pages 99 and 100 on this thread, couple of video clips, one of them mine.

 

The Rock chipper is 151cm to the top of the discharge chute, the tallest part. No troubles at all, easy to start on the pull start although it has electric start. It's quite heavy to get on the trailer (8x5 ifor Williams flat bed) I use a couple of pulleys and with assistance from my wife we can get it on/off easy enough using 2 8' scaffold planks as ramps, the bed on a flat bed trailer is higher than the bed on a general duty trailer but probably lower than a Transit.

[Connagh]

That's good then sounds like it is hard work to get it on and off pulling it up a van on and off would be hard hard work it sounds like. But I will have to wait and see which one I pick I'll keep thinking hard thanks for your help mate much appreciated

[Guss109]

I'm sure you would easily pull it up on to the transit van I can get my cs100 onto the ifor using 8 ft ramps by hand as sometimes the pulls just gets in the way

[R Mac]

I'm sure you would easily pull it up on to the transit van I can get my cs100 onto the ifor using 8 ft ramps by hand as sometimes the pulls just gets in the way

 

To be honest I've never actually tried just pulling mine up the ramps, just didn't think I could manage it as I'm about 10 1/2 stone wet