The Wee Chipper Club

[dig-dug-dan]

9 hours ago, PeteB said:

Absolutely uncanny the similarity between the Peruzzo and the far better original CS100! But then again, they were our dealer in Italy and just plagiarised the units we sent them!

Surely you can,sue them, thats out of order? Didnt you guys manage a case against jensen?

[PeteB]

We did, and it cost an awful lot of time effort and money to prove that we were the true developer of the SafeTrac and Jensen were not.

 

If you did a cost/benefit analysis, chasing Peruzzo for a few CS100 copies sold, then the main winner would be the lawyers! The concept of the Wee Chipper has been around in various formats for a long time and it would seem that an ungentlemanly business act took place in that they didn't/couldn't spend the resources to develop their own version and found it easier to emulate ours with a few changes. The morals of the organ grinder and scruples of his monkey?

[Swampie]

Patents would have restricted your design if it was truly original wouldn't it?

[Ty Korrigan]

@Pete B

 I think the CS100 could benefit from a few changes.

 Chute which pivots, optional chute extension, optional electric drive to wheels, optional tow bar for garden tractors...

 Add on sales.

   Stuart

[scbk]

Yes the chute could be improved

 

 

50mm tow bar:

 

 

[scbk]

(Jockey wheel is deliberately removed so it works as an adjustable stand, and doesn't roll about. You wind the handle to level the chipper/ adjust infeed height to suit ground conditions)

[Ty Korrigan]

Tachometer too.

  Stuart

[Mick Dempsey]

And a 35 hp engine and twin feed rollers:)

[PeteB]

5 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

And a 35 hp engine and twin feed rollers:)

And all for under £5g?

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, PeteB said:

And all for under £5g?

I know, I guess that was my point, it’s a budget (though well built I’m sure) chipper.

 

Adding too many whistles and bells defeats the concept.