The Wee Chipper Club

[woody paul]

14 hours ago, Mr. Ed said:

€2,000 so I’m not expecting great quality,

No one can make a chipper that cheap that's any good. 

Are you in the UK. 

[Dan Maynard]

2 hours ago, woody paul said:

No one can make a chipper that cheap that's any good. 

Are you in the UK. 

Wanted PTO so not including an engine at least.

[Whoppa Choppa]

TP...

[Mike F]

Morning all,

Does anyone know where I can rent a Greenmech CS100 in the South Hertfordshire/North London/West Essex area? (I'm near Potters Bar)

 

I just want to try one to compare and test it

(I know most rental places have the TW13/75, but want to compare)

 

Previously had my own TW150 (sold it) but have moved out of full time work but am considering getting a pedestrian chipper to take on small(er) odd jobs

 

cheers

Edited October 20, 2023 by Mike F

[PeteB]

The CS100 often astounds me at how well it works but it ain't really suited to the rough old hire game where "ride it like you stole it" is the modus operandi! There are a few in hire fleet but how about this.... come up to the factory with some brash, have the factory tour to see where they are birthed. Try one there and meet the folk behind it?

[Mr. Ed]

Well I bought a cheap chipper (cheap as pommes frites since you ask) with a few hours on the clock for 1500 euros or so. Jansen’s cheapest PTO offering. Quite a lot of metal, seem like good bearings, easy access to blades, terrible paint job (already peeling off at 18 months age). It works all right - you get no feed mechanism at that price point so it’s difficult doing briars and so on but do-able. Branches up to a few inches it enjoys doing and goes chop-chop over them in a gratifyingly busy way. Bad colour choice - we’ll never find that in the woods …
 

 

 

Edited October 21, 2023 by Mr. Ed

[Gav Green Man]

Ayup boys, has anyone had any experience of the GL&D Titan super tracked bio chipper.

They're about 12 k new and seem to chip small stuff rapid, I like the size and versatile,  could just do with knowing if anyone has any first hand experience of them.

I'm stuck inbetween buying one or going down the much more well trodden path of an old tracked timberwolf probably  a 150, about 2010 year with 13000 hrs ish for a similar price.

 

Any advise appreciated. 

 

Thanks.

[GA Groundcare]

On 01/11/2023 at 11:16, Gav Green Man said:

Ayup boys, has anyone had any experience of the GL&D Titan super tracked bio chipper.

 

The problem I see (and happy to be corrected) regarding small  chippers on tracks is that something pedestrian moved is generally more manoeuvrable than something on tracks, shunting it around a customers lawn for example. If you had to get say the length of a football pitch I bet I could get there quicker pushing a CS100 than tracking a gravity fed style tracked unit. Obviously they come into their own on tougher, wet, boggy, steep ground where pushing is an issue. However if its a big job then you'd want a proper tracked hydraulic fed wood chipper on site.

 

So really, the tracked gravity fed wood chippers which there are plenty of manufacturers offering only have an advantage if you're in boggy ground with narrow access? Pretty niche situation for the money spent?  

 

Edited November 2, 2023 by GA Groundcare

[scbk]

2 hours ago, GA Groundcare said:

The problem I see (and happy to be corrected) regarding small  chippers on tracks is that something pedestrian moved is generally more manoeuvrable than something on tracks, shunting it around a customers lawn for example. If you had to get say the length of a football pitch I bet I could get there quicker pushing a CS100 than tracking a gravity fed style tracked unit. Obviously they come into their own on tougher, wet, boggy, steep ground where pushing is an issue. However if its a big job then you'd want a proper tracked hydraulic fed wood chipper on site.

 

So really, the tracked gravity fed wood chippers which there are plenty of manufacturers offering only have an advantage if you're in boggy ground with narrow access? Pretty niche situation for the money spent?  

 

You can have a halfway house by towing a cs100 with a muck truck. It will pull it over surprisingly rough ground, won't churn up a lawn when turning, and is still narrow access

[shillo]

On 01/11/2023 at 11:16, Gav Green Man said:

Ayup boys, has anyone had any experience of the GL&D Titan super tracked bio chipper.

They're about 12 k new and seem to chip small stuff rapid, I like the size and versatile,  could just do with knowing if anyone has any first hand experience of them.

I'm stuck inbetween buying one or going down the much more well trodden path of an old tracked timberwolf probably  a 150, about 2010 year with 13000 hrs ish for a similar price.

 

Any advise appreciated. 

 

Thanks.

I had one on demo a week ago, I was very impressed. there were one or two bits that my 6'' chipper would have struggled with! just because of the shape rather than the size. the drum width is really wide so the powered indeed pulls big bits into the flattest plane and through it goes! I was mainly interested in how it pulled in hedge trimmings as ive got several 'bag up and drag out' jobs every year and thought this would help, I pulled it out the back of the truck and chucked it in as fast as I could and it gobbled it up!

 

I could do with a new 'proper' chipper but I cant afford both at the moment.

 

they do have lots of videos on their site.