Greenmech stump grinder

[swinny]

Does it have hydrostatic drive or you have to push it everywhere?

[Connagh]

30 minutes ago, swinny said:

Does it have hydrostatic drive or you have to push it everywhere?

Hydrostatic drive 

[Jase hutch]

From memory the first units Greenmech sold were electric drive to the wheels and hydrostatic drive came later.

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, Jase hutch said:

From memory the first units Greenmech sold were electric drive to the wheels and hydrostatic drive came later.

That's interesting, what sort of electric wheel motors?

[Jase hutch]

If I remember correctly it was a single electric motor and an axle with a differential . The only downside to this set up was that it could drain the battery unless operated with the engine running , this meant having the cutting wheel spinning as well !

When the hydrostatic model came onto the scene it had a clutch for the cutting wheel. 

Pete Baggs might correct me ?

[PeteB]

Jase's recollections are spot on. The electric drive was fair jerky to inch forward so some had some kind electrical slow start device to help. The electric motors could also ingest a certain amount of crud which could stop them fro  working too. When the hydro units were introduced, we stopped importing the electric drive. You could lock a a wheel with a simply, "over centre" lever with a cable down to a lever on band brake, the levers were vulnerable to getting bent though!

[Connagh]

5 hours ago, PeteB said:

Jase's recollections are spot on. The electric drive was fair jerky to inch forward so some had some kind electrical slow start device to help. The electric motors could also ingest a certain amount of crud which could stop them fro  working too. When the hydro units were introduced, we stopped importing the electric drive. You could lock a a wheel with a simply, "over centre" lever with a cable down to a lever on band brake, the levers were vulnerable to getting bent though!

Is there any way of finding out the year of my machine I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the machine.

[Jase hutch]

28 minutes ago, Connagh said:

Is there any way of finding out the year of my machine I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the machine.

What's the serial number ?

If you let Pete B know , he can easily tell you ?

Or if its : a series of numbers followed by a letter , the letter designates the year. K was 2000 , L was 2001 and so on.

Jase.

[Connagh]

Looks like it must be 2001

[Jase hutch]

Yes it is , the CE and 01 confirms that too 👍