JENSEN A141 XL chipper.

[Jamie edwards]

Hi. 

 

So I've just purchased a 400hr JENSEN A141 XL. Its in really good condition.

It was from a dealer who specialises in Ex council stock, not arb. Therefore asking him much about it was pointless. 

 

Ive contacted Jensen about a manual for servicing, etc. but if anyone's got a .pdf version I'm keen. 

 

Mainly I'm asking to see if there's any inherent issues I should be looking out for? - I'm giving the machine a good going over but always good to have a heads up. 

 

Also Is the hydraulic oil 46? - it's a bit low and I was going to top up before the manual arrives but only if I know for sure. 

 

Really pleased with the machine and feel I've made the right call, even though the drive to Carlisle from Bournemouth then to Norwich was savage af. 

Cheers.

[AlexP86]

Ahhhh it was you was it!!! Been waiting for the go ahead to buy that for a week 😭 Rang them yesterday and it had gone 

[swinny]

25 minutes ago, AlexP86 said:

Ahhhh it was you was it!!! Been waiting for the go ahead to buy that for a week 😭 Rang them yesterday and it had gone 

Always the same! You have to be able to drop everything and go look asap. I spotted a fresh chipper on ebay I was going to buy back end of this week just gone. Rang and was sold! Gutted too

 

Anyhow you were doing better than me as I couldn't afford that jensen 😂 

[woody paul]

Don't know anything about them but would give it a 500 hour service before working it as I would guess no service history..Hope that's  not your only truck as going to fill it in no time.

[swinny]

7 minutes ago, woody paul said:

Don't know anything about them but would give it a 500 hour service before working it as I would guess no service history..Hope that's  not your only truck as going to fill it in no time.

Always good to service first and think the guy will. 

 

Problem with bigger chippers is the throw force.... can't half make some mess. With my current bandit, chip bounces off headboard when empty then bounces off chip and out when filling 😂 

[Will C]

I reckon that’s going to fire over the chip box and fill the cab up 

[Mike Hill]

Regular HO will work fine,check if it has sealed ungreasable rotor shaft bearings and budget for replacement of them at about 2000 hours if it has the ungreasable bearings.

 

Be a weapon of a chipper!

[Jamie edwards]

23 hours ago, AlexP86 said:

Ahhhh it was you was it!!! Been waiting for the go ahead to buy that for a week 😭 Rang them yesterday and it had gone 

Ahh sorry man! I didn't even go and look, I just went for it as I didn't wanna miss out. sorry!

[Jamie edwards]

18 hours ago, Will C said:

I reckon that’s going to fire over the chip box and fill the cab up 

Yes, haha.
Only reason I was towing it with that as I picked it up the day before from Bournemouth and had to drive up to Carlisle to pick the chipper up. I luckily have bigger trucks at the yard 😆 it was a little big even towing it TBH. 

[Jamie edwards]

7 hours ago, Mike Hill said:

Regular HO will work fine,check if it has sealed ungreasable rotor shaft bearings and budget for replacement of them at about 2000 hours if it has the ungreasable bearings.

 

Be a weapon of a chipper!

Nice, thanks, Im gunna do the 500 hour service on it, check right through the machine. Ive got rh manual now, too so should be all good! 

Appreciate it