New chipper time..

[TheTreeWrangler]

so were still looking, we do have a few to look at , albeit on the cheaper side ..    im kinda put off from the Forst now , tho they did seem to be a bit cheaper, but reliability is a must, I guess all things go wrong tho , does the Forst have the same engine as the TW ?   

[Tree monkey 1682]

Dunno why u wouldnt buy an entec chippt 35  and spend a couple of grand overhauling it ,it used to suck in 6" had a good throughput , if u could get it to the feed rollers the machine would do the rest. Probably better than the tw 160, and alot better built than two later offerings .

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[Mick Dempsey]

14 minutes ago, Tree monkey 1682 said:

Dunno why u wouldnt buy an entec chippt 35  and spend a couple of grand overhauling it ,it used to suck in 6" had a good throughput , if u could get it to the feed rollers the machine would do the rest. Probably better than the tw 160, and alot better built than two later offerings .

What were the two later offerings?

[Tree monkey 1682]

15 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

What were the two later offerings?

The 230 and 160, also forst are dire

[Mick Dempsey]

You haven’t got a clue have you?

[MattyF]

21 hours ago, andy ellis said:

SCHLIESING 175 MX 6" Wood Chipper, | eBay UK

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Schlieisng 175 MX for Sale (trade in machine). This machine has been maintained and regularly serviced, its ready to go and work. Over run clutch (fully serviced).

schliesing 175 

 

That would be my choice for a small tow behind , would not go back to Timberwolf… I dragged out our old tw 150 the other week that we kept as a back up , we have owned since new in 2002… would let it go for £2800 very tough paint wise but had a new chassis in 2016, no stress works but clocks stopped , it had 1200 hours on before I leant it to an ex employer to get on his feet for a year with his new business … clock came back broken but I doubt he put more than 400hrs on it and it had just had a full rebuild before it went by one of the best TW mechanics in the north east .. saying that I would say 150’s need new bearings every 400-600 hrs. 

[woody paul]

If you can find a TW 150 that's been looked after would be my choice, but if need machine to move around easy would go for 125 but needs to have braked chassis, not fun being dragged down a slope by one. Everything is so easy to maintain and blade change is quick. 

The major question is how much tree work do you do and how much are you going to do in years to come, then buy best and biggest you can. 

[PeteB]

I'd buy a GreenMech! 

[AHPP]

I wouldn't. I've always been underwhelmed with infeed and throughput. The vertical roller ones are particularly shit.

[jameshs22]

My first chipper was a TW 125 when I was doing a combination of my own work and sub contract climbing. The 125 was a brilliant machine that coped with 95% of my work and was easy to maintain and move around driveways or sometimes to the bottom of people's gardens.The only time it struggled was on the larger jobs, especially conifer in the wet!!. I've recently upgraded to a TW230 due to going full time on my own and taking on bigger jobs