Timberwolf buys Greenmech

[PeteB]

They had a factory in Poland but shut that down. For a while, some fabs where made in Brum but not sure now. India? China? Eastern Europe? 

 

It isn't beyond the bounds of reason to suggest that other Alamo brands could be fabricated and assembled at Alcester? Rayco, Boxer, Morbark but for that 'European ' feel and finish without the transatlantic crossing?

[Mick Dempsey]

I may be wrong, but isn’t the Vari-track system still under world wide patent?
Didn’t GM successfully sue Forst for nicking it?

Is it possible that’s what Alamo were really after to use in the American market?
 

Uninformed speculation from me, happy to be schooled.

 

[Mark Bolam]

The real reason is that Alamo are now going to build an exciting new machine that has one standard TW blade and one GM disc blade.

It’s for left handed people.

[PeteB]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

I may be wrong, but isn’t the Vari-track system still under world wide patent?
Didn’t GM successfully sue Forst for nicking it?

Is it possible that’s what Alamo were really after to use in the American market?
 

Uninformed speculation from me, happy to be schooled.

 

GM sued Jensen. Not for big bucks, but a 'cease and desist '. It took months and cost several hundred thousand pounds. Jensen did it really because Redwood indicated that the Rail industry was largely took over by GM. TW now own the Intellectual Property so can fit it to their other models. The Safetrac patent ended recently but was superceded by the SureTrac patent. 

 

Jensen also copied, or so I am told, the Predator grinder off Patrick Watts as he refused to let the British Jensen importer have access to that! I have been reliably informed that Redwood did develope their own version as well as a skidsteer type loader too.

[Tree monkey 1682]

On 13/11/2025 at 05:52, 5thelement said:

Maybe that’s why Arbortech are based there.

Also I know the has been issues with shite steel from Portugal/Spain in the 90s.  Don't know if there any better