Greenmech 19-28

[Highland Forestry]

Well we had her out this week on a small job - very very impressed.

 

Even chips gnarly Scots Pine with relative ease, just drags the whole lot straight in.

 

 

 

 

[Mozza]

Used to use these on the railway, I loved it, chipped extremely well, Went anywhere and did everything we wanted it to do, Cracking machine!!

[Highland Forestry]

Used to use these on the railway, I loved it, chipped extremely well, Went anywhere and did everything we wanted it to do, Cracking machine!!

 

That's the reason I bought it.... more for clearance and production jobs than anything else.

 

She's heading out for a month on a cut and chip contract tomorrow morning.. should be an awesome machine on birch scrub!!

[Mozza]

That's the reason I bought it.... more for clearance and production jobs than anything else.

 

She's heading out for a month on a cut and chip contract tomorrow morning.. should be an awesome machine on birch scrub!!

 

Should do you proud mate, As you'll know, Hire machines (like the one we had) on the railway get HAMMERD from start to finish, Some people dont really look after them and what have you:thumbdown: but it coped very very well with everything

[Highland Forestry]

Should do you proud mate, As you'll know, Hire machines (like the one we had) on the railway get HAMMERD from start to finish, Some people dont really look after them and what have you:thumbdown: but it coped very very well with everything

 

Ohh don't I know it.... we've hammered a fair few of them! lol

 

But it is true, they need maintenance, and it's the greasing and daily maintenance that keep em going strong..

[scottythepinetree]

Have one in work.. not bad at all. Tracks are pretty powerful. Use ours for pulling over trees sometimes... never ceases to amaze me how big a tree it will actually pull over. Goes anywhere. Decent power in the feed rollers too.

 

Bad points. Disc blades mean the chip it produces isn't great compared to drum knives (like the vermeer). Also there is no clutch which means you have to leave it run for about 5 - 10 mins after use or else timber can block the flywheel and burn out the starter when you go to start it again. We've gone through 3 in the last year. The radiator is not very well covered and located at the front which means you need to be on it at least weekly blowing out the dust that builds up there. Also if the shoot gets blocked can be a pain to get unblocked (true of all chippers) but moreso with the greenmech as you have to take off 3 covers to get into the flywheel.

 

Seems like I have mostly bad things to say about it but all in all I'd give it a thumbs up. Does its job really well.