anyone used a Turner 10" pto wood chipper ??

[combined tree services]

The old turner machines are re badged Ganadinis. The Greenmech is it’s own animal and chippers international (Graham Satchwell) handle Ganandini in the UK.

 

I used to own a turner 90 and they are strong to the point of over engineering. The feed rollers are vertical where most others (except some early TP’s) are horizontal. The rollers are big so they climb and crush well

 

The Ganadinis are also peculiar in that they have a hydraulic cylinder “tensioning” the in feed roller, it’s quite a good system because it allows you to open the rollers before chucking some of the larger lumps in. The moveable roller has a reduction gearbox on it so it’s important to keep on top of the top bearing otherwise it trashes the gearbox. Maintenance 101 really.

 

On the down side you need to be certain that anyone servicing it understands the function of that valve.

 

The chipper presents the timber at an angle to the blade which requires less power than a square on feed. It does mean that you can occasionally get a leftover trapped behind the roller but removing it is childsplay.

 

I don’t know if chippers int. still do service parts but all the bearings are stock parts and I bought blades from Saturn.

 

Unless they have been retro fitted they definitely aren’t HSE compliant but bringing them up to spec isn’t overly difficult of expensive.

 

Would I buy another? Yes I would.

 

Cheers for the info mate , i have been looking at one on Earborist that is mounted on a silage trailer but can also be used off of a three point linkage

[tree_beard]

Bandit PTO Wood Chipper 250xp on eBay (end time 14-Apr-10 10:51:55 BST)

 

possibly too big for a mog (bear in mind i dont know owt about mogs or pto chippers for that matter...)

 

but hows about a big fat shiny bandito dave?

[treequip]

Cheers for the info mate , i have been looking at one on Earborist that is mounted on a silage trailer but can also be used off of a three point linkage

 

Hard to tell from the pics but it looks to be in standard configuration so you would need to budget about £500 to bring it up to spec.

 

Feeding it left handed would leave you pretty much trapped up against the trailer and getting away from that lump of beech brash that’s whacking your shins would be difficult.

 

You could turn the chipper and put an intermediate yolk in the PTO shaft.

£3.5K is a fair price but bid them 3k on account of the HSE compliance and see where it takes you.

[Stephen Blair]

thatsa lot of bandit chipper for 6k, a bargain for someone. bit heavy on a 1600 though, and the side angled feed is a pain on street work or reversed up a drive, good chipper though

[combined tree services]

me thinks the bandit would beat the wheel bearings out on the mog for a passtime lol .

[tractorboy1]

Found the ideal 8" chipper for you it a bargin 8" Professional Wood chipper - PTO Drive £1,276 +VAT on eBay (end time 12-May-10 13:28:19 BST)