Has anyone heard of a Saelen MV Cobra Chipper?

[Joe]

i'm asking for a friend who is looking at one in a farm sale and its sold tommorow.

all he knows is that it is a French road tow machine.

any feedback is greatly appreciated

[David Riding]

i'm asking for a friend who is looking at one in a farm sale and its sold tommorow.

all he knows is that it is a French road tow machine.

any feedback is greatly appreciated

 

Good machine but they are a shredder / chipper combo machine, very safe

 

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There not all like that some have bigger hoppers

[PeteB]

Better as a shredder than a chipper. Marketed in England by Eric Hunter Ltd at Maidenhead, contact Jean Sebastion Vecten on 07825 012 261 with the serial number and he would be able to tell you its known history and spec. The nearest dealer to Cov could be RTm in Bucks or OPT in Derby, don't know the others.

[Gareth Dalzell]

i'm asking for a friend who is looking at one in a farm sale and its sold tommorow.

all he knows is that it is a French road tow machine.

any feedback is greatly appreciated

 

This is a mighty shredder/chipper 60hp+ engine and 8" capacity. We have just bought the smaller one in the range The Cougar which is 17hp and 4 1/2 " capacity for smaller jobs.

 

They are very noisy though 120db plus!

 

There is one on Farm trader somewhere which our local hire company has for sale at £7500 plus VAT. I'm guessing he doesn't enough hire from it. This is because people are put of by its size - the Cobra is a monster, but has a monster sized appetite. Good for conifers, clean green waste even cordylines, hedge cuttings etc.

 

If I was going to just be chipping branches I'd still take our chipper - a chipper is more compact and probably faster and the chip is cleaner. The Saelen bashes and bruises the material which does aid composting though.

 

Price for the machine - wouldn't want to pay more than £8-10k for it, not because its not worth more (it could have been £30k new) but because unless its mint you might get one chipper elsewhere.

Hope this helps

[Joe]

thanks a lot guys i've passed this info on