Landforce 165 chipper major fault

[James_skingley]

Ok, so we have just picked up a landforce 165

at a local auction. Seemed like a good machine

at a good price. The sting in the tail is a

major design fault. It's arse heavy, by a fair go.

This not only makes it a pig to manover around the yard

but... It puts an massive amount of pressure

on the front end and the tow hitch when towing.

When we pocked it up we noticed some welding near

the front end, we have already welded it once where

the previous welds failed. Today, the chassis tore clean I'm half

while we were on the way to site. There is way touch

pressure and vibration going on. So my question is

has anyone else had this problem or heard of this?

[PeteB]

Weld her back together and try to move the axle mounting plates further back or mount the spare wheel on the front.

[James_skingley]

Yeah we were saying something similar today, taking

the spare onto the front. It really needs a whole new chassis

making up, which considering the price of the

chipper it will even out in cost. It is a good chipper,

just bad design.