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The single biggest advantage a petrol engine has is power to weight ratio. It makes for a very compact lightweight unit.

Myself, I would always go for deisel - but there are many users out there who's remit is low cost and low weight/compact dimensions.

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We used to use Lombardini chippers back in the day with turntables. They were **** chippers but the turntable option came in handy on many occasion. I'd like to see more chippers with turntables!

 

I second that, Lombardini chippers are not all that.

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Turntable chippers are a invaluable for domestic work.

 

Only problem with single axle is getting weight distribution right so it doesn't tip when swivelled off hitch.

 

The other beauty of turntable is when working roadside you can turn it to feed from the pavement and keep you out of the way of vehicles.

 

Lost count of how many times a car has hit cones and come into our work area or has hit the chipper with their wing mirror because the come past that close. Despite signage, orange beacons and LED blazer beacons. Usually women drivers :wave:

 

Wherever possble now we always face the truck into traffic and work behind in relative safety.

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Turntable chippers are a invaluable for domestic work.

 

Only problem with single axle is getting weight distribution right so it doesn't tip when swivelled off hitch.

 

The other beauty of turntable is when working roadside you can turn it to feed from the pavement and keep you out of the way of vehicles.

 

Lost count of how many times a car has hit cones and come into our work area or has hit the chipper with their wing mirror because the come past that close. Despite signage, orange beacons and LED blazer beacons. Usually women drivers :wave:

 

Wherever possble now we always face the truck into traffic and work behind in relative safety.

 

One of the reasons I like the chipper on the FRONT of my mog.

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I agree with the idea of the turn table chipper.Weight distribution is not such a problem if it is a single axel model if it has a foot that slides down at the rear to stabilise the machine if its swiveled once uncoupled.

 

I wrote off a brand new Schiesinger early last year when the locking mechanisim on the turntable failed as I went around a corner,the machine began to slew around violently before it broke off the tow hitch and rolled down the road.One of the steel tabs on one side of the hole the locking pin engaged had a bad weld and had fallen off.This allowed the pin to ride up and with momentum fight the downward pressure of the locking mechanisim and around and around she went.Thankfully it didn't hit any cars.

Double luck that I had hired it for the day!

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I had the 08MTS gandini before my bandit and that had a huge difference in weight distribution.

 

In one position the hitch ring, if unhitched would touch the floor, 180 degrees the other way it would lift the front set of wheels off the ground, which we used to use to manouver it into tight spots.

 

never had any issues with my gandini by the way, never let me down once and chipped brilliantly.

 

Mind you, as my user name suggests, I used to service and sell tools and machinery and everything of mine is well looked after, probably over serviced!!

 

Must have been a scarey moment a chipper doing the waltz while being towed??

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Re the diesel/ petrol discussion.

I agree,

red diesel is cheaper but a greater polluter. I've heard rumers that on the Olympic sites in London that all diesel plant is required to be fitted with partical filters. Thin edge of the wedge? Especialy with the introduction of the new LEZ London Emission Zone. So pehaps having a petrol chipper on your fleet is not such a bad thing after all. Better to pay a fiver a gallon and get the job!

 

For those who have not thought about the LEZ go have a GOOD look. The implications for Landrovers, transits, etc is quite worrying. Sorry to frighten you all.

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