Chipper help! Old Wessex \ Stierman Soest machine

[andrew]

Does anyone recognise this machine??

 

Came across it while helping someone with some estate work.

 

Also

- are parts available

- manuals?? ( I should be so lucky!?)

- is it missing a cover on the shredder out ?

- and a chute on the chips out?

- what kind of emergency stops would a machine like this need to be legit these days.

- are they any good? worth spending money to service / tidy / sharpen it?

 

any info gratefully recieved - got very little from google searches!

 

thanks

[andrew]

Bump!!

 

Still stuck on this one, and should get back to the owners ......

 

Looked at the HSE guidelines i could find about chipper safety, but was mainly the stuff from a few years back about roller fed chippers (which is what i'm familiar with too) and retro-fitting stop bars.

 

Obviously the modern " gloria " type hand / gravity feed machines have at least a big red button to stop them, would this now be required (probably a good idea even if not ....) on an older machine ) ?

 

Thanks

 

A.

[PeteB]

Too be honest, I would advise the owners that they would be better orf buying a new machine. When using this tool, it should be noted that nobody should be able to touch ANY of the working parts whilst the machine is working. It looks to me like some guards have been removed and not properly replaced. As it was built in 1993(or 8) it is unlikely to comply with the H&SE standards that are required today and updating this tool when the origin is not known could prove expensive.

[tractor10_0]

Talk to Wessex they did have spares on the shelf for these stico units. 01420 478111 Broadwood International - Importer and Distributor for UK and Europe of the SnowEx, BroomEx, SweepEx, ValuSweep and Tuchel