Jo Beau B31-110 stumpgrinder - anyone got experience of using this machine?

[Pete Hart]

Hi guys, back to my current conundrum..... stumpgrinders?????

 

Checked out the jo beau on tracks at capel manor and was very impressed.

I was particularly taken by the auto grind feature!

 

Anyone got one or used one? opinions and thoughts please?

 

Also can spending this kind of money on a machine result in a sensible return on investment in time?

 

Thanks in advance, Pete

[Pete Hart]

excuse the shameless bump... but any advice on suitability, and pottential on investment much appreciated?!

[burrell_]

all i can say is the jo-beau chipper i have is built really well if that anything to go on it should be a good grinder but it looks better in green

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i no it dont help u much

[Pete Hart]

thats good to know - if they can make a good chipper with quality build, then it hopefully follows that the stumper should be up to stratch!

[Pete Hart]

Also thinking out loud - what are insurance costs like for stumpgrinders, particularly fully hydraulic units?

[treesnatcher]

How would it compare with predator 28 on performance and price?

[Pete Hart]

the predator looks like a hell of a machine too but not actually demo'd one.

Whats the price?

the jo beau is roughly speaking £16k+ the dreaded vodka and tonic!

 

Would you recomend a Pred 26 yourself?

[treesnatcher]

ain't bought one yet. Was going to look at predator 28 at the arb show in June. We were going to Capel but truck electrics went wrong yesterday so had to work today. Found good vidio of pred 28 on YouTube it's 14500 plus the tw at

[Pete Hart]

The 28 looks like a beast too! It weighs 1 tonne - unbelievable!!!!

The width is good also at 26" for access

Do you know if the predators have the auto grind feature that the jo beau has (i was seriously impressed by this) you simply set the max width sweep of grinding and press the auto button - the machine then makes its sweeping cut and then re adjusts to go deeper each time!!!

The lack of physical effort required is very appealing having demo'd pedestrian models and felt knackered afterwards!!

[treesnatcher]

I dont know tbh. Pushing a lever back and forwards is lot easier than pedestrian ones we use at moment. Getting lot morerequests for stump removal nOw and 80% could be done with the predator.