Favorite Chipper

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

were getting a new 6inch bearcat in wrk shortly so will be giving it a gd workout and see how it fairs......nething to keep an eye out for?

 

Will be very interested to see how you find it...

[PeteB]

I find the biggest problem with the Bearcat range - setting aside people who don't know their own machinery- is the re-sale value. Okay, it might work in your opinion, but consider this. In these cash starved, credit crunch days it may seem cheap but is it mainstream enough to sell on when you've outgrown it and who will take it off your hands and at what price. As a manufacturers rep I am bound to be bias, but those in the know will tell you that you cannot polish a t**d and those type of machines are worth Jack all when to you want to upgrade. Sorry, but as an ex-buyer, I would not give it yardspace.

[Stephen Blair]

i looked at a bearcat years ago, it was half the price and was obvious why when i saw it, it has its place i expect.

i have ran pto tps for 7 years, great machine, very simple to maintain and change blades, the stop handle only on the one side can be a pain but other than that excellent machine, i wouldnt go above a tp 250 though as i think there prices go a bit nuts from then on. imho

[bob]

Ive been a chipper boi for about 3 years now and 2 years part time at college! i really like the shleising 220MX apart from 2 bottom feed rollers and towbar dampers nothing ever goes wrong, our chute has a small crack in tho at the usual place for chippers! also the jensen tracked A350 9.5" chipper is excellent! especially when chipping poplar! its a monster! it does struggle with really small bits tho, getting caught at the end of the rollers! i hate greenmechs and the turbo timberwolf there both anoying to use!!

 

seems to me reading your post the shliesing has it,s fair share of problems!!!!!!

I am interested about the chute crack at the usual place for chippers

have had many chippers over the years but was not aware of this been a problem

[bob]

I find the biggest problem with the Bearcat range - setting aside people who don't know their own machinery- is the re-sale value. Okay, it might work in your opinion, but consider this. In these cash starved, credit crunch days it may seem cheap but is it mainstream enough to sell on when you've outgrown it and who will take it off your hands and at what price. As a manufacturers rep I am bound to be bias, but those in the know will tell you that you cannot polish a t**d and those type of machines are worth Jack all when to you want to upgrade. Sorry, but as an ex-buyer, I would not give it yardspace.

which brand of chipper would have the best resale value compared to purchase price

[alex01]

seems to me reading your post the shliesing has it,s fair share of problems!!!!!!

I am interested about the chute crack at the usual place for chippers

have had many chippers over the years but was not aware of this been a problem

 

from what ive heard from other people and my experence with 220mx's in the middle of the chute gets a small bulge then it gets bigger and bigger til it cracks open, the same with a 6" wessex i used in hereford!! and the chute starts to block which is anoying!!

[PeteB]

which brand of chipper would have the best resale value compared to purchase price

 

Start another thread giving your experiences of buying new and the costs of replacing. Different sizes and different formats attract different resale values, as does the financial climate. You guys are the buyers. Speak on.....

 

All suppliers of new and used should watch and read please, let the buyers have their say without a slagging match.

[Buzzsurgeon]

I've sat back and watched this one rumble on.

 

Mike isn't back from Egypt 'til monday so we will see what he has to say on the subject if anything.

 

Personally, upto a certain size, give me a GreenMech over them all. High productivity, UK made, parts from dealers or factory, warranty good, blades cheap and long lasting, machine specification and above all, a rep who isn't full of bulldust who can also have a sense of humour and isn't full of his own self importance.

 

Some of the previous posts smelt a little of booze by the way.

 

Best regards to all.

 

How do you sharpen a round blade, surely as you do it's diameter will decrease leaving a gap producing stringy horrible chip, this is my experience of a greenmech anyway????

[PeteB]

We sharpen blades that come back to us on an over size valve grinder. Put the blade in the end of an electric motor and shuttle it back and forth in front of a spinning stone. Easy peasy. We also do sharpen flat blades for other machines as we are indeed an engineering company not an assembly company.

 

Round blade sharpeners are available just like flat/surface grinders. I am aware of a couple of people who have made their own sharpeners.

[volvo]

Re Bearcat ;

There electrical wiring is very exposed to the elements behind the control panel on some machines but otherwise?.