Timberwolf S426

[Dean Lofthouse]

Does anyone have experience of this machine.

 

Will it do normal tree brash

 

Is the chip size different or is it just mashed

 

How long do the hammers last compared to chipper blades

 

Service intervals etc.

 

Just thinking, because we do mainly domestic we end up putting alsorts through the bandit and go through knifes like I don't know what.

 

Put a newly sharpened set on which lasted two hours after putting some ivy through. Despite carefully checking the ivy for debris and bits of pointing.

 

I was wondering about using one of them instead of a standard chipper

 

http://www.timberwolf-uk.com/Templates/s426infopg.html

[bob]

i have used a couple for tree jobs and to be honest it,s not a wood chipper stringy stuff came out and it did not like logs though it did like brash

our grounds maintenance use them as they need to put all sorts through

[Mr Ed]

I dont like it. Itr will really struggle on any green timber over 3".

 

These are a good machine -

 

http://www.saelen-industrie.com/AN/accueil.php

 

and these are the best small shredders at the moment.

http://www.arboreaters.co.uk/Shred_It/S7000.html

 

Remember that when you start to shred, you need 2 - 3 times the horsepower to achieve the same result...

[Dean Lofthouse]

The fuel consumption figures are high which corresponds to the 2 to 3 times more power needed

[Mr Ed]

The Saelen seems remarkably good for that kind of thing-

[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=IlIoCj2IvSg&NR=1[/ame]

[Dean Lofthouse]

The bandit performs suprisingly well on that stuff, what the bandit needs is a turbo fitting along with a better anti stress system, some carbide blades and a groundy that doesn't feed anything into it

[PeteB]

GreenMech blades fair better than flats on "contaminated" material - I only had five years of use with my two, but never bought any new blades. But was buying say 2 sets a year for my other machine @ £330 per set!

[PeteB]

The Saelens has a set of straight edge blades and shear bar and also hammers. So you still end up with blade issues.

[tractor10_0]

So when are we going to see the New Greenmech with the flat blades? and is:bored: there going to be kits to retro fit older models?

[PeteB]

Who knows! Not until its ready I suppose. Tell me, what do you know of it and from whom? As to retro kits, its only steel, so if somoeone wants to pay for the conversion it might happen. But then, we are really too busy building machines to consider that, even if the rumour was true. When are we seeing the new machines from Redwood - chipper and grinder?