After my first chipper..!!

[tree monkey]

some tw!s as well

[jnoon]

Juat been on a 150 mile + trip to go and see a bearcat 5" chipper/shredder,

What a waste of diesel,

got to the yard bearing in mind this is ment to be a proper machinery sale place, one tyre was nearly flat, the other was soft, the lad wheeled it outside, and started it up without engaging the clutch:confused1: poor engine no wonder it smoked like buggery, i said your ment to engage the clutch he replied "the engines so powerfull you dont need to :lol:", then i got the 261 out the van snedded up a few little branches 3" max asked him to show me the chipper working and he would put the bigger stuff (max3") throught, i could see why as the blades wouldnt even cut butter,

to top it all off when he turned the machine off, on the engine wind down i stood on the machine frame and looked in the shredder chute and the fly wheel was bent ,

so i walked away head held high, he knocked £350 bucks of the price to try and get me to take it but i said no mate sorry

Edited June 26, 2012 by skyhuck
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[Le Sanglier]

Don't get anything gravity fed,less than 25hp, with only one roller.

Anything smaller will put hours on your week instead of reducing it.

Testcricket is right; get the very best you can afford on finance.

[jnoon]

Don't get anything gravity fed,less than 25hp, with only one roller.

Anything smaller will put hours on your week instead of reducing it.

Testcricket is right; get the very best you can afford on finance.

 

yes im now looking at a cs100 on finance,

[Le Sanglier]

yes im now looking at a cs100 on finance,

 

noooooooooooo! bigger in the name of god bigger!

[jnoon]

noooooooooooo! bigger in the name of god bigger!

 

i would love say a 13-20 or a quad chip, but just dont have the quantity of work into justify that cost at the moment, i will have to make to with a "WEE" chipper untill work and budget allows me to change!!

[Le Sanglier]

Ok your choice, but chippers have never been cheaper, a 750kg tw/jensen/greenmech

with reasonable hours can go for as little as 4 to 5 grand on earborist. They are all real money making machines. Even an old Arbor-eater or Gravely can go for peanuts and make you a lot more money than some spanky new food blender.

[Le Sanglier]

Oh and another thing, I notice that on another thread you are talking about day rates etc, with a decent 6in chipper you could charge another 50 quid a day, with a foodblender you're not really going to get away with charging anymore. Anyway you're safe now I've got it off my chest!

[jnoon]

Oh and another thing, I notice that on another thread you are talking about day rates etc, with a decent 6in chipper you could charge another 50 quid a day, with a foodblender you're not really going to get away with charging anymore. Anyway you're safe now I've got it off my chest!

 

So you call a cs100 a food blender:lol: just been to seen the greenmech rep tried it out (18hp electric start) seemed to be pretty powerfull & quite impressive, i guess your right if you can offer a bigger chipper you can charge £50 per day chipper hire, i still quite like the idea of the narrow access chippers, we will see what pops up i guess

[skyhuck]

I think Stevie Blair has a CS100 for sale, PM him