Best sub 750kg chipper??

[Pete Mctree]

Timberwolf still sell flawed chippers. There reluctance to fix the rotar bearing issue - only saying that they should be replaced frequently at the owners cost in both downtime & hard cash, shows a non progressive & a refusal to fix what customers request.

They did produce good chippers.......

[monkeybusiness]

Timberwolf 125 is'nt even on the playing field. Dont like the narrow infeed on the 150.

Quadchip needs to be exceptional for the price compared to the others, thinking about demoing one.

 

If you are looking at buying a brand new machine, I think you'd be bonkers to not demo whatever you are considering and then decide once you have tried them all on your own worksites. If you can't get hold of a machine to demo move on to another manufacturer - if there is no initial sales enthusiasm offering you the chance of a trial you may find that there is a similar lacklustre response to any future warranty issues you may encounter.

[likeitorlumpit]

we use 150 tw and find it pretty good with 600 hours

Some issues but no major problems at all other than when we didn't grease properly.

[gibbon]

Ive got a 125, its great for a back up chipper or taking off road but its nothing compared to the jensen 530i, that chips 3 times the speed

[Matthew Storrs]

I have a tracked TW150 with 1800hrs- still chips as good as new despite the usual bearing issues its a fantastic machine- however i know of a local contractor with a jensen with half the hours its performance is shocking compared to my TW. I don't disagree that Jensen make a far supirior machine to the rather outdated TW but simply that any machine which isn't maintained properly is a nogo.

If I was looking at a new machine it would probably be a jensen 530 but Id also be considering the TP machines too- Id only ever bother with tracked myself- opens up avenues to so many more jobs.

[Brett]

If you are looking at buying a brand new machine, I think you'd be bonkers to not demo whatever you are considering and then decide once you have tried them all on your own worksites. If you can't get hold of a machine to demo move on to another manufacturer - if there is no initial sales enthusiasm offering you the chance of a trial you may find that there is a similar lacklustre response to any future warranty issues you may encounter.

 

Of course, but i wasn't untill now considering demoing a quadchip util hearing what people had to say, i had brushed it off as too expensive.

[JimM]

Have the lighter Greenmech 13-23 in its diesel twin roller configuration and its been fantastic from the word go. As the comments above, anything it cant deal with is firewood size. At 550kg its a breeze to move around.

 

5 hours solid one day last week on Leylandii and it ate the lot. Maintenance is easy and quick. Of all the chippers in that size bracket that we looked at before getting the wee GM, it came out as the most ergonomic in setup and operation. We didn't see the need to jump a size as the cost increase didn't seem to justify it. Build quality is good, but we've yet to see what the Moray coast's salt air does to it.

 

If I upgraded it it would definitely be another GM but with the turntable for roadside work.

[Brett]

Have the lighter Greenmech 13-23 in its diesel twin roller configuration and its been fantastic from the word go. As the comments above, anything it cant deal with is firewood size. At 550kg its a breeze to move around.

 

5 hours solid one day last week on Leylandii and it ate the lot. Maintenance is easy and quick. Of all the chippers in that size bracket that we looked at before getting the wee GM, it came out as the most ergonomic in setup and operation. We didn't see the need to jump a size as the cost increase didn't seem to justify it. Build quality is good, but we've yet to see what the Moray coast's salt air does to it.

 

If I upgraded it it would definitely be another GM but with the turntable for roadside work.

 

Did you pick it up fae Gammies?

[GlobalNewark]

I feel left out of this conversation, the only thing Bandit produce under this weight are brochures.

[JimM]

No Brett. Yarrow in Inverness.