Timberwolf 150 pros/cons

[Shane]

  Mark Bolam said:

Who's sharpening your blades? Stevie Wonder?

 

 

Yes

[Mark Bolam]

[Kev Stephenson]

I have had 5 1/2 years out of an entec 25hp petrol machine (timberwolf 150 but less power) and it has been excellent. I am only changing because of a deal on a greenmech quadchip I couldn't turn down. Keep them sharp and they are a cracking machine

[treebloke]

We are just about to purchase a Greenmech quadchip so if your interested in an old TW150 let me know, its in daily use and will be ASDA price.

[Lyn Ed]

i love my 150 but i had a shock when i priced a new exhaust for it, £193 plus vat, seems a bit steep for one small muffler

[Marc Lewis]

  Hodge said:

I've always cleaned the bolt heads out with a fine pick and some WD40, does the trick.

 

and tap head in with hammer

[Le Sanglier]

  Marc Lewis said:

and tap head in with hammer

 

Yep, both of those tips, Easy peasy, (but don't rush it!)

[Johny Walker]

  Marc Lewis said:

and tap head in with hammer

 

i find this works well with groundies wen they start flagging

[treequip]

  Johny Walker said:

i find this works well with groundies wen they start flagging

 

You doing groundworks now Johny ????

[Rupe]

I've had my TW for 3.5 years now, its the second one I've owned. I have not yet used the two spare pairs of blades that came with it as I have three sets that I bought for the previous machine about 6months before I traded it in. So I'm using the same three sets of blades for 4 years now. My mahcine is fairly low use, we only turn it on to chip so its done 500 and something hours in 3.5years but those hours will be chipping not just running.

 

Change the blades at about 20hrs a time and get them sharpened, so if someone could do the maths, thats a lot of sharpens per set.

 

Call it 600hrs (including some from the previous machine) thats 200hrs per set, changed every 20 hrs thats 10 sharpens per blade and they are not at the minimum line yet. close but not quite.