Anyone tried a Titan Pro Beaver Chipper?

[jmac80]

been looking at these as i'm after a chipper for my garden maintenance business, would be to chip hedging, small trees etc. anything larger than 4" i log and burn.

 

seems to be a replica of a GTM Professional chipper but £1000+ less.

[Big T]

Yeah thats what I thought, seems pretty simmilar to the GTM but cheaper!

[detritus21]

It will be cheaper for a reason

[Big T]

Yes, im sure it is cheaper for a reason! My 12 year old truck is cheaper than a new one for a reason too......I have a 12 year old truck because its all I can afford. I would love the latest shiney schlising but unfortunatly I cant afford it. You have to start somewhere, its all very well having the "cheaper is crap" mentality if you have the bank balance to support it! Everytime there is a thread like this about a cheaper machine we get the some comments from people with better equipment and more buying power, but I bet you started with a limited anount of funds too!

[tractorboy1]

Yes, im sure it is cheaper for a reason! My 12 year old truck is cheaper than a new one for a reason too......I have a 12 year old truck because its all I can afford. I would love the latest shiney schlising but unfortunatly I cant afford it. You have to start somewhere, its all very well having the "cheaper is crap" mentality if you have the bank balance to support it! Everytime there is a thread like this about a cheaper machine we get the some comments from people with better equipment and more buying power, but I bet you started with a limited anount of funds too!

 

Differance is 12 years ago your truck was a quality product, a friend of mine when from buying quality gear to buying cheap gear a couple of years ago and had no end of problems with it most ended up on ebay as spares or repair. Now he has gone back to buying good stuff.

 

I started like every one on a limited budget and soon found out it was better to buy good used than cheap new. I brought a nearly new mdt chipper for £500 which was a pile of rubbish and only used it on 2 jobs before I sold it and brought a well used treebuster which was 7 years ago and its still going strong with only a few repairs bearings belt and blades.

 

£1800 is still a lot of money for that price you good get a nearly new timberwolf 13/75. You pays your money and takes your choice.

[detritus21]

The titan pro range are basically rebadged generic products that come out of the same factory. I had a chipper shredder for a while like the ones which are 700 odd quid. Build quality was what can only be described as poor. It vibrated into bits very quickly. The engines are Honda copies of an own brand design. The parts are interchangeable. Blade quality was poor on the cheaper chipper as were the bearings. My advice would if you can afford it is to put your money down as a deposit on a cs100 or similar and get the remainder on finance. If you have the work for it its well worth it. That's my thinking anyway. My tw150 is on the never never but it pays for itself in one job a month. If i hadn't done it that way i would have to hire in at 100 a day or would have spent 2k on something which wouldn't do the job as well

[Big T]

Fair points. I have thought about the 13/75 but would like something with a shoot on it as it saves cleaning up a pile of chip off the floor!

Anyway thanks for the replies!

[jmac80]

good replies guys thanks. also got this reply on the titan on another forum

 

" i just mention i did purchase one of the chinese machines and yes they do work okay but they have many flaws in them e.g when they clog which they do all the time if the barrel jams it burns the drive belt "

 

very valid point about the belts and clogging up.

i'm now in talks for a second hand cs100 17hp briggs and stratton key start, the guy wants close to 3 grand for it, it's just been serviced and getting new blades as we speak, do you think that's an ok price? it's 3 years old and hardly used as he has a bigger one.

Edited April 2, 2013 by jmac80

[jmac80]

actually meant to say it's a 18hp not 17hp..

decent price for age, in good condition and just serviced with new blades?

[DannyCane]

As yourself I have not got a great deal of money as just started up by myself , I have seen videos of these machines and for light work that I have been carrying out lately these look like a good buy . I wonder if their is anyway to see a demo ? Or if any local hire firms have these for the average home owner to hire .