Forst chippers

[lee-orange]

Hi all,

 

I've heard about the new 'Forst' chipper that's been launched by redwood, but don't have many details.

 

Are redwoods now selling this instead of the Jensen? Is there only a 6" tracked, or is there a variety of options?

 

Has anyone bought one of these yet? Feedback would be great! Thanks

 

 

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[Buzzsurgeon]

Never heard of Forst, is it there own manufactured machine, any links to pics?

[High Scale]

Guy I know has one, no feed back yet, build quality looks good though.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Is this what appears on page 5 on this months Forestry Journal?

[tractor10_0]

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Edited March 26, 2013 by Steve Bullman
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[Mark Bolam]

I hope it's better than the spelling.

 

Everyone knows Forest has an 'e' in it.

 

 

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[MLS]

I contacted Redwoods for demo of a Jensen A530t. the dealer arrived with a what looked like the jensen but was a Forst machine of the the same spec. My understanding is the Forst machine is being built in Britain by Redwoods but uses a lot of jensen components, I measured demo machine which is approx same length as Jensen but is approx 80cm wide mainly due to hinge for discharge tube and access panel. has open flywheel with two big blades think 8" but not sure.Wt. approx 1.3T so heavier than timberwolf which is just over a ton greenmech safetrack 1.4T but plenty of groundclearance if you need it. easy to access parts to service central 4 point grease point. Fed through usual selection of dif. material which it dealt with similar performance as any other chipper if processsing wet green leafy eg privet, leylandii hegde clippings just feed brash in then no probs. Looks well built am going to speak with Redwood today as need reassurance re back up as no local dealer and no user/owner track record and timberwolf dealer just matched offer/deal! Regards David

[lee-orange]

I hope it's better than the spelling.

 

Everyone knows Forest has an 'e' in it.

 

 

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That's what I thought also

[treequip]

That's what I thought also

 

Depends on what language you speak, it would be right in German, which given the Jensen link seems reasonable.

 

If you want a contradiction name stein is German for stone, considering they deal with wood HOLZ would have been more appropriate:laugh1:

[andy1712]

ive used one .2 month ago . there good but no better than a timber wolf. but got some better ideas tho. they should have a web site out this month. i know that because redwood were filming us all day. we demo the chipper.