Greenmech Arborist 130

[tim361]

It’s between 4-5 hours of chipping time so probably not far off yours. 

[dan494]

Yeah sounds similar. Mines a 12 litre tank and gets me right around 3 hours 

[GA Groundcare]

12 litres!? What machine is that?

[Ty Korrigan]

He's talking about a tank with a 12 litre engine which takes him 3 hours to get to get right around the block.

 Silly old G.A groundcare...

    Ty

[jamesd]

On 16 November 2017 at 19:55, tim361 said:

I’ve just got the 150P. Couldn’t be happier with it. I started with a cs100 as my first chipper but wanted something bigger. After looking at lots of second hand hand decided to buy new so I wasn’t buying someone else’s problems. My local dealer was offering the 150p for £1000 + vat more than the 130. Has it out on its first proper outing last week chipping conifer and was really impressed. With two of us feeding it we struggled to keep up, not a massive drag. Filled my transit 3 times and the Landy tipper once on 18l of fuel. 

How did you find the cs100? If you had the choice would you have gone straight for the 150 from the start? Can't decide if my business needs the bigger machine atm 

[Ty Korrigan]

I also started with a CS100 then Quadchip 6"

 I don't regret working up to the larger machine instead of buying it from the start as I was not certain my venture would work out.

Seriously considering the 150P having used a 130 alot this year and rented the 150 deeezle.

 Ty

[jamesd]

55 minutes ago, Ty Korrigan said:

I also started with a CS100 then Quadchip 6"

 I don't regret working up to the larger machine instead of buying it from the start as I was not certain my venture would work out.

Seriously considering the 150P having used a 130 alot this year and rented the 150 deeezle.

 Ty

Yeah the 130/150 look like well sorted machines. How did you get on with the cs100 as your first chipper did it struggle with anything? 

[Ty Korrigan]

10 hours ago, jamesd said:

Yeah the 130/150 look like well sorted machines. How did you get on with the cs100 as your first chipper did it struggle with anything? 

Deadwood, horrible to chip. 

The CS100 is a greedy and efficient machine but hard work to operate all day. I did 2 solid days recently on one and was utterly bushed the day after. 

  Great for younger more supple aspiring arbs.

  Ty

 

[dan494]

16 hours ago, GA Groundcare said:

12 litres!? What machine is that?

this Jensen. Think its a bit smaller than usual as its a fairly rare 750kg one. Pretty quick so it only does an hour or so a day on average

 

Edited November 18, 2017 by dan494

[tim361]

The cs100 was a brilliant little machine. I brought it after reading all the good reviews and never having tried on. Copied really well with almost anything we through at it, all the people I subbed to with it were amazed as well. We did some massive beech trees with it and all the waste went through the chipper no problem. Any thing 3-4" the customer wanted for logs. I sold it because putting dead wood or bigger bits through use to shake you to pieces, you being the stress control. Getting it out of the shed, and loading it onto the trailer took quite a while and wasn't a one man job for me. And then just volume of stuff to be chipped. If your just starting out the a cs100 is an excellent machine, get one on demo and see if it's what you need.