Farmi CH160 HF?

[Mike Hill]

Well,the deal on the TP150 fell through!Can you beleive the bugger sold it out from under me,one minute its there the next he's offering me another from Oslo and I pay the freight!DREAMER!

So there is a Farmi for sale locally,ex demo but it just looks too long and the distance from the feed roller to the cutting disk looks to great,I think it'll jamb alot of short lengths sideways.But the price is a steal.

What do you guys reckon?The mog took longer to arrive and I really can't wait much longer

[Mr Ed]

the 160 is a fine little chipper - But I cant believe you have'nt bought a 260 yet. A brand spanker will only be £7k...

[Mike Hill]

I know,but there are no propper Farmi dealers locally.

There is a TP200 for 5K over the Oslo side,the TP150 is about the same price.

The poor thing is,the guy selling the Farmi won't let me trial it for a DAY,bloody strange bunch these Nogs somtimes.

I thought that might be because they jamb alot,that distance between the roller and cutting disk seems too great.

But you reckon they are ok ED?

[Buzz]

Even the TP's jam occasionally between the rollers and the disk. It happens maybe once a month to me and it's usually when I get lapsy daisy and put a short knarly lump in that should have been a log if you know what i mean !

 

The Farmi's are good chippers but if they won't let you try one out i'd walk away as it doesn't say much for the back up in the future !

 

My TP has 400 HRS on it now and has had few if any problems.

[PeteB]

I did hear that the Farmiis brilliant on logs but fairly naff on brash. This true?

[Mr Ed]

I have a TP 200 as our daily user, and its a brilliant little chipper. Not a patch on the Farmi 260 though.

The original 260 was designed just for logs, but the later model takes brash awsomely well.

[Mike Hill]

So he threw in a pto shaft,bushes for the linkage,and a stabiliser.

I reckon the machine will do for the short term as the price was right and a 260 is deffinatly in the plans for mid year.I just have to get rolling and am sick of the delays.

I'll let you know how it goes,we are back at work on the 4th.

Cheers

[skyhuck]

Hope it all comes together smoothly, down time and teething problems are the biggest draw back to upgrading you setup.

 

In my experience its always been worth the hassle,a few days down time is soon forgotten when you are saving hours every day and finding you're work easier and less stressful.

 

Good luck with you're new setup and I hope the new year is a good one for you and the rest of us choppyloggers!!!!!!:cheers: